Biography - W. H. & C. B. Hodges

W. H. AND C. B. HODGES, brothers of L. K. Hodges, whose sketch appears above, were also born in Bossier Parish, La., the former in 1851 and the latter two years later. They were given the advantages of the common schools near their home, and being boys of energy, enterprise and determination, they began doing for themselves at an early age, and are now deservedly ranked among the most successful planters of the parish, for by their own exertions they have become the owners of about 1,500 acres of valuable land, of which some 400 acres are in a fine state of cultivation, devoted principally to the cultivation of cotton, the annual yield being about 250 bales. Like their brother, they possess fine executive ability, and are shrewd financiers, knowing the full value of money, and the proper use to which to put it. They are progressive in their ideas, thrifty and industrious, honorable in every particular, and consequently full deserve the success which has attended their efforts. W. H. Hodges is still single, but C. B. was married to Miss Llewella Lockwell, by whom he is the father of five children. He is a member of the K. of P. of Shreveport.

Contributed 29 Aug 2020 by Norma Hass, extracted from Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana, published in 1890, page 134.