Ascension County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Dodd, Charles W. - February 5, 1907 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Mary K. Creamer marykcreamer@yahoo.com May 27, 2023, 4:01 pm source: The Donaldsonville Chief. (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, February 09, 1907, page 2 Death of Charles W. Dodd. - Captain Charles W. Dodd, one of the best known river pilots in this section of the country and a leading citizen of the sixth municipal district of New Orleans, died at his home in that city at 8:50 o'clock Tuesday morning after a long and painful illness, aged 56 years. The funeral took place Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock, interment being made in Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 after services at St. John's Episcopal Church, Rev. A.W. Skardon officiating. Capt. Dodd was born in New Orleans Dec. 25, 1850, and entered upon his chosen career shortly after the civil war, starting out as a pilot on steamboats plying Bayou Lafourche. He was clerk of the steamer Kate Kinney, on the Missouri river, for one season; captain of the Mattie M., operating in the Mississippi and tributary streams, for a season, and at various times served as pilot on the Sunbeam, Isabel, Assumption, Laura Lee, John Howard, Whisper, Chicakasaw and other boats engaged in the upper coast trade. His last employment was in the capacity of receiving clerk for the steamer Gem, and it was while filling this position that he sustained the paralytic stroke which finally resulted in his death. Capt. Dodd was well and favorably known throughout this section of the state, and his untimely demise will be deeply regretted by an exceptionally wide circle of friends and acquaintances. source: Times-Picayune. (New Orleans, La.) Wednesday, 6 Feb. 1907, page 13 CAPTAIN CHARLES W. DODD. - Death of a River Veteran and Useful Citizen Captain Charles W. Dodd, one of the best known river men in this section, and one of the leading citizens of the Sixth Municipal District, where he has resided for many years, died at his residence, No. 4725 Constance Street, yesterday morning, from paralysis, after having suffered for three years. He was first stricken while he was a Receiving Clerk for the steamer Gem, of the Bayou Lafourche trade, and ever since has been confined to his home. Despite his intense suffering and physical pain, he was always of a jovial disposition, and never gave way, being brave up to the last moments of his life on earth. He was born in this city on Christmas day, 1850, and received his education in public and private institutions. Immediately after the close of the Civil War he entered the steamboat business, and started as pilot on boats plying Bayou Lafourche. He was Clerk on the Kate Kinney, on the Missouri River for one season; Captain of the Mattle M., on the upper coast, for a season, and was pilot of the Sunbeam, Isabel, Assumption, Laura Lee, John Howard, Whisper, Chickasa and several other boats that traveled in the upper coast trade. He was well known throughout the State as a steamboat man of sterling worth. About four years ago he went to work as Receiving Clerk for the steamer Gem, and this proved his last employment. The funeral will take place this afternoon at 3 o'clock, and the interment will be in Lafayette Cemetery No. 1, Rev. A.W. Skardon, of St. John's Episcopal Church, officiating. Captain Dodd is survived by his wife, who was Miss Lorenza Migaud, three sons, Valle J., with the Standard Publishing Company; Walter E. , in commercial life, and Oakley, a deputy clerk in the United States Circuit Court, and three daughters. Additional Comments: NOTE: www.findagrave.com memorial # 11680068 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/ascension/obits/d/dodd8820gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/lafiles/ File size: 4.0 Kb