(Mr.) Beverly Lacy Hodghead (1865-1928) was the first mayor of the City of Berkeley, California, serving from 1909 to 1911. Although Berkeley had been incorporated since 1878 as a Town, the office of mayor did not exist until the adoption of a new charter which transformed Berkeley into a City. Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in northern California, in the United States. ...

Mr. Hodghead was born on March 21, 1865 in Rockbridge County, Virginia near the town of Lexington. He was an attorney, and an active Presbyterian throughout his life. He married Nelle Eckles. They had two children. Rockbridge County is a county located in the state of Virginia. ... Lexington is an independent city within the confines of Rockbridge County in the Commonwealth of Virginia. ... Presbyterianism is part of the Reformed churches family of denominations of Christian Protestantism based on the teachings of John Calvin which traces its institutional roots to the Scottish Reformation, especially as led by John Knox. ...

He died in Berkeley on October 16, 1928. His wife died December 26, 1945.

References

• The Political Graveyard
• US Census, California, Alameda County (1910, 1920)