BIOGRAPHY: Wilson S. Dodge; Syracuse, Onondaga co., NY
surname: Dodge, Sackett, Taylor, Seaman

Transcribed by W. David Samuelsen
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AN INLAND EMPIRE AND THEIR PEOPLE, BIOGRAPHICAL, VOLUME IV, W. FREEMAN GALPIN,
PH.D.
Publishers, LEWIS HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC., NEW YORK, 1941, expired
copyright.

     WILSON S. DODGE - As vice-president of the Pomeroy Organization, Inc.,
of Syracuse, Wilson S. Dodge has come to he recognized as one of the
outstanding authorities in industrial and warehouse property, a field in which
he has concentrated since he joined the firm in 1931. Mr. Dodge came to this
city in 1925 as service manager of the White Motor Company branch here, the
following year was made northern New York state representative for this
organization and in 1928 became associated with the Sedgwick Realty Company as
salesman, continuing here until 1931, when he made his present connection.
Prior to coming to Syracuse he had been connected with the White Motor Company
in Cleveland. Ohio, from 1922 to 1925.

     Mr. Dodge was born at Cleveland, Ohio, March 16, 1898, the son of
Lorenzo Dudley and Katherine Isobell (Taylor) Dodge, and the grandson of Henry
Dodge. His father, who died in 1921, was engaged in manufacturing until his
retirement. On his maternal side Mr. Dodge is a descendant of the Sackett
family, which, according to a genealogy entitled "The Sacketts of America,
Their Ancestors and Descendants," compiled by Charles H. Weygant and published
by the Journal Print of Newburgh, New York, in 1907, was established in this
country by one Simon Sackett who arrived at Nantasket Roads off Boston Town.
Massachusetts, February 5, 1631. He had sailed from the city of Bristol,
England, December 1, 1630, on the ship "Lyon" which was laden with provisions
consigned to the Colonists who had come to America the preceding year with
John Winthrop.

     Mr. Dodge received a general education at the University School in
Cleveland, and after completing this part of his studies matriculated at
Cornell University, from which he was graduated with a degree in mechanical
engineering as a member of the class of 1922. Before entering college he
enlisted in the United States Army in 1918 for World War service and was
commissioned a second lieutenant in the infantry, serving until his honorable
discharge six months later. Mr. Dodge is a member of the Delta Phi fraternity
and worships at the St. Paul's Episcopal Church.

     On September 25, 1936, Mr. Dodge married Alta Emily Seaman, daughter of
George S. and Jane Seaman, of New Hartford, New York, and they are the parents
of one daughter, Margaret Jane, born May 18, 1938.