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Harrison H. Hodge

Harrison H. Hodge

Male 1837 - 1914  (77 years)


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  • Name Harrison H. Hodge 
    Birth 10 Apr 1837  Chittenango, Madison, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 17 Dec 1914  Fenner, Madison, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Burial 19 Dec 1914  Perryville Cemetery, Perryville, Madison, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Person ID I14600  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father Daniel Harrison Hodge,   b. 27 Dec 1807, , Otsego, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Feb 1860, Perryville, Madison, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Anne Fargo,   b. 10 Aug 1817, , Madison, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1884 (Age < 66 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1 Jan 1836  Sullivan, Madison, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Family ID F4234  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth A Cary,   b. 16 Mar 1844, DeRuyter, Madison, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Nov 1918, Lincoln, Madison, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1861  [1] 
    Family ID F4293  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Civil War Service Record:
      * Enlisted as a Private on September 2, 1861 at Chittenango, Madison, NY.
      * Enlisted in Company D, 50th Engineers Regiment New York on September 7, 1861.
      * Promoted to Corporal on July 6, 1862.
      * Reduced to 2nd Class on October 20, 1862 by Regimental Order #88.
      * Received a 10 day furlough on April 21, 1863. Failed to return on May 3, 1863 when the furlough expired. Dropped from the rolls on May 17, 1863, listed as a deserter.
      * Returned voluntarily on September 4, 1863. Arrested and confined until October 31, 1863. Returned to his Company without trial. Reduced to 2nd Class Private, forfeit of all/any pay and allowances due him prior to November 1, 1863, requd to make good the time he was absent.
      * On detached service to brig. headquarters as a teamster on November 2, 1863.
      * Re-enlisted on February 15, 1864.
      * Returned to Company on June 15, 1864.
      * Mustered out of Company D, 50th Engineers regiment New York on June 13, 1865 in Fort Barry, VA.
      [National Archives]

      Obituary:
      Wife finds Husband Dead in the Snow at Perryville

      Harrison Hodge, 77, stricken with Heart Disease near barn – Veteran of Civil War

      Special to the Post Standard

      Canastota - Dec. 17 – Harrison Hodge, 77, a farmer residing near Perryville, died suddenly to-day of heart disease.

      Mr. Hodge went to the barn about 10 o`clock this morning. At noon Mrs. Hodge looked toward the barn and saw her husband lying face down in the snow.

      The body was removed to the house. Dr. R. Joy of Canastota was summoned and when he arrived pronounced the man dead. He said life probably had been ---- an hour before the body was discovered. Undertaker J.H. McMahon and Coroner S.T. Barton were called. The coroner, after investigating the circumstances, gave heart disease as cause of death.

      Surviving besides his widow is a daughter, Mrs. Carrie Duffy, who lives at home, one brother, Dwight Hodge of this village and one sister Mrs. Wealthy Taber of Constantia.
      [The Syracuse Post-Standard (NY) - December 18, 1914]

  • Sources 
    1. [S427] The Descendants of Harrison Hodge, (Name: Thomas Cadwell, compiler, (tcadwel1@twcny.rr.com), The Descendants of Harrison Hodge;), Ancestry File from Thomas Cadwell via E-mail on August 10, 2009.

    2. [S428] Death Certificate, (Name: New York State Dept. of Health, Albany;), Certificate # 67762 (1914).

    3. [S429] Perryville Cemetery, (Name: On-Line Database, Perryville Cemetery , Seibenbaum Rd,. Perryville, Madison, NY, (http://www.rootsweb.com/~nymadiso/);), Tombstone Transcription.

    4. [S414] Correspondence, (Name: Peggy DeVoe (Durand, MI);), To Bill Williams (Duncannon, PA) January 3, 2002, Copy to Stephen Griffiths, January 17, 2006.