BIOGRAPHIES:  Edward DODGE, Dallas, Barron County, WI

====================================================================
USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information 
on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as 
this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may 
NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other 
persons or organizations.

Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes 
other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file 
contributor, or the legal representative of the contributor, and contact 
the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent.   The submitter 
has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently 
for free access.

This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by:  
Vic Gulickson <vic@indy.net>  09 April 2001	
====================================================================

Edward Dodge, retired farmer, living in Dallas Village, was born in Canada,
Sept. 24, 1851, son of Gabriel and Sarah (Massey) Dodge, natives of Canada,
who came to Manitowoc County, this state, and there died. Edward received his
education in Canada and farmed there until 1874, when he came to the United
States and settled in Manitowoc County, Wis. Then he went to Winona, Minn.,
and from there to New Hartford Township, in Winona County, Minn., where he
farmed for twenty-five years, on three different farms. In 1899 he came to
Barron County and bought 120 acres in Section 9, east, Dallas Township,
cleared 20 acres, remodeled the buildings and carried on general farming for
four years. Then he sold and bought 320 acres in Sections 29 and 32, west,
Dallas Township, and 40 acres in Prairie Farm Township. He improved this farm,
built fences and carried on general farming for three and a half years. Then
he sold and bought 200 acres in Section 34, west, Dallas Township. In 1912 he
came to Dallas and lived in the village three years, but in 1915, bought 80
acres in Section 28, west, Dallas Township, which he cleared and improved to
some extent. In 1919 he retired and moved to Dallas Village. While living in
the township he served as road foreman and for a time was on the school board.
Mr. Dodge was married Aug. 21, 1872, to Mary Smith, who was born in Canada
July 1, 1855, daughter of William and Marie McCready, natives of Canada who
settled in Nebraska and there lived the remainder of their lives. Mr. and Mrs.
Dodge are the parents of six children: Ida, born June 29, 1873, is the wife of
William Richmond of Winona, Minn. Charles, born Aug. 16, 1875, is in Salmon,
Idaho. Emery, born Aug. 19, 1877, is in Chetek Township, this county. Chloe,
born Aug. 7, 1879, is now Mrs. Paul Walter of North Dakota. Edith, born Oct.
24, 1885, is now Mrs. Harvey Flannagan of Dunn County, this state. Loyd, born
July 3, 1893, lives in Dallas.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., &
Co., 1922, pp. 833-834.