Frances P. Hodgen (maiden name: Brown) was born around 1800 in Kentucky. She married Jacob Hodgen on November 27, 1818, and they had at least four children: Isaac, born on January 9, 1828; Mary, born around 1830; Emily, born around 1832; and Hugh, born around 1834. They eventually moved to Pittsfield, Illinois, and her husband died on April 16, 1858. By 1870, she was living in her daughter Mary’s household in Pittsfield, and she owned $2,000 of personal property. She died sometime after 1870.