Dodge, Gardner R. 1844-1935
DODGE, SNOOK, AILLAUD, CUTLER
Posted By: Barbara Hug (email)
Date: 4/26/2005 at 19:32:04
Fall Tuesday Proves Fatal To G.A.R. Member
Mr. Dodge Was One of Four Surviving Newton G.A.R. Post Members
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Funeral Services will be Held Sunday at 2:30; Burial to Be in Sugar Grove Cemetery
------Gardner Dodge, 91, one of the four remaining members of the Newton G.A.R. post, died today at 3:15 a.m. at his home, 313 South Fourth avenue West.
Mr. Dodge’s death resulted from a hip fracture, suffered in a fall Tuesday at his home. He had been in ill health for some time and it is believed that his weakened conditions caused the fall.
Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 2:30 p.m. from the Morgan funeral home by Dr. W. R. Moore, pastor of the First Presbyterian church. Several patriotic orders plan to attend in groups.
Military Rites
Burial will be made in the Sugar Grove cemetery near Metz, with graveside military rites to be in charge of Newton American Legion post No. 111.
Resident of Jasper county for 62 years, Mr. Dodge was born in Augusta, Maine, March 14, 1844, son of Urias and Roxanna (Webb) Dodge. A brother, James Dodge of Buffalo, Kan., the only surviving member of the family, spent some time in Newton during the past winter visiting with the veteran.
When only 17 years of age, Mr. Dodge enlisted at Webster City, Ia., on July 20, 1863, in Company L, Ninth Iowa Cavalry. He was sent with Captain Howe to Camp McLellan to guard the Indians, captured following the massacre at Spirit Lake.
War Service
Later, he and members of the troop were sent to St. Louis, Mo., where they were given horses and assigned in the border warfare. A brother, Sewell Dodge, member of Company G, First Iowa Cavalry, was killed in one of the battles in which Mr. Dodge took part.
In 1867, Gardner Dodge came to Jasper county from Marshalltown on foot and worked for several years as a hired hand. He bought the Dodge farm southwest of Newton, paying $3,300 for 120 acres. Farm products brought small returns in those days and it was 20 years before Mr. Dodge was able to complete the payments.
He was united in marriage to Amelia Aillaud on Feb. 7, 1875, and the couple lived on their farm until moving to Newton in 1912. Mrs. Dodge preceded her husband in death in January, 1933.
Organizations
Mr. Dodge is a member [of] Garrett Post No. 16, Grand Army of the Republic, and The Newton Daily News’ Three Quarter Century club. The three remaining G. A. R. members are John F. Baker, Lewis Bish, and J. C. Nation.
Surviving relatives include a son, James Dodge of Newton; two daughters, Mrs. Nettie Snook of Newton and Mrs. Laura Cutler of Ocala, Fla.; two grandchildren, Donald Dodge and Verne Snook of Newton; two great grandchildren, Beverly Ann and Phyllis Kathryn Snook, and the brother of Buffalo, Kan.
Mrs. Cutler will be unable to come for the funeral, according to word received from her today. ~ The Newton Daily News, June 20, 1935.
==================G. A. R. MEMBER BURIED SUNDAY
Funeral Rites Conducted Here For Gardner Dodge, 91Military graveside rites Sunday for Gardner Dodge, 91, thins the ranks of the Newton Grand Army of the Republic to only three survivors.
The funeral sermon was delivered by Dr. W. R. Moore, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, at 2:30 p.m. at the Morgan funeral home.
Mrs. Katherine Parker furnished the music for the rites, singing "In the Garden," and "Rock of Ages." She was accompanied by Ruth Campbell.
Military Rites
The military rites at the grave in the Sugar Grove cemetery were in charge of Newton American Legion post No. 111. Pallbearers were Ray Gibford, Ed Morrissey, C. G. Guthrie, Harry Cutler, Alva Baker and Percy Helphrey.
Those attending the services from a distance were Dr. and Mrs. H. D. Bergman of Ames; Donald Dodge of Cedar Falls; Mr. and Mrs. William Pearson and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Walters of Mitchellville; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Callison of Des Moines and Mrs. Woodbury Mudgett and daughter, Kate Mudgett, of near Galesburg.
The American Legion and the Woman's Relief Corps were represented by groups at the services.
Born in 1844
Mr. Dodge was born at Augusta, Me., March 14, 1844 in Augusta, Me., March 14, 1944, and died at his home in Newton June 20, 1935, as the result of a hip fracture suffered a few days before.
He was a member of Garrett Post No. 16, G. A. R. and The Newton Daily News' Three Quarter Century club.
Surviving relatives include a son, James of Newton; two daughters, Mrs. Nettie Snook of Newton and Mrs. Laura Cutler of Ocala, Fla.; two grandchildren, Donald Dodge and Verne Snook of Newton; two great grandchildren, and a brother James H. Dodge of Buffalo, Kan. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mrs. Amelia Aillaud Dodge, in January 1933. ~ Newton [IA] Daily News June 24, 1935
Dodge Burials
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