Re: Dodson Coat of Arms
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Re: Dodson Coat of Arms
8/26/99
Found the following on an old posting. Cannot speak to accuracy.
Re: story of Dodson cemetery
Posted by: Joyce Smith
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Date: April 30, 1998 at 11:31:42
In Reply to: Re: story of Dodson cemetery by Carl Freeman
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Posted by: Joyce Smith
[email protected]
Date: April 30, 1998 at 11:31:42
In Reply to: Re: story of Dodson cemetery by Carl Freeman
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I have posted the Dodson coat of arms and some text about the cemetery at:
I have posted the Dodson coat of arms and some text about the cemetery at:http://www.warren.cc.nj.us/~joysmith/genealogy/genealogy.html
http://www.warren.cc.nj.us/~joysmith/genealogy/genealogy.htmlThere will be more pictures and a map later.
Posted by: Joyce Smith
Date: April 07, 1998 at
10:59:24
In Reply to: Dodson Ancestors, CN c1855, Luzerne Co. PA., c1890 by Skip Dodson
(Osborne C. Dodson , Jr).
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Posted by: Joyce Smith
Date: April 07, 1998 at
10:59:24
In Reply to: Dodson Ancestors, CN c1855, Luzerne Co. PA., c1890 by Skip Dodson
(Osborne C. Dodson , Jr).
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Dodson cemetery was started by my GGGGrandfather
(I'll have to check the number of G's...I don't
have the book in front of me) Nathan Dodson and
his wife Susan. Their toddler daughter Lucy died
of some disease that was rampant back then
(typhoid fever?). At the time the town cemetery
was in a low swampy area and they couldn't bear
the thought of their little Lucy being laid to
rest in the muck. So they donated a hilltop on
their farm to be used as a community cemetery and
Lucy Dodson was the first to be buried there.
Nathan and Susan also donated a corner of their
property to be used as a Methodist chapel. It was
in active use until about 1970. The building
still stood last time I was there but it was no
longer used as a chapel and had reverted to the
current owner of the farm, Mr. Larue Sutliff.
The cemetery is in a lovely spot, well cared for
by donations, high on a hill and surrounded by
Mr. Sutliff's farmed fields. Many many Dodsons
are buried there along with other members of the
community. Feel free to email me for directions
to the cemetery and also if anyone would be
interested in me scanning and posting on my
personal Web page the directions to the cemetery,
some important documents, Yorkshire Dodson coat
of arms, pages from genealogy book, etc.
(I'll have to check the number of G's...I don't
have the book in front of me) Nathan Dodson and
his wife Susan. Their toddler daughter Lucy died
of some disease that was rampant back then
(typhoid fever?). At the time the town cemetery
was in a low swampy area and they couldn't bear
the thought of their little Lucy being laid to
rest in the muck. So they donated a hilltop on
their farm to be used as a community cemetery and
Lucy Dodson was the first to be buried there.
Nathan and Susan also donated a corner of their
property to be used as a Methodist chapel. It was
in active use until about 1970. The building
still stood last time I was there but it was no
longer used as a chapel and had reverted to the
current owner of the farm, Mr. Larue Sutliff.
The cemetery is in a lovely spot, well cared for
by donations, high on a hill and surrounded by
Mr. Sutliff's farmed fields. Many many Dodsons
are buried there along with other members of the
community. Feel free to email me for directions
to the cemetery and also if anyone would be
interested in me scanning and posting on my
personal Web page the directions to the cemetery,
some important documents, Yorkshire Dodson coat
of arms, pages from genealogy book, etc.
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