Solomon Dodge (1768 - 1830)

Born 16 Oct 1768 in Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Dorcas (Burlingame) Dodge — married about 1797 in Vermont, USA [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 13 Apr 1830 at age 61 in Oxford, Chenango County, New York, USA

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Oxford Chenango County New York USA Riverview Cemetery at Find A Grave. Cemetery, Oxford, New York]]

Biography

Solomon Dodge was born on October 16, 1768,^[1] Solomon Dodge in Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He passed away in April 13, 1830 in Oxford, Chenango County, New York, USA. ^[2]

Solomon was buried at Riverview Cemetery, Oxford. His memorial has no photo and has links to those of family members.^[3]

Solomon Dodge, to whom allusion has been previously made, came in originally with Daniel Tucker from Sidney, and settled a half mile above Oxford, where Alvin Morse now lives. He, too, was in Hovey's employ two or three years. He was a single man and married a sister of Ritchison Burlingame, who was the first surveyor in the town of Oxford. He was surveying here in 1793; and settled on the Cole farm, now owned by Amos Miner and Paul Smith Graves; afterwards for a few years on the Blackman farm. He removed about 1820, to Cattaraugus county. Dodge sold to Daniel Denison about 1820, and removed to Cincinnatus, whence he returned after five or six years, and settled some one and one-half miles west of Oxford village, where he died.

Solomon Dodge was born in in 1767 in Vermont and came to Oxford in 1791 from Sidney in company with Daniel TUCKER. There were but two houses in the village at that time. He was in the employment of General HOVEY and worked under him in cutting the road from the Unadilla river to the Chenango at Oxford. His second coming to Oxford was in the fall of 1795 in company with Mrs. Jonathan BALDWIN, who came through from Egremont, Mass. At this time he settled on what is known as the Morse farm, owned by Alpha and Edward MORSE. Mr. Dodge made a small clearing, using the logs to build his first house, which had neither chimney or windows, excepting a hole in the roof and a blanket for a door. After he had cut the trees far enough away so that they would not fall on the building, he put up a second log house, which was considered quite luxurious, for it had doors, windows and chimney.

He married Dorcas BURLINGAME not far from 1796, who was born March 12, 1766, in Vermont. She had one sister, Azubah, and one brother, Ritchison, who was the first surveyor of the town. Mr. Dodge sold out in 1802, to Daniel DENISON, and returned to Willet where he purchased a large farm, but meeting with many reverses, returned to Oxford after five or six years and settled west of the village in what is known as "Dodge Hollow," where he died of numb palsy in April, 1830. The only descendants of Mr. Dodge now living in Oxford, are Herbert EMERSON, B. M. EMERSON, and John E. JONES. Mr. Dodge was a lover of a good horse and in his day owned many fine ones. While living in "Dodge Hollow" he built a race track on his farm, which on many occasions called together the sportsmen of that to witness the strife between the owners of fast stepers.

After the death of her husband, Mrs. Dodge lived with her daughter, Mrs. Gideon LAWTON in McDonough, where she died in 1845.

Children, all born in Oxford:

MARSHALL, married Abigail LAWTON, and was a clothier. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and when dying expressed a wish to be buried in Oxford, his birthplace. He was buried in the cemetery a mile and a half west of Oxford on the old State road. His grave like many other soldiers of that war, is uncared for. The greater part of his life was spent in McDonough.

HARRY, married Mary BLACKMAN, daughter of Elijah Blackman of Oxford; lived in McDonough for several years and then moved away, and all trace of him and his family has been lost.

POLLY, twin to Harry, married Gideon LAWTON, and lived for several years in Oxford, and then moved to McDonough where they both died. Children: Thomas, Eliza, Harry, Lucinda, and Russell, born in Oxford; Almira, William, and Charles, who died in boyhood, born in McDonough. All went to Pennsylvania, excepting Eliza, who married Moses EMERSON of McDonough, and Lucinda, who lived with her grandfather DODGE until she was fifteen. She married A. J. MOORE of McDonough.

RUSSELL, married Sally HAMILTON, conducted a tannery for several years in McDonough, and went to Steuben county and died in Addison.

ALMIRA, married Charles BURLINGAME, a cousin, and moved to Willet, where they both lived and died.

IRA, married Almira BETTS and lived in Oxford a few years, then went to Pennsylvania where his wife died. He went to Iowa and died there.

ALFRED, married Almira BEMAS, whose father, Almon Bemas, kept a hotel below Oxford. They moved to Steuben county and died there.

ISRAEL, went to Steuben county, and there married Sally WHITE. He died at Westfield, Pa.

Interesting tidbit for you. I have not found Solomon or his wife, darn. They are the only Dodge's listed that I haven't located. However in the article you posted on Solomon, it mentions a Miner family, and next to the Dodge family I just posted, 15 in all, (James O., John, Loyal, etc) there is a Miner family lot. Could be old friends next to each other. Diane Branham

Sources

1. ↑ MA Birth VR's
2. ↑ Entered by Norman Dodge, Saturday, November 22, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.
3. ↑ Find A Grave memorial # 138356783 Solomon Dodge.

See also:

• Robert Livingston Dodge, Genealogy of the Dodge Family of Essex County Massachusetts and Allied Families, The Dodge Family Assoc, Inc.; Lakewood, CO; 1998, R. L. D. Pg. 15.
• Marilyn M. Slinger & Phillip J. Slinger, Ancestors and Descendants of John Dodge 1816-1898, Name: Name: Name: Name: 1979;, P. J. Slinger Pg. 194
• Joseph Thompson Dodge, Genealogy of the Dodge Family of Essex County MASS, 1629-1898, (Democrat Printing Co. Wisconsin - Vol 1 1894 & Vol 2 1898), J. T. D. Pg. 47