Thomas Jackson Hodges

Brief Life History of Thomas Jackson

When Thomas Jackson Hodges was born on 21 February 1890, in Hickory, Missouri, United States, his father, William A Hodges, was 42 and his mother, Sirena Francis Gehon, was 41. He married Oda Elisabeth Smith on 28 December 1918, in Henryetta, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Hughson, Stanislaus, California, United States in 1942 and Pueblo de las Juntas, Fresno, California, United States in 1950. He died on 1 July 1977, in Empire, Stanislaus, California, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Fresno, Fresno, California, United States.

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Thomas Jackson Hodges
1890–1977
Carrie Elizabeth Scott
1910–1997
Marriage: 2 December 1929
Carrie Louemma Hodges
1934–1991
Sarina Mae Hodges
Jack Dean Hodges
1936–
Thelma Ruth Hodges
1936–1995
Mary Sue Hodges
1941–1984
Diana Joy Hodges
1943–2003
Shirley Ann Hodges
1951–2011

Sources (19)

  • Tom J Hodges, "United States, Census, 1940"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Thomas J. Hodges - Published information: birth-name: Thomas J. Hodges
  • Thomas J Hodges, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995"

World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1904

Settled by whites about 1889, Okmulgee boomed after the discovery of oil in 1904 and is now a commercial and industrial centre for oil and gas production and agriculture (pecans, cotton, corn [maize], cattle). The manufacture of oil-field equipment, electronic equipment, small aircraft, and glass is also important.

1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment

The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Hodge with genitival or post-medieval -s. Occasionally, however, the name may be topographic for a person who lived or worked at the house of someone named Hodge or Roger.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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