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Sarah Lavinia (Whitfield) Hodges (1831 - 1929)

Sarah [uncertain] Lavinia (Lavina) "Vina" Hodges formerly Whitfield
Born in Tennessee, United Statesmap
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Daughter of [uncertain] and [uncertain]
Sister of , , and
Wife of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
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Died at age 98 in Melbourne, Izard, Arkansas, United Statesmap
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Biography

Lavina was born in 1831 in Tennessee. She is the daughter of Benjamin Whitfield and Elizabeth Herrod. The family moved to Izard County, Arkansas about 1842.[1]

She married Cullen Porter Hodges in about 1865. He had children from a previous marriage. Their children together were Laura, [2] Richard Frank, Joe, Samuel, Kate, Eugenia and Angie.[3]

In 1910 and 1920 she was living with daughter Angie and a granddaughter.[4]

She passed away in 1929 at the age of 98. Lavina is buried at the Old Philadelphia Cemetery in Larkin, Izard County, Arkansas. Her page lists and has links to her spouse, 5 children. [5]

Research Notes

  • There are no actual records showing her name to be Sarah. Just Lavin((i)a, Levina, Lenna, Vina. Husband's first wife was Sarah.
  • Children: 6 are listed on her FamilySearch page, link below. Note: 9 are listed on the 1880 Census.
  • Ancestry lists her as Lavinia Whitfield & her parent's as Benjamin Whitfield 1806 - 1900 and Ada Elizabeth (Harrod) Whitfield 1810 - 1870. Needs to be researched. There are records on wikitree for them is that proves to be correct. Benjamin: Whitfield-203 and Elizabeth: Herrod-6 (spelled Herrod)
  • Whitfield family is in Izard Co. in 1860, but image is very faint, Blue Mountain, Izard, Arkansas; Roll: M653_43; Page: 488; Family History Library Film: 803043, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBG-9742, (note:Blue Mtn is west of the White R. and is in Stone Co. aft 1873)
  • Discrepancies with dob. While obit has year of 1831 and that was used on tombstone, censuses have her born 1832-36.

Sources

  1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M67Z-F8X : 20 December 2020), Elizabeth Whitfield in household of Benjamin Whitfield, Izard, Arkansas, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
    Benjamin Whitfield Male 44 Tennessee
    Elizabeth Whitfield Female 40 Tennessee
    William Whitfield Male 19 Tennessee
    Reuben Whitfield Male 17 Tennessee
    Matthew Whitfield Male 16 Tennessee
    Levina Whitfield Female 14 Tennessee
    James Whitfield Male 12 Tennessee
    Whitmale Whitfield Male 10 Tennessee
    Andrew Whitfield Male 9 Tennessee
    Druzilla Whitfield Female 8 Arkansas
    Elizabeth Whitfield Male 5 Arkansas
    Mary Whitfield Female 4 Arkansas
    Malinda Whitfield Female 2 Arkansas
    Luanda Whitfield Female 0 Arkansas
  2. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNC7-P7B : 28 May 2021), Lenna Hodge in entry for Porter Hodge, 1870. Izard, Ark.
  3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNWC-XM7 : 13 January 2022), Vina Hodges in household of Porter Hodges, Mill Creek Township, Izard, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm : Vina Hodges. Age: 45. Married, white, female. Home in 1880: Mill Creek Township, Izard, Arkansas. Birth date: 1835. Occupation: keeping house. Household members: Porter Hodges, 57 (TN). Vina Hodges, 45. Lucy Hodges, 30 (AR). Algie Hodges, 27. Armindie Hodges, 23. Laura Hodges, 12. Richard F Hodges, 8. Josie Hodges, 7. Samuel S Hodges, 5 (AR). Kate Hodges, 3. Eugene [Dollie Eugenia - f] Hodges, 1. Mary F Bishop, 22 (other).
  4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDNR-GNG : 31 January 2021), Levina Hodge, 1920.
  5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67575042/sarah-lavinia-hodges: accessed 08 October 2022), memorial page for Sarah Lavinia Whitfield Hodges (13 Jan 1831–9 Jul 1929), Find a Grave Memorial ID 67575042, citing Old Philadelphia Cemetery, Larkin, Izard County, Arkansas, USA; Maintained by Sandra Smith (contributor 47193629) .




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