Individual Details
Herman Austin Hodges
(Oct 1894 - 21 Feb 1930)
On his World War I draft registration, Herman Hodges states he has a wife and child as dependants. He works as a street car conductor for the W. C. F. & N. Railway in Waterloo, Iowa.
[W=Waterloo, CF=Cedar Falls and N= ]
On the 1925 Iowa State Census of Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., Iowa, Herman Hodges appears with his wife, Lydia and their children Rachel and LeRoy. Rachel is noted as Hodges but should be Palmer. The boy, LeRoy is 8 years old and it is likely Herman's son from a previous marriage.
Unable to find an obituary for Herman, but this gives some information:
Rolfe Arrow, Rolfe, Iowa, Thursday, February 27, 1930, Page 1 Col. 3: Clarence and J. O. Hosier and their sister, Mrs. Frank Stearns of the Plover neighborhood, were called to Waterloo Friday by the death of their brother-in-law, Herman Hodges who passed away at a local hospital that day as a result of Ptomaine poisoning. Mrs. Hodges' daughter, Rachael Palmer, was also seriously ill with the same trouble, but is recovering. The Hodges lived on one of the Charlton farms north of Rolfe a few years ago.
[W=Waterloo, CF=Cedar Falls and N= ]
On the 1925 Iowa State Census of Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., Iowa, Herman Hodges appears with his wife, Lydia and their children Rachel and LeRoy. Rachel is noted as Hodges but should be Palmer. The boy, LeRoy is 8 years old and it is likely Herman's son from a previous marriage.
Unable to find an obituary for Herman, but this gives some information:
Rolfe Arrow, Rolfe, Iowa, Thursday, February 27, 1930, Page 1 Col. 3: Clarence and J. O. Hosier and their sister, Mrs. Frank Stearns of the Plover neighborhood, were called to Waterloo Friday by the death of their brother-in-law, Herman Hodges who passed away at a local hospital that day as a result of Ptomaine poisoning. Mrs. Hodges' daughter, Rachael Palmer, was also seriously ill with the same trouble, but is recovering. The Hodges lived on one of the Charlton farms north of Rolfe a few years ago.
Events
| Birth | Oct 1894 | Oran, Fayette Co., Iowa |  | ||
| Marriage | 27 Jan 1923 | Oelwein, Fayette Co., Iowa - Lydia Inez Hosier | | ||
| Death | 21 Feb 1930 | Oelwein, Fayette Co., Iowa | | ||
| Burial | Woodlawn Cemetery, Oelwein, Fayette Co., Iowa | |
Families
| Spouse | Lydia Inez Hosier (1894 - 1982) |
| Father | John Gelan Hodges (1852 - 1943) |
| Mother | Emma Alvina Fredreich (1870 - 1954) |
| Sibling | Joseph Isaac Hodges (1895 - 1965) |
Endnotes
1. Rootsweb.Com.
2. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..
3. Ancestry.com Iowa Marriage Records 1923-1937.
4. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..
5. Iowa Deaths & Burials, 1850-1990.
6. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..