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John Dodge and Sarah Ives
Edgar Dodge, Their g. grandson Dunlaps Teenee Weenee Circus Ray Edgar Dodge Photos |
John Dodge was born on 30 Dec 1808 in Utica Co., New York and died in Mudd Bay or Mima,
Washington on 19 Dec 1891 at the age of 82. Also seen listed as Jonathan. An interesting
fact on John Dodge and Sarah Banks Ives is an excerpt taken from Pioneer Reminiscences
page 357, discussing the Natches Pass, Cascades, Washington"In the spring of 1853 Mr. and Mrs. Himes with their family of four children, George H, Helen Z., Judson W. and Lestina Z., and four other persons, Joel Risdon and his son, Henry, a youth of 12 years, Charles R. Fitch and Frederick Burnett, and the additional family of John Dodge, wife and five children, Robert Bruce, Francis Marion, Daniel, Samuel Ives and Desdemona, started across the plains to Oregon.In 1835 when John was 26, he married Sarah Banks Ives, daughter of Thaddeus Ives (28 Sep 1771-1839) & Hannah Cotton (26 May 1782-6 Aug 1865), in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania. Born on 27 Nov 1811 in Crawford Co., Pennsylvania. Sarah Banks died in Mc Lane, Washington on 29 Jan 1890; she was 78. They had the following children: Robert Bruce (1832-1907)Second Generation: Robert Bruce Dodge was born on 6 Feb 1832 in Springboro, Pennsylvania, and died in Mima Prarie, Thurston Co., Washington on 11 Mar 1907 at the age of 75. He is buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Tumwater, Washington.They had the following children: Thaddeus Ives (1868-1940)On 7 May 1874 when Robert Bruce was 42, he married Ada L. Marcy, daughter of Bradley Higgens Marcy and Jane Poseus. She was born on 18 May 1858 in Fayette, Wisconsin. Ada L. died in Ellensburg, Washington on 28 Mar 1951 at the age of 92. They had the following children: Glen Robert (1894-)Third Generation Thaddeus Ives Dodge, born in 1868. Thaddeus Ives died on 20 Aug 1940; he was 72. Buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Tumwater, Washington. Thaddeus Ives married Martha.They had the following children: AmeliaFourth Generation Amelia Dodge. |
