James W Dodd ¹²

  General Notes:

JAMES W. DODD.
James W. Dodd, the subject of this biographical writing, was born in
Canada, July 16, 1864, and came to the United States of America in the
month of June, 1874, with his father, mother, one brother and seven
sisters. His father purchased a farm on the southeast quarter of section
fourteen, township fourteen, range eleven, which consisted of one hundred
and sixty acres, and he also purchased one hundred and twenty acres of
railroad land.
James W. Dodd has lived in Howard county continuously up to the present
time, and now resides on the southwest quarter of section eleven,
township fourteen, range eleven, where he owns a well-equipped grain and
stock farm. The Methodist Episcopal church is located on the southwest
corner of the farm, this being one of the first churches in this section
of the state, and his parents helped to build it.
Mr. Dodd was married to Miss Alice Crow, January 5, 1887. She was born in
Canada, and came to Howard county, Nebraska, with her parents in the
early pioneer days.
Mr. and Mrs. Dodd have had six children born to them, all of whom are
residing under the parental roof: Geneva, Elsie, Mabel, James William,
Alice Margaret and Francis Wilmer. Mrs. Dodd's parents reside in St.
Paul, Nebraska, and are well-known old-time citizens of Howard county.
Mr. Dodd was fifth in a family of fourteen children, three sisters of
whom are married and reside in Howard county, four sisters reside in
Nebraska, other than those in Howard county. There is one brother and a
sister in Wyoming, and the father, mother, two other brothers reside in
Canada, and two girls died in Howard county.
Mr. Dodd has held several local precinct offices, which he filled
creditably to himself and satisfactorily to his constituents. He has
always been active in affairs pertaining to his county and state, and is
widely known as an upright, fair-minded citizen. Both Mr. and Mrs. Dodd
came from Howard county pioneer families. Mr. Dodd's father, James F.
Dodd, was born in June, 1835, in France, although of English descent, and
came to Canada when but four years of age, with his mother, his father
having come about a year previous. He came into Howard county, Nebraska,
in June, 1874, with his wife and nine children, and purchased land as
previously stated, farming same up to the time of leaving Howard county.
There were five children born in Howard county. He sold out in the spring
of 1904, and, with his wife and two children, went to Alberta, Canada.
During his residence in Howard county, he was well known for his splendid
character and good qualities. The Dodd family, father and son, have both
contributed largely to the upbuilding and advancement of this section of
the country, and are prominent factors in the making of Nebraska history.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Immigration.

• Immigration, Jun 1874, Nebraska.

• Census Record, 1880, Dannebrog, Howard County, Nebraska.

James married Alice Crowe, daughter of Francis Crowe and Elizabeth Crow, on 5 Jan 1887 in Howard County, Nebraska. (Alice Crowe was born in Sep 1869 in Canada, died in 1956 in Nebraska and was buried in Warsaw Cemetary, Howard County, Nebraska.)

  Marriage Notes:

Witnessed by Louis Jensen of Grand Island and Margaret J Dodd of St Paul,
Nebraska.
Performed by J. H. Brooks, Pastor ME Church, St Paul, Nebraska.