Parter1@aol.com wrote:
Dear Barb,
I have recently been doing some research,
via the internet, concerning my Dodge ancestors.
I have mentioned them before to you and nothing
has ever turned up linking them to the main
Dodge lines.
My gr gr grandfather, Wilson Pond Dodge,
had a brother Welcome Eddy Dodge, who left
New York State in the middle 1800's and eventually
settled in Nebraska. That is about all we
knew until a descendant of Welcome had some
research done and we found out about one
of Welcome's sons, Seth Wison Dodge.
We also believed that the father of Wilson
and Welcome was Calvin Dodge and his wife,
Nancy Eddy, daughter of Welcome Eddy, but
never found any information to confirm this.
I may have given this information to you
before.
I was searching throught the Genweb site
for Gage County, Nebraska and found where
I could request the biography of Seth Wilson
Dodge, which I did. It seems that what we
believed about Wilson, Welcome and Calvin
was accurate. I even found that Wilson and
Welcome had married sisters, Matilda and
Mary Jane Kane. The biography also states
that Calvin was a native of Massachusetts,
which I had not known I am wondering if with
this new data that there might be a possibility
of connecting to a Dodge line.
I am including the biography in this email.
I will soon be able to send you all of my
Dodge line in a few weeks. It is entered
into my computer using Family Tree Maker
7.0. What is the easiest way to get it to
you? I would assume that pertinent data about
living relatives in my tree would not be
made available to others, as I do not have
their permission to make it public, and I
have many reservations about that issue.
What is the policy of the Dodge Family Association?
Seth Wilson Dodge
Dr. Seth Wilson Dodge, physician and surgeon
of Fairbury, and also mayor a second term
of the same municipality, has been a resident
of this part of Nebraska for over thirty-five
years, and has made a fine record in his
profession and as a citizen. He was a successful
teacher before he entered upon the practice
of medicine, and since taking up the latter
career has devoted himself assiduously to
its study and practice. He is a man of great
popularity among the citizens of Fairbury,
as his place as their executive head would
indicate, and in private and public life
has been capable and public-spirited.
Dr. Dodge was born in Utica, New York, September
4, 1849, and comes of a good family. His
grandparents were Calvin and Nancy (Eddy)
Dodge, the former a native of Massachusetts
and the latter of New York. His father was
W. E. Dodge, born in New York and a farmer
of that state. He married Matilda Kane, a
native of New York and a daughter of Peter
and Mehitable Kane, the former of whom was
a soldier in the war of 1812.
W.E. and Matilda Dodge had six children,
three sons and three daughters, and four
of them are living, the son Peter being a
veterinary surgeon of Polo, Illinois. The
mother of these children died at the age
of seventy-five, and the father at eighty.
He was a Republican, and both were members
of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Dr. Dodge was reared until the age of sixteen
in New York, and then came to Rochelle, Ogle
county, Illinois, where he completed his
common school education. He afterward took
a course in the state Normal in Peru, Nebraska,
and at the State University of Nebraska.
He taught for a number of years, and was
in the schools of Beatrice, Nebraska.
He began the study of medicine with Dr. D.A.
Walden at Beatrice, and was graduated with
his medical degree from the University of
Iowa in 1882. He has served as city physician
in Fairbury and was on the school board for
five years. He is a Mason and also affiliates
with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
and is a representative to the grand lodge
of the state. He has gained good and representative
patronage since locating in this city, and
enjoys the complete confidence of friends
and associates. He took a
post-graduate course in medicine in Kansas
City in 1893.
Dr. Dodge married in Lincoln, Nebraska, in
1875, to Miss Lotta V. Giles, a lady of education
and refinement, and she was born in Peoria,
Illinois, a daughter of Joseph and Susan
Giles, both of whom are deceased. They have
two sons, C.W.G. Dodge is a graduate of dental
surgery at Chicago, in 1899, and is now practicing
at Hastings, Nebraska; Guy L. graduated from
the Creighton Medical School, Omaha, in 1902,
and is now practicing with his father. Both
sons were educated in the Nebraska State
University, and they also served during the
Spanish war in the Second Nebraska Regiment.
1880 United States Census
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race
Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace
Mother's Birthplace
Seth W. DODGE Self M Male W 30 NY Teacher
NY NY
Lottie DODGE Wife M Female W 29 IL Keeps
House ST. HELENA ENG
Claude DODGE Son S Male W 6 NE NY IL
Hal DODGE Son S Male W 2 NE NY IL
Guy DODGE Son S Male W 3M NE NY IL
Source Information:
Census Place Beatrice, Gage, Nebraska
Family History Library Film 1254749
NA Film Number T9-0749
Page Number 84A
1850 NY, Herkimer Co., Schuyler Twp, page
032
Calvin Dodge age 49 Farmer bp. NY (above
story suggests MA)
Nancy 49 NY
Wilson 23 Laborer NY
Harriett 21 Tailoress NY
William 16 Laborer NY
Mary 14 NY
Warren 12 NY
Cynthia 10 NY
1860 NY, Herkimer Co., Schuyler, page 615
Welcome Dodge age 35 Farmer bp NY
Matilda 35 NY
Stephen B. 13 NY
Seth W. 10 NY
Fanny 8 NY
Peter 6 NY
Hattie 1 NY
Warren 20 Farm Lbr. NY
1860 NY, Herkimer Co., Schuyler, page 295
Welcome Dodge age 35 Laborer bp NY
Mary 28 NY
Serena 6 NY
Herbert 4 NY
Ida 3 NY
Emma 1 NY
Welcome Eddy born 4 May 1772, Gloucester,
RI. Died 1850, Orlean, Jefferson Co., NY
He was the son of Thomas Eddy / Anne Jenckes.
He married Robey Bennett. . .
Had a Daughter, Hannah who married Calvin
Dodge - Nancy may have been nickname.
Welcome Eddy and Calvin Dodge are in the
Schuyler NY censuses of 1820, 1830, 1840
For the Kane surname - a possible parent
is Peter Kane, 1830 NY census, Otsego Co.
This census shows two girls under 5 years
old - one could be Matilda
If Calvin Dodge's age is off a bit in the
1850 census, there is a POSSIBILITY in the
Calvin Dodge, b. 17 Aug 1806 in Groton, MA
to Thomas Dodge / Lucy Sawtell. I do not
find this 10 child family in our data base.
The biography stating that Calvin was from
MA suggesting a John Dodge descendancy could
be in error. Names like Calvin and Seth also
point to a Tristram Dodge descendancy. Our
TRW book shows a Calvin(6) Dodge b. 7 Sep
1776 to Stephen(5) Dodge (David4, David Britain3,
John2, Tristram1) (page 169).
There is a marriage (page 114) of Calvin
Dodge to Hulda Robbins 26 Feb 1799 - agewise
these two Calvins could be the same and having
a son, Calvin b. abt 1801 is a possibility.
Your Welcome Dodge had a son, Stephen B.-
perhaps Stephen Britain. The Calvin, Seth
and even Harriet are names used often in
this Dodge line and frequently these naming
patterns give us strong clues.
Since my posting, I have found that the S.
W. in my gr gr grandfather's name stands
for Seth Wilson. His father was Welcome Eddy
Dodge. My gr grandpa had two brothers, Guy
and Hal. Hal died at age 4, I believe. Welcome
Eddy Dodge's brother is Wilson Pond Dodge.
Brenda
(daughter of Judith Dodge Breckenridge)
My grandfather's name is Sherwood Higby Dodge
b. 10 Jan 1913 in Basin, WY, m. Eleanor Lucy
Eldredge b. 22 Jun 1913 in Worchester, MA.
Great-grandparents are: Claude W. G. Dodge
m. 22 Jan 1907 in Big Horn Co., WY Bernice
Higby from Beatrice, NE. Gr. gr. grandparents
are S.W. Dodge and Lottie V. Giles b. 24
Feb 1851, m. 5 Apr 1975. Her parents-Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Giles. She died 9 July 1909
in Basin, WY, buried in Fairbury, NE cemetery.
This is the extent of my knowledge. Would
like to know more. Thank you. Brenda brenbreckenridge@aol.com