Dorothy Lucile (Summers) Dodge (1895 - 1945)

Born 23 Mar 1895 in Westwood, Prince George's, Maryland, United States

Ancestors

Wife of James Heath Dodge — married 7 Nov 1913 in Prince George's, Maryland, United States

Died 12 Mar 1945 at age 49 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

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Biography

Dorothy was born in 1894. She was the daughter of John Summers and Regina Hill. She passed away in 1945.

Sources

• Tombstone Inscription. See image attached.

Dodge-Summers Marriage. Evening Star. Washington DC. 8 November 1913.

TAKES BRIDE OF NINETEEN

J. Heath Dodge of War Department Wed Miss Dorothy Summers.

Employees of the adjutant general's office In the War Department were given a surprise today when they received word of the marriage yesterday of J. Heath Dodge, chief of that division, and Miss Dorothy Summers, the nineteen-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Summers of Westwood, Md. The ceremony took place at Pinetops. the summer home of the Summers. Mr. Dodge is sixty-eight years old. and has been employed In the department for forty years. He is said to have first met his bride when she was quite young and he was on a hunting trip in Maryland. The couple are now on their honeymoon. They will reside at Mr. Dodge's country home in Bethesda. Mr. Dodge's first wife died some years ago. He has three daughters, Mrs. Beebe Wilson, Mrs. M. W. Goldsboro and Mrs. H. L. Lewis.