Samuel Dodge Biography from History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire
From: Barbara Gottlock - BGOTTLOC@ccsd.edu

Surname: DODGE
Source:  History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens
          by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill., 1915


Page 1265

     SAMUEL DODGE,* journalist and fire insurance man, of Portsmouth, 
N. H., was born in this city, August 9, 1844, son of Samuel J. and Mary E.
( Laighton ) Dodge. The father of our subject was a navy agent grocer and
custom house clerk and at various times held political office, being actively
interested in town affairs. He was a native of Portsmouth, as was also his
wife. They had five children, all sons, of whom the subject of this sketch
is now the only survivor. The parents were affiliated with the Universalist
church.
     Samuel Dodge was educated in the grammar and high schools of Ports-
mouth. He has been connected with newspaper work for the last forty-five
years as correspondent for various papers, principally in Boston and Wash-
ington; also to some extent for local journals. He has lately given up some
of this work, however, and is partially retired. He is a republican in politics
and is affiliated fraternally with the Knights of Honor, the Golden Cross and
the Pilgrim Fathers.
     Mr. Dodge was married in 1880 to F1orence A. Bowles. who was born in
Portsmouth, N. H., a daughter of James W. and Susan W. (Rowe) Bowles,
also of this city. Her parents were Episcopalians in religious belief and were
connected with the church of that denomination. Her father was superin-
tendent of painters at the Navy Yard. They had two children, both daugh-
ters. Mr. and Mrs. Dodge attend the Universalist church. They are people
of local prominence and have many friends in Portsmouth and the vicinity.

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