Edmond Llewellyn Hodges (1818 - 1896)

Born 26 May 1818 in Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Harriet (Hamlin) Hodges — married 19 Dec 1837 in Winslow, Kennebec, Maine, USA

Husband of Susan Niles (Robinson) Hodges — married 10 Apr 1859 in Waterville, Kennebec, Maine, USA

Descendants

Died 23 Mar 1896 at age 77 in Winslow, Kennebec, Maine, USA

Biography

NOTE: As explained further down, there is currently a discrepancy as to Edmond Hodges' actual resting place. The FindAGrave memorial manager has been contacted to help identify which is correct.

Edmond Hodges was born May 26, 1818. He was the son of Barnum Hodges and Phebe (Richardson) Hodges.^[1][2]

Edmund married Harriet Hamlin. They lived in Sebasticook, Kennebec County, Maine.^[3] This census report lists the following children:

1. Llewellyn, aged 9 (1840-1901)
2. Hannah, aged 7
3. George, aged 4
4. Frances, aged 4
5. [[hodges-10332|Susan}, aged 1, inconsistent with later census ages, married Charles H. Guptill

Edmond's FindAGrave Memorial also lists:

1. Barnum, 1851-1852
2. Phebe,1854-1863
3. Emma, 1856-1931

So, Edmond and Harriet had at least eight children, at least four of whom survived childhood.

Harriet died on 13 Nov 1857.

Edmund married Susan N. (Robinson) Scribner April 10, 1859, in Winslow, Kennebec County, Maine.^[4] Susan was the widow of Charles A. ScribnerThey lived in Winslow, Kennebec, Maine.^[5] Susan brought at least four children to the marriage. Little Barnum has died, and a new baby has been born. Edmond's occupation has changed from laborer to butcher. The children of the household in 1860 included:

1. Llewellyn Hodges, 19, farmhand
2. Hannah Hodges, 18, domestic
3. George Hodges, 15, farm hand
4. Frances Hodges, 14
5. Susan Hodges, 13
6. Phebe Hodges, 6
7. Albert Scribner, 12
8. George Scribner, 7
9. Ashar Scribner, 6
10. Abba Scribner, 3
11. James Hodges, 6 months

The 1880 census^[6] shows Edmond, 62, and Susan, 51, living in Winslow, Kennebec, Maine with a full household. There is a son, Frank Hodges, 33, raising the question as to whether "Frances, 4," in the 1850 wasn't Francis, a son. This person works as a laborer. The next offspring is James Hodges, now 20, followed by Ashar Scribner, 25 who works on the river and is single, followed by Abbie Scribner, 23, who is divorced, and a grandson, Norman (?), who is three years old. The next person is Albert A. Scribner, also divorced, and two more grandsons, Albert G , six, and Norman (?), also four. Is it possible that young Norman was listed twice in error, or both boys were named for a relative in the Robinson/Scribner alliance?

Edmund died March 23, 1896, in Winslow, Maine.^[2] According to one cemetery card marked with "Accession #4176, he was buried at Pine Grove Cemetery in Waterville, Kennebec County, Maine.^[7] However, there is a second, marked with Accession #4152,^[8] which records that he was buried in Hodges Cemetery, clearly a family cemetery, and now reported as being on private property. Accession #4152 also lists Edmond's first wife, Harriet, and several of their children. Accession #4176 also lists Susan. Whether he was ever buried at Hodges Cemetery is unknown at this time. He died about 40 years after Harriet, and it's possible that the records and/or Harriet's stone, were pre-marked with his name, but new plans were made by 1896.

Sources

1. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch ( : 14 January 2020), Edmund Llewellyn Hodges, 1818.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch ( : 4 April 2020), Edmund L Hodges, 23 Mar 1896; citing Winslow, , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch ( : 4 April 2020), E L Hodges, Sebasticook, Kennebec, Maine, United States; citing family 29, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch ( : 14 January 2020), Edmond L. Hodges, 1859.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch ( : 18 March 2020), Edmond L Hodges, 1860.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch ( : 15 August 2017), Edmund L Hodges, Winslow, Kennebec, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district ED 113, sheet 560B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,482.
7. ↑ "Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1990," database with images, FamilySearch ( : 16 March 2018), Edmund L Hodges, 1896; citing Burial, Winslow, Kennebec, Maine, United States, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,769,794.
8. ↑ "Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1990," database with images, FamilySearch ( : 16 March 2018), Edmund L Hodges, ; citing Burial, Waterville, Kennebec, Maine, United States, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,769,794.

• IGI
• Find a Grave, database and images (: accessed 07 November 2022), memorial page for Edmund Llewellyn Hodges (4 May 1818–23 Mar 1896), Find A Grave: Memorial #216456222, citing Hodges Cemetery, Winslow, Kennebec County, Maine, USA; Maintained by Ben York (contributor 47157501) .