Amos was apparently born before 1818 as he was a religious missionary by 1832 and had married Lydia before 1845.
A Mr. William Smith said that Amos Hodges was killed between Montrose and Nashua (Kansas City environs) shortly after his brother Ervine was killed. Amos' burial location is unknown.
Amos' sister Marietta recorded that the surviving family members fled from Missouri to Pennsylvania, taking eleven-year-old Marietta, Emeline, and a son who was perhaps a minor. After the terrible events in Missouri, this young son was so carefully guarded that his name and life’s history remain a mystery. Another brother managed to reach them [James? Or Hiram?], but he was ill and died shortly afterwards. Then their father Curtis died, “broken and bowed with sorrow." Years later, a deathbed confession was made by a man who named those he claimed were responsible for the criminal behavior that had led to the executions of Stephen and William Hodges. The dying man named himself and two others as responsible for the crimes.
A Mr. William Smith said that Amos Hodges was killed between Montrose and Nashua (Kansas City environs) shortly after his brother Ervine was killed. Amos' burial location is unknown.
Amos' sister Marietta recorded that the surviving family members fled from Missouri to Pennsylvania, taking eleven-year-old Marietta, Emeline, and a son who was perhaps a minor. After the terrible events in Missouri, this young son was so carefully guarded that his name and life’s history remain a mystery. Another brother managed to reach them [James? Or Hiram?], but he was ill and died shortly afterwards. Then their father Curtis died, “broken and bowed with sorrow." Years later, a deathbed confession was made by a man who named those he claimed were responsible for the criminal behavior that had led to the executions of Stephen and William Hodges. The dying man named himself and two others as responsible for the crimes.
Amos was apparently born before 1818 as he was a religious missionary by 1832 and had married Lydia before 1845.
A Mr. William Smith said that Amos Hodges was killed between Montrose and Nashua (Kansas City environs) shortly after his brother Ervine was killed. Amos' burial location is unknown.
Amos' sister Marietta recorded that the surviving family members fled from Missouri to Pennsylvania, taking eleven-year-old Marietta, Emeline, and a son who was perhaps a minor. After the terrible events in Missouri, this young son was so carefully guarded that his name and life’s history remain a mystery. Another brother managed to reach them [James? Or Hiram?], but he was ill and died shortly afterwards. Then their father Curtis died, “broken and bowed with sorrow." Years later, a deathbed confession was made by a man who named those he claimed were responsible for the criminal behavior that had led to the executions of Stephen and William Hodges. The dying man named himself and two others as responsible for the crimes.
A Mr. William Smith said that Amos Hodges was killed between Montrose and Nashua (Kansas City environs) shortly after his brother Ervine was killed. Amos' burial location is unknown.
Amos' sister Marietta recorded that the surviving family members fled from Missouri to Pennsylvania, taking eleven-year-old Marietta, Emeline, and a son who was perhaps a minor. After the terrible events in Missouri, this young son was so carefully guarded that his name and life’s history remain a mystery. Another brother managed to reach them [James? Or Hiram?], but he was ill and died shortly afterwards. Then their father Curtis died, “broken and bowed with sorrow." Years later, a deathbed confession was made by a man who named those he claimed were responsible for the criminal behavior that had led to the executions of Stephen and William Hodges. The dying man named himself and two others as responsible for the crimes.
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