Hodge, Benjamin, 1797-1868.

Benjamin Hodge (1797-1868), the fifth of that name in direct succession, moved with his family to Buffalo, NY, as a small child. He was captured by the British during the War of 1812, later began a career as a horticulturalist and nurseryman, and in 1826 opened the Buffalo Nursery. His son, Lyman Davis Hodge (b. 1835) moved to St. Paul, Minnesota, where he entered business as a spice and coffee merchant and in the last years of his life planned to move to the Pacific Northwest. Other branches of the Hodge family lived in Ohio and Michigan.

From the description of Papers of Benjamin Hodge, 1795-1892 (bulk 1850s). (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122559969