Death Record for Nathaniel T. Dodge
My great-great grandfather, Nathaniel T Dodge, was an interesting charchter, from what my grandpa has told me. Born in 1848 in Maine to James Dodge & Rachel Curtis, Nathaniel was the youngest of nine children. He was a millman in Maine during the 1870's. He married Fannie H Stevens in 1874 and they lived in South Gardiner, Maine with his brothers Asa & Curtis and their families. When his parents died in 1877, Nathaniel, along with his brother Curtis, acted as sureties for thier parent's estate. In 1880, Nathaniel left Maine and settled in Buena Vista, Colorado, joining his sisters Mary & Sarah Bray. Mary had arrived in Colorado in 1874 with her husband Ezekiel B. Bray and Sarah had married her husband, Benjamin D. Bray, there in 1872. The rest of his siblings stayed in Maine. In Colorado, Nathaniel was a farmer, rancher, miner, Justice of the Peace and lawyer. My grandpa told me that "Nathaniel didn't drink, but he wouldn't work either. He had a ranch but never ranched and was a lawyer but never lawyered. He would go into town everyday and let his wife and children run the ranch and take care of the farm. As each of them got older, they left Buena Vista. Some of the sisters we kept in touch with, but we lost touch with all of the brothers." He died in 1926 in Salida, Colorado, not far from Buena Vista. He had a cancerous growth on his face that the doctors in Salida had removed. His death notice in the local newspaper is very shory. It only mentions that he died in the Rio Grande Hospital in Salida and his body was removed to Buena Vista for burial. The picture for Nathaniel T. Dodge is from the 1870's. The picture below is Nathaniel with his daughter Ann, from the mid 1910's. These are the only pictures that my family has of Nathaniel. It really is unfortunate that many of the pictures were either lost of destroyed through the years and that there was nobody to pass them on to. By the time my family started to look for pictures, many of them were already gone.
Above is the death record for Nathaniel T. Dodge. It doesn't reveal much information on his life, but it is there. He died 27 April 1926 at the Rio Grande Hospital in Salida, Colorado. His death record states he was born 28 May 1844. According to Census Records and Land Patent Records, he was born in 1848. It states he was born in Augusta, Maine. He was born in Rangeley, Maine and grew up in Perkins Plantation, Maine. He did spend some time in Augusta during the 1870's. It lists his father as Arthur Dodge. It does not list his mother. HIs parents were James Dodge & Rachel Curtis.
Death Record for Nathaniel T. Dodge
My great-great grandfather, Nathaniel T Dodge, was an interesting charchter, from what my grandpa has told me. Born in 1848 in Maine to James Dodge & Rachel Curtis, Nathaniel was the youngest of nine children. He was a millman in Maine during the 1870's. He married Fannie H Stevens in 1874 and they lived in South Gardiner, Maine with his brothers Asa & Curtis and their families. When his parents died in 1877, Nathaniel, along with his brother Curtis, acted as sureties for thier parent's estate. In 1880, Nathaniel left Maine and settled in Buena Vista, Colorado, joining his sisters Mary & Sarah Bray. Mary had arrived in Colorado in 1874 with her husband Ezekiel B. Bray and Sarah had married her husband, Benjamin D. Bray, there in 1872. The rest of his siblings stayed in Maine. In Colorado, Nathaniel was a farmer, rancher, miner, Justice of the Peace and lawyer. My grandpa told me that "Nathaniel didn't drink, but he wouldn't work either. He had a ranch but never ranched and was a lawyer but never lawyered. He would go into town everyday and let his wife and children run the ranch and take care of the farm. As each of them got older, they left Buena Vista. Some of the sisters we kept in touch with, but we lost touch with all of the brothers." He died in 1926 in Salida, Colorado, not far from Buena Vista. He had a cancerous growth on his face that the doctors in Salida had removed. His death notice in the local newspaper is very shory. It only mentions that he died in the Rio Grande Hospital in Salida and his body was removed to Buena Vista for burial. The picture for Nathaniel T. Dodge is from the 1870's. The picture below is Nathaniel with his daughter Ann, from the mid 1910's. These are the only pictures that my family has of Nathaniel. It really is unfortunate that many of the pictures were either lost of destroyed through the years and that there was nobody to pass them on to. By the time my family started to look for pictures, many of them were already gone.
Above is the death record for Nathaniel T. Dodge. It doesn't reveal much information on his life, but it is there. He died 27 April 1926 at the Rio Grande Hospital in Salida, Colorado. His death record states he was born 28 May 1844. According to Census Records and Land Patent Records, he was born in 1848. It states he was born in Augusta, Maine. He was born in Rangeley, Maine and grew up in Perkins Plantation, Maine. He did spend some time in Augusta during the 1870's. It lists his father as Arthur Dodge. It does not list his mother. HIs parents were James Dodge & Rachel Curtis.
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