E. Lewis/Louis Dodge
This may very well be tied in to the known Dodge branch of Rev. Josiah Dodge of Kentucky which is the only known Dodge line that uses the name Diadema or a close variation of that name several times, and which also has a male member SPOTSWOOD JOSIAH DODGE
Seeking all descendants and immediate ancestors of E. Louis Dodge. (a.k.a. E. Lewis Dodge or possibly Egbert Dodge), father of Diadema Floyd Dodge.
UPDATE
OKAY EVERYONE - GET OUT YOUR IRON AND IRONING BOARD AS WE HAVE A WHOLE NEW WRINKLE IN THIS GENEALOGY LINE. This is what was found by our volunteer genealogist, Eileen Dodge of Seattle, Washington

Remember E. Lewis Dodge was in Denison Tx at some point and was a Railroad man.
1900 Census - Denison, Texas
Edgar L. Dodge born Aug 1860 Nova Scotia
Lillian Dodge born Oct 1870 Alabama
Mollie Dodge born Mar 1886 Nova Scotia
Note: It also states that Edgar is a train dispatcher.
Note: It also states that Edgar and Lillian are newlyweds as they have been married 0 years.
Note: It also states that Lillian has had no children so Millie could not be her daughter.
Note: It also states that Edgar immigrated to the US in 1881 and was naturalized in Alabama.
Note: It also states that Mollie immigrated to the US in 1888 and was not naturalized by 1900.
From FamilySearch.com
Edgar Louis Dodge , Born 01 August 1861 - Christened 12 August 1861 in Nova Scotia
Parents: William Dodge and DIADEMA Unknown
So, we believe that E. Lewis Dodge is actually, Edgar Louis Dodge, son of William and Diadema Dodge, born in Nova Scotia and after immigrating to the United States, lived, for at least a short time, in Denison, Texas working for the railroad.
It seems strange that Millie would be listed as his daughter born in 1886 in Nova Scotia - especially when Edgar had immigrated to the US in 1881. We suppose he could have come to the US, married Elizabeth West Perkins and after Diadema was born and Elizabeth died he went home to Nova Scotia with his baby daughter - married up there and had another daughter, Mollie. Then he returned to the US in 1888 and eventually married Lillian S. Unknown in 1900. Where Diadema is in 1900 is anybody's guess at this point. At age 16 she was old enough to be married. She may have remained in Nova Scotia with her grandparents?
It does seem that most, if not all, Nova Scotia Dodges have turned out to be Tristram .
At any rate, this has, in some ways, made more questions than given more answers. EGAD!!
END UPDATE


From "Biographical Genealogies of the Virginia-Kentucky Floyd Families", 1912, N.J. Floyd:
"Elizabeth West Perkins, born in 1862. She married, first W. J. Douglas, Esq., a newspaper owner and editor of Decatur, Ala. A second marriage was with Mr. E. Louis Dodge, of Denison, Texas, a man of affairs and an official of the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railway. She lived only a few years after this marriage and left an infant daughter which the father named Diadema Floyd Dodge."

Elizabeth West Perkins is a descendant of William Floyd of VA. Her parents are Elizabeth West Floyd and Alexander Spotswood Perkins. Her grandparents are Dr. Nathaniel Wilson Floyd and Elizabeth West Anderson; and Benjamin Perkins and Frances Maria Jones.

Latter Day Saints web site lists Diadema Floyd Dodge born 1884 in Texas with parents E. Lewis Dodge and Elizabeth West Perkins.

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The closest I have come to finding anything relevant is a reference in "Dodge Genealogy Descendants of Tristram Dodge" - by Theron Royal Woodward 1904 - that refers to Adiel Sherwood Dodge, a son of Egbert Dodge, who apparently worked for the same railway as the mysterious E. Louis Dodge: "Prior to 1887 Mr. Dodge was for five years general freight and passenger agent Texas & St. Louis Ry. and its successor, the St. Louis, Arkansas & Texas Ry., and was formerly for several years connected with the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Ry. in a clerical capacity; 1887 to Oct., 1888, general freight and passenger agent Kansas City, Wyandotte & Northwestern Rd.; Oct., 1888 to Nov., 1891, general freight agent Missouri, Kansas & Texas Ry., Nov. 15, 1891, to April 1, 1892, traffic manager same road; April 1, 1892, he was general traffic manager for St. Louis, Southwestern R. R..; in 1896 was member of Board of Administration for southwest roads, then with St. Louis, Southwestern as general traffic manager of K.C.F.S. & M.R.R., until August 17, 1901, when it was consolidated with the St. Louis & San Francisco R.R.; and is freight traffic manager for the consolidated roads."

Perhaps Adiel's brother Egbert is E. Louis Dodge?

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