When Charles Hodge was born on 13 December 1801, in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, James Hodge, was 30 and his mother, Agnes Forfar, was 26. He married Helen Dick Brash on 15 November 1820, in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1841 and Linlithgowshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1851. He died on 5 October 1879, in West Calder, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 77, and was buried in Devon, England, United Kingdom.
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