BIO:  DODDS, William F., s/o William F. & Nancy S. (Springer) Dodds

Submitted by:  ivie@tima.com    (Diana Flynn)

DODDS,   SPRINGER,   THRASHER,   SILVER,   MURRAY

"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
GILL TWP.
PAGE 782
WILLIAM F. DODDS was born in Gill Township January 22, 1841,
the fourth child of twelve born to William F. and Nancy S. (Springer)
Dodds, both natives of Kentucky, the father coming to New
Lebanon in 1832, and shortly after which he was married.  He
served as Postmaster at New Lebanon thirty-one years, and as
Justice of the Peace twenty-eight years. He died August 5, 1873,
being a devoted Christian, holding membership in the Methodist
Episcopal Church.  December 19, 1876, our subject married
Abbie (Thrasher) Silver, daughter of Nathan and Rachael (Murray)
Thrasher, and to this union four children have been born--Charles
A., Mary A., Florence M. and Henry A.  Mrs. Dodds had two
children by her former husband--Rachael and James L.   Subject
enlisted during the late war in the Second Indiana Cavalry, Forty-
first Regiment, and served for a period of three years, being
mustered out October 4, 1864.  He is a farmer, and owns over
seventy-eight acres of good land.  He and his wife are members
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he is a Republican.
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