When Daniel Boone Hodges was born on 10 December 1803, in Wilson, Tennessee, United States, his father, William Cayson Hodges Sr., was 25 and his mother, Keziah George, was 24. He married Susan Nancy Koonce about 1823, in Wilson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Nacogdoches, Texas, United States in 1860 and Justice Precinct 1, Johnson, Texas, United States in 1880. He died on 11 December 1881, in Cleburne, Johnson, Texas, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Sand Flat Cemetery, Sand Flat, Johnson, Texas, United States.