The Family of Haywood Bun Arrington:Information about Charles Edward Hodges
Charles Edward Hodges (b. 1819, d. 1910)
Notes for Charles Edward Hodges:In 1860 Charles' occupation was listed as 'Cartman and he lived at 51 Boerum Street in Brooklyn NY.Both Charles and his sister Julia (Johns) were evangelists.He was also a Baptist minister.With Julia's husband, Charles sold off pieces of land that they owned in Brooklyn known as the flatiron section, where Kings County Hospital is now located.
Charles was instrumental in bringing runaway slaves from the south to Quakers in the north via the underground railroad.In 1855, Charles and his brother William were chosen as delegates from New York to the "Colored National Convention" held in Philadelphia.Charles served as a delegate from Norfolk County and Portsmouth in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1869-1871.
Charles and Sally lived in Virginia where the children were born.It is said that Sally was assaulted there and Charles took his young family back to New York after that.When Sally died, Charles returned to Virginia and established the Divine Baptist Church which still exists.
Between 1810 and 1837, Charles E. Hodges, by successive purchases, accumulated an estate of 253 acres.Because of his success and his unwillingness to conform to the laws of Virginia restraining movements of free Negroes, he and his family were driven out of Princess Anne by the slave patrol of this county shortly after 1851.They moved to Brooklyn NY and remained there until the close of the Civil War.Returning to Virginia after the war, they proceeded to reclaim their property and to assume a vigorous leadership in politics and in the religious development of the freedmen. (Negro Officeholders in Virginia, 1865-1895, p. 21)
More About Charles Edward Hodges:
Burial: May 22, 1873, Elected a Justice of the Peace in Pleasant Grove Township..
Race: Bet. 1869 - 1871, Delegate from Norfolk County and Portsmouth..
Religion: 1863, First pastor of Divine Baptist Church.
More About Charles Edward Hodges and Sally Harmon:
Marriage: New York City.
More About Charles Edward Hodges and Fannie Ellen Griffin:
Marriage: September 15, 1888, Norfolk County VA.
Marriage Fact: married by Elder George F. Hodges.
Marriage Notes for Charles Edward Hodges and Fannie Ellen Griffin:At the time of the marriage both were widowed.Charles was 68 years old and Fannie was 46.On the marriage license, Charles occupation was "Clergyman" and the minister was George F. Hodges.
Children of Charles Edward Hodges and Sally Harmon are:
- Fred Hodges.
- Sarah Hodges.
- +William Edward Hodges, b. 1846, d. 1930.
- Charles E. Hodges, Jr., b. 1848.
- Cordelia Hodges, b. 1849.