Pane-Joyce Genealogy
Albert Lafayette Hodge (65267) & Jane E. Welles
67822. Elizabeth Josephine Hodge. Born on 20 Nov 1853 in Roxbury, CT. Elizabeth Josephine died in Milford, CT, on 19 Apr 1927; she was 73. Buried in Roxbury Center Cemetery.
On 20 Dec 1886 when Elizabeth Josephine was 33, she married Dr. Louis Jacques Pons, son of Barthalomew Hubert Pons (17 Sep 1827-5 Apr 1905) & Josephine Williams (4 Aug 1835-3 Sep 1887). Born on 16 Dec 1859 in Liège, Belgium. Louis Jacques died in Milford, CT, on 18 Apr 1936; he was 76. Buried in Milford, CT.


Roxbury Center Cemetery, Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut
    Louis Jacques Pons, b. 16 Dec 1859, d. 18 Apr 1936
    Elizabeth Josephine Pons, b. 20 Nov 1853, d. 19 Apr 1927
67823. Charles Watson Hodge. Born on 7 Feb 1856 in Roxbury, CT. Charles Watson died in Roxbury, CT, on 4 May 1936; he was 80. Buried in Roxbury Center Cemetery.

1910 Federal Census. Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut
Roll T624_135, page 2B
    Charles W. Hodge, head, 54, b. CT, parents b. CT, store, lumber hardware

1920 Federal Census. Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut
Roll 187, page 2A
    Charles W. Hodge, head, 64, single, first vice president, national bank
    Albert Hodge, father, 98, widowed
Both were born in Connecticut as were their parents.

1930 Federal Census. Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut
Roll 269, page 2B
    Charles Hodge, head, 74, single, b. CT, parents b. CT, bank president, bank
    Naomi Reballie, servant, 44, single, b. CT, parents b. England, housemaid, private house

Roxbury Center Cemetery, Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut
    Charles Watson Hodge, b. 7 Feb 1856, d. 4 May 1936

Minor Memorial Library History
http://www.minormemoriallibrary.org/?page_id=35
The town officially established its first public library in October 1896, then housed in the back rooms of the old town hall. Long time Roxbury resident Charles Watson Hodge, upon his death in 1936, bequeathed $15,000 to build a library and museum and $15,000 to set-up an endowment fund. The stone structure was completed in 1937 by Clayton B. Squire and named after Charles Hodge’s father, Albert Lafayette Hodge. Mr. Hodge’s will also stipulated that the then new Hodge Memorial Library and Museum include a museum room to house artifacts from the Hodge family and the Roxbury community. The north wing addition was completed in 1967 thanks to a generous donation by Everett Hurlburt.
    In 1988, after outgrowing the 50 year old Hodge Memorial Library and Museum, Mabel and Sandford Sturdevant Smith donated 3.45 acres of land on South Street to the town. The acreage was given in memory of Rachel Minor Bernhardt and Rulley McKinstry Bernhardt, Mabel B. Smith's parents. The library built on this site was named in honor of Mrs. Smith's mother who was a descendant of Captain John Minor, who explored Roxbury in 1673.   Construction of the Minor Memorial Library was completed in 1994 providing the residents of Roxbury with a library three times the size of the Hodge Memorial Library. The building designed by Noyes-Vogt Architects is 7500 square feet with shelving space for 40,000 items.  In 1998 the Minor Memorial Library was selected by the Association of Connecticut Library Boards to receive the "Award for Excellence in Small Libraries."
    The objectives of the Minor Memorial and Hodge Memorial Library and Museum are to promote and encourage and to serve the needs of the Roxbury Community by providing free access to ideas and information through a diversity of library materials, programs, services and experiences.
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