Daily Local News - Chester based in West Chester - J 2.6.1889

The 75th birthday of Alexander Hodgson, of West Fallowfield, was celebrated by his family and friends on the twenty-third.

MARRIED - HODGSON - STRYKE CCT - 11.11.1893

On the evening of October 28th, a the parsonage of Lehigh Avenue Baptist Church by the Rev. Raymond West, Mr. A.J. Hodgson to Miss Jessie C. Stryke, all of Philadelphia

MATRIMONIAL - CCT 11.11.1893

A quiet wedding took place on the evening of October 28th at the residence of the Rev. Raymond West, pastor of Lehigh Avenue Baptist Church, of Philadelphia. Mr. A.J. Hodgson and Miss Jessie C. Stryke were united in the bonds of matrimony by Mr. West, who is the bride's pastor. A few near relatives were present to witness the ceremony and wish the young couple much happiness as they commence life's journey together. Mr. Hodgson is a son of Mr. S.I. Hodgson, of Highland. He has been a resident of Philadelphia for some three years past and is at present keeper in the Orianna Mills, a large manufacturing establishment.

VILLAGE RECORD 11.16.1869

Alex. Hodgson, West Fallowfield has sold to George Bard, of Lancaster county, 130 acres at $140 per acre. This part includes the farm house and barn, but excludes the mill and all other buildings and of balance tract containing about 70 acres.

OXFORD PRESS - 2.16.1870

Alexander Hodgson, of West Fallowfield, Chester County, has purchased a farm of 218 ½ acres, at $47 per acre about 2 ½ miles north of Richmond, Virginia. Land and buildings good. Mr. Hodgson intends to remove there in the spring.

OXFORD PRESS 1.27.1898

Alexander Hodgson's 84th birthday was celebrated pleasantly Saturday by friends and neighbor's callings at his home near Cochranville. He was born January 23, 1814 in New London township on the farm now owned by his nephew T.H. Hodgson. IN 1842 he moved into West Fallowfield township and purchased the grist mill, which had been built by a son of Stephen Girard's sister. Mr. Hodgson erected a saw mill on the property. In 1866 he ground corn meal and shipped it to Ireland during the famine. He ran the mill day and night and made two barrels of meal every hour through the winter to April. His health is good and he enjoys calls from old friends

AMERICAN REPUBLIC 2.5.1839

On Thursday, the 24th, by the Rev. R. P. DuBois, Mr. Alexander Hodgson to Miss Mary Ann, daughter of Samuel Irwin, Esq. All of New London

J4.9.1870- Jeffersonian

Alexander Hodgson, a Mr. Cloud, and another citizen of West Fallowfield township, shipped at Oxford for Virginia, on Tuesday. They go to the farm recently purchased by Mr. Hodgson, near Richmond. Four or five citizens of Bart township, Lancaster county, also emigrated South, taking the cars at Oxford.