Robert H. Hodsden
| Robert H. Hodsden | |
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| Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from Blount County |
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In office October 4, 1841 – October 5, 1845 |
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| Preceded by | David McKamy |
| Succeeded by | D.W. Tedford |
| Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from Knox and Sevier counties |
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In office October 7, 1861 – February 1862 |
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| Preceded by | James S. Boyd |
| Succeeded by | Samuel McCammon |
| Personal details | |
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November 23, 1806 Smithfield, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | June 18, 1864 (aged 57) Sevier County, Tennessee |
| Resting place | Brabson Cemetery Sevier County, Tennessee |
| Political party | Whig |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Reese Brabson |
| Relations | Reese Bowen Brabson (brother-in-law) |
| Residence | Rose Glen |
| Education | Jefferson Medical College |
| Profession | Physician |
Robert Hatton Hodsden (November 23, 1806 – June 18, 1864) was an American physician, planter, and politician who served three terms in the Tennessee House of Representatives (1841–1845, 1861–1862). He worked as a government physician on the Cherokee removal ("Trail of Tears") in 1838, and served as president of the East Tennessee Medical Society in the mid-1850s. A Southern Unionist during the Civil War, Hodsden represented Sevier County at the East Tennessee Convention in 1861, and was later arrested by Confederate authorities.
Hodsden's 1840s-era house, Rose Glen, still stands near Sevierville, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Hodsden was born in Smithfield, Virginia, the son of Joseph and Mary (Pasteur) Hodsden. He attended common schools and an academy at Smithfield, and afterward began working as a tailor. In the late 1820s, he left Virginia due to what was described as "misfortune in a business transaction." He lived in Washington, D.C., Cincinnati, and Nashville, before settling in Rhea County, Tennessee, in 1830. That year, he began studying medicine with Rhea County physician John Hoyl. He afterward attended Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia.
In the Fall of 1833, Hodsden moved to Maryville, Tennessee, where he began practicing medicine in partnership with Dr. James Gillespie. In 1838, Hodsden worked as a government physician on the Trail of Tears, the operation in which the Cherokee were removed from their homelands in the southeastern United States to Oklahoma. Hodsden made two trips during the operation, the first from Ross Landing (Chattanooga) to Arkansas, and the second from Charleston, Tennessee, to Arkansas.
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