Dr. James Clarence Hodge

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  • Name James Clarence Hodge 
    Prefix Dr. 
    Born 21 Oct 1852  Henderson Co., TX Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 4 Sep 1926  Henderson Co., TX Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Athens Cemetery, Athens, Henderson, Co., TX Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Dr. James C. Hodge was born in Henderson county, October 21, 1852, a son of Rev. Robert Hodge. Rev. Hodge was born in Tennessee, moved to Mississippi, and in 1850 came to Texas. Locating in Anderson county he spent two years there as an itinerant preacher. From there he moved to Henderson county, buying a farm in the Science Hill locality, where at that time the best schools in the county existed, and he was a trustee of those schools during the remainder of his life. His death occurred in 1866 at the age of sixty-two. His work as a minister and as a citizen can be only briefly mentioned here.

      He organized the First Presbyterian church at Fincastle in Henderson county, at Concord in Anderson county, and Brushy Creek in Anderson county, and the first church of that faith in Athens in 1855. He belonged to the Bacon Presbytery. In 1860 he took the census of Henderson county. In politics he was always a Democrat, and led a life of long and honorable usefulness. He had only a common school education, but was a student both of books and men and began preaching when about twenty years of age.

      In the state of Mississippi near Jackson, in the old home of Governor Runnells of that state and father of Governor Dick Runnells of Texas, Reverend Hodge was married to Miss Bethany Hall, a niece of Governor Runnells just mentioned and a cousin of the Texas Governor.

      She died in 1860 at forty-six years of age. She was born in Mississippi in 1815, and her children are mentioned as follows:

      Harden A., who died wearing the Confederate uniform during the war; Mrs. Captain Geo. P. Wallace of Mississippi, who died in Texas; Aurelia, who married Asbury Mitcham and died in Texas without children

      Source:

      "A history of Texas and Texans, Volume 4
      By Francis White Johnson"
      [1]
    • He married Bethany Throne/Throme Burns (daugher of Robert Burns) on 20 September 1875 in Athens, Texas. He was a physician, having graduated from the Kentucky School of Medicine with honors in 1891. He was granted a certificate to practice medicine by the Judicial District Board of Anderson and Houston County, Texas and later became President of that same Board.

      In 1900 he took a post graduate course in the New Orleans Polyclinic in Louisiana. He served as President of the County Medical Society and was a member of the legislative committee of the state Society of Medicine. He also served as the local surgeon of the Cotton Belt Railway Company and belonged to the Railroad Company's Surgeons' Association. He was a Democrat and a member of the Presbyterian Church.

      Source: "A History of Texas and Texans" by Francis White Johnson, Volume 4. [1]
    • http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=42266988 [2]
    Person ID I10416  Extended Families of Childress
    Last Modified 8 Jun 2020 

    Father Rev Robert Hickman Hodge, Jr.,   b. 13 Aug 1805, TN Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Nov 1866, Henderson Co., TX Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Mother Meliscent Bethany Hall,   b. 24 Apr 1814, MS Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jan 1862, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years) 
    Family ID F3709  Group Sheet

    Family Bethany T Burns,   b. 20 Apr 1855,   d. 3 Jun 1911  (Age 56 years) 
    Married 20 Sep 1875  Athens, Henderson Co., TX Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 8 Jun 2020 
    Family ID F3710  Group Sheet

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 21 Oct 1852 - Henderson Co., TX Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 20 Sep 1875 - Athens, Henderson Co., TX Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 4 Sep 1926 - Henderson Co., TX Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Athens Cemetery, Athens, Henderson, Co., TX Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S500] A history of Texas and Texans, Volume 4, Francis White Johnson, Ernest William Winkler.

    2. [S524] Findagrave.com.