"Hon. Schuyler Hodges
late of Pontiac, was born September 1, 1798, in New Hampshire. His parents settled, when he was quite young, at Brighton, Canada. How long he resided there is not known, as his father's death caused the dispersion of the family, and there is no record of his life until he emigrated to Michigan in 1820, and settled in Pontiac, where he died, in 1845. Mr. Hodges early engaged in mercantile business, and followed it many years successfully. He was Deputy Sheriff, and afterwards Sheriff of the county. While holding that office, he married, in 1828, Mary A. Williams, daughter of Oliver Williams, of Silver Lake, Oakland County, and took up his abode in the old court-house at Pontiac. He retained the office of Sheriff a long time; and, as the county was large, his business was very extensive. The country was new, without good roads or bridges, and it was often necessary, in the performance of his official duties, to swim his horse across the streams, and follow the Indian trails from one settlement to another. With an energy that would not be daunted by any obstacle, he was ever ready to make sacrifices for the best interests of Pontiac and Oakland County. He was personally identified with their growth and prosperity from their earliest history, having held in both positions of responsibility and trust. He was ever eager for the advancement of the young and thriving village of Pontiac; and, in 1838-39, built there one of the best hotels west of Buffalo,--called the Hodges House. He conducted this hotel until his death; and it still stands a monument of his industry and public spirit. Two of his sons died in early manhood; the eldest leaving two children, who are still living with their mother and grandmother at the old homestead in Pontiac. Mrs. Hodges survives her husband,--a link between the early settlement of the State and its present prosperity."
(from "American Biographical History of Eminent and Self-Made Men with Portrait Illustrations on Steel, Volumes I-II", Western Biographical Publishing Company; 1878 (Michigan Volume), pp.38-39)
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Schuyler was the 2nd Oakland County Sheriff, elected in 1828...
Schuyler's bloodhound "Gipsy" is buried also in the family plot, and is believed the only pet ever buried in a human cemetery...
late of Pontiac, was born September 1, 1798, in New Hampshire. His parents settled, when he was quite young, at Brighton, Canada. How long he resided there is not known, as his father's death caused the dispersion of the family, and there is no record of his life until he emigrated to Michigan in 1820, and settled in Pontiac, where he died, in 1845. Mr. Hodges early engaged in mercantile business, and followed it many years successfully. He was Deputy Sheriff, and afterwards Sheriff of the county. While holding that office, he married, in 1828, Mary A. Williams, daughter of Oliver Williams, of Silver Lake, Oakland County, and took up his abode in the old court-house at Pontiac. He retained the office of Sheriff a long time; and, as the county was large, his business was very extensive. The country was new, without good roads or bridges, and it was often necessary, in the performance of his official duties, to swim his horse across the streams, and follow the Indian trails from one settlement to another. With an energy that would not be daunted by any obstacle, he was ever ready to make sacrifices for the best interests of Pontiac and Oakland County. He was personally identified with their growth and prosperity from their earliest history, having held in both positions of responsibility and trust. He was ever eager for the advancement of the young and thriving village of Pontiac; and, in 1838-39, built there one of the best hotels west of Buffalo,--called the Hodges House. He conducted this hotel until his death; and it still stands a monument of his industry and public spirit. Two of his sons died in early manhood; the eldest leaving two children, who are still living with their mother and grandmother at the old homestead in Pontiac. Mrs. Hodges survives her husband,--a link between the early settlement of the State and its present prosperity."
(from "American Biographical History of Eminent and Self-Made Men with Portrait Illustrations on Steel, Volumes I-II", Western Biographical Publishing Company; 1878 (Michigan Volume), pp.38-39)
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Schuyler was the 2nd Oakland County Sheriff, elected in 1828...
Schuyler's bloodhound "Gipsy" is buried also in the family plot, and is believed the only pet ever buried in a human cemetery...
"Hon. Schuyler Hodges
late of Pontiac, was born September 1, 1798, in New Hampshire. His parents settled, when he was quite young, at Brighton, Canada. How long he resided there is not known, as his father's death caused the dispersion of the family, and there is no record of his life until he emigrated to Michigan in 1820, and settled in Pontiac, where he died, in 1845. Mr. Hodges early engaged in mercantile business, and followed it many years successfully. He was Deputy Sheriff, and afterwards Sheriff of the county. While holding that office, he married, in 1828, Mary A. Williams, daughter of Oliver Williams, of Silver Lake, Oakland County, and took up his abode in the old court-house at Pontiac. He retained the office of Sheriff a long time; and, as the county was large, his business was very extensive. The country was new, without good roads or bridges, and it was often necessary, in the performance of his official duties, to swim his horse across the streams, and follow the Indian trails from one settlement to another. With an energy that would not be daunted by any obstacle, he was ever ready to make sacrifices for the best interests of Pontiac and Oakland County. He was personally identified with their growth and prosperity from their earliest history, having held in both positions of responsibility and trust. He was ever eager for the advancement of the young and thriving village of Pontiac; and, in 1838-39, built there one of the best hotels west of Buffalo,--called the Hodges House. He conducted this hotel until his death; and it still stands a monument of his industry and public spirit. Two of his sons died in early manhood; the eldest leaving two children, who are still living with their mother and grandmother at the old homestead in Pontiac. Mrs. Hodges survives her husband,--a link between the early settlement of the State and its present prosperity."
(from "American Biographical History of Eminent and Self-Made Men with Portrait Illustrations on Steel, Volumes I-II", Western Biographical Publishing Company; 1878 (Michigan Volume), pp.38-39)
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Schuyler was the 2nd Oakland County Sheriff, elected in 1828...
Schuyler's bloodhound "Gipsy" is buried also in the family plot, and is believed the only pet ever buried in a human cemetery...
late of Pontiac, was born September 1, 1798, in New Hampshire. His parents settled, when he was quite young, at Brighton, Canada. How long he resided there is not known, as his father's death caused the dispersion of the family, and there is no record of his life until he emigrated to Michigan in 1820, and settled in Pontiac, where he died, in 1845. Mr. Hodges early engaged in mercantile business, and followed it many years successfully. He was Deputy Sheriff, and afterwards Sheriff of the county. While holding that office, he married, in 1828, Mary A. Williams, daughter of Oliver Williams, of Silver Lake, Oakland County, and took up his abode in the old court-house at Pontiac. He retained the office of Sheriff a long time; and, as the county was large, his business was very extensive. The country was new, without good roads or bridges, and it was often necessary, in the performance of his official duties, to swim his horse across the streams, and follow the Indian trails from one settlement to another. With an energy that would not be daunted by any obstacle, he was ever ready to make sacrifices for the best interests of Pontiac and Oakland County. He was personally identified with their growth and prosperity from their earliest history, having held in both positions of responsibility and trust. He was ever eager for the advancement of the young and thriving village of Pontiac; and, in 1838-39, built there one of the best hotels west of Buffalo,--called the Hodges House. He conducted this hotel until his death; and it still stands a monument of his industry and public spirit. Two of his sons died in early manhood; the eldest leaving two children, who are still living with their mother and grandmother at the old homestead in Pontiac. Mrs. Hodges survives her husband,--a link between the early settlement of the State and its present prosperity."
(from "American Biographical History of Eminent and Self-Made Men with Portrait Illustrations on Steel, Volumes I-II", Western Biographical Publishing Company; 1878 (Michigan Volume), pp.38-39)
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Schuyler was the 2nd Oakland County Sheriff, elected in 1828...
Schuyler's bloodhound "Gipsy" is buried also in the family plot, and is believed the only pet ever buried in a human cemetery...
Inscription
"In Memory
of
SCHUYLER HODGES
who died
April 29,
A.D.1845:
aged 48 years
Ye lib'ral souls who reverence Friendship's name
Who boast her blessings and who feed her flame
Oh! If from early youth one friend you've lov'd
Whom warm affection chose and taste appro'vd
If you have known what anguish rends the heart
When such so known so lov'd forever part
Approach..For you, the mourners rear this stone
To sooth your sorrows & record their own"
Gravesite Details
Son of Sanders Hodges & Jane (Knapp) Hodges; built the "Hodges House" hotel in Pontiac ca.1838
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