Mr. & Mrs. A. C. Dodge
Adam Clarke & Sarah Elizabeth Kidder Dodge
Mentioned in the editorial of Frances' wedding, it is mentioned that Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Dodge were in attendance.
Adam Clarke Dodge was a significant figure in Wisconsin's history, and clearly a notably close friend of the McNair family, as Victorian weddings were not the extensive affairs they are today. Victorian weddings were far more intimate affairs, celebrated with select family and friends.
Below are the obituaries of both A. C. and Sarah Elizabeth, to share a bit more about these Green County pioneers ...
Adam Clarke Dodge
Obituary from the Monroe (WI) Evening Times, Tuesday, February 15, 1916 (front page):
"FOUR GENERATIONS OF DODGE
FAMILY BROKEN BY DEATH OF
THE PIONEER LUMBER DEALER -
OLDEST BUSINESS
MAN IN COUNTY
CALLED TO REST -
A. C. Dodge passes away after
short illness from heart trouble -
Up to the Illness Which Terminated
in His Death Mr. Dodge Daily gave
Attention to His Large Business
Interests -
Many expressions of sorrow were to be heard on all sites last evening with the announcement that A. C. Dodge, the oldest business man in Green county had passed away. Death was due to heart failure form which the deceased had suffered for the past few weeks. Up to this illness he had never lost time from his office, daily giving attention to his large interests.
Funeral on Thursday.
The funeral will be held on Thursday afternoon at 1:30 form the late home 503 West Avenue, and will be in charge of the Odd Fellows with which fraternity the deceased was for many years a member. Rev. N. E. McLaughlin, of the Universalist church, will preach the sermon.
At Barre, Washington county, Vermont, A. C. Dodge was born November 6, 1834; being therefore a little over eighty-one years of age. He was a son of Joseph and Lorenda Thompson Dodge, living most of their lives in the Green mountain state.
November 4, 1860, the marriage of Mr. Dodge and Miss Sarah I. Kidder was solemnized. To them was born three children. Charles Sumner, Mrs. Flora E. Drach, and Lewis, who was killed in an accident in 1911, and who for several years previously had been secretary and treasurer of the Dodge Lumber Co. Mrs. Dodge died of pneumonia, April 15, 1911.
The Monroe Sentinel, Wed A.M., 29 Oct 1873 (p3/c2):Mr. A.C. Dodge, living in Monroe for more than fifteen years, has held many public positions...
Sarah Elizabeth Kidder Dodge
MRS. SARAH DODGE CLAIMED BY DEATH
WIFE OF A.C. DODGE PASSES AWAY AFTER SHORT ILLNESS. CAME HERE IN 1861
Mrs. Sarah E. Dodge, wife of A.C. Dodge,died at her home today at 10:30 o'clock. Her fatal illness began with a slight cold a week ago, but nothing serious was expected until two days ago, particularly yesterday, when it was noted that she was near collapse. Her cold developed into bronchial pheumonia. She retained consciousness to the end and passed away peacefully with all members of the family at her bedside.
Mrs. Dodge had been a resident of Monroe since 1861, coming here from Rock county following her marriage to Mr. Dodge in 1860. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Kidder, who went from Maine to settle in Ohio, where she was born 74 years ago.
She leaves besides her husband, three children, Mrs. Flora E. Drach of Chicago, and Charles S. Dodge and Lewis Dodge of this city. She also has two sisters, Mrs. Josephine B. Jones, who has been making her home with her sister here the past winter; Mrs. Lydia H. Dye of Los Angeles, CA., and a brother N.W. Kidder of West Milton, Wis.
Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home.
