Biography of C. H. Hodges
FROM OUR COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE
A DESCRIPTIVE AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
OF SARATOGA COUNTY, NEW YORK
PREPARED AND PUBLISHED UNDER THE
AUSPICES OF THE SARATOGIAN
THE BOSTON HISTORY COMPANY, PUBLISHERS 1899
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Hodges, C. H., was born in the town of Wilton in 1841, a son of Edward and Laura (Burnham) Hodges. His parents
moved to Saratoga Springs in 1842, where C. H. was educated in the common schools, and has been prominently connected
with the hotels for thirty-five years. He was with the Grand Union for fifteen years and twenty years with Congress
Hall, where he is now (1898) head porter. He is a member of the A. O. U. W., and served with the 77th N. Y. Vols.
in the war of the Rebellion during the years 1861 and 1862, participating in the operations in front of Yorktown,
and was wounded at Lee's Mills, April 6, 1862. He is a member of the G. A. R. and has been commander of Post Wheeler.
In 1868 Mr. Hodges married his wife, who died in 1869, leaving three children. In 1871 he married again and has
three children by his present wife.
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