On February 24, 1831, he married Mary Templeton "Polly" Jones in McMinn County, Tennessee. Shortly after they moved to Jefferson County, Tennessee, where their daughters Catherine and Nancy Blakely were born. About 1835, they moved to Bradley County to farm there, where they had seven more children; Joshua Jones, James Ellis, William Henry, Mary Anne, Amelia, Sarah A. and Charles Melvin Dodd.
In 1851, he left Bradley County, Tennessee and brought his family to a farm east of Loami. His brothers and their families came with him along with his step brother, Hiram Fry Dodd, who had been living with them. The group travelled to Illinois by wagon train.
A year later, he sold the land they came to in Loami Township and bought a two hundred acres farm in southeast Loami Township. He improved that farm to such an extent that the taxes on it increased near twenty times the amount it was when he bought it.
They had two more children, once settled in Loami Township: Jesse W., who survived to adulthood, married and had children and Alexandra Dodd, who was born in 1858 and died February 17, 1862.
He was a Democrat, had no religious affiliation and was a member of the Masonic Lodge No. 354 in Auburn.
written by Pauline
*managed by a descendant of Charles Scott Dodd and Polly (Jones) Dodd.
On February 24, 1831, he married Mary Templeton "Polly" Jones in McMinn County, Tennessee. Shortly after they moved to Jefferson County, Tennessee, where their daughters Catherine and Nancy Blakely were born. About 1835, they moved to Bradley County to farm there, where they had seven more children; Joshua Jones, James Ellis, William Henry, Mary Anne, Amelia, Sarah A. and Charles Melvin Dodd.
In 1851, he left Bradley County, Tennessee and brought his family to a farm east of Loami. His brothers and their families came with him along with his step brother, Hiram Fry Dodd, who had been living with them. The group travelled to Illinois by wagon train.
A year later, he sold the land they came to in Loami Township and bought a two hundred acres farm in southeast Loami Township. He improved that farm to such an extent that the taxes on it increased near twenty times the amount it was when he bought it.
They had two more children, once settled in Loami Township: Jesse W., who survived to adulthood, married and had children and Alexandra Dodd, who was born in 1858 and died February 17, 1862.
He was a Democrat, had no religious affiliation and was a member of the Masonic Lodge No. 354 in Auburn.
written by Pauline
*managed by a descendant of Charles Scott Dodd and Polly (Jones) Dodd.
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....... DODD
MARY T. ..... CHARLES
1815-1909 1809-1881
Family Members
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Catherine Dodd Lawson
1832–1903
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Nancy Blakely Dodd Weir
1834–1920
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Joshua Jones "Josh" Dodd
1836–1916
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James Ellis Dodd Sr
1838–1920
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PVT William Henry Dodd
1841–1862
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Mary Anne Dodd Hall
1842–1879
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Amelia Dodd Mahard
1844–1916
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Sarah A. Dodd Campbell
1846–1893
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Charles Dodd Jr
1848–1920
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Jesse W. "Uncle Jess" Dodd
1856–1944
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