Articles About the Dodge Family
The materials that follow contain information about the Dodge families. They are intended as a start on a comprehensive history of the Turner-Dodge House and the Turner and Dodge families, not as a final product at this time. The materials have been selected from various sources (identified in each item). They are presented essentially as originally written, with no attempt to verify facts or to correct errors. All are part of a computer file that can be searched and edited. The Friends Secretary, Ron Turner, is adding new materials to the file as they become available. Within the file, the materials currently are arranged without distinction as to subject matter or date.
NOTE: Historical sources often have different spellings of the same name, or use a person's nickname. Some examples of these variations are Marian/Marion, Monroe/Munroe/Munro, and Abigail/Abby/Abbie.
Abby Turner, May, 1947, a manuscript about Mrs. Frank L. Dodge, signed by Ella Lee Rich.
Marion Dodge The State Journal of Sunday, June 10, 1928. Charming Brides Are Wed in Lansing
FRANK L. DODGE The Detroit News of Sunday, October 7, 1928.
Helen Dodge Stack, niece of Frank Dodge, Lansing State Journal of Tuesday, September 6, 1983. Helen Dodge Stack, 93, longtime resident
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The following has been reformatted from pages 450-452 of "Historic Michigan, Vol. III, Ingham County", edited by Dr. Frank N. Turner, published by National Historical Association, Inc. in 1924. {Dr. Turner was a well-known authority on Ingham County history, and was a nephew of James Turner, Frank L. Dodge's father-in-law.]
Frank L. Dodge
In every community there rise above the ordinary line of citizenship certain outstanding characters who, by virtue of their peculiar ability and power of leadership, are instinctively referred to as first citizens. In the discussion that usually precedes the formulation of public works or policies, their counsel and advice are first sought. Community leadership, too, is not always contingent upon wealth, but more often upon ability to formulate and to co-ordinate thought and action, the while possessing the courage of conviction. Even in a democracy where there is every opportunity for self-expression, mass thinking is largely conditioned upon and directed by individual leadership. And so there has for many years been in Lansing and vicinity an outstanding character, a pillar of strength, a tower of community leadership in the person of Hon. Frank L. Dodge, distinguished in the law, in official public service and in commonwealth development. The outstanding features of Mr. Dodge's brilliant career are not only of rare interest but also a source of great pride to Lansingtonians.
Mr. Dodge is a native of Ohio, born at Oberlin, in 1853, and is a son of Hervey and Angeline (Stevens) Dodge, both of sturdy New England ancestry. The Stevens family comes of Revolutionary stock and its representatives were conspicuous in public life in New England and in the Buckeye state. Hervey Dodge, a cabinetmaker, was engaged in the furniture business in Utica, New York, and later in Ohio. Nathan Dane, the well-known lawyer, was an uncle to Mr. Dodge's father and the makers of the Dodge shoes were relatives of Frank L. Dodge. The subject of this sketch is one of six children, five boys and one girl. His early education was gained in Ohio and for a few years he was engaged in railroad work in Cleveland, then became associated with his brother, Mr. W. H. Dodge, in the hotel business.
His law studies began with the late Hon. Isaac M. Crane, one of the leading lawyers of Michigan, and upon admission to the bar, in Eaton County, Mr. Dodge entered into partnership with Mr. Crane. In 1879 Mr. Dodge came to Lansing from Eaton Rapids, and here he has since maintained his home, active in law and public service. For years he and Hon. C. P. Black, former United States district attorney, were law partners. [Note: C. P. Black married Eva Turner, daughter of James Turner and sister of Abby Turner, who married Frank L. Dodge.] In 1885 Judge Henry B. Brown, of the United States supreme court, appointed Mr. Dodge United States commissioner, and in this office he served capably for ten years. As an attorney he has been connected with celebrated cases, among them the conspiracy suits growing out of the great labor strike at Saginaw.
As a Democrat he was elected to the state legislature in 1882 and was returned by a largely increased majority in 1884. He was a member of the judiciary, state-affairs and other important committees. Within the period of his service as a member of the legislature, Mr. Dodge introduced forty-one bills and resolutions, each carefully drawn and studied by himself, and during the entire session of the lawmaking body he was absent only a day and a half. Among the more important measures introduced by Mr. Dodge, and in due course brought to enactment, were that giving Lansing two terms of the circuit court and that providing state appropriation for the Lansing fire and police departments. He introduced the measure providing fire escapes for hotels, theaters and other public buildings. His able championship insured the passage of thirty other important measures. In 1890 he was a candidate for state senator, on the Democratic ticket, carrying his ward, city and county against a heavy Republican majority. He was a member of the building committee that erected the court house at Mason, and for his efforts the citizens of Mason, as an expression of appreciation, gave him a banquet and presented him with a gold-headed cane.
November 20, 1888, Mr. Dodge was united in marriage to Miss Abby Turner, daughter of Hon. James Turner, of an old and prominent family. [...] Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Dodge. Sophie Dane, a graduate of Lansing high school and Michigan Agricultural College, is the wife of C. C. Armstrong, of Cleveland, and they have two children, Marian Josephine and Franklin Wyllis. Frank L., Jr., for several years has been attached to the federal department of justice; Wyllis Osborn was graduated in Lansing high school and attended the University of Michigan until he enlisted in the World war, and he is now engaged in the real estate business in Lansing; Josephine Nicholson, a graduate of Hathaway Brown school, in Cleveland, is the wife of Andrus D. McLean, Jr., of Mansfield, Ohio, and is the mother of two children, Patricia Ann and Roderick Alexander. The fifth is Marion T. Dodge, a graduate from Lansing high school, then attended the Mary Lyon school at Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, and is now attending the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.
Frank L. Dodge was the promoter, incorporator and secretary of the St. Johns & St. Louis Railway Company and worked assiduously at the project until is was materialized, a public service of great value to Lansing. He has been three times the Democratic candidate for congress, and each time ran far ahead of the ticket. Mr. Dodge has farming and other interests. At one time he owned 100 head of fine horses. His beautiful home, at 106 North street, on Dodge River Drive, is a show place of Lansing, surrounded by fine grounds and trees and superbly located on the bank of the Grand river. Many dignitaries have been entertained there - celebrated lawyers, members of the supreme court, William Jennings Bryan and others. The Frank Dodge subdivision is being built up with many modern homes by Mr. Dodge and his son Wyllis O. Dodge.
For twelve years, Mr. Dodge was a member of the city council and four times its president. He was an alderman of his ward twelve years and was president of the commission that revised the city charter. For several years he was on the school board. He was a member and president of the police and fire boards a number of years. Mr. Dodge is an active member of the Ingham County Bar Association and the American Bar Association, and has been and is now chairman of the executive committee of the Michigan State Bar Association. He has been and is still the secretary of the State Supervisors' Association and has charge, locally, of legislative matters. He was appointed by Governor Ferris, under special act of the legislature, in 1914, chairman of the mediation and conciliation board, of which United States Senator James Couzens was an associate member. The members of the Dodge family are attendants at Plymouth Congregational church.
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Local newspaper, not cited
October 1908
Another red letter day has passed into the history of the Ingham County Farmer's Club, and those who availed themselves of the opportunity of attending the meeting held Saturday, Oct. 10, 1908 with Hon. And Mrs. F.L. Dodge of North Lansing will always be glad that they were.
It was a beautiful October day and all nature seemed to rejoice and be glad and give a sense of relief and quiet to those, who for a few hours, had left work and worry behind. The trees had partly lost their leaves and the many hued autumnal tints spoke of work well done, and the beautiful Grand was as quiet and peaceful as everything else. It surely is an ideal location for a home and good judgment was shown when this was selected in the wilderness and Mr. and Mrs. Turner erected the first frame house, where now the modern dwelling, remodeled in the 20th century, stands, and Mrs. Turner still lives to enjoy the home and surroundings. Of the original farm of 60 acres, 12 are retained to make the spacious grounds, and as one went out to the point and looked up and down the river and saw the busy city with its many manufacturing interests then turned and looked at he forest primeval, no wonder one of the company said "o need to go far from home to see fine scenery."
The Mason members went on the 12:18 train most of them going directly to the place of meeting and after being warmly welcomed by Mrs. Dodge and daughter and given the liberty of the place and surroundings, each felt at home. A few went to the sugar factory, others to the Blind School, and still others just visited, and wandering around visited the ponies and the puppies.
Everything was in readiness for the contents of the baskets and volunteer committee helped to get things ready for the table, and just at the commencement of twilight the large company were seated and Mrs. Dodge, with able corps of assistants, attended to all the wants of the inner man, and probably some were no more comfortable afterwards than before. Our host welcomed all in a few well chosen words and after no one could eat more, each one took his chair and repaired to the third story where all were comfortably seated in one room.
A. O. Bement warmly welcomed the members of the club, saying the cheer, the good fellowship and the influence for good will last long after the founders have passed away.
This was ably responded to by Rev. Ellett, and our old friend Gower assisted Pres. Ives as starter, with ex-Mayer Joe Warner as timer. All went merry with joke and laughter and common sense. Judge C. P. Black was given the subject. "What I know about farming, the farmer, "and Rev. Ward, "Some observations on farm gaits, not omitting the gate of the electric car between Mason and Lansing ." Mrs. Black gave another solo and responded to an encore and Judge Weist and told some things he knew of the hydraulic ram. Mrs. Hildreth pleasingly recited "Christmas Baby" by Will Carleton, and responded to an encore by reading from Ben King, "If I Should Die Tonight."
Judge Ostrander s subject was "Fishing in the Grand fifty years ago," and, in part, said it was very fitting this meeting should be held here, one of the first homes in the city, and this house never sheltered anything but kind hearts, and the roof was raised a little higher only for the purpose of sheltering more heads. Judge O. came to Lansing 50 years ago, when it was still under township rule and the assessed valuation was $3,000,000. Last year, exclusive of the city of Lansing, the assessed valuation was$15,000,000, and that the non-taxable property had increased more than the taxable.
Joe Warner came to Lansing in 1850 and gave in his own peculiar style a brief biography of his early life.
After singing one verse of "God be With You Till we Meet Again, " the club adjourned, feeling Mr. Dodge and family were royal entertainers.
The next meeting will be held at Cloverdale farm with Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Rowe, the second Saturday of November. The special committee appointed at the last meeting is preparing a program, and a chicken pie dinner will Be served. Remember the day and date plan to be there.
Mrs. Tanswell, Cor.Sec'y.
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The following is the text of a manuscript of May, 1947, signed by Ella Lee Rich. Upon request, the Secretary can provide a copy of the manuscript.
Mrs. Frank L. Dodge
Mrs. Abbie Turner Dodge was born in Lansing during the dark days of the first year of the Civil war, when Austin Blair, whose statue adorns our Capitol lawn, was Governor of Michigan and Abraham Lincoln was President of the United States. Michigan was only 25 years old when Mrs. Dodge was born and the Capitol had been located in Lansing but 15 years.
These were pioneer times. No railroads entered Lansing. No telegraph. Messengers on horseback carried important news to Jackson 40 miles away. From there it was telegraphed to Detroit and the East. Stage lines and private conveyances afforded the only means of transportation - even for the Civil War troops. Lansing was about the size of Holt today.
Hon. James M. Turner, Sr. [sic.], father of Mrs. Dodge, like many other residents of Lansing, was a native of New York State. As a young merchant in Mason he was prosperous, but when the Capitol was located in Lansing a century ago he came here and at once took an active part in the industrial life of the village. He married Marion Monroe of Eagle - a town which then out-stripped Lansing in size. To them were born 10 children.
James Turner, Sr. [sic.] built the old plank road to Howell and later helped finance railroads into Lansing. He filled various political offices and led in the social and church life of the new Capital.
On his large estate which extended from what is now Grand River Ave. along Turner Street, out along the present M-16 to the Brisbin Property, he built the first frame house in North Lansing. Windows and siding and framework for this house were made in Mason and transported thirteen miles by ox team. And it was in this house built nearly a century ago that Abbie Turner was born 85 years ago - the youngest of 10 children - and here she was married - and here she spent her long life - and in this house her life ended.
It is unusual in the middle-west to live one's entire life in one house. In the South and in New England families often retain their ancestral home through several generations. Pioneer hardships had vanished before Abbie grew up. Her brothers and sisters were distinguished for their culture, their civic influence, and their contributions to the development of the community.
Abbie Turner studied music in Boston and later in the Alword school in Berlin. Her trips abroad were frequent. Before and after her marriage many brilliant social functions were held in her home which are happily remembered by many Lansing people.
November 20, 1888, she was united in marriage to Frank L. Dodge, a prominent attorney and law partner of Hon. C. P. Black, United States District Attorney, who was her brother-in-law. Five children were born to this union.
Mrs. Dodge joined Lansing Chapter, D.A.R. late in life, though her ancestry would have enabled her to belong to numerous patriotic societies. She was hostess at two large musicals to raise money for its scholarship fund.
Our last regular meeting with her was just two years ago today - May, 1945. Her beautiful home on Dodge River Drive is still a showplace of Lansing, surrounded by fine grounds and stately trees - and superbly located on the banks of the Grand River. Many dignitaries have been entertained there - celebrated lawyers - members of the Supreme Court and William Jennings Bryan as candidate for President.
And it was amid those familiar scenes that the long life of Abbie Turner Dodge ended the last day of February of this year.
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DEATH OF MRS. DODGE IN CLEVELAND
Mrs. Angeline Dodge, the aged mother of Ezra B., Frank L, Wm. H., and Chas. D. Dodge of this city, died yesterday afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Osborne, in Cleveland. The remains will be brought to Lansing for interment.
The deceased was a woman of rare intelligence and singular sweetness of character. She was born at Haverhill, N.H., in July, 1812. While yet an infant her father, Bradstreet Stevens, moved his family to the new territory of Ohio, first locating at Akron. He subsequently settled in Oberlin. Miss Stevens had the advantage of a thorough collegiate education, and grew into a refined and lovable young woman. In 1834 she married Hervey Dodge. President Asa Mahan, the widely-known founder of Oberlin College, officiated at the marriage ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Dodge resided in Oberlin for over forty years, rearing a family of five stalwart sons and one daughter. John S. Dodge of Eaton Rapids is the eldest child. The names of the other children are printed at the outset of this article. About 10 years ago Mr. and Mrs. Dodge moved to Lansing. The former passed away in 1884, at the ripe age of 78. Mrs. Dodge continued to reside with her son Frank L. Dodge in this city until about a year ago, when she went to Cleveland to visit with her daughter, Mrs. Osborne. Her mental faculties were clear and strong till the last.
Mrs. Dodge was a devout member of the Congregational church, having been baptized in that faith by Dr. Chas. G. Finney, one of the most noted and eloquent ministers in the West. She was a sincere Christian, a loving wife, and a most devoted mother. In all the relations of life she was true, loving and tender. She has indeed left a rich legacy - the remembrance of a pure womanhood and a noble motherhood - to her mourning children.
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The following is the text of an article in The State Journal of Thursday, December 29, 1921. Upon request, the Secretary can provide a copy of the article with its accompanying photo of Mrs. Andrus B. McLean, nee Josephine Dodge.
Brilliant Holiday Nuptials for Local Girl and Mansfield Man
Tall standards of Russell roses, combined with cybodium ferns, effectively decorated the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Dodge, Wednesday evening, for the marriage of their daughter, Josephine, to Andrus B. McLean, of Mansfield, O.
Festoons of ferns about the archways and walls added further adornment to the living rooms, while in the music room where the ceremony was performed, were white roses, baby's breath, and ferns. Rev. Arthur T. Reasoner, of New York city, a cousin of the bride, was the officiating clergyman.
The bride, who was given in marriage by her father, wore a stately gown of white Salome velvet. A long train of silver cloth was hung from the shoulders, and over this fell the graceful folds of her long tulle veil. The veil was caught with orange blossoms and held in place by a head dress of rose pointe. White roses, baby's breath and lilies of the valley, in a shower, comprised the bride's bouquet.
Mrs. and Mrs. Dodge received their guests, Mrs. Dodge wearing a gown of black charmeuse with fish-scale sequins. The bodice was caught at the side with a large silver rose.
The young women of the bridal party made a colorful pageant in their gowns of rainbow-hued chiffon. Miss Marian Dodge, her sister's maid of honor, wore a lavender and orchid chiffon, and carried an arm bouquet of tea roses and baby's breath.
The bridesmaids were Miss Mary Gaffney, of Cleveland, in hydrangea blue; Miss Marian Esther Keeler, in pink; Miss Elizabeth Wade, of Cleveland, in yellow; and Miss Bethany Lovell, in apple green. The bridesmaids gowns were similarly fashioned, all of chiffon, girdled with silver ribbon, and all wore silver slippers. They carried quaint bouquets of vari-colored blossoms, surrounded with lace paper frills.
Little Miss Kathryn Dodge, daughter of W. H. Dodge, of Cleveland, preceded the bride, scattering rose petals in her pathway. She wore a dainty frock of pink taffeta, her hair banded with a wreath of tiny rosebuds.
Mr. McLean was attended by his brother, Donald R. McLean, of Mansfield, as best man. The ushers were Wyllis Osborn Dodge and Franklyn L. Dodge, Jr., brothers of the bride; Emerson D. McLean, of Princeton, N. J., and Robert Upson, of Mansfield.
The altar before which the couple spoke their vows, was banked with bride's roses, ferns, and baby's breath, while tall cathedral candles were lighted at either side. Low bowls and baskets of the same flowers were used about the room.
Following the ceremony and reception a wedding supper was served, with tables laid in the dining room for the bridal party and a few intimate friends of the family. The other guests were served in the living rooms. The bride's table was centered with a low bowl of sweetheart roses, fresia and ferns, baskets of the same flowers appearing on the buffet, with tall white tapers in silver holders used for illuminating. The bride's and bridegroom's cakes were on a single server joined by a broad band of white tulle.
In the ball room on the third floor dancing was in progress during the latter part of the evening. Here Christmas greens were used in profusion, with branches of holly and mistletoe and wreaths of the holly tied with broad bands of scarlet ribbon adorning the walls. Satteria-Logan orchestra played for the dancing and during the ceremony downstairs.
Mr. and Mrs. McLean departed for a brief western trip and when they return will live in Mansfield, O., where an apartment is awaiting them in the Colonial.
Mrs. McLean is a graduate of the Hathaway school in Cleveland, and Mr. McLean attended Andover. Many of the school friends of both young people were in Lansing for the ceremony.
Among the out-of-town guests were: Miss Mary Gaffney, Cleveland; Mr. and Mrs. Andrus McLean, Mansfield, O.; Emerson McLean, Princeton, N. J.; Mrs. and Mrs. D. F. Reasoner, Detroit; Mrs. Worth Bourne, Detroit; W. H. Dodge and daughter, Kathryn, Clevelond; Mrs. and Mrs. Gardner Dodge, Cleveland; Robert Upson, Mansfield, O.; Miss Elizabeth Wade, Cleveland; Miss Pauline Creswell, Cleveland; Rev. Arthur T. Reasoner, New York City.
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The following is the text of a newspaper article, possibly from The State Journal of January 1, 1922. [According to other sources, this wedding was December 28, 1921.] Upon request, the Secretary can provide a copy of the article with its accompanying photo of Josephine Dodge McLean.
McLean-Dodge Nuptials Delightful Close to a Year Full of Weddings
Reminiscent of Colonial times, the Dodge home fashioned with its pillars and portico of white, set far back against the grove of willows in the curve of the Dodge drive as it circles the river, north of the city, was last evening the scene of the wedding of the second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin L. Dodge. At eight o'clock the ceremony which made Miss Josephine Dodge the bride of Mr. Andrus B. McLean, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Mclean of Mansfield, O., took place. Rev. Arthur T. Reasoner of New York city performed the service.
Lohengrin's wedding march was played by the Satterla-Logan orchestra, stationed in the receiving hall. Mr. Franklin L. Dodge, Miss Dodge's father, first descended to the foot of the stairway to await the coming of the bride, while the other members of the bridal party came down the stairway, passed through the receiving hall and into the music room, taking their places at the altar. Mr. Donald McLean, of Mansfield, Ohio, attended his brother as best man, while Emmerson McLean of Princeton, N. J., Robert Upson of Mansfield and Franklin Dodge, Jr., and Wyllis Dodge attended as ushers.
Miss Marion Esther Keeler, first bridesmaid, then appeared. Her gown was of shell pink chiffon and georgette. It was fashioned as were all the bridesmaid's gowns - with low round neck, with loose bodice and without ornament, save for a very narrow girdle of silver. It hung in soft, straight lines, the skirt caught up in a slight puff at the hips.
Miss Mary Gaffney of Cleveland came next and her gown was of hydrangea blue. She was followed by Miss Bethany Lovell who wore apple green, and Miss Elizabeth Wade of Cleveland, whose gown was of canary yellow. All carried Dutch bouquets of miscellaneous blossoms, bowed with satin ribbon to match their gowns, and their slippers of silver with silver buckles were gifts to them from Miss Dodge. A circle of ostrich feathers corresponding in color to the gowns were caught in the buckles.
Then appeared the miniature figure of little Miss Katharine Dodge, five year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Dodge of Cleveland, who scattered rose petals in the pathway of the bride. Her frock was a perky little affair of rose taffeta and with it she wore a ribbon bow of the same shade and the circle of pearls and sapphires, the gift of the bride.
Miss Marian Dodge, third and youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dodge, attended her sister as maid of honor. She was prettily costumed in orchid and lavender, fashioned in duplicate of the bridesmaids' gowns and her bouquet was of lovely pink roses and bebe's breath with bow of orchid tulle. She also wore the silver slippers.
Radiant in her wedding gown of white Salome velvet, the bride descended to join her father at the foot of the stairway. Her gown, created with deft fingers, lay in artistic drape about the figure, the folds fastened beneath an ornament of pearls on one sleeveless shoulder and at the side of the skirt with an ornament and deep fringe of pearls. It was made skirt length with a side train of the velvet tipped with orange blossoms extending from the one long sleeve on the right side. A full length court train of silver tissue hung from the shoulders. This was shadowed by the veil of tulle which fell from a semi-Russian headdress of rose pointe lace. She carried an arm bouquet of bride's roses and lilies of the valley. Her father escorted her to the altar arranged before the mantel in the music room. Here the bridal party, assembled, made a most charming picture.
For the occasion, this room of the home, with its lovely large fireplace and mantel, had been done in ivory, with hangings and furnishings of wisteria and ivory brocaded silk. The fireplace was banked with ferns and a bowl of bride's roses was mirrored in the glass above. A pre-dieu was placed in front of the mantel, upon which the bride and [. . .] was flanked first with the tall ivory wicker baskets filled with roses, then with golden pedestals with tri-corne holders each supporting eighteen lighted white tapers, which burned during the service. The rector wore his ecclesiastical robe of cream satin embroidered in gold.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Armstrong of Cleveland and Mr. and Mrs. Allan R. Black presided as masters and mistresses of ceremonies, and with Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Dodge, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. A. B. McLean were assisted in receiving the guests by Miss Ida Longyear, Miss Ida McCabe, Mr. and Mrs. William Donovan, Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Black, Mrs. Allan Black and Miss Pauline Creswell of Grand Rapids. The Armstrongs and Blacks and Miss Martha House of Jackson and Mr. Augustus Wade of Cleveland were seated at the bridal table.
In the spacious dining room of the home, one long table was arranged, centered with a mound of sweetheart roses, swansonia and bebe's breath, while about the room and in the living rooms were baskets of Russell roses and bebe's breath. Southern smilax decked the balustrade in the receiving hall and chandeliers.
Mrs. Franklin Dodge wore black sequins over pussywillow satin, with silver trimming and Mrs. A. B. McLean also chose black sequins for the event. Mrs. Corwin Armstrong was charming in kings' blue velvet and silver and Mrs. Allan Black wore Nile green velvet.
Guests from away included Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Dodge, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Gardner Dodge, Mr. and Mrs. Fiske Reasoner, and Miss Florence McDonald of Cleveland, Mr. and Mrs. Grosvenor House and Miss M [. . . ] and Mr. and Mrs. William Ashbrook, Jr., of Columbus, O.
After the supper, served buffet, the orchestra played for dancing in the ball room. Mr. and Mrs. McLean left for Chicago Wednesday evening and after their trip will be at home in Mansfield, O., where Mr. McLean has charge of the western distributing department of the Rederick Lean Manufacturing company. Mrs. McLean wore a blue tricotine gown trimmed with Australian opossum, with a chic small black hat and black coat.
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The following is from an article in The State Journal of Wednesday, August 31, 1927. Upon request, the Secretary can provide a copy of the article with its accompanying photo of Sophie Dodge Armstrong.
SOCIETY WOMAN DIES SUDDENLY
Mrs. C. C. Armstrong, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Dodge, died very suddenly at St. Lawrence hospital Wednesday morning while Dr. A. E. Owen was preparing to remove her tonsils. Mrs. Armstrong had had a thorough examination in preparation for the tonsillectomy and so sudden and unexpected was her death it was decided that there was some hope of reviving her. Several physicians worked for two hours in vain.
As Sophie Dodge, Mrs. Armstrong was a well known and popular young woman in society here, whose friends were numbered by hundreds. Her wedding which took place at the family home on North street about 12 years ago, was as brilliant an event of that nature as Lansing has ever seen.
Her husband, Corwin Armstrong, who with a daughter ten years of age and another child, born last year, survive her, is a well known newspaper man in Baltimore, holding a prominent place in the Hearst organization. He was a Michigan State college graduate and for some time following his graduation taught at the college and later entered the office of J. H. Moores.
He was appointed to the second officer's reserve camp and served in the army during the war.
The news of Mrs. Armstrong's death was a great shock to her parents, both of whom were in the city and her sister, Marian, and brothers, Wyllis and Franklin Dodge.
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Local Woman's Sudden Death Shocks Friends
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Mrs. C. C. Armstrong, whose sudden death at the St. Lawrence hospital following what was supposed to be a minor operation, came as a shock to her many Lansing friends. Mrs. Armstrong was well-known in local social circles and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Dodge.
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The following is the text of an article in The State Journal of Sunday, June 10, 1928. Upon request, the Secretary can provide a copy of the article with its accompanying photo of Marian Dodge Horn.
Charming Brides Are Wed in Lansing
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Before her marriage on June 9 in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Dodge, of Lansing, Mrs. Horn was Miss Marian Dodge. Mr. and Mrs. Horn will reside in Cleveland.
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At a charming home wedding, Saturday afternoon, Miss Marian Dodge, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Dodge, became the bride of James Thomas Horn, of Cleveland, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Horn, of Calasaqua, Pa.
Rev. Eric M. Tasman, rector of St. Paul's, read the marriage service at 4:30, before an improvised altar in the drawing room, where cathedral candles shed their light over banked palms and ferns and American beauty roses in tall cornucopia baskets.
The bride chose for her wedding a lovely bouffant gown of white chiffon, with a five-year court train. Her chiffon veil was fastened to a cap of rosepointe lace which had belonged to her grandmother, the late Mrs. James Madison Turner. She carried a valley bouquet, arranged as a shower.
The bride's sister, Mrs. A. B. McLean, of Cleveland, was matron of honor, attired in pink chiffon. She carried pink roses and larkspur, and wore a large hat of blue horsehair braid and blue slippers of satin.
Miss Maryjo Armstrong, of Omaha, was the junior bridesmaid, wearing a corn color dress and carrying a Dutch bouquet. Roderick and Patty Ann McLean, nephew and niece of the bride, acted as ribbon bearers.
Newton Bugbee, of Trenton, N. J., attended Mr. Horn as best man.
Mrs. Dodge wore a handsome gown of poudre blue Elizabeth crepe and carried a hand bouquet of sweetheart roses and valley lilies.
Following the ceremony, a wedding supper was served in the Wisteria room at the Hotel Olds. The large table, shaped like a horseshoe with guests seated on each side, was decorated with pink roses and larkspur. The Colonial trio played during the dinner.
Late Saturday evening Mr. and Mrs. Horn left for an extended trip in Canada. They will be at home in Cleveland later in the summer.
Out-of-town guests included Mrs. Charles R. Horn, mother of the bridegroom, and his two sisters, Miss Katherine and Miss Isabella Horn, of Carasaqia, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. Newton B. Horn, of Trenton, N. J.
From Cleveland, Gardner Dodge, Manley Brookman, Mrs. A. B. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Kentsmith, Charles Barr, Melvin Cole, Murray Vickers, Mrs. MacGregor Darling; Mr. and Mrs. L. M. VanNoppen were here from South Bend; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Woodruff, from Detroit; Mr. and Mrs. C. V. McGuire, from Detroit; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Van Tyne, from Toledo; Miss Eleanor Capellar, from Mansfield, O.; Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell McMillar, from Scranton, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Dodge and Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Edmonds, from De [. . .]
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The following is the text of an article in The Detroit News of Sunday, October 7, 1928. Upon request, the Secretary can provide a copy of the article.
FRANK L. DODGE
Frank L. Dodge of Lansing may well be called the dean of Michigan workers in this year's presidential campaign. He has been active in four campaigns when a Democrat was elected President, Grover Cleveland in 1884 and 92, and Woodrow Wilson in 1912 and 16. And, although his years are now [75} he is as active in the present campaign to again elect a Democrat President as he was in the two Cleveland and two Wilson campaigns. His son, Wyllis O., is the present treasurer of the Democratic state committee.
Since 1879 Mr. Dodge has been practicing law at the Capitol [sic] City, and for many years one of the leaders of the Ingham County bar. In 1882, being then 23 years of age, he was, as a Democrat, elected Lansing's Representative in the Legislature. At the session of 83 he was the youngest member of the state's law making body. That year there were 62 Republican and 38 Democratic and Greenback members of the House. In 1884 he was one of 48 Democrats and Greenbackers elected to the House, the Republicans electing 52. During his first term there were four Justices of the Supreme Court and now there are eight; 30 Circuit Judges increased since to 62. Of the 34 Supreme and Circuit Court Justices and Judges during the legislative session of 83 but one is still living, and he is still on the bench, Judge Frank Emerick of the Alpena circuit. Mr. Dodge has many times been honored with public places in the Lansing city government, has been president of the Ingham County Bar Association and four times his party's nominee for Representative in Congress for the Sixth District.
Reminiscently Mr. Dodge relates that shortly after Grover Cleveland's first election as President, in 1884, he called on him at the executive office, Albany. Mr. Cleveland was still governor of New York and continued to the end of his term, January 1885, two months before he was inaugurated President. Daniel Lamont, Mr. Cleveland's secretary, introduced him as a Democratic member of the Michigan Legislature.
"Well, Mr. Dodge," said the President-elect, whimsically, "I had an impression that there were precious few Democrats in Michigan. I am glad to learn that this is not so, and that there are enough of them to elect some of their candidates."
Mr. Dodge reveals the true reason, which was somewhat unique, why President Cleveland during his second term positively refused a request by Don M. Dickinson, of Detroit, to appoint Martin V. Montgomery, of Lansing, to a vacancy on the Federal Circuit bench. Mr. Dickinson was the patronage distributor for Michigan and close in the confidence of the President. Mr. Montgomery and his brother, Richard A., were long prominent at the bar of Central Michigan and his qualifications for high place on the Federal bench were unquestioned. Too, he was a life-long Democrat. President Cleveland, during his first term, appointed him United State commissioner of patents, later elevated him to a place on the bench of the Supermen Court of the District of Columbia. Early in the Harrison Administration he resigned from the bench and returned to his practice at Lansing.
When Mr. Cleveland, 1883, succeeded Harrison a vacancy occurred in the Federal Circuit district of which Michigan is a part, and Mr. Montgomery applied for the position through Mr. Dickinson.
"Let me see, isn't he the Michigan man I appointed Commissioner of Patents and then put on the District bench?" asked the President. Mr. Dickinson admitted that he was. "Then," said Mr. Cleveland, "I will not appoint him. He waited until I went out of office before he resigned from the bench and this gave Harrison a chance to appoint a Republican in his place. The man, I am going to appoint to your Circuit judgeship will be a Democrat who will not quit to make a place for a Republican.
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The following is the text of an article in The State Journal of Tuesday, December 24, 1929. Upon request, the Secretary can provide a copy of the article with its accompanying photo of Frank L. Dodge.
FRANK L. DODGE TAKEN BY DEATH
Was Prominent in Michigan Law and Political Circles
HEADED CITY COUNCIL
Practiced Here 50 Years; Was Active in City Government
Frank L. Dodge, 76, well known attorney here and prominent supporter of the democratic party in Michigan, died at St. Lawrence hospital early Tuesday morning following an illness of three months.
He began the practice of law in Lansing 50 years ago, after having practiced several years in the law office of Isaac M. Crane in Eaton Rapids. He was a member of the Michigan legislature from 1883 to 1885 and for four years was United States commissioner for the eastern district of Michigan. He was a member of the American, state and county bar associations.
Born in Oberlin, Ohio, October 22, 1853, Mr. Dodge had spent half a century as an active resident of Lansing, having served on various municipal and state boards. For several years he served on the police and fire board, and for a number of years was a member of the board of education. He was appointed chairman of the state board of arbitration and conciliation by Governor Ferris, to serve with Senator Couzens. He was president and a member of city council here for 12 years and also president of the last charter revision committee which drafted the instrument now in force.
In 1886 Mr. Dodge joined Company "E" of the first regiment of Michigan state troops and received his discharge three years later. He was a life member of the Masonic Capital Lodge No. 66, and also was a member of I. O. O. F. No. 522, Knights of Pythias Gauntlet No. 42, Lansing Tent No. 276 Maccabees, and the Independent Order of Foresters.
Having been elected president at the last meeting of the State Association of Supervisors, which he assisted in organizing 27 years ago, Mr. Dodge was to have presided at the next meeting of the organization. He has served as secretary and vice president for many years, until his election to the presidency.
Besides the widow, Abbie, he is survived by two sons, Franklin L. Dodge, Jr., and Wyllis O. Dodge, both of this city; two daughters, Mrs. Andrus B. McLean, Lansing, and Mrs. James T. Horn, Cleveland, O.; one brother-in-law, Corwin C. Armstrong, Minneapolis, Minn., and six grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held from the home, 106 East North street, Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
Pallbearers will be Allan Black, Lansing, Fred Dodge and Joseph W. Stack, East Lansing, Frank H. Dodge and D. Fiske Reasoner, Detroit, Gardner Dodge, Cleveland, Arthur Dodge, Chicago, and Ezra Dodge, Hudson, Michigan. All the men are nephews of the late attorney.
Honorary pallbearers are William Donovan, John Crotty, J. Edward Roe, Lloyd C. Abbot, J. D. Reutter, Fabio Sergardi, Judge Charles B. Collingwood, Judge Leland W. Carr and Alva M. Cummings.
Internment will be in Mt. Hope cemetery.
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The following is the text of a clipping from an unnamed newspaper [probably The State Journal] in the Dodge family scrapbook. Mr. Dodge died December 24, 1929. Upon request, the Secretary can provide a copy of the clipping.
Final Tribute Paid Attorney
Funeral Services Held From Home for Hon. Frank L. Dodge
A city bowed its head Thursday afternoon at the bier of Hon. Frank L. Dodge, 76-year-old civic leader and attorney, while his earthly remains were laid to rest in Mt. Hope cemetery.
The funeral service took place at 2:30 o'clock in the Dodge home, 104 [sic] E. North St.
Attesting to the esteem in which the leader was held, hundreds of letters and telegrams from all over the state and nation came to relatives with messages of condolence.
Besides a host of local friends and acquaintances, there came political leaders from all over the state to assist in the funeral service. William A. Comstock, Giles Cavanaugh, Horatio Abbott, prominent in the ranks of the democratic party in Michigan, came from Detroit. Frank L. Dodge was a lifelong democrat and took a leading part in the state's political affairs.
The funeral services were short and expressive. Rev. Edwin W. Bishop of the Plymouth Congregational church offered prayer and spoke briefly on the exemplary life of Hon. Mr. Dodge. Mrs. Joseph Stack sane "O Gentle Presence." The eight nephews of the attorney carried his body to its grave.
The pall bearers were Fred Dodge, Joseph Stack, Allan Black, Gardner Dodge, Arthur Dodge, Ezra Dodge and A. V. Van Tyne. They were supported by an honorary escort composed of William Donivan, John E. Crotty, J. Edward Roe, Floyd C. Abbot, J. G. Reutter, Alva Cummins and Fabio Sergardi.
During the funeral hour, flags were at half mast on the city hall and public buildings and the Ingham county circuit court was adjourned for the day.
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The following is the text of an article in the Lansing State Journal of Tuesday, September 6, 1983. Upon request, the Secretary can provide a copy of the article.
Helen Dodge Stack, 93, longtime resident
Helen Dodge Stack, 93, a member of one of Lansing's oldest families, died in her sleep Monday at Burcham Hills Retirement Center after a long illness.
"She was a very dynamic, interested and vital lady," said her son, J. William Stack. He said his mother was the first woman to drive an automobile in the Lansing area.
She was the niece of Frank Dodge and spent much of her childhood years in the Dodge-Turner House. She was graduated from Michigan Agricultural College in 1912 and taught home economics in the Upper Peninsula for several years, William said. She was a past president of Matinee Musicale, Sparrow Hospital's Auxiliary Guild and MSU's Faculty Folk Club.
She was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church and was a member of the St. Agnes Guild. She founded the choir at Central Methodist Church and served as choir director of the Peoples Church of East Lansing for 20 years. During World War II, she was active with the Red Cross and served as president of the Gray Ladies.
She married the late Dr. Joseph Stack, a Michigan State University zoology professor, in 1916. She is survived by her son and six grandchildren.
Services will be held Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. in St. Paul's Episcopal Church.
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OBITUARIES AND DEATH NOTICES FROM NEWSPAPERS
McLEAN, MRS. JOSEPHINE DODGE
2227 Pembroke Rd.
Age 71, died at a local hospital Oct. 4, 1970. She was a lifelong resident of Lansing; was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church and was a past president of St. Ann's Guild of the church. She graduated from Hathaway Brown School of Cleveland Ohio; was a former member of the Sparrow Hospital Auxiliary. She was the granddaughter of James Turner, pioneer resident of Lansing and daughter of Frank L. and Abby Dodge. Surviving are three sons, Roderick A. and Frank D., both of Lansing and Andrus B. of Grand Ledge; one daughter, Mrs. Robert C. Pemberton of Lansing; eight grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. James T. Horn of East Lansing. Private religious services will be conducted by Rev. William S. Hill on Tuesday at St. Paul's Episcopal Church with interment in Mr. Hope Cemetery. The arrangements are by the Estes-Leadley Funeral Home.
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JAMES T. HORN
Word has been received from Cleveland of the death of James Thomas Horn, 56, of 3057 Chadbourne road, Cleveland, whose wife was the former Marion Dodge of this city. Mr. Horn had been at the Cleveland office of the Bethlehem Steel corporation as metallurgist and salesman for the past 28 years. Besides the wife, he is survived by a son, James T. Horn, Jr., Cleveland; his mother, Mrs. Blanche T. Horn, and a sister, Catherine Horn, both of Catasaqua, Pa. Funeral services are being held in Cleveland this afternoon and the body will arrive in Lansing Thursday afternoon, going directly to Mr. Hope cemetery from the train, where Rev. George R. Selway of St. Paul's Episcopal church will officiate at the interment service at 2:30 p.m. The bearers will be Allan Black, Sr., Allan Black, Jr., Fred Dodge, Robert Pemberton, Franklin MacLean and Andrus MacLean. Interment services are in charge of the Ester-Leadley funeral home.
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HORN, MARIAN DODGE
East Lansing
Age 84, passed away May 25, 1988. She was born August 7, 1903 in Lansing, the youngest daughter of Frank and Abby Dodge and was a granddaughter of James and Marian Turner, pioneer residents of Lansing. Mrs. Horn was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church and the St. Elizabeth's Guild. She attended Lansing High School and graduated from Mary Lyons Finishing School in Pennsylvania, and she attended the University of Michigan. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Thomas Horn on March 22, 1948 and by her son, James Thomas Horn, Jr. on September 23, 1953. Surviving are 2 nieces, Mrs. Robert Pemberton of Lansing and Mrs. James Griffin of Baltimore, MD; and 4 nephews, Andrus B. McLean of Grand Ledge, Roderick A. McLean and Frank D. McLean, both of Lansing and Franklin W. Armston [sic] of New York. There will be no visitation. Religious graveside services will be held 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Mr. Hope Cemetery, with the Rev. William J. Paran of St. Paul's Episcopal Church officiating. Arrangements by the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel.
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McLEAN, FRANK DODGE
Lansing
Age 64, passed away August 4, 1993 at a local hospital. He was born January 13, 1929 and was the great grandson of Lansing pioneers James and Marian Monroe Turner, grandson of Frank L. and Abby Turner Dodge, and son of Andrus B. and Josephine Dodge McLean. He graduated from J. W. Sexton High School and attended Michigan State University. He was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church; headed the original committee to restore the Turner/Dodge mansion; and was a member of the University Club of Michigan State University. He retired from M.S.U. after 25 years. He is survived by his brothers, Roderick A. McLean of Lansing and Andrus B. (Annie) McLean of Grand Ledge; his sister, Patricia McLean Pemberton of Lansing; many nieces and nephews. There will be no visitation or services. Private family services will be held at a later date. Arrangements by the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel.
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ON RESURRECTION MORN
The Spirit of a Bright Young Man Took Its Heavenward Flight.
Charles E. Dodge, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Ezra B. Dodge, died at this home in Cleveland at an early hour Sunday morning of typhoid fever after an illness of three weeks. The announcement of the death of this popular young man was a great shock to his many Lansing friends and their heartfelt sympathy will go out to this wife, parents and brothers.
Mr. Dodge was born in Eaton Rapids June 15, 1870. He was a young man of good attainments and excellent promise. Previous to removing to Cleveland he was for several years engaged as instructor at the Industrial School, in which capacity he acquitted himself with much credit and gained the esteem of both his superiors and the boys which whom he labored. For the past year Mr. Dodge had been acting as collector for the Cleveland District Telegraph Company and the Cleveland Press. On last Thanksgiving day he was married in this city to Miss Mollie Wilson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wilson of Lapeer street west.
The remains will arrive here tomorrow morning and funeral services will be conducted by Rev. C. F. Swift at the residence of E. B. Dodge, corner of Grand and Lenawee streets, at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
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THIS IS SAD, INDEED.
Charles B. Dodge, Formerly of This City, Died Yesterday at Cleveland.
Charles B. Dodge died yesterday morning about 4 o'clock at his home in Cleveland, O., of typhoid fever. There will be a short funeral service at Cleveland today and the remains will be brought to the home of his father, Ezra B. Dodge of this city tomorrow.
The deceased, at the time of his death, was an employee of the Cleveland Press and was associated with his brother, Fred Dodge, in the management of a messenger service.
Mr. Dodge was a Lansing boy and was bound to this city by many ties. His father and mother live here, he was himself in business here at one time as one of the owners of the State Democrat, and only last Thanksgiving he married his wife, then Miss Mollie Wilson, in this city. The sympathy of all goes out to his bereaved wife and relatives and all who knew him will regret his untimely death.
The funeral will be held tomorrow from the family residence on Grand street south at 2 o'clock p.m.
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The following is the text of an article in the Lansing State Journal of Tuesday, September 6, 1983. Upon request, the Secretary can provide a copy of the article.
Helen Dodge Stack, 93, longtime resident
Helen Dodge Stack, 93, a member of one of Lansing's oldest families, died in her sleep Monday at Burcham Hills Retirement Center after a long illness.
"She was a very dynamic, interested and vital lady," said her son, J. William Stack. He said his mother was the first woman to drive an automobile in the Lansing area.
She was the niece of Frank Dodge and spent much of her childhood years in the Dodge-Turner House. She was graduated from Michigan Agricultural College in 1912 and taught home economics in the Upper Peninsula for several years, William said. She was a past president of Matinee Musicale, Sparrow Hospital's Auxiliary Guild and MSU's Faculty Folk Club.
She was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church and was a member of the St. Agnes Guild. She founded the choir at Central Methodist Church and served as choir director of the Peoples Church of East Lansing for 20 years. During World War II, she was active with the Red Cross and served as president of the Gray Ladies.
She married the late Dr. Joseph Stack, a Michigan State University zoology professor, in 1916. She is survived by her son and six grandchildren.
Services will be held Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. in St. Paul's Episcopal Church.
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