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Rev Jesse Mercer Dodd

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Rev Jesse Mercer Dodd

Birth
Fulton County, Georgia, USA
Death
7 Feb 1971 (aged 96)
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Sandy Springs, Fulton County, Georgia, USA GPS-Latitude: 33.9208444, Longitude: -84.3908389
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HE WAS BORN IN OLD CAMPBELL CO. GA., NOW FULTON CO.
THE S/O THOMAS B.DODD AND MARGARET B. MASH. HIS SIBLINGS WERE FRANCIS J. DODD, MARTHA J. DODD MCWILLIAMS, ASA P. DODD, JOHN T. DODD, JAMES E.DODD & RUFUS L.DODD.

HIS GRANDPARENTS WERE JOHN SAMPLE DODD AN EARLY MINISTER AT RAMAH BAPTIST CHURCH IN PALMETTO & ELIZABETH H. WORD.

HIS FATHER WAS A FARMER, BUT THREE OF HIS BROTHERS WERE ALSO MINISTERS. HE WAS A GRADUATE OF FAIRBURN HIGH SCHOOL. IN 1894 HE GRADUATED FROM MERCER UNIVERSITY. HIS WIFE WAS THE FORMER EFFIE COOKE. THEY WERE THE PARENTS OF ONE SON ED DODD WHO CREATED THE MARK TRAIL COMIC STRIP.

JESSE MERCER DODD PREACHED HIS LAST SERMON 28 AUGUST 1966 AT THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN BREMEN GA., WHERE HE SERVED AS PASTOR FROM 1930-1936.
HE WAS BORN IN OLD CAMPBELL CO. GA., NOW FULTON CO.
THE S/O THOMAS B.DODD AND MARGARET B. MASH. HIS SIBLINGS WERE FRANCIS J. DODD, MARTHA J. DODD MCWILLIAMS, ASA P. DODD, JOHN T. DODD, JAMES E.DODD & RUFUS L.DODD.

HIS GRANDPARENTS WERE JOHN SAMPLE DODD AN EARLY MINISTER AT RAMAH BAPTIST CHURCH IN PALMETTO & ELIZABETH H. WORD.

HIS FATHER WAS A FARMER, BUT THREE OF HIS BROTHERS WERE ALSO MINISTERS. HE WAS A GRADUATE OF FAIRBURN HIGH SCHOOL. IN 1894 HE GRADUATED FROM MERCER UNIVERSITY. HIS WIFE WAS THE FORMER EFFIE COOKE. THEY WERE THE PARENTS OF ONE SON ED DODD WHO CREATED THE MARK TRAIL COMIC STRIP.

JESSE MERCER DODD PREACHED HIS LAST SERMON 28 AUGUST 1966 AT THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN BREMEN GA., WHERE HE SERVED AS PASTOR FROM 1930-1936.


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