Ennis Dodd (1810 - 1853)

Born 4 Jul 1810 in Virginia, United States

Husband of Mary (Guinn) Dodd — married 2 Jun 1832 in Hendricks, Indiana, United States

Husband of Jemima (Davenport) Stevenson — married 22 Mar 1848 in Hendricks County, Indiana, United States

Descendants

Died 20 Apr 1853 at age 42 in Danville, Hendricks, Indiana, United States

Biography

Ennis Dodd was born on July 04, 1810, in Virginia, USA.

He married Mary Guinn, June, 2, 1832, in Hendricks County, Indiana, and they had two sons:

1. John P. Dodd, Capt.
2. Milton O. Dodd

Ennis was a widower in 1844 when Mary died.

He married Jemima Davenport on March 22, 1848, in Hendricks County, Indiana, and they had two daughters:

1. Mary Catherine Dodd Stevenson
2. Angeline Dodd

"Ennis signed a contract to rent-to-own a sawmill on December 22, 1852. On January 11,1853, the doctor was called to dress his wounds. By January 14, according to the doctor, it was clear his wounds were mortal. His family and friends rallied and helped, some worked in the sawmill. He signed his last note in April, then received care from April 5th to the 20th. His estate papers show the number of people who turned out to help, almost as if saying, "I helped, too." (Hendricks County, Indiana, Probate Court Supplement Documents; surname Dodd. (B9B, 2014 Apr 5, one of his great grandchildren 161 years later.))

Judge Ennis Dodd died April 20, 1853, in Danville, Hendricks, Indiana.

Judge Ennis Dodd, a well known citizen of this county, died at his residence, in North Salem, on Wednesday last. His death was the result of an injury received in a saw mill, some months ago. He was buried by the Masonic Fraternity.

-- Primary Source: Danville Advertiser, Danville, In Saturday, April 23, 1853; Secondary Source: Find A Grave: Memorial #52263223).

Research Notes

-- 1. There are dozens of record images about Judge Ennis Dodd and what happened to him. His last injury is spelled out in documents on the internet and all are very heart wrenching for descendants.

-- 2. Autosomal DNA Verified Relationship

-- Ennis Dodd is verified as the father of Angeline (Dodd) Blanton and the grandfather of Katherine Olivi (Katie O.) (Blanton) Lowrimore, through a chromosome match between Donna and Grace.

--- Donna descends from Ennis and his 1st wife, Mary Guinn (Guynn, aka Quinn) Dodd

--- and Grace was the GGGgranddaughter of Ennis and his 2nd wife, Jemima (Davenport) Dodd Stevenson.

--- (FTDNA Family Finder chromosome match of 31 shared cMs, 9 cM longest block, and a relationship range of 5th C - Remote C.) 2018.

--- Grace and Donna were 5C and therefore must triangulate (per Wikitree) with another descendant of Ennis.

--- GEDmatch Genesis[1]. (Verogen, Inc.).

--- Wikitree. Help:Triangulation[2]. n.a., n.d. Quote: "If there is a common ancestral couple each child-to-parent relationship back to but not including the relationships to the ancestral couple can be marked as confirmed. The relationships to the common ancestral couple can be marked as confident." (Bold in original text.)

Sources

• 1810 birth: Birth date 1810 or 1811 depending upon the source.
• 1832 marriage: "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVM1-F38N : 10 February 2018), Ennis Dodd and Mary Quinn, 02 Jun 1832; citing Hendricks, Indiana, United States, Marriage Registration, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 004261854.
• 1844 widower: Mary C “Polly” Guinn Dodd 1810-1844.
• 1848 marriage: Image of marriage certificate for Davenport: "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVM1-FGPJ : 10 February 2018), Ennis Dodd and Jemima Danford, 27 Mar 1848; citing Hendricks, Indiana, United States, Marriage Registration, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 004261854.
• 1850 census: Ennis, Jemima, Milton, John, Samuel, Ennis, Lewis R, Mary C: "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHJV-QB9 : 12 April 2016), Ennis Dodd, Marion, Hendricks, Indiana, United States; citing family 1059, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• 1853 death: Notice of Injury: From Danville Advertizer, Danville, Indiana Saturday, January 22, 1853; obituary: Saturday, April 23, 1853 Plainfield Library.
• 1853 probate: Hendricks County, Indiana, Judicial Books, Start Page
• 1853 cemetery: Ennis Dodd 1811-1853, Dickerson Cemetery.
• 2010 findagrave: "Ennis Dodd (4 Jul 1810–20 Apr 1853)," Find A Grave: Memorial #52263223, citing Dickerson Cemetery, North Salem, Hendricks County, Indiana, USA.

Acknowledgements

-- B9Britain... Research

-- Collaboration with Donna Black [3] Dodd Family Historian and Genealogist.

-- Black, Donna Dodd, Ancestry Family Tree and findagrave contributor (a descendant of Judge Ennis Dodd[4] and Mary Guinn)[5]. n.d., (Ancestry and Ancestry findagrave)[[6].

-- WikiTree, Thank You

-- Citing this page: "Ennis Dodd (1810 - 1853)" https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Dodd-5181&public=1 WikiTree contributors. (accessed April 25, 2024).