Genealogy of the Dodge Family of Essex County, Massachusetts
He was educated at Georgetown College. He resided many years on his farm near Bladenburg, Maryland. Was elected trustee of the Maryland Agricultural College in 1868 and has served by annual re-election to the present time. Has been a clerk in the Department of Agriculture since July 1, 1882. Resides in Georgetown, D.C. No children.
From A Portrait of Old Georgetown
William and Allen Dodge received special practical training in agriculture and animal industry at the Maryland Agricultural College. Mr. Dodge bought William a farm near Hagerstown and for Allen one near Bladensburg, but due to the Civil War and the abolition of slaves, both of these highly developed ventures failed and the farms were sold.
On the twelfth of June 1849 a remarkable event took place in this old house — a wedding ceremony at four o'clock in the morning of four of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Dodge. Adeline was married to Charles Lanman; Virginia to Ben Perley Poore, a well-known correspondent of Harper's Weekly in those days; Allen Dodge to Miss Mary Ellen Berry and Charles Dodge to Miss Eliza G. Davidson of Evermay. The weddings were celebrated at this unusual hour so that the bridal couples could take the regular stage leaving Georgetown for Baltimore at five o'clock. At least it was a cool time of day for the celebration and how beautiful it must have been with the dew lying on the box and the roses and the birds twittering their sunrise notes. What a jolly time these four couples must have had, starting off together. Let us hope their spirits were not too much dampened by the fact that their father would not witness the ceremony, as it was at variance with his religious scruples that it was not conducted in a church. Reverend N.P. Tillinghast, then the rector of St. John's Church must have officiated, as the Dodges were always ardent supporters of St. John's.
He was educated at Georgetown College. He resided many years on his farm near Bladenburg, Maryland. Was elected trustee of the Maryland Agricultural College in 1868 and has served by annual re-election to the present time. Has been a clerk in the Department of Agriculture since July 1, 1882. Resides in Georgetown, D.C. No children.
From A Portrait of Old Georgetown
William and Allen Dodge received special practical training in agriculture and animal industry at the Maryland Agricultural College. Mr. Dodge bought William a farm near Hagerstown and for Allen one near Bladensburg, but due to the Civil War and the abolition of slaves, both of these highly developed ventures failed and the farms were sold.
On the twelfth of June 1849 a remarkable event took place in this old house — a wedding ceremony at four o'clock in the morning of four of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Dodge. Adeline was married to Charles Lanman; Virginia to Ben Perley Poore, a well-known correspondent of Harper's Weekly in those days; Allen Dodge to Miss Mary Ellen Berry and Charles Dodge to Miss Eliza G. Davidson of Evermay. The weddings were celebrated at this unusual hour so that the bridal couples could take the regular stage leaving Georgetown for Baltimore at five o'clock. At least it was a cool time of day for the celebration and how beautiful it must have been with the dew lying on the box and the roses and the birds twittering their sunrise notes. What a jolly time these four couples must have had, starting off together. Let us hope their spirits were not too much dampened by the fact that their father would not witness the ceremony, as it was at variance with his religious scruples that it was not conducted in a church. Reverend N.P. Tillinghast, then the rector of St. John's Church must have officiated, as the Dodges were always ardent supporters of St. John's.
Genealogy of the Dodge Family of Essex County, Massachusetts
He was educated at Georgetown College. He resided many years on his farm near Bladenburg, Maryland. Was elected trustee of the Maryland Agricultural College in 1868 and has served by annual re-election to the present time. Has been a clerk in the Department of Agriculture since July 1, 1882. Resides in Georgetown, D.C. No children.
From A Portrait of Old Georgetown
William and Allen Dodge received special practical training in agriculture and animal industry at the Maryland Agricultural College. Mr. Dodge bought William a farm near Hagerstown and for Allen one near Bladensburg, but due to the Civil War and the abolition of slaves, both of these highly developed ventures failed and the farms were sold.
On the twelfth of June 1849 a remarkable event took place in this old house — a wedding ceremony at four o'clock in the morning of four of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Dodge. Adeline was married to Charles Lanman; Virginia to Ben Perley Poore, a well-known correspondent of Harper's Weekly in those days; Allen Dodge to Miss Mary Ellen Berry and Charles Dodge to Miss Eliza G. Davidson of Evermay. The weddings were celebrated at this unusual hour so that the bridal couples could take the regular stage leaving Georgetown for Baltimore at five o'clock. At least it was a cool time of day for the celebration and how beautiful it must have been with the dew lying on the box and the roses and the birds twittering their sunrise notes. What a jolly time these four couples must have had, starting off together. Let us hope their spirits were not too much dampened by the fact that their father would not witness the ceremony, as it was at variance with his religious scruples that it was not conducted in a church. Reverend N.P. Tillinghast, then the rector of St. John's Church must have officiated, as the Dodges were always ardent supporters of St. John's.
He was educated at Georgetown College. He resided many years on his farm near Bladenburg, Maryland. Was elected trustee of the Maryland Agricultural College in 1868 and has served by annual re-election to the present time. Has been a clerk in the Department of Agriculture since July 1, 1882. Resides in Georgetown, D.C. No children.
From A Portrait of Old Georgetown
William and Allen Dodge received special practical training in agriculture and animal industry at the Maryland Agricultural College. Mr. Dodge bought William a farm near Hagerstown and for Allen one near Bladensburg, but due to the Civil War and the abolition of slaves, both of these highly developed ventures failed and the farms were sold.
On the twelfth of June 1849 a remarkable event took place in this old house — a wedding ceremony at four o'clock in the morning of four of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Dodge. Adeline was married to Charles Lanman; Virginia to Ben Perley Poore, a well-known correspondent of Harper's Weekly in those days; Allen Dodge to Miss Mary Ellen Berry and Charles Dodge to Miss Eliza G. Davidson of Evermay. The weddings were celebrated at this unusual hour so that the bridal couples could take the regular stage leaving Georgetown for Baltimore at five o'clock. At least it was a cool time of day for the celebration and how beautiful it must have been with the dew lying on the box and the roses and the birds twittering their sunrise notes. What a jolly time these four couples must have had, starting off together. Let us hope their spirits were not too much dampened by the fact that their father would not witness the ceremony, as it was at variance with his religious scruples that it was not conducted in a church. Reverend N.P. Tillinghast, then the rector of St. John's Church must have officiated, as the Dodges were always ardent supporters of St. John's.
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