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Thomas Heath Dodge
Thomas Heath Dodge was born in Sedgwick, Mass., June 17, 1810, a son of N. Amaziah and Mercy Dodge, also of Massachusetts. In 1812 his parents removed to Maine, and in 1817 to Butler County, Ohio. At the time of the war of 1812, they lived near Castine, which was destroyed by the British. He was reared in Ohio, and attended school but three months, the rest of his education being obtained by observation and private reading. He has through life worked at the mason's trade. He owns a fine farm of forty acres, valued at $100 per acre. He was married in August, 1833, to Kitty Minor. They had a family of four children — Mary Ann, afterward Mrs. Coddington, of Richmond, Ind., now deceased; Claressa, now Mrs. Frank Black, of Richmond; Thomas and Frances. The two latter died in childhood. Mrs. Dodge died in May, 1844. In August, 1849, Mr. Dodge married Nancy Ann Robey, who was born Aug. 13, 1803. Mrs. Dodge is a member of the Christian church. Mr. Dodge is a member of no church, but is liberal in his belief. During the war he was a staunch Union man, and now affiliates with the Republican party. Of his father's family of eleven children, six sons and five daughters, but three are now living — Mary, now the widow of L. Mander Lewis, late of Valparaiso, Ind. She now resides with her son, B. F. Lewis, of Chicago; Thomas H. and John, of Butler County, Ohio.
Source:
History of Wayne County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884. Volume 2