Thomas B. Dodge
Goodspeed's History of Southeast Missouri
Biographies of Scott County, 1888
Thomas B. Dodge
Thomas B. Dodge, a substantial farmer of Scott County, was born in Jefferson County, Ky., on December 11, 1845. His parents, Martin B. and Lucinda E. (Bacon) Dodge, were natives of New York and Kentucky, respectively. The grandfather, Jerrod Dodge, emigrated from his native land, Scotland, to America, and settled in Erie County, N.Y., where he resided until his death. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. Martin B. Dodge was reared at his father's home near New York City, and when a young man, immigrated to Kentucky, where he married and reared a family. In 1860 he brought his family and goods in wagons to Mississippi County, Mo., and located about fifteen miles from Charleston. Several years later he purchased and removed to a farm near Charleston, where he resided until his death, September 4, 1874. His widow still resides there. They were the parents of four children: Thomas B., Emma (Mrs. Richard Harris), Melvina A. (Mrs. Frank Grayson) and Mabel Harper (deceased). The subject of this sketch left the home of his parents soon after coming to Missouri, and worked out until he was married, on December 27, 1868, to Mary, a daughter of John and Almiranda (Kirkpatrick) Martin, natives of Virginia. He then settled on a farm near Price's Landing, but after one year, he removed to Charleston. In November 1878, he purchased his present farm. At that time the land was in the forest, and it has required several years of hard labor to put it all under its present state of cultivation. Mr. and Mrs. Dodge have four children: Ida, John M., Thomas R. and David E. Mrs. Dodge is a consistent member of the Missionary Baptist Church. Mr. Dodge is a member of the Wheeler Society.
Submitted by Connie Perkins
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