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The English-Teutonic meaning is "spear of fame."
In England the name Hodge is not with- out distinction. P. R. Hodge, of London, wrote several works on steam engines, and it is claimed was the first to invent and use a hydraulic table that engineers might know the weight in pounds and imperial gallons, and the cubic feet in cylindrical pipe. Com- mander Andrew Hodge, Midshipman J. T. Hodge and John Hodge all served under the great English naval commander, Lord Nel- son, the two latter being with him at Trafal- gar when the French fleet was destroyed and Nelson was killed. Sir Edward Cooper Hodge, K. C. B., served in the Crimean war with distinction, and in 1889 was holding the rank of general in the English army and was an officer of the Legion of Honor. In both England and Scotland the family bore arms, the English arms being: "A chevron sur- rounded by a pale crest : An eagle rising look- ing at the sun." The Scotch arms: "A chevron between two amulets. Crest : A garb entwined with two serpents." In the United States the name is found in every state and territory, many being descendants of John Hodge, who died in Lyme, Connecticut, 1692-94, from whom the Hodges of western New York descend. In the revolutionary war the family was well represented, more than fifty of the name serving in the continental army from the states of Massachusetts, Con- necticut and New Hampshire.
The emigrant ancestor of the western New York branch of the family is John Hodge, born 1643, died in Lyme, Connecticut, 1692- 94. He was a resident of Clinton, Middlesex county, Connecticut, as early as December 28, 1663. After spending three years improving his lands, he visited Windsor in the summer of 1666, from which town he had emigrated to Killingworth with a number of others from that town. Here he married and with his wife soon returned to his home in the then called "Hammanasset Wilderness." Here he remained until about 1670 when he removed to Windsor where the parents of his wife were still living. In 1674 he removed to the town of Suffield where his name appears on a list of the first grantors of that town. Here he had several grants of land and lived until 1687. In 1688 and 1691 he paid personal taxes in Lyme, and was no doubt living there at that time. He married, August 12, 1666,
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Susanna, born September 3, 1646, daughter of Henry Denslow, who was killed by the In- dians in Windsor, April 4, 1676. They were the parents of eleven children, the first born in Killingworth, the next five are found on the records in Windsor, the last five in Suf- field. Children: John, Thomas, Mary, Jo- seph, Benjamin, Henry, William, Elizabeth, Susanna, Abigail, Samuel.
John Hodge, a descendant of John Hodge, the emigrant ancestor, was born in Jefferson county, New York, January 17, 1837, died at Lockport, New York, August 7, 1895. He received his education in public schools and academy, leaving his father's house to make his own way in the world before reaching his majority. He had little capital save a stout heart. energy, ambition and well formed hab- its of industry and thrift. With these attri- butes of character to build his fortunes upon he located in the then village of Lockport, where he began the study of law. His tastes, however, were more for a business than a professional career, and he did not long con- tinue his legal studies. His next venture was as a clerk in the office of the Merchants' Gar- gling Oil Company of Lockport, an enterprise not yet established in public favor. He was rapidly promoted and soon in a position to give his unusual business talents full oppor- tunity. He became the controlling spirit in the business, and in 1866 was elected secre- tary and sole manager. Under his wise and capable direction prosperity came in abun- dance. Though most emphatically a self-made man he possessed qualities of character that would have graced one born to a life of lux- ury and ease ; modest and retiring, full of en- ergy and laudable ambition, yet with such sound good sense and of such genial, attrac- tive personality, that all rejoiced at liis suc- cess. His energy and talents were not de- voted to self-aggrandizement, but he was ever ready to lend a hand to promote the interests of his adopted city or to help some to a better condition. He erected the Hodge Opera House in Lockport, in 1871, and when it was soon afterward destroyed by fire quickly re- placed it with a most imposing and costly block still considered one of the best in the city. This was purely a private enterprise which added greatly to the fame of Lockport, and is a most creditable monument to his pub- lic spirit. His activity was not confined to his private business but reached out and em-
braced many local and county enterprises. He was treasurer, later president, of the Lockport and Buffalo Railroad Company ; president of the Union Publishing Company ; director of the Cataract Bank, of Niagara Falls; president of the Firemen's Life Asso- ciation of the State of New York; director of the Masonic Life Association of Western New York; chief of the Lockport Fire Depart- ment ; president of the Driving Association ; president of the Lockport Water Supply Com- pany and president of the Lockport Street Railroad Company. He declined party nomi- nation for mayor, but for nine years was president of the board of education and a most useful member. He assisted the churches of the city by generous contribu- tions, and served as vestryman of Grace Episcopal church for many years and until his death. He stood high in the Masonic order, holding all degrees in the York and Scottish Rites, and was an active thirty-third degree Mason, with which degree he was in- vested June 4, 1875. He was a member of Niagara Lodge, No. 375, in which he received the E. A. degree, September 30, 1861; F. C. degree, October 21, 1861 ; M. M. degree, No- vember 4, 1861. He was installed in follow- ing offices in said lodge at dates respectively below: Appointed tiler, December 21, 1863 ; elected secretary, December 19, 1864; senior warden, December 20, 1869; worshipful mas- ter, December 20, 1880. He was a member of Ames Chapter, No. 88, in which he became mark master, February 11, 1869; past mas- ter, February 18, 1869; most exalted master, February 18, 1869; Royal Arch Mason, March 11, 1869. He was a member of Gene- see Commandery, No. 10, Knights Templar ; became a member of Red Cross, May 14, 1869; constituted and created a Knight Tem- plar, June 11, 1870; received the degrees in Rochester Lodge of Perfection, May 11, 1875, and demitted to Lock City Lodge of Perfec- tion, of Lockport, New York, December 25. 1875. Received the degrees in the Roches- ter Council of Princes of Jerusalem, May 12, 1875; Rochester Chapter of Rose Croix, May 12, 1875; Rochester Consistory, May 13, 1875; received his thirty-third degree, Sep- tember 16, 1879: crowned active member, September 19, 1888, and became deputy of Supreme Council for State of New York. He was a member of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of
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New York. District deputy grand master for the then twenty-fourth Masonic District for the years 1882 to 1884 inclusive ; junior grand warden, 1885-90; senior grand warden, 1891-92; deputy grand master, 1893; grand master, 1894, which exalted office he held at time of death. He was also grand receiver of the Ancient Order of United Workmen from the time the Grand Lodge was organ- ized in New York to the time of his death. His death in 1895 was deeply mourned all over the state, especially in his own city where his worth was best known.
He married, February 23, 1870, Ella C., daughter of Willard Johnson and Caroline (Walbridge) Daniels. Mrs. Hodge survives her husband, a resident of Lockport, where she is actively engaged in caring for her vari- ous interests.
(The Daniels Line).
(I) Robert Daniels, emigrant ancestor, was born in England, about 1590, as on June 26, 1652, he deposed that he was about sixty years old. He was an early settler at Water- town, and was a property owner there as early as 1636. He was a farmer. In 1636 he removed to Cambridge, but later returned to Watertown. He was admitted a freeman, March 14, 1638-39. On October 7, 1651, he sold to Edward Garfield six acres of land oni the Hither Plain in Watertown. In Decem- ber of the same year he sold six acres more in the same location to John Whitney. He was in Cambridge again in 1652. He married (first) Elizabeth - -, died October 2, 1643; (second) May 2, 1654, Reana, widow of Will- iam Andrew. His will, dated July 3, 1655, proved October 2, 1656, bequeathed to his widow, Reana, the property she had when she married him, besides other property; to his five children and his cousin, Anna New-
comen. His widow married (third) Ed- mund Frost. Children: I. Elizabeth, mar- ried Thomas Fanning. 2. Samuel, married Marie (or Mercy) Grant. 3. Joseph, men- tioned below. 4. Sarah, married William Cheney. 5. Mary, born September 2, 1642; married, 1660, Sampson Frary, who was slain at Deerfield by the Indians. 6. Thomas, bur- ied September 6, 1644.
(II) Joseph, son of Robert Daniels, was born in Watertown, in 1640, died June 23, 1715. He settled in that part of Medfield which is now Millis. He married (first) No-
vember 16, 1665, Mary Fairbanks, born Sep- tember 10, 1647, in Dedham, died June 9, 1682, daughter of George and Mary (Adams) Fairbanks; (second) Rachel Sheffield, born in Braintree, March 24, 1660, died May 3, 1687, daughter of William and Mary Shef- field; (third) Mrs. Lydia (Adams) Allen, born 1653, died December 26, 1731, daugh- ter of Edward and Lydia Adams, widow of James Allen. Children: I. Joseph, men- tioned below. 2. Mary, born July 14, 1669. 3. Samuel, October 30, 1671 ; married, 1694. Deborah Ford. 4. Mehitable, July 10, 1674, died June 3, 1686. 5. Ebenezer, April 24, 1677. 6. Elizabeth, March 9, 1679; married Joseph Mason. 7. Jeremiah, March 17, 1680, died June 16, 1680. 8. Eleazer, March 9, 1681; resided in Mendon. 9. Jeremiah, No- vember 3, 1684. 10. Rachel, October 17, 1686. II. Zachariah, April 9, 1689, died May 2, 1689.
(III) Joseph (2), son of Joseph (I) Dan- iels, was born September 23, 1666, in Med- field, died there January 14, 1739. He mar- ried (first) Rachel Partridge, born 1669, daughter of John and Magdalen (Bullard) Partridge; (second) Methia Breck, born De- cember 20, 1673, in Sherborn, died February 3, 1754, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Hill) Breck. Children: I. Samuel, men- tioned below. 2. Joseph, born December 15, 1695. 3. David, February 21, 1698-99. 4. Hannah, September 30, 1701 ; married, Octo- ber 27, 1725, Eleazer Thompson. 5. Ezra, March 10, 1704. 6. Sarah, May 1, 1707; mar- ried, February 20, 1733, John Bullard. 7. Abigail, March 15, 1715, died December 14, 1718. 8. Tamar, March 17, 1717; married, December, 1733, John Metcalf.
(IV) Samuel, son of Joseph (2) Daniels, was born in Medfield, December 25, 1693, died in 1789. He settled in that part of Med- field which became Medway. He married (first) December 6, 1718, Experience Adams, born 1696, died March 29, 1731, daughter of Deacon Peter and Experience (Cook) Ad- ams; (second) February 20, 1733, Sarah Phipps, born in Wrentham, daughter of John Phipps, who was a nephew and adopted son of Sir William Phipps, of London, England. Children of first wife: 1. Samuel, mentioned below. 2. Timothy, born September 6, 1722; married, February 6, 1754, Ruth Leland ; lived in Sherborn. 3. Nathan, August 20, 1727. 4. John, August 18, 1728. 5. Simeon,
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March 8, 1730-31; married, April 9, 1754, Lydia Adams; lived in Franklin. Children of second wife: 6. Reuben, born November 25, 1733, died February 26, 1734. 7. Sarah, January 10, 1734-35; . married, March 2, 1758, Timothy Force. 8. Mary, April 23, 1736; married, July 5, 1764, Jonathan Wis- well. 9. Japheth, February 17, 1738; mar- ried Melatiah Hayward; lived in Holliston; died March 3, 1805. 10. Abijah, July 27, 1740; married, 1774, Hannah Dix; lived in Milford.
(V) Samuel (2), son of Samuel (1) Dan- iels, was born June 8, 1720, in Medway, Mas- sachusetts. In 1773 he settled in Leicester, Vermont. He enlisted in the revolutionary army and was killed in 1778. He married (first) -; (second) in Medway, Massa- chusetts, November 26, 1760, Mrs. Elizabethı Wiswell, died 1802. The marriage record gives his residence at that time as Belling- ham, Massachusetts. Children : Dan, Sanı- uel, George and others.
(VI) Samuel (3), son of Samuel (2) and Elizabeth (Wiswell) Daniels, was born 1776, died 1843. He married Huldah Parker, born 1781, died 1858. Children: 1. William Par- ker, born December 3, 1803, at Whiting, Ver- mont, died August 2, 1865 ; married, October 10, 1827, Betsy Landon Fox, born at James- town, Virginia, January 8, 1800, died Novem- ber 27, 1877; children: i. Eliza E., born Sep- tember 30, 1829, died April 10, 1831. ii. Charles Fox, born September 5, 1831, died February 19, 1905. iii. Mary, born January 10, 1833, died January, 1834. iv. Helen Mon- son, born October 27. 1834, died April 22, 1891; married, January 6, 1857, Cromwell John Lloyd, and had a. Walter Cromwell, born January 6, 1858; married, 1884, Clara Louise Woerts; b. Nellie Lloyd, died in infancy; c. Frances Helen, born February 1, 1867; mar- ried, in 1889, Carl W. Preston. v. Eliza (Liz- zie) born December II, 1838; married, Au- gust II, 1857, Lewis Lackore, born March 25, 1834, died July 10, 1902; children: a. Louis Horace, died aged ten years; b. Fred William, born September 20, 1859; married, January 1, 1890, Edna Olive Kneeland, born October 26, 1857, died December 5, 1899, leaving Lucius Harrington, Charles Daniels, Edna Olive; c. Ida Fox, born June 24, 1861 ; married, June 10, 1885, James Taylor Park- inson, born January 8, 1856, died January 7, 1910, had Gladys Elizabeth and Robert Lac-
kore Parkinson; d. Henry Daniels, born January 28, 1870 ; married, April 28, 1898, Isa- bell Susanne Gove, born August 30, 1873; child: Elizabeth Gove Lackore. vi. Harriet, born February 1, 1841, died March 8, 1905. 2. Russell Case, born December 22, 1804. 3. Monson Haskins, born October 23, 1805, died October, 1845; married Harriet Wright. 4. Loyal Carpenter, born June 20, 1806, died June 29, 1841; married Mary L. Tyler. 5. Eliza E., born May 30, 1811, died January 25, 1825. 6. Willard Johnson, mentioned below. 7. Lucy Wiswell, born August 21, 1815, died August 21, 1818. 8. Livonia Nichols, born March 16, 1818, died June 20, 1894; married Peter Palmer, of Toledo, Ohio, died July 18, 1875; children : i. Livonia Nichols, died July 18, 1879. ii. William Nichols, born 1842, died December 23, 1898. iii. Emuma Louise. iv. George Samuel. 9. Lucy Wiswell (2), born May 21, 1822, died September 25, 1908; mar- ried, October 9, 1839, Roswell W. Cheney, of Toledo, Ohio, died August 17, 1844; children : i. Caroline, born 1842, married Emory D. Pot- ter, of Toledo, Ohio; children: Paul Emory, born December, 1869; Rollin Daniels and Mary Caroline. ii. Roswell W. (2), born October 18, 1844. 10. Samuel Rollin, born July II, 1825, died December 3, 1902; mar- ried Marion Wilkinson, born April 2, 1830; children: i. Rensselaer Wilkinson, born Oc- tober 6, 1851, married Edith Alden. ii. Wil- liam Russell, born September 13, 1853, died April 12, 1858. iii. George Samuel, born May 27, 1857. iv. Frances Marian, born March I. 1864, married Harry A. Marlin, of Pitts- burg, Pennsylvania; children: Kenton, born 1880; Marion, 1882; Ralph, 1884.
(VII) Willard Johnson, sixth child of Sam- uel (3) and Huldah (Parker) Daniels, was born May 2, 1813, died November 25, 1877. He gave its name to the city of Toledo, Ohio, and was for a long time connected with the Toledo Blade. He married (first) January 16, 1838, Caroline Walbridge, who died No- vember 24, 1849. He married (second) Isa- dore Emma Hopkins, who died in 1899. Chil- dren by first marriage: 1. Mary C., married Samuel Alfred Wheeler, of Toledo, Ohio; children : Frederic Russell, married Florence B. Fargo; Caroline Walbridge, married Jolın C. Williams. 2. Lucy, married, January 5, 1864, John E. Mack, of Lockport, New York. 3. Kate, married Rev. Lawrence Stevens, died September, 1904. 4. Ella C., married, Febru-
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ary 23, 1870, John Hodge, of Lockport. Chil- dren of second marriage: 5. Carrie, married Howard Helmer, of Lockport. 6. Frank, married Anna Heckel. 7. Dora, married Ken- ton Sawlnier. 8. Jennie, married Jabez Mil- ton Woodward.
WILSON The Wilsons of Jamestown, New York, herein recorded, are of English ancestors, who settled on part of the site of the present city of Jamestown, while it was yet farm land and known as "English Hill." Four families came from England, and one of these, John Wilson, was the American ancestor and early settler in Chautauqua county. The name was originally spelled Willson and was so written by the first settler. Later generations have adopted Wilson as the proper form, although another branch of the same family in James- town continue the old spelling.
(I) John Wilson was born in Ely, Eng- land, about 1770. He married there Eliza- beth Atkinson, born in the same parish, March 25, 1772. They removed to St. Ives, Cambridgeshire, England. He had a son John.
(II) John (2), son of John (I) and Eliza- beth (Atkinson) Wilson, was born at St. Ives, Cambridgeshire, England, December 26, 1802, died in Jamestown, New York, July 4, 1873. He was a boat builder by -trade and followed that occupation in his native town. In 1834 he came to the United States with his wife and three children, accompanied by four other families from England. One of these was also named Willson, although it is not known that they were related. This col- ony remained together and finally settled in Chautauqua county, near the then village of Jamestown, and now within the city limits. They secured land adjoining and gave the place the name it bore for many years "Eng- lish Hill." John did not long remain on his original location but moved into the village of Jamestown where he could find work at his trade. He later built flat boats for himself, loaded them with lumber and other salable products, and floated them down the rivers to Cincinnati, Ohio, where a profitable market was found. He was very successful in his river trading, and as years came upon him abandoned the river and purchased a farm at Kiantone, Chautauqua county, from Gover- nor Reuben E. Fenton. He cultivated and
lived on this farm the remainder of his days, although his death occurred at the residence of his son Robert, in Jamestown. He was a member of the Episcopal church, and a Demo- crat.
He married, in Ely, England, June 17, 1825, Rebeckah Thorp, born June 26, 1806, died January 14, 1873, daughter of John and Eliza- beth Thorp. Children : I. Robert (see sketch). 2. William, see forward. 3. George J., born January 28, 1831, died April 27, 1832. 4. Elizabeth, born in England, April 11, 1833; married, 1854, H. V. Kellogg, a native of Ver- mont ; child, Jennie R. Kellogg, born Novem- ber 2, 1863; now (19II) and for the past thirty years a teacher in the Jamestown pub- lic schools. 5. John Thorp (see sketch). 6. Horace A. (see sketch). 7. Sarah Ann, born August 6, 1843; married John Reed and re- sides at Frewsburg, New York. 8. Mary L., born February 2, 1846; married (first), 1865, Jefferson Frew; (second) Captain Whitney, and resides at Frewsburg.
(III) William, second son of John (2) and Rebeckah (Thorp) Wilson, was born in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, July 27, 1828, died in Jamestown, June 2, 1903. When a lad of six years his parents came to America, set- tling at Jamestown, where the lad was edu- cated in the public schools. When he reached the age of twelve years he began driving a team engaged in hauling freight from Dun- kirk to Jamestown. Following this he worked for his father and at carpentering. All his mature years he was engaged in some form of the lumber business. He assisted his father in his boating operations on the Allegheny and Ohio rivers and later engaged in the same business for himself, building, owning and operating river boats. At one period he was engaged with the Fenton Lumber Company, managing their traffic on the rivers. He was also much employed as an inspector of tim- ber lands by his brother, John Thorp Wil- son. In this line he was unexcelled. He was successful in his private business and was also deeply interested in the public affairs of the then village of Jamestown. For fourteen years he served as village trustee and the rec- ords kept by the town clerk contain frequent reference to his public spirited work while a member of the village board. He also served his city as paving and sewer inspector. He was a lifelong Democrat and lived in a strong Republican district, yet his worth was so well
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known that he always held office, elected by the votes of friends opposed to him politically. He was a member of the Baptist church of Jamestown, and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
He married, March 25, 1852, Adaline Maç- lease. Children: 1. Mary E., born November 21, 1855, died August 16, 1879; married Thomas Johnson, also deceased. 2. Lillian, died in infancy. 3. Fred H., of whom further. (IV) Fred H., son of William and Adaline (Maclease) Wilson, was born in Jamestown, New York, at 333 Allen street, June 29, 1864. He was educated in the public schools of Jamestown, and began business life in the employ of his uncle, John Thorp Wilson. After working for a time in the saw and plan- ing mills he was made foreman of the lum- ber yards and purchasing agent for that de- partment. He continued in that position until April, 1898, when he resigned to accept the appointment of chief of the Jamestown fire department. He held this position continu- ously under the volunteer system until the year 1911 when he was appointed to the same position in the newly created paid fire depart- ment. This speaks volumes for his efficiency as fire chief for the past thirteen years. Mr. Wilson's military record deserves more than passing notice. He enlisted in the Fenton Guards in 1887, he served continuously until 1898, when he, with others of the "Guards" offered their services to the government to fight in the Spanish-American war. He was mustered in as second lieutenant of Company E., Sixty-fifth Regiment, New York Volun- teers, on May 17, and in July of the same year was commissioned first lieutenant of the same company. He was honorably dis- charged, November 19, 1898, and returned to Jamestown. In 1903 he was elected captain of the Thirteenth Separate Company, and is still serving. He also resumed his old posi- tion of chief of the fire department after his return. Besides his well known and fully ap- preciated qualities as leader of the fire de- partment, Mr. Wilson has a well established reputation in his city for integrity and hon- orable dealing with all. He was on the mili- tary staff of Governor F. W. Higgins during his term as governor. He is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Knights of Pythias, Maccabees, and the Eagles. Politically he is a Republican.
He married (first) in 1888, Gertrude My-
ers, died January 20, 1891. Child, Mary Isa- bel, born May 9, 1889 ; graduate of Jamestown high school, class of 1909. He married (sec- ond) Angie Lenore Dowler, born at Water- ford, Erie county, Pennsylvania, September 21, 1869, daughter of Frank King and Kath- erin (Price) Dowler. She is a member of the Presbyterian church, and of Jamestown Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolu- tion. Child of second marriage : Katherin A., born April 15, 1893; attending high school, class of 1912.
(The Dowler Line).
The Dowlers descend from Henry Dowler, a native of county Cavanaugh, Ireland. He married Elizabeth Wah. Among their chil- dren was a son John, who served in the war of 1812. He married Susan, daughter of John Lang. Their son, John Dowler, mar- ried Elizabeth King (see forward). Their son, Frank King Dowler, was born in a log cabin on his father's farm, lo- cated between Miller's Station and Cam- bridge Springs, Crawford county, Pennsyl- vania, January 30, 1845. He learned the blacksmith's trade which he followed in early life. Later he went to the oil fields of Penn- sylvania, where he engaged in the oil busi- ness as a speculator and broker. He later resided in Waterford, Pennsylvania, going from there to Erie, Pennsylvania, where he established a wagon making and blacksmith- ing business, which he continued for five years. He then settled in Jamestown where he conducted the same business for several years. In his latter days he kept a tobacco store in Jamestown. He was of an adventur- ous disposition, and during the Klondike ex- citement went to the gold fields of Alaska, but did not long remain. He died in James- town, New York, September 22, 1909. He was a Democrat in politics, a member of the Presbyterian church, and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
He married, April 10, 1867, Katherin Price, born February 27, 1841, died January 18, 1893, daughter of Henry and Margaret (Hart) Price. Children: I. Luella, born January II, 1868; married Charles E. Free- man, of Jamestown. 2. Angie Lenore, mar- ried Fred H. Wilson (see Wilson IV). 3. Charles W., born March 6, 1871; married Belle Manton ; children : Edna K. and Winton Francis. 4. Arthur King, born June 11, 1874.
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