Marcellus Moss Dodson (abt. 1819 - 1887)

Born about 15 Dec 1819 in Jackson, Alabama, United States [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Susan (Hardy) Dodson — married 16 Feb 1843 in McMinn County, Tennessee, United States

Died 6 Jul 1887 at about age 67 in San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, California, United States

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Biography

Marcellus states on his application for a land grant in Oregon that he was born in 1819 in Alabama.^[1] Marcellus and Susan Hardy were married in 16 Feb 1843 and are in the 1850 census and living in McMinn County, TN USA. They travelled over the Oregon Trail in 1852^[2][3] to what is now Richreall, Polk, OR and secured a land grant. He moved to Cache Creek Township, Yolo, California very soon after that.^[4] Marcellus was living in San Luis Obispo, CA in 1880 according to the census and he died there soon after and is buried at the Adelaida Cemetery.^[5] The San Luis Obispo census reports that he was a C.P. Preacher.[Cumberland Presbyterian]

Grave photo at: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18914179/marcellus-moss-dodson#source

1. ↑ Oregon Land Claims Vol. 1 for Marcellus Dodson #491: (oregonpioneers.com/1851.htm).
2. ↑ Oregon Trail: (http://www.oregonpioneers.com/1852_AI.htm) Dodson, Marcellus M.
3. ↑ Marriage: "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8YV-8MX : 20 July 2016), Marcellus M. Dodson and Susan Hardy, 16 Feb 1843;
4. ↑ Living location: "United States Census, 1860"database with images, Family Search (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDK6-FQJ : 30 December 1015), < M M Dodson, 1860
5. ↑ Burial: Find A Grave Index,database, FamilySearch (https://FamilySearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVJ-DWTJ : 13 December 2015), M. M. Dodson, ; Burial, , San Luis Obispo, California, United States of America, Adelaida Cemetery; citing record ID 18914179, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• Sources

Family written record by Julia (Wells) Dodson, hand written by her on lined and numbered sheets of paper found with her diary, passed along in the family and now in my possession (Dodson-3592].

• Williams, Mrs. Sherman, Compiler & Editor, The Dodson (Dotson) Family of North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia: A History and Genealogy of Their Descendants. Two Volumes with index in Volume Two. Volume Two contains abstracts & transcripts of documents. (Easley, SC: Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas Jr.; Southern Historical Press, Inc., 1988) Pages: 1586 c1988 see Vol. I p 465
• Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/18914179/marcellus-moss-dodson : accessed 23 April 2021), memorial page for Rev Marcellus Moss Dodson (15 Dec 1819–6 Jul 1887), Find a Grave Memorial ID 18914179, citing Adelaida Cemetery, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA ; Maintained by Kim (contributor 46903242) .