From: 6/4/02 9:17 AM Subject: family sketchTo: "Barbara Dodge" , "Norman Dodge" Found this family sketch, from the History of Herkimer County by George A. Hardin and Frank H. Willard, published in 1893. Courtesy of the Herkimer County Historical Society DODGE, Ira, Litchfield, was born in Frankfort [NY] February 17, 1817. He has a dairy and grain farm of 122 acres. He was collector two years, constable seven years, and was also assessor and justice of the peace. He married Hannah Kellogg, of Litchfield, and they have two children, Charles M., of Auburn Theological School, who preached in Sennett last year, and returns there in June; and Frank L., assessor of the town of Litchfield. Ira Dodge is one of the sons of John Dodge, a sergeant in the Revolutionary War. He planted the United States flag on the wall of a fort and did not receive a wound, and from that incident it was said that he was bullet proof. (brackets my addition) Timothy and Teal Abel 33512 NYS Rte 26 Carthage NY 13619 abeltj@northnet.org