Hiram Dodge

Hiram Dodge
Member of the Michigan House of Representatives
from the Lenawee County district
In office
November 2, 1835 – January 1, 1837
Personal details
Born(1804 -10-15)October 15, 1804
Montgomery County, New York

Hiram Dodge (October 15, 1804 – December 26, 1891) was an American politician who served one term in the Michigan House of Representatives immediately after adoption of the state's first constitution.

Biography

Hiram Dodge was born in Montgomery County, New York, on October 15, 1804, the son of Noah Dodge and Elizabeth Venning. His father was a veteran of the American Revolutionary War, and his mother was a native of London, England. Dodge worked as a clerk and a merchant in New York until 1832, when he moved to Clinton, Michigan. He continued to engage in the mercantile business, and also began manufacturing fanning mills. He married Lydia O. Hooper of Seneca County, New York, in Clinton on December 19, 1833. They had one daughter.[1]

Dodge was elected in 1835 to the first session of the Michigan House of Representatives as a representative from Lenawee County, Michigan. [2]

His business was successful, and he owned a large amount of land, but the Panic of 1837 caused him to go broke by 1843. At that time, he moved to Tippecanoe County, Indiana, and lived there until 1866, when he moved to Watseka, Illinois.[3]

He died on December 26, 1891, in Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina. He and his wife, Lydia, are buried in Spring Vale Cemetery, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana.

Notes

  1. ^ Beckwith 1880, p. 110.
  2. ^ Bonner 1909, p. 182.
  3. ^ Beckwith 1880, pp. 110–111.

References

  • Beckwith, Hiram W. (1880), History of Iroquois County: Together with Historic Notes on the Northwest, Chicago: H. H. Hill, ISBN 9780608358819, retrieved 2018-12-11
  • Bingham, Stephen D. (1888), Early History of Michigan: With Biographies of State Officers, Members of Congress, Judges and Legislators, Lansing: Thorp & Godfrey, retrieved 2018-12-11
  • Bonner, Richard I., ed. (1909), Memoirs of Lenawee County, Michigan, Madison: Western Historical Association, retrieved 2018-12-11
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 September 2020), memorial page for Hiram Dodge (1804–26 Dec 1891), Find a Grave Memorial no. 8098776, citing Spring Vale Cemetery, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, US; Maintained by L. A. C. (contributor 46486104) .
  • Michigan Manual (1877–78 ed.), Lansing: W. S. George & Co., 1877, retrieved 2018-12-11


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