• Born February 14, 1862 - Falling Creek Township Lenoir County North Carolina USA
  • Deceased September 12, 1920 - Lagrange Lenoir County North Carolina USA,aged 58 years old
  • Buried - Fairview Cemetery Lagrange Lenoir County North Carolina USA

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James Henry (J Henry) Fields born 19 Apr 1839 in Fieldsboro, (Now Walstonburg) Speights Bridge Township, Greene County, NC
married
Frances "Fannie" Ruff born in 1844
and they had one child that survived past infancy:
Emma Eugenia Fields born 23 Jan 1867 Fieldsboro, (Now Walstonburg) Speights Bridge Township, Greene County, NC
married
DR. JAMES "MARK" HODGES on 04 May 1883 at J. Henry's home
born 14 Feb 1862 Falling Creek Township, Lenoir County, North Carolina
died 12 Sep 1920 outside Lagrange, Lenoir County, North Carolina
issue 7 children:
Cyrus "Walker" HODGES b. 04 Sep 1886 LaGrange, Lenoir County, NC
Walter HODGES b. 1887 same as above d. 11 May 1893 same as above
"Harry" Meade HODGES b. 26 Nov 1888 same d. Nov 1980
Frances Rebecca Hodges b. 12 Nov 1891 same d. 01 Mar 1977 Hoke Co., NC
Hannah Elizabeth Hodges b. 12 Nov 1894 same d. Mar 1976
William Joseph "Joe" Hodges b. 02 Dec 1902 same d. 01 Mar 1987 Wilmington, New Hanover Co., NC
infant HODGES b. 12 May 1916 same d. 12 May 1916 same
Dr. Hodges remarried in 1918 to Julia Mable Daly b. 1871 d. 1943 Lenoir Co., NC, the widow of his brother Francis Roland Hodges, Sr.
FYI:
1880 Census Emma FIELDS Age: 15 Estimated birth year: <1865> Birthplace: North Carolina Relationship to head-of-household: Daughter Home in 1880: Spreights Bridge, Greene, North Carolina Race: White Gender: Female Father's name: Henry FIELDS Father's birthplace: NC Mother's name: Fannie FIELDS Mother's birthplace: NC Cannot read/write: View Image Blind: View Image Deaf and dumb: View Image Otherwise disabled: View Image Idiotic or insane: View Image Image Source: Year: 1880; Census Place: Spreights Bridge, Greene, North Carolina; Roll: T9_965; Family History Film: 1254965; Page: 85B; Enumeration District: 66; Image: 0422[5 8 2005.FTW]
DR. JAMES MARK HODGES was born in Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 14 February 1862. He married Emma Eugenia Fields, daughter of James Henry Fields and Frances Ruff, on 4 May 1883.
[Source: Lenoir County Heritage Book.]
He married Julia Mable Daly, daughter of John Travis Daly and Harriet Catherine Kennedy. James died on 20 September 1920 in Lenoir County, North Carolina, at age 58.
[Source: Collection of Ima Eula Mewborn]
His body was interred in LaGrange, Lenoir County, North Carolina, in Fairview Cemetery.
Note: James Marcus Hodges was born February 14, 1862, in Falling Creek Township, Lenoir County, NC, and died in Lenoir County on September 12, 1920. He was the oldest son of Simon E. Hodges (1832-1897) and Persis Harper Hodges (1843-1908). He was educated at the Kinsey Institute in LaGrange and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and he studied medicine at Belview Hospital in New York. He married first Emma Fields (1864-1916), by whom he was the father of five children, all named below. His second wife was Julia Daly Hodges (1871-1943), the widow of his brother, Francis Roland Hodges, Sr. (1865-1915).
Kinston Free Press, March 1882-December 1889 29 Nov 1888 - Thursday Dr. HODGES of La Grange has a new baby boy.
Kinston Free Press, January 1892-December 1892 Dec 1892 - Thursday MD: Julia DALY to Roland HODGES - 30 November - home of bride's father Jno. T. DALY of Lenoir County.
Kinston Free Press, January 1893-December 1893 11 May 1893 – Thursday Walter HODGES age 6 son of Dr. J. M. HODGES of La Grange.
Obituaries and Tributes - Dr. James M. Hodges
The following obituaries and tributes were taken from newspapers shortly after Dr. Hodges' death on September 12, 1920. Unfortunately, the names of these newspapers were not retained with the clippings, but all of them appear to have been published in Greene and Lenoir Counties.
Obituaries
Dr. J. M. Hodges Dead
Dr. J. M. Hodges, well known in the southern section of this country, where for years he enjoyed wide popularity as a physician, died at his home near LaGrange Sunday night, Sept. 12, of indigestion. His health had not been robust for some years, owing to which he had retired from the active practice of medicine, and was living on his farm. It was not realized by his family that he was seriously ill, if indeed he realized it until late Sunday afternoon. He had been in his usual health, complaining a little Sunday morning of indigestion. Late in the afternoon he grew worse, and after administering such remedies as he deemed best, and getting little or no relief, Dr. Smithwick was called in. All that could be done to relieve him was done, but about the hour of ten he gasped a few times and peacefully passed into the beyond. He was interred in the family burial plot in the LaGrange cemetery Monday afternoon in the presence of a large number of friends and relatives. Rev. Perry Case, of Wilson, and Rev. R. G. L. Edwards, of LaGrange, the first of the Christian church and the latter of the M. E. Church, of which latter church the deceased was a member, conducted the funeral services. The floral tributes were most profuse, attesting the high esteem in which Dr. Hodges was held by is friends and neighbors.
He is survived by his wife, three sons, Messsrs. Walker and Harry Hodges, of Belhaven, Mr. Joe Hodges, of LaGrange; and two daughters, Mrs. Alonza Kennedy, of LaGrange, and Mrs. John McGoogan, of Raeford. Dr. Hodges was twice married; his first wife being a native of this county, Miss Emma Fields, daughter of Mr. Henry Fields, a member of the well known Fields family of the Fieldsboro section, who preceded him to the grave, in 1916. In 1918, he was united in marriage to Mrs. Roland Hodges, of Lenoir County, who survives him. We knew him in his home, as a citizen, a Christian and as a physician, in all of which stations we learned to admire and respect him. He was a member of the Methodist church, and a Mason. Of sympathetic, kind disposition, a student and well prepared for the practice of his chosen profession, he was a popular physician and when he announced a few years ago that he was retiring from the active practice of medicine there were expressions of regret, and in many homes there was sadness because he would answer the call no more when pain and sickness visited the home. A good and useful man has gone to his reward.
Death of James M. Hodges
With much surprise and deep regret the community learned of the death of Dr. J. M. Hodges, which occurred (sic) at his home four miles from town about ten thirty Sunday night. Though he had been slightly ailing for a day or two, his death was entirely unexpected. The immediate cause was chronic indigestion. He had not quite completed his fifty-ninth year. Dr. Hodges was one of the best known and best loved physicians of the county. For more than thirty years he had practiced his profession, being located the whole while at La Grange. He was a personal friend to all his patients, sympathetic and kind to all. About two years ago he gave up active practice and removed to the country.
Dr. Hodges was the son of the late Simon Hodges, a farmer with large holdings in Falling Creek township and widely known for his sterling and manly qualities. Of this family, three only survive, Mess. Paul and Robert Hodges and Mrs. Hugh Bryan. "Mark." As Dr. Hodges was familiarly known, received his school education in the school of Prof. Joseph Kinsey, afterwards taking a course in medicine and locating here. Shortly after beginning his practice, he was married to Miss Emma Fields. To them were born five children. After the death of his first wife, Dr. Hodges was married to Mrs. Julia Hodges. His oldest son, Walker, is a successful civil engineer, now located in Belhaven. The second son, Harry, also lives there. One daughter, the wife of Prof. J. E. McGoogan, lives at Raeford. His other daughter is Mrs. Alonzo Kennedy of La Grange. The youngest son, Joe, a youth of seventeen, is a student of Trinity College.
The burial services were held Monday afternoon in Fairview Cemetery and conducted by Dr. .P. B. Case and Rev. R. G. L. Edwards. A large concourse of friends attended the service. [Source: From Collection of Dr. Francis Roland Hodges, Jr.] ************************************************************************************************************************************* Fairview Cemetery in LaGrange, N.C.
1210. Hodges - Infant, No dates
1211. Hodges - J. Marcus MD, 1862 - 1920
1212. Wife - Emma E. Hodges, 1864 - 1916

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