Subject:
Re: E. LOUIS DODGE
From:
NEDodge@aol.com
Date:
Mon, 17 May 2004 10:00:10 EDT
To:
barbvdodge@dodgeoffice.net, cwdjhd@cox.net, dodgeri@cox.net


In a message dated 5/16/04 2:39:57 PM, barbvdodge@dodgeoffice.net writes:


> Hi, Eileen.
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> I appreciate the effort you have put forth.  The name, Diadema or variation thereof, may have been common back then but is only found in our Tristram Dodge data base and only in the family of the parents and descendents of Rev. Josiah Dodge.  That is why I still believe that this mystery belongs in this family.  Oh, I forgot, also, the connection with SPOTSWOOD surname.  Spotswood Dodge, was a son of one of the Dodges in this line who married a Spotswood.
> Spotswood Josiah DODGE (Rev.)
> [NI01853] 16 Oct 1819 - ____
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>      .     TITLE: Rev.
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>      .     BIRTH: 16 Oct 1819, Abingdon, Washington Co., Virginia [1177]
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> Father: Jerial G. DODGE
> Mother: Eliza Washington SPOTSWOOD
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> Family 1 : Sarah UNKNOWN
>      1.      Alexander DODGE
>      2.      Cathander DODGE
>      3.      Jerial DODGE
>      4.      Eliza DODGE
>      5.      Mary DODGE
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> So this may be a hard one to crack but I still believe what I believe ( :
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> I mean...look at this...the parents of Eliza Washington Spotswood, (mother in above data) were ALEXANDER SPOTSWOOD
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> The father of Elizabeth West Perkins, wife of the mystery E. Louis/Lewis Dodge, was ALEXANDER SPOTSWOOD Perkins.
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> I cannot believe this is just coincidence.  I think this has to be a  descendent of possibly Spotswood Josiah Dodge, or possibly a descendent of one of his brothers, Washington Alexander, Jerial George, Josiah, or Israel Alexander.  In fact, Israel, died 19 May 1898 in Brady Texas.  He married Frances Aurelia Weaver in Hickman , KY 20 Dec 1866, and we have two children for him, but he could have had more.
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> The brother, Josiah, ended up in California and it seems several of his chidlren did also.
> The brother, Jerial George, b. VIrginia, no further info on PLACE for him. He had 2 sons that we know of and both were physicians.
> The brother, Washington Alexander, b. 1817 and d. 1850 so it probably was not a descendent of his.
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> I think Spotswood Josiah Dodge is the most likely.
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> And, Eileen, ifyou look at the data base for all of this family and extended family and see the way they reuse names over and over............... There are at lest two Jerial George Dodges tho Jerial is spelled Jeriel in one of the names...and look at all of the Alexanders....and one of the sisters of Spotswood is Elizabeth LEWIS Dodge, so for Spotswood to have a grandson, named E. LEWIS Dodge is not out of the realm of possibility.
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> If only I did not have everything else to do that I do, I probably would go on a one woman crusade to try to find out as much as possible about the family, backing up to John Dodge and his wife Lydia Rogers becaue this is where I see several of the naming patterns start...Josiah, Jeremiah, Jerial, Jordon, Thomas, Israel, etc.
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> Also, After Lydia died, (2 months after) John married again an Elizabeth Willis, and there may be more children there, and then he married a Martha Shaw.
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> Their child, Jordan had a girl, Deidama
> Grandson, Josiah Rogers Dodge had a girl, Diadamus
> Great grandson, John Adams Dodge has a girl, Deidamia
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> I have looked at this family long and hard and am even more convinced that E. Louis/Lewis Dodge belongs here, and to reiterate...Spotswood Josiah Dodge is the only family member I can find with Texas ties.
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> Oh...and I do not think that he was born in Canada...I believe that is an error.
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> A key to solving this may be to look at families surnamed FLOYD, PERKINS, ANDERSON
>
> Barb
> ***************
> EDodge1946@aol.com wrote:
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>   Hi Barbara, I have spent the rest of the morning looking for E. Louis (Lewis) Dodge.  I have checked LDS records and find it mentioning that he was born in Denison Texas - I don't know about that.  The Dodge web site simply says Elizabeth married E. Louis Dodge OF Denison, Texas.  Big difference!
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>     I did some research, and Denison Texas was considered the gateway to Texas and was a very important hub for the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway for which he worked.
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>     I went to the US Census records and the ONLY E. Louis (no E. Lewis) Dodge in the entire census records is in 1920 and reads like this:
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> Galveston    Galveston Co.    TX
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> E. Louis Dodge    age 58    born Canada
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> Louise    "            age 38    born Texas
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>     Now Denison Texas and Galveston Texas are just about as far from each other as you can go in Texas, however, I suspect this may be the E. Louis Dodge you have been looking for.  The age is about right I think -- by that I mean that his first wife Elizabeth was born in 1862 (in 1920, age 58 would make him born in 1861 or 1862). 
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>     His daughter, Diadema -- I can't seem to find her anywhere.  Perhaps Chuck could try to find something in the 1900 and 1910 census records.  She should have been born around 1885 to 1890 or so I would think.
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>      Looks like Louise would probably be his second wife -- it appears she was born in Texas - he probably met her there after his first wife died.
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>     I don't know what to say about him being born in Canada - I suppose it is possible as a lot of Tristram descendants lived in Canada.
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>     As to the name Diadema - when you go to census records you can just type in a first name, no last name.  There are more Diademas than you could possibly imagine, which surprised me a little bit because it seems like such an usual name - but, in the 1700s and 1800s it was not that uncommon. 
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>     I'm afraid I've been no help to you on this at all - I may have just muddied the waters.  Let me know what you think, as my ideas on this are simply speculation 
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> Eileen
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