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Ruth Anne “Annie” <I>Browne</I> Dodge

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Ruth Anne “Annie” Browne Dodge

Birth
Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
4 Sep 1916 (aged 83)
New York, New York County, New York, USA
Burial
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
Plot
family mausoleum
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Folk Figure. Ruth Dodge was the wife of General Grenville Dodge, the Chief Engineer and Surveyor of the Union Pacific Railroad in its infancy, and a major figure in Omaha/Council Bluffs history. She is best known for the memorial sculpture of her in Council Bluff's Fairview Cemetery. It was created in 1917 by Daniel Chester French, who was responsible for famous statue of Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC.
Folk Figure. Ruth Dodge was the wife of General Grenville Dodge, the Chief Engineer and Surveyor of the Union Pacific Railroad in its infancy, and a major figure in Omaha/Council Bluffs history. She is best known for the memorial sculpture of her in Council Bluff's Fairview Cemetery. It was created in 1917 by Daniel Chester French, who was responsible for famous statue of Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC.

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  • Maintained by: AJ
  • Added: Sep 16, 2000
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12606/ruth_anne-dodge: accessed ), memorial page for Ruth Anne “Annie” Browne Dodge (23 May 1833–4 Sep 1916), Find a Grave Memorial ID 12606, citing Walnut Hill Cemetery, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by AJ (contributor 1003).