Lynn SPOTTSWOOD ( - )

1 Lynn Otteson SPOTTSWOOD^1,2,3 ( - ) [9686]. Marr Frank Paul BEER 19 May 1958, Tucson, OK.³

From the Chicago Daily Tribune.

September 27, 1953 - "(Photo caption) Miss Lynn Spottswood has recently returned to Northwestern university where she has been engaged in Delta Gamma fall rushing. Miss Spottswood is starting her sophomore year at the university. She is shown with her dog, Spot, at the Palatine home of her parents, the Julian O. Spottswoods."

From the Daily Herald (Chicago).

December 23, 1954 - "Miss Lynn Spottswood, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.O. Spottswood flew home December 20 from University of Arizona. Lynn will spend the holidays with her family at their farm on Ela rd."

June 21, 1956 - "A total of 1012 degrees were awarded at the University of Arizona commencement, including 840 bachelor's degrees, 155 master's degrees, eight doctor of philosophy degrees, two honorary degrees and seven professional degrees to graduates of the college of mines and the college of engineering. Graduates represented 287 communities in 35 states, the District of Columbia, and 15 foreign countries.
Among those receiving degrees was Lynn Otteson Spottswood, BA Ed., Inverness Countryside, Palatine."

From The Herald (Arlington Hts., IL)

November 21, 1957 - "Miss Lynn Spottswood's engagement to Frank Paul Beer, sos of Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Beer of Phoenix is announced by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Julian Otteson Spottswood, 1842 Thomas Atkinson rd., Inverness, Palatine.
Miss Spottswood attended Northwestern university and the University of Arizona and was associated with Delta Gamma sorority. Mr. Beer received his B.S. degree from the University of Arizona and is now attending law college in Arizona. He is a member of Sigma Chi fraternity and Phi Delta Phi, legal honorary fraternity.
The couple plans to marry in Palatine next July.".

2 Julian Otteson SPOTTSWOOD⁴ (1902-1964) [3029]. Born 18 Apr 1902.⁴ Marr Margaret Emma HODGES 2 Jan 1928, Pascagoula, MS.⁵ Died 20 Nov 1964.^4,6 Buried Deer Grove Cemetery, Barrington, IL.⁶

From the Daily Herald (Chicago).

June 22, 1951 - "For 21 years Jerry Spottswood has been disconsolately riding trains from his Chicago business to homes in various suburban towns.
He moved to Palatine ten years ago, and has eyed with interest the rapid growth of both homes and several businesses.
In the spring, he reached the decision that the community in which he lives would be a likely spot for his business.
Recently the Jerry O. Spottswood Co. purchased the building at 25 E. Chicago ave., to be used as a storage warehouse and office for their equipment business. Offices will be constructed across the front of the present building.
Jerry Spottswood is a manufacturer's representative and distributor of lawn mowers, lawn and industrial floor sweepers, snow throwers, tractors etc. - covering territory in four states.
Len Sheesley, of Lake Zurich, formerly with Moto-Mower Co., is sales manager.
The ?lunes, over a period of years, have become well established and can be readily handled for a small organization, and the that most of his lines are seasonable, means that there will be a little time left over for him occasionally to go fishing.".

4 Montgemery Barclay SPOTTSWOOD⁵ ( - ) [3157].

5 Josephine OTTISON⁵ ( - ) [3158].

3 Margaret Emma HODGES^5,7 (1904-1992) [3004]. Born 5 Jun 1904, Pine Lake, MI.^4,5 Died 18 Aug 1992.⁴

From the Daily Herald (Chicago).

August 14, 1942 - "Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Spotswood are leaving Sunday to spend a two week vacation with Mrs. Spottswood's brother, Lt. George S. Hodges, who is an instructor in the navy air corps and is stationed at Jacksonville, Florida."

March 26, 1943 - "Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Spottswood entertained Mrs. Spottwood's nephew, Lt. John Hodges Patterson, last week-end. Lt. Patterson has seen active duty on Corregidor and in the whole of the Pacific Theatre of war. A recounting of his experiences brought the war very close to those who were fortunate to hear them."

August 27, 1943 - "Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Spottswood entertained U.S. Senator, Kenneth McKeller of Tennessee and Lt. Lipe Henslee of Nashville, Tennessee as their weekend guests."

February 9, 1968 - "Mrs. J.O. Spottswood, Aberdeen Road, is home after two months in Europe. Sailing on the SS. Chrisfr Colombo she went first to Portugal, and on to Sicily, Athens, the Greek Islands, and back to Venice. Flying to London, Mrs. Spottswood visited her brother and family, the George Hodges, in Kent. The Hodges' home overlooks an ancient English castle and grounds.

June 9, 1969 - "Mrs. J.O. Spottswood and Mrs. Roy Schwettman drove to Pippa Pass, in the Kentucky mountains, to help distribute two tons of new and used clothing, books and toys which they collected for the people in the Appalachians. The truck containing the articles arrived the day after the two women's arrival.".

6 George Schuyler HODGES⁵ (1864-1953) [374]. Born 3 Mar 1864, Hodges House, Pontiac, MI.^5,8 Marr Agnes Idalene BACON 14 Feb 1888, Washington, DC.^5,9 Died 11 Apr 1953, Pine Lake, MI.⁸ Buried 14 Apr 1953, Oakhill Cemetery, Pontiac, MI.⁸

From the weekly Pontiac Bill Poster and other Pontiac newspapers.

June 10, 1885 - "Geo. S. Hodges is here from California greatly improved in helath."

October 6, 1886 - "George Hodges started on Monday for Minnesota."

February 15, 1888 - "George S. Hodges gets married today."

January 16, 1889 - "Last week Tuesday, Mr. Geo. S. Hodges, of Pine Lake, was made the happy father of a nine pound baby girl."

June 20, 1890 - "Geo. S. Hodges, of Orchard Lake, has just been granted a patent on water color paints, something novel and of great use to artists."

December 5, 1890 - "Mr. George Hodges expects to sail with his family for Southern France Dec. 10th, where he will pursue his art studies."

June 17, 1892 - "George S. Hodges and Mr. Tracy obtained a patent on an improved camera, and since Mr. Hodges has been in Paris he has made arrangements with a large manufacturing establishment in that line, to place the camera on sale in France, Germany, Russia and Italy, the patentees receiving a commission on the sale."

1894-12-14 - "Three of the landscape paintings of Mr. George S. Hodges appear at the exhibit of the Association of Artists now being held at Hanna and Noyes galleries. These paintings are pronounced by art critics to be conspicuous for excellence in this, one of the best art exhibits Detroit has had in years."

1895-12-19 - "Geo. S. Hodges and family will spend the winter at Ocean Springs, Mississippi."

1896-05-15 - "Geo. S. Hodges is building three new cottages on the north bank of Pine lake."

1897-02-26 - "Geo. S. Hodges has returned from the south."

1897-03-12 - "Geo. Hodges and family have returned from the south. He has some fine paintings that he has made of southern scenery.

1900-06-27 - "George Hodges, of the Martin Halfpenny Vehicle Company and George Hilsendegen, of Detroit, are preparing to conduct a big carriage manufacturing business her. They will locate on the Osmun property adjoining the tracks of the Air Line."

1901-09-26 - "By Ald. Holser: Whereas, the conditions imposed upon the city of Pontiac in the deed from George S. Hodges and Schuyler G. Hodges, of block 6, Hodges addition, have not been fulfilled and Whereas, It is not deemed advisable to expend any money on said premises for the purposes of a public park, Resolved, That the Mayor and Clerk be and they are authorized to execute and deliver to George S. Hodges and Schuyler G. Hodges, a quit claim deed releasing any and all claim and title of the city of Pontiac, to said block 6, Hodges addition.

1901-12-26 - "The Hodges Vehicle Co. have just shipped a large order of vehicles to the Pacific Coast. They have a number of attractive styles ready to put upon the market, among them being two new driving wagons and two stanhopes. They report an excellent outlook in the trade and an unusual demand for cushion and semi-pneumatic tires, though the standard 2-inch first quality pneumatic still leads and some of the best eastern manufacturers will put no other kind on their vehicles."

Paraphrased from "Early Michigan Inns", by Lawrence McCraken, 1943.

George S. Hodges, the grandson of Schuyler Hodges, builder of the famed Hodges House Hotel in Pontiac, spent his boyhood in the Hotel, always considered Pontiac of the days when the Hodges House shown brightest as having an interest beyond any city he had ever known. "Living in that hotel was something like living a chapter of a Dickens' novel." he recalled. "We had an array of Dickens' characters and the hotel was their meeting place." Among these were Nutter, a bowlegged Negro Sampson, who tossed 250 and 300 pound trunks to his shoulders and trotted nonchalantly to the third floor with them. "Deacon", so called because he was the most profane man in the village, drove a stage coach and his artistry with cuss words won him respect of even seasoned travelers. The hotel undoubtedly played host to many men who whose names are indelibly in the nation's history books, but the old registers were lost years ago and now there is nothing but local legend, handed down through the years to testify to the visits of the great of past years.

Abraham Lincoln made a tour of Michigan in 1856 in support of presidential candidate John Freemont. It was during this tour he is reputed to have visited the Hodges House. No doubt his visit attracted but little attention as then he was an unsuccessful Illinois politician who had but recently been unable to win the vice-presidential nomination of his party. Among those who were guests of the hotel, in addition to Lincoln, were Daniel Webster and James Fenimore Cooper, according to legend. Both visited Michigan during the time the Hodges House was most famous and it is not unlikely they tasted of its comforts.

Obituary for George S. Hodges from the April 13, 1953 Pontiac Gazette. "Pioneer in Auto Industry Dies at Pine Lake Home. (3120 Pine Lake Rd.) George S. Hodges, 89, pioneer Pontiac automobile builder, died Saturday evening at his home at Pine Lake where he had lived for 73 years. He was the son of Ira G. and Mariva Hodges, and was born on March 3, 1864, in the Hodges House in Pontiac, a hotel built by his grandfather, Schuyler Hodges. He was educated in the Pontiac Schools and Michigan Military Academy at Orchard Lake. In 1892 Mr. Hodges went to Paris where he studied art. His work was shown at Detroit art exhibits and at other prominent art showings throughout the country. He followed painting as a hobby most of his life. He was a charter member of the Scarab Club in Detroit. He also made violins and had been granted the patents on the original reflex type camera and on other inventions. He organized the Hodges Vehicle Co. which made horse drawn carriages and buggies. Around the turn of the century Mr. Hodges became secretary of the Welch Motor Co., the nucleus of Pontiac's automobile industry. This was finally absorbed by General Motors. Mr. Hodges was a close associate of Henry Ford and had many dealings with him when when Ford was endeavoring to get his auto manufacturing underway. He built the Pine Lake Country clubhouse, Rotunda Inn and several other buildings. He later sold the clubhouse and golf course to the club. He was married in 1888 to Agnes Bacon, who died in 1923. She was the daughter of Levi Bacon, chief clerk of the U.S. Patent Office at Washington. He was a member of All Saints Episcopal Church. Mr. Hodges is survived by one son and seven daughters. George S. Hodges Jr., of Lake Angelus; Mrs. Harlan S. Smith and Mrs. Clarence K. Pattersor (n) of Pontiac; Mrs. Ferris H. Fitch of Grosse Pointe; Mrs. George W. Malcomson of Arlington, Va.; Mrs. Earle W. Parcells of Grosse Pointe; Mrs. Julian A. Spottswood of Palatine, Ill. and Mrs. Donald S. Patterson of Orchard Lake. He also leaves 19 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. The funeral will be held Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. from the Sparks-Griffin Funeral Home, with the Rev. William H. Hamm officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. The family requests that flowers be omitted."

Adding to his list of accomplishments, we learn from his obituary in the Detroit Times, April 13, 1953 that he:

1) invented and manufactured pneumatic-tired buggies and racing sulkies.
2) made the first closed body for a Ford car.
3) drove the first automobile in Oakland County, a Searchmont, made in Philadelphia.
4) invented the first power lawnmower.
5) was awarded a scholarship for five years study in Europe at the expense of the French government.
6) was the only living exhibitor at a 1950 exhibition in Detroit of paintings executed in Detroit before 1900.

12 Ira Gardner HODGES⁵ (1829-1865) [367]. Born 28 Jan 1829, Pontiac, MI.⁵ Marr Mariva Larned ROSE 3 Apr 1855.^5,10 Died 23 Mar 1865, Pontiac, MI.⁸ Cause: Threat disease. Buried 26 Mar 1865, Oakhill Cemetery, Pontiac, MI.⁸

Ira Hodges managed the Hodges House Hotel in Pontiac for a time. The hotel was built by his father and was called "Pontiac's Swankiest Hotel, with every convenience of it's time". The hotel was a huge brick building located on the southwest corner of Saginaw and Pike streets. With seventy five rooms and hallways wider than present day major hotel rooms, it was called the "Astor House of Michigan".

From Vital Records from the Detroit Free Press, April 2, 1865

"Hodges, Ira G., aged 36 years in this city [Pontiac] on Thursday 23rd inst. Burial on Sunday."

From The Pontiac Weekly Gazette, March 24, 1865:

"Died - In this city, on the 23d inst., of threat disease, Ira G. Hodges, aged 36 years and 2 months.".

13 Mariva Larned ROSE¹¹ (1830-1904) [352]. Born 4 Jul 1830, PA.¹¹ Died 19 Nov 1904, Residence at Pine Lake, Pontiac, MI.^8,11 Buried Oakhill Cemetery, Pontiac, MI.

Appearing in a Pontiac newspaper:

1869-10-20 - "Mrs. Ira Hodges started for California yesterday."

1870-05-25 - "Mrs. Ira Hodges has returned from her visit to California, looking as though that climate agreed with her. "

1876-05-10 - "Last Saturday night we were shown a Centennial curiosity at the Hodges House by Mrs. Ira Hodges. It was a species of horseshoe geranium, very large and thrifty, and for four years had always hung full of pure white blossoms. But a few days since Mrs. Hodges was astonished to see that bright red blossoms were appearing, and now the plant is hanging full of red and white blossoms, each on a separate stock, but all from the same root. Five years since the slip was sent from California by an aunt of Mrs. Hodges. All who have seen it pronounce it a curiousity in every sense of the word."

1890-12-19 - "Mrs. Mariva Hodges accompanied her son George and his family to Europe. They will spend the holiday season in London and then take up their abode in Southern France."

1892-10-21 - "Mrs. Mariva Hodges leaves for Paris the last of the month to visit her son, George, the Artist."

1894-05-18 - "Mrs. Mariva Hodges has returned from Detroit."

1894-06-22 - "Mariva Hodges is special adminstrator of the estate Virgil M. Rose."

1894-07-20 - "Mariva Hodges is administering the estate of V. M. Rose."

1895-02-08 - "Mrs. Mariva Hodges is visiting friends at Detroit."

1895-09-06 - "Miss Jennie Williams of Detroit is visiting Mrs. Mariva Hodges.".

Witness at wedding of her sister Harriet to Joseph Dows.¹²

7 Agnes Idalene BACON^5,13 (1859-1923) [2704]. Born 1 Aug 1859.^9,13 Died 26 May 1923.¹³ Cause: Pneumonia.

From a Pontiac, MI newspaper.

1890-05-02 - "A girl to Mrs. Geo. S. Hodges."

1890-06-13 - "Mrs. Geo. Hodges, who has been spending the winter at Washington, D.C., returned last week with Mr. Hodges to their home at Pine Lake."

1894-07-20 - "To Mrs. Geo. S. Hodges of Pine Lake, July 14th, a daughter."

1895-01-10 - "Mrs. George Hodges of Pine Lake entertained a few of the Pontiac young ladies to tea last Thursday."

1909-03-18 - "Mrs. George Hodges and daughter, Miss Marion, of Pine Lake, have returned from a short stay at Ann Arbor. While there Miss Marion attended the annual freshman banquet.".

14 Levi BACON , Jr.^5,8 ( - ) [2672].

15 Emma WHITEHEAD⁵ ( - ) [3043].

Sources

1	"From an article on the Spottswood's family Thanksgiving dinner in the Daily Herald (Chicago), December 2, 1954".

2	"Engagement announcement of Lynn Spottswood and Frank Paul Beer in The Herald (Arlington Hts., IL), November 21, 1957".

3	"Wedding announcement of Lynn Spottswood and Frank Paul Beer in The Daily Harald (Chicago), May 29, 1958".

4	"Social Security Death Index".

5	"Old Oakland County Families, 1945 compiled by General Richardson Chapter, DAR.".

6	"From the Deer Grove Cemetery tombstone photgraphs".

7	"Patterson - Hodges wedding announcement in The Pontiac Gazette, October 8, 1914".

8	"Newspaper obituary".

9	"Obituary of Mrs. George S. Hodges (Agnes Bacon), Pontiac Gazette, May 26, 1923".

10	"Oakland County Marriage Record of Ira Hodges and Mariva Rose".

11	"Death Certificate".

12	"Michigan Marriage License Reports on the marriage of Joseph Dows to Harriet Rose".

13	"Oak Hill Cemetery Burials".