- R. HODGE, carriage-maker; born in East Kilbride, Lanarkshire,
Scotland, Aug. 20, 1823; came
- to America in the spring of 1848, and spent two and a half
years in Camden, N.Y.; came to Janesville in the fall of 1850,
and has been engaged in present business ever since. Married
Ellen SMART in the fall of 1854; she was born in Scotland in
1831; they had eight children, six now living - John, Ellen,
Nettie, Lizzie, Robert and Samuel, aged 24, 22., 19, 16, 10 and
7 years respectively. Mr. H. was a member of the City Council
one term.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 708.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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