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Trustrum Dodge

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Trustrum Dodge

Birth
Quebec, Canada
Death
29 Dec 1905 (aged 83)
Oneida, Delaware County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Greeley, Delaware County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Parents: John Dodge and Phebe Dodge, originally from Block Island, RI

Born in Eastern Canada (Quebec) to parents of United States citizenship but raised in Vermont. Migrated to Wisconsin in 1848 where he bought land in Manitowoc County on Lake Michigan in 1848 and 1849.
Worked as a farm hand in Marengo, IL in 1850 where he met Adaline Harvey, and they were married in Marengo in 1851. First daughter Adelia was born in Marengo in 1853, the same year they moved to Volga City, Clayton County, IA. Family lived in Winnebago, MN 1858-1869 where they were present during the Sioux Indian uprising of 1862, moved back to Clayton County, IA in 1869 because of "Indian troubles", lived in Crowley, TX 1876-1885 but moved back to Iowa because "the Texas farmland wasn't any good and the well water tasted like grease" (!). Farmed in Elk Township, Delaware County, IA and retired in Oneida, IA where they lived until their deaths.

(Source: Pat Gilmore)
Parents: John Dodge and Phebe Dodge, originally from Block Island, RI

Born in Eastern Canada (Quebec) to parents of United States citizenship but raised in Vermont. Migrated to Wisconsin in 1848 where he bought land in Manitowoc County on Lake Michigan in 1848 and 1849.
Worked as a farm hand in Marengo, IL in 1850 where he met Adaline Harvey, and they were married in Marengo in 1851. First daughter Adelia was born in Marengo in 1853, the same year they moved to Volga City, Clayton County, IA. Family lived in Winnebago, MN 1858-1869 where they were present during the Sioux Indian uprising of 1862, moved back to Clayton County, IA in 1869 because of "Indian troubles", lived in Crowley, TX 1876-1885 but moved back to Iowa because "the Texas farmland wasn't any good and the well water tasted like grease" (!). Farmed in Elk Township, Delaware County, IA and retired in Oneida, IA where they lived until their deaths.

(Source: Pat Gilmore)

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