Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, Kniffin 1st ed., 1885 Reprinted 1972 by Kentucky Reprint Co., Murray, KY. Graves Co. MARTIN B. HODGES was born April 7, 1818, in Hopkins County, Ky., and was taken by his parents, in 1822, to Calloway County, and in 1826 brought to Graves County, where he has continued to reside to the present time. He is the son of Drury Hodges, a native of Virginia, who died in Missouri. Drury's wife was Diana, daughter of George Griffith, of Virginia. He was twice married and his children are Hiram, Miriam (Farmer), George W., James, Irvine, Anderson, Matilda (Swafford), subject, Barbara (Arant), Dinah (Davidson) and Mary. Subject's educational advantages were limited, but he is a constant reader. He was married, in 1846, to Miss Louisa Cargill, of Graves County, who bore him one child, George W., and died in 1847. Mr Hodges was next married, in 1854, to Miss Nancy M., daughter of Daniel T. and Sarah (Pryor) Cargill, and the result of this union has been the birth of Bettie (Barton), Sarah F. (Stafford), Susan M., Nancy M. (Coffee), Jemmey A., Thomas B., Ella May, Jonathan and Adella. Subject is a farmer, owning eighty acres of fair land in a good state of cultivation. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and co-operates with the Democratic party. Hodges Griffith Farmer Swafford Arant Davidson Cargill Pryor Stafford Barton Coffee = Hopkins-KY Calloway-KY VA MO http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/graves/hodges.mb.txt