 1845 - 1919 (73 years)
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| Name |
Nancy Elizabeth Sophronia Hodges [1, 2] |
| Birth |
28 Dec 1845 |
Liberty, Georgia, USA  [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Also Known As |
Tuppie |
| Residence |
1850 |
District 16, Liberty, Georgia, USA [2] |
| Age: 4 |
| Death |
7 Sep 1919 |
| Burial |
Elim Baptist Church Cemetery, Ludowici, Long, Georgia, USA |
| Person ID |
I40419 |
tng Genealogy |
| Father |
Elias Robert Hodges, b. 8 Feb 1820, Tattnall, Georgia, USA d. 21 Jan 1901, Liberty, Georgia, USA (Age 80 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Eleanor Elizabeth Smith, b. 14 Nov 1825, Liberty, Georgia, USA d. 8 Oct 1889, Liberty, Georgia, USA (Age 63 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
12 Jan 1843 |
Liberty, Georgia, USA [1, 3] |
| Family ID |
F15045 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Nancy Elizabeth Sophronia "Tuppie" Hodges was born Dec 28, 1845 in Liberty County, GA. Tuppie married John Richard Sloan. John Richard Sloan was born in 1843, son of James Sloan (1808-1865) and Elizabeth "Eliza" Jones Sloan. John Richard Sloan's marriage to Tuppie was his second marriage. His first marriage was to Nancy ("Ann") Lang, daughter of Nathaniel Lang and Eleanor McCall Lang. Ann was born in 1846. John Richard and Ann married Sep 22, 1866. They had 5 children. Ann died Jan 10, 1880, when the children were small.
Tuppie was about 36 years old at the time of her marriage and John Richard was about 38 years old. Tuppie was a seamstress. She lived with Hattie, her sister, in Savannah for a few years and worked as a seamstress. After her marriage to John Richard, Tuppie raised her stepchildren from the time they were very young and was known to the whole family as “Big Mama.” The Sloan family lived in Alachua County, FL. Tuppie and John Richard had two babies who died in infancy. They also raised Tuppie’s adopted sister, Mary Hautense Mosely, accepting legal guardianship in 1890. John died Jan 27, 1895, at the age of 52 at LaCrosse, Alachua County, FL. Tuppie was widowed at age 50 and farmed with the help of Lula and Walter, her grown stepchildren, for the next few years in LaCrosse, Alachua County, FL. Tuppie died Sep 7, 1919, at the age of 73 and was buried in Elim Baptist Church Cemetery in present Long County.
SOURCE: Find A Grave
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| Sources |
- [S235] Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Vol. 4, (Name: 1960;), Page 138.
- [S360] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;).
Year: 1850; Census Place: District 16, Liberty, Georgia; Roll: 75; Page: 308a
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8054&h=18774411&indiv=try
[ View Federal Census Document]
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8054&h=18774411&indiv=try
- [S546] Hunting For Bears, comp., Georgia Marriages, 1699-1944, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;).
Record for Elias R. Hodges
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7839&h=91910&indiv=try
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7839&h=91910&indiv=try
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