Hodges, Galen

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Rhode Island-born Galen Hodges (1813-1884) moved to Texas by 1838 and settled in Matagorda County. A leader in the community, Hodges served in various capacities, including postmaster, alderman, surveyor, and general inspector. Additionally, he was a chairman of the Matagorda county Democratic executive committee as well as a treasurer of the Southern Rights Association. For approximately one year, 1858-1859, Hodges owned the Matagorda Gazette, a weekly newspaper. He died in 1884 en route to a meeting of Confederate veterans.

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Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. Hodges, Galen, http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/HH/fho11.html (accessed July 20, 2010).

Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. Matagorda Gazette, http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/MM/eem9.html (accessed July 21, 2010).

From the guide to the Hodges (Galen) Papers, 1834, 1839-1897, 1911, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)

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