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Hodson, Solomon (1829-1895)

HODSON

Posted By: Karon King (email)
Date: 12/29/2012 at 13:04:03

Solomon Hodson (1829-1895)

Solomon Hodson was born September 16, 1829 in Indiana to Thomas and Anna (Baldwin) Hodson. He grew up in Indiana and married Hannah Ogle in Henry County, Indiana on November 24, 1849. Hannah and Solomon had seven children. Two children, Sarah Amanda and Ralph were born in Indiana, while five children, Lewis C., Luther, Charles S., Effie B., and Uriah B., were born in Iowa. The family moved to Iowa between 1856 and 1859. Solomon worked as a nurseryman in Marshall and Warren County when they first came to Iowa. Solomon became Warren County Auditor from 1887 to 1891. He died August 18, 1895, at 65 years of age, and is buried in Ackworth Cemetery, Warren County, Iowa. Hannah was born Oct 17, 1830 in Indiana and died February 26, 1913, at rest beside Solomon in Ackworth Cemetery.
Sources:
Indiana Marriage Collection 1800-1941, Solomon Hodson marriage to Hannah Ogles, Nov 24, 1849, Henry County, Indiana
1850 Federal Census, Stony Creek Township, Henry County, Indiana, p.209B, family of Solomon Hodson
1860 Federal Census, Bangor Township, Marshall County, Iowa, p.133, family of Solomon Hodson
Civil War Draft Registration, June 1863, Iowa 5th Congressional District, Solomon Hodson, age 33, born Indiana, married, farmer, residence, Belmont Township, Warren County, Iowa
1870 Federal Census, Belmont Township, Warren County, Iowa, p.2, family of Solomon Hodson
1880 Federal Census, Glen Elder Township, Mitchell County, Kansas, stamped p.47A
1885 Iowa Census, Union Township, Warren County, Iowa, p.530, family of Solomon Hodson
History of Warren County, Iowa from Its Earliest Settlement to 1908, by W.C.Martin, 1908, p.128-129, listing of Warren County Auditors
Find A Grave, gravestone listings for Solomon Hodson and Hannah Ogle Hodson
Family Group sheet on Ancestry.com


 

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