Cemetery record gives birth as 1820, bio gives 1821.
Death certificate gives birth as 29 Jan 1820.
Mother's name Hannah Montle. Father's name Ai Dodge.
"History of Genesee County, Michigan"
by Franklin Ellis, 1879
pgs. 393 and 394
Franklin E. Dodge
Among the early settlers of Thetford there are few, if any, who have seen so much of the world, or led a life so full of adventures and romance, as Franklin E. Dodge. He as born in the town of Colchester, New London Co., Conn., Jan. 29, 1821. The death of his father, when he was eight years old, left him to make his own living. He lived with his uncle until he was fifteen, when he started for the State of New York, working his way and earning money to buy the clothing he so much needed. For the next four years he wandered about, working some of the time on a farm and one season as a driver on the canal. He then got the whaling fever, and went to New York with a man who was hiring whalers; but a couple of weeks in a sailors' boarding house gave him an idea of the life of a whaler, and he gave the scheme up. But in 1836 he shipped on the line-of-battle-ship "Ohio", which was then fitting out in Boston for her first voyage, under the command of Commodore Hull, of the U.S.N. Mr. Dodge helped ship her rigging, guns, etc. They sailed from Boston to New York, and from there on a three years' cruise to the Mediterranean Sea. Visited all the ports of the sea, and the ports of the principal countires in Europe. He saw many of the crowned heads of free government of his native land. While in the port of Toulon he saw the French frigate which went after the remains of Napoleon. The news of the Patriot war started his ship for home, where they arrived in 1839, after a voyage full of excitement and with the daily expectations of war and carnage. He was paid off and discharged in Boston, and then went to Avon, N.Y., to visit his mother. Here he remained some time, although he was very uneasy and longed for the excitement and freedom of a sailors' life. The earnest protestations of his mother prevailed, and he worked at whatever he cound find to do until 1843, when he came to Thetford and purchased of his stepfather the forty acres on which he now resides, and the forty acres east of it, of the government. Mr. Dodge had but little means, and the next spring he returned to New York and worked through the summer; then came back to his farm, and built a house and commenced to improve. In 1845 he went to a neighbor to buy some boots, and got not only his boots, but a wife, who proved to be a true pioneer's help-meet. She never stood back and said "go", but was always willing to put her own shoulder to the wheel also. Her maiden name was Miss Mary Skinner, and they were married Oct. 12, 1845. Miss Skinner was born March 18, 1826. A few days after their marriage they moved to their new home, Mrs. Dodge driving a cow, while Mr. Dodge drove the oxen which hauled all their goods in a wagon-box, going five miles through the woods.
They lived some time in a shanty until a log house was erected. His first crop of wheat he hauled through the woods to Square Wilson's, who had a board floor on which he could thrash it. At that time there were no roads or paths; their going and coming were by blazed trees Mr. Dodge had marked. Though they lived in the woods, cut off from churches and their Christian associates, still, as Mr. Dodge very feelingly says, they felt that God was with them in the wilderness, as he had been with him in his seafaring days, when he knew that his mother's prayers were with him. Mr. and Mrs. Dodge have both been members of the Methodist Episcopal Church for over thirty-six years. Mr. Dodge was a Democrat until 1864, since which time he has been an ardent Republican. There have been born to them nine children, as follows: Elizabeth, born March 2, 1847; Byron E., born Jan. 12, 1849; Franklin A., born Sept. 29, 1850; Emma L., born Nov. 13, 1852; Ellen A., born Dec. 21, 1854; Herbert W., born Sept. 12, 1857; Lydia F., born Dec. 23, 1860; Nelson E., born March 14, 1865; and Mary E., born Nov. 21, 1867.
marriage record
Genesee County, Michigan
Dodge, Franklin E., aged 25 of Thetford to
Skinner, Mary Ann, aged 20 of Thetford
13 Oct 1834 at Thetford
Rev. W. Fletcher Cowles
(copied as written including any errors)
Death certificate gives birth as 29 Jan 1820.
Mother's name Hannah Montle. Father's name Ai Dodge.
"History of Genesee County, Michigan"
by Franklin Ellis, 1879
pgs. 393 and 394
Franklin E. Dodge
Among the early settlers of Thetford there are few, if any, who have seen so much of the world, or led a life so full of adventures and romance, as Franklin E. Dodge. He as born in the town of Colchester, New London Co., Conn., Jan. 29, 1821. The death of his father, when he was eight years old, left him to make his own living. He lived with his uncle until he was fifteen, when he started for the State of New York, working his way and earning money to buy the clothing he so much needed. For the next four years he wandered about, working some of the time on a farm and one season as a driver on the canal. He then got the whaling fever, and went to New York with a man who was hiring whalers; but a couple of weeks in a sailors' boarding house gave him an idea of the life of a whaler, and he gave the scheme up. But in 1836 he shipped on the line-of-battle-ship "Ohio", which was then fitting out in Boston for her first voyage, under the command of Commodore Hull, of the U.S.N. Mr. Dodge helped ship her rigging, guns, etc. They sailed from Boston to New York, and from there on a three years' cruise to the Mediterranean Sea. Visited all the ports of the sea, and the ports of the principal countires in Europe. He saw many of the crowned heads of free government of his native land. While in the port of Toulon he saw the French frigate which went after the remains of Napoleon. The news of the Patriot war started his ship for home, where they arrived in 1839, after a voyage full of excitement and with the daily expectations of war and carnage. He was paid off and discharged in Boston, and then went to Avon, N.Y., to visit his mother. Here he remained some time, although he was very uneasy and longed for the excitement and freedom of a sailors' life. The earnest protestations of his mother prevailed, and he worked at whatever he cound find to do until 1843, when he came to Thetford and purchased of his stepfather the forty acres on which he now resides, and the forty acres east of it, of the government. Mr. Dodge had but little means, and the next spring he returned to New York and worked through the summer; then came back to his farm, and built a house and commenced to improve. In 1845 he went to a neighbor to buy some boots, and got not only his boots, but a wife, who proved to be a true pioneer's help-meet. She never stood back and said "go", but was always willing to put her own shoulder to the wheel also. Her maiden name was Miss Mary Skinner, and they were married Oct. 12, 1845. Miss Skinner was born March 18, 1826. A few days after their marriage they moved to their new home, Mrs. Dodge driving a cow, while Mr. Dodge drove the oxen which hauled all their goods in a wagon-box, going five miles through the woods.
They lived some time in a shanty until a log house was erected. His first crop of wheat he hauled through the woods to Square Wilson's, who had a board floor on which he could thrash it. At that time there were no roads or paths; their going and coming were by blazed trees Mr. Dodge had marked. Though they lived in the woods, cut off from churches and their Christian associates, still, as Mr. Dodge very feelingly says, they felt that God was with them in the wilderness, as he had been with him in his seafaring days, when he knew that his mother's prayers were with him. Mr. and Mrs. Dodge have both been members of the Methodist Episcopal Church for over thirty-six years. Mr. Dodge was a Democrat until 1864, since which time he has been an ardent Republican. There have been born to them nine children, as follows: Elizabeth, born March 2, 1847; Byron E., born Jan. 12, 1849; Franklin A., born Sept. 29, 1850; Emma L., born Nov. 13, 1852; Ellen A., born Dec. 21, 1854; Herbert W., born Sept. 12, 1857; Lydia F., born Dec. 23, 1860; Nelson E., born March 14, 1865; and Mary E., born Nov. 21, 1867.
marriage record
Genesee County, Michigan
Dodge, Franklin E., aged 25 of Thetford to
Skinner, Mary Ann, aged 20 of Thetford
13 Oct 1834 at Thetford
Rev. W. Fletcher Cowles
(copied as written including any errors)
Cemetery record gives birth as 1820, bio gives 1821.
Death certificate gives birth as 29 Jan 1820.
Mother's name Hannah Montle. Father's name Ai Dodge.
"History of Genesee County, Michigan"
by Franklin Ellis, 1879
pgs. 393 and 394
Franklin E. Dodge
Among the early settlers of Thetford there are few, if any, who have seen so much of the world, or led a life so full of adventures and romance, as Franklin E. Dodge. He as born in the town of Colchester, New London Co., Conn., Jan. 29, 1821. The death of his father, when he was eight years old, left him to make his own living. He lived with his uncle until he was fifteen, when he started for the State of New York, working his way and earning money to buy the clothing he so much needed. For the next four years he wandered about, working some of the time on a farm and one season as a driver on the canal. He then got the whaling fever, and went to New York with a man who was hiring whalers; but a couple of weeks in a sailors' boarding house gave him an idea of the life of a whaler, and he gave the scheme up. But in 1836 he shipped on the line-of-battle-ship "Ohio", which was then fitting out in Boston for her first voyage, under the command of Commodore Hull, of the U.S.N. Mr. Dodge helped ship her rigging, guns, etc. They sailed from Boston to New York, and from there on a three years' cruise to the Mediterranean Sea. Visited all the ports of the sea, and the ports of the principal countires in Europe. He saw many of the crowned heads of free government of his native land. While in the port of Toulon he saw the French frigate which went after the remains of Napoleon. The news of the Patriot war started his ship for home, where they arrived in 1839, after a voyage full of excitement and with the daily expectations of war and carnage. He was paid off and discharged in Boston, and then went to Avon, N.Y., to visit his mother. Here he remained some time, although he was very uneasy and longed for the excitement and freedom of a sailors' life. The earnest protestations of his mother prevailed, and he worked at whatever he cound find to do until 1843, when he came to Thetford and purchased of his stepfather the forty acres on which he now resides, and the forty acres east of it, of the government. Mr. Dodge had but little means, and the next spring he returned to New York and worked through the summer; then came back to his farm, and built a house and commenced to improve. In 1845 he went to a neighbor to buy some boots, and got not only his boots, but a wife, who proved to be a true pioneer's help-meet. She never stood back and said "go", but was always willing to put her own shoulder to the wheel also. Her maiden name was Miss Mary Skinner, and they were married Oct. 12, 1845. Miss Skinner was born March 18, 1826. A few days after their marriage they moved to their new home, Mrs. Dodge driving a cow, while Mr. Dodge drove the oxen which hauled all their goods in a wagon-box, going five miles through the woods.
They lived some time in a shanty until a log house was erected. His first crop of wheat he hauled through the woods to Square Wilson's, who had a board floor on which he could thrash it. At that time there were no roads or paths; their going and coming were by blazed trees Mr. Dodge had marked. Though they lived in the woods, cut off from churches and their Christian associates, still, as Mr. Dodge very feelingly says, they felt that God was with them in the wilderness, as he had been with him in his seafaring days, when he knew that his mother's prayers were with him. Mr. and Mrs. Dodge have both been members of the Methodist Episcopal Church for over thirty-six years. Mr. Dodge was a Democrat until 1864, since which time he has been an ardent Republican. There have been born to them nine children, as follows: Elizabeth, born March 2, 1847; Byron E., born Jan. 12, 1849; Franklin A., born Sept. 29, 1850; Emma L., born Nov. 13, 1852; Ellen A., born Dec. 21, 1854; Herbert W., born Sept. 12, 1857; Lydia F., born Dec. 23, 1860; Nelson E., born March 14, 1865; and Mary E., born Nov. 21, 1867.
marriage record
Genesee County, Michigan
Dodge, Franklin E., aged 25 of Thetford to
Skinner, Mary Ann, aged 20 of Thetford
13 Oct 1834 at Thetford
Rev. W. Fletcher Cowles
(copied as written including any errors)
Death certificate gives birth as 29 Jan 1820.
Mother's name Hannah Montle. Father's name Ai Dodge.
"History of Genesee County, Michigan"
by Franklin Ellis, 1879
pgs. 393 and 394
Franklin E. Dodge
Among the early settlers of Thetford there are few, if any, who have seen so much of the world, or led a life so full of adventures and romance, as Franklin E. Dodge. He as born in the town of Colchester, New London Co., Conn., Jan. 29, 1821. The death of his father, when he was eight years old, left him to make his own living. He lived with his uncle until he was fifteen, when he started for the State of New York, working his way and earning money to buy the clothing he so much needed. For the next four years he wandered about, working some of the time on a farm and one season as a driver on the canal. He then got the whaling fever, and went to New York with a man who was hiring whalers; but a couple of weeks in a sailors' boarding house gave him an idea of the life of a whaler, and he gave the scheme up. But in 1836 he shipped on the line-of-battle-ship "Ohio", which was then fitting out in Boston for her first voyage, under the command of Commodore Hull, of the U.S.N. Mr. Dodge helped ship her rigging, guns, etc. They sailed from Boston to New York, and from there on a three years' cruise to the Mediterranean Sea. Visited all the ports of the sea, and the ports of the principal countires in Europe. He saw many of the crowned heads of free government of his native land. While in the port of Toulon he saw the French frigate which went after the remains of Napoleon. The news of the Patriot war started his ship for home, where they arrived in 1839, after a voyage full of excitement and with the daily expectations of war and carnage. He was paid off and discharged in Boston, and then went to Avon, N.Y., to visit his mother. Here he remained some time, although he was very uneasy and longed for the excitement and freedom of a sailors' life. The earnest protestations of his mother prevailed, and he worked at whatever he cound find to do until 1843, when he came to Thetford and purchased of his stepfather the forty acres on which he now resides, and the forty acres east of it, of the government. Mr. Dodge had but little means, and the next spring he returned to New York and worked through the summer; then came back to his farm, and built a house and commenced to improve. In 1845 he went to a neighbor to buy some boots, and got not only his boots, but a wife, who proved to be a true pioneer's help-meet. She never stood back and said "go", but was always willing to put her own shoulder to the wheel also. Her maiden name was Miss Mary Skinner, and they were married Oct. 12, 1845. Miss Skinner was born March 18, 1826. A few days after their marriage they moved to their new home, Mrs. Dodge driving a cow, while Mr. Dodge drove the oxen which hauled all their goods in a wagon-box, going five miles through the woods.
They lived some time in a shanty until a log house was erected. His first crop of wheat he hauled through the woods to Square Wilson's, who had a board floor on which he could thrash it. At that time there were no roads or paths; their going and coming were by blazed trees Mr. Dodge had marked. Though they lived in the woods, cut off from churches and their Christian associates, still, as Mr. Dodge very feelingly says, they felt that God was with them in the wilderness, as he had been with him in his seafaring days, when he knew that his mother's prayers were with him. Mr. and Mrs. Dodge have both been members of the Methodist Episcopal Church for over thirty-six years. Mr. Dodge was a Democrat until 1864, since which time he has been an ardent Republican. There have been born to them nine children, as follows: Elizabeth, born March 2, 1847; Byron E., born Jan. 12, 1849; Franklin A., born Sept. 29, 1850; Emma L., born Nov. 13, 1852; Ellen A., born Dec. 21, 1854; Herbert W., born Sept. 12, 1857; Lydia F., born Dec. 23, 1860; Nelson E., born March 14, 1865; and Mary E., born Nov. 21, 1867.
marriage record
Genesee County, Michigan
Dodge, Franklin E., aged 25 of Thetford to
Skinner, Mary Ann, aged 20 of Thetford
13 Oct 1834 at Thetford
Rev. W. Fletcher Cowles
(copied as written including any errors)
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