Hodge Family

Taken about 1860
Standing on the front doorstep of the Hodge House
Left to Right:
John Hodges
Maude, John's daughter, Maude died shortly after this photo was taken
Mary, John's mother
Benjamin, John's father

Benjamin B. Hodge, who was generally called Batchelder, married Mary Smith, daughter of Nicholas Smith. They had four children:

1. a daughter that died at birth,
2. Nellie, who died when 12 years old,
3. Minnie, who married Ed. Ridlon and went to Maine,
4. John, who lived at home and had three children. One daughter, Maude, died about 1860.

Neighbors remember the family as generally being a large one, with relatives finding shelter in time of bereavement or distress, among them being Mrs. Hodge's Mother, Ruth, widow of Nicholas Smith.

The Hodges were great hunters and fishermen and lived much by the gun and pole in addition to what they raised on the farm in the usual way of the times. Batchelder Hodge was a bee hunter and many pails of wild honey was brought into the family pantry as a result of his "lining" the bees.

1850 Census

1860 Census

1870 Census

1880 Census

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Contributor: Unknown. Some info from The Twentieth Annual Excursion of The Sandwich Historical Society, published in 1939. Documents from FamilySearch.org

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