BIOGRAPHY: DODD, John Y., Lincoln County, Kentucky Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 08:56:32 -0500 From: "Diana Flynn" DODD, YOUNG, DEPAUW "HISTORY OF GREENE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES, STATE OF INDIANA, FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT; TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC." CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROS. & CO., PUBLISHERS. 1884. SULLIVAN CO., INDIANA, CASS TWP., PAGE 810 JOHN Y. DODD, farmer, P. O. Sullivan, forth child of John and Nancy (Young) Dodd, natives respectively of Kentucky and Virginia. John Y. Dodd, the subject of this sketch, was born March 20, 1802. Assisting his parents and going to the subscripton school in Lincoln County, Ky., acquiring a good common school education, young Dodd worked on the farm most of his time until his majority, when he emigrated to Indiana in the fall of 1828, settling in Washington County, where he was united in marriage to Miss Ann Depauw, of Salem, daughter of John Depauw, of Washington County, Ind., where he resided until the year 1832, when he moved to Greene County, Ind.; thence to Sullivan County in the year 1834, on the farm where he now lives. There were no children born to this union, Mrs. Depauw(Dodd?) dying August 16, 1874. She was a member of the Christian Church for many years, and lies buried near Palmer's Prairie Church. She was a lady of great personal worth, and esteemed of all who knew her. Mr. Dodd still resides on the old homestead, and resides alone in his declining years. Is an active member of the P. of H., Grange No. 537, Cass Township. Mr. Dodd has a highly improved farm of seventy-one acres, which he is still managing, and is jovial and lively still. He is a great reader, and favoring all public improvements. Mr. Dodd has been a great hunter in his time, killing many deer and wolves, and some panthers and catamounts in this then wild county. ************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons.Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. ***************************************************************************