Caldwell County MO Archives History .....THE STREETER FAMILY IN DODGE DISTRICT IN 1855 
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      MRS. FRANCES CLARKSON AND THE DODGE FAMILY OF THE DODGE DISTRICT
	Narrator:  Mrs. James Kautz, Hamilton, Missouri

     Mrs. Kautz is the daughter of Nathan Clarkson and Frances Nevada Dodge 
1853 to 1920.  Mrs. Clarkson the daughter of Silas Dodge and Mary Ann Hull was 
born 3 miles south of Hamilton where her father settled in 1846 and the farm 
remained in the Dodge family for more than 70 years.  He cut the walnut 
shingles for the first [house] that was built in Hamilton.  Silas Dodge was 
the son of Dwight Dodge and Susan Monroe, also pioneers.  Dwight Dodge came 
into the country in 1844 and settled near Mirabile.  He was not only a farmer 
but a Christian Minister.  Thus the Dodge family was among the very early 
settlers in the county and the community school for many years was called the 
Dodge School.  The Silas Dodge home is mentioned by old timers as a landmark 
between Hamilton and Kingston.

     On her mothers side Mrs. Clarkson was descended from the Alvord families 
which made her related to Mrs. George Walters, a very early settler.  The 
Walters family came to the Mirabile Kingston neighborhood in 1836 and are 
buried in the old section of the Kingston Graveyard.

     As a girl, Mrs. Clarkson attended the District School on her fathers farm 
and enjoyed the few social opportunities of those early times: district school 
literary societies and dances.  Fourth of July was a day always to be observed 
in the big wagon, one spring seat, the rest chairs.  She said they always had 
a wagon full by the time they left Kingston.  But there always had to be room 
in the wagon for the wonderful picnic dinner which was a part of the Fourth.

     Like most young people of her time, she went places horseback.  One day 
she and her brother, Dwight, were going through Kingston when her horse being 
scared acted up and broke the saddle girth, letting her fall to the ground in 
sight of the whole town, much to her embarrassment but to her brothers 
amusement.

     She married Nathan Clarkson Feb. 20, 1874 and had four children three now 
living - Mary C. Kautz, C.D. of Kansas City, and Egbert of Nettleton, Missouri.

     The companion of her youth died in 1906 and in 1911 she married Jackson 
Edminster


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