Dodd, Warren

DODD, MOWREY, MCKENZIE, DAVIDSON

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Date: 8/28/2009 at 22:22:42

Dodd, Warren

Such a man as Warren Dodd, who has long been a resident of Jasper County, but who now proposes to spend the latter part of his life in Story County, usually succeeds in whatever locality he selects for the arena of his operations, for he believes in conservatively going about the affairs of life and doing well whatever is worth doing at all. This is the keynote of much of the material success of this world.

Mr. Dodd was born in Clear Creek Township, Jasper County, Iowa, November 21, 1885, and he has always been known as a young man of industry, which accounts for his success so early in life. He grew to manhood in the immediate vicinity of the old Dodd homestead and has always identified himself with the agricultural interests of this section.

Fred Dodd, the father of the subject, was born in Clear Creek Township, Jasper County, Iowa, on October 31, 1862, and here he grew up and engaged in general farming. He married Julia Mowrey, who was born in Pennsylvania on July 2, 1867. They are residing on a farm in Eden Township, Marshall County, Iowa. Their complete sketch is to be found on another page in this work.

Warren Dodd spent his youth on the home place and attended the neighboring schools, receiving a fairly good common school education. On September 22, 1909, he was united in marriage with Elizabeth McKenzie, who was born in far-away Scotland on September 22, 1888. Her parents, James and Catherine (Davidson) McKenzie, were both natives of Scotland and there they grew up, were educated and married, emigrating from there to the United States in 1890 and locating in Jasper County, Iowa.

The father's death occurred in Independence Township, January 11, 1910, after a successful life as a farmer. His widow and her two sons still reside on the home place. There were six children in the McKenzie family, named as follows: Duncan, born October 17, 1886, is living in Jasper County; James, born December 3, 1887; Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Dodd of this sketch; Anna, born June 10, 1890, lives at home; William, born February 19, 1893, died January 10, 1910; Thomas, born April 10, 1895, lives in Independence Township, this County; Ivagene, born at Baxter, April 28, 1910. James McKenzie, Jr., graduated from the Chicago Veterinary College in 1910 and is now practicing in Baxter, where he now resides. Past and Present of Jasper County Iowa B. F. Bowden & Company, Indianapolis, IN, 1912 Page 1258.