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From Past and present of Jasper County, Iowa (1912)
SAMUEL P. DODD.
One of the sterling individuals who has contributed largely to the material welfare of Clear Creek township, Jasper county, is Samuel P. Dodd, who has come down to us from the pioneer days, he having spent his life in this locality. PubHc spirited as a citizen and progressive in all that the term implies, he has forged his way to the front with little aid or influence from others and at the. same time has performed his just share of the work of public improvement, consequently his name well deserves a place in this history.
Mr. Dodd was born at Adamson's Grove, this county, on July 18, 1852. He is the son of Joseph and Amelia (Million) Dodd, the father born in Illinois, September 2y, 181 7, and the mother was born in Kentucky, November 6, 1 82 1. They came to Clear Creek township, Jasper county, Iowa, in 1852, and settled on the wild prairie, where they developed a good farm and here they spent the rest of their lives, the father dying in the spring of 1897, his wife having preceded him to the grave on August 17, 1889. There were ten children in the Dodd family, six of whom are living, namely: Charles E., farmer of Collins township, Story county, Iowa; Sarah J., born January 9, 1843; William, bom March 23, 1845, and Mrs. Amelia Stock, are all three deceased;
As printed in Past and present of Jasper County, Iowa (1912). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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