DODEZ, (Capt.) G. W., Wayne County, OH., then St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller


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CAPT. G. W. DODEZ, ST. LANDRY.--Capt. G. V. Dodez was born in Wayne county,
Ohio, January 8, 1842.  He is the son of Daniel and Catharine (Jonte) Dodez,
natives of Switzerland and France, respectively.

Daniel Dodez came to the United States when quite a boy, and some years after
was married to the above mentioned lady in the city of Philadelphia.  They
first located in Lewiston, Pennsylvania, where they resided for about a year;
they then removed to Wayne county, Ohio, in 1849, and, while on a visit to New
Orleans, he died.  Mrs. Dodez survived him till 1886; both  were members of
the Episcopal church.

Our subject, the youngest of nine children, spent his early school days at Mt.
Eaton, Wayne county, Ohio, and completed a thorough academic education in the
high schools of that State.  He came to New Orleans in 1859, with the idea of
studying law under C. V. Jonte, but the war interfered, and in 1861 he joined
the Confederate Guards, and was in active service during the whole war.  At
the close of the war he came to this place, where he began planting, and he
now owns an admirable plantation of seven hundred acres, partially under
cultivation.

He married, in 1868, Martha M. Gordon, daughter of Ezekiel and M. M. Gordon,
both natives of St. Landry parish.  Mrs. Dodez died in 1873.  She was the
mother of two sons, George T. and Lucien G. Both are thoroughly educated and
intelligent young men.  Our subject is a member of the Episcopal church, and
also an active Mason.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, pp.
29-30.  Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf
Publishing Company.