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DODSON, Luther Milton

DODSON, Luther Milton

Male 1886 - 1937  (51 years)


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  • Name DODSON, Luther Milton 
    Birth 7 May 1886  Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Laborer, Riveter  [1] 
    Reference Number DODS.L001 
    _FGRAVE 86133515 
    Funeral Myers Chapel, Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Death 22 Nov 1937  Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    • Luther Melton Dodson, lifetime resident of this city, died at four o'clock this morning at his home, 1016 Perkins Avenue.
    Burial 23 Nov 1937  Hopewell Cemetery, Idlewood, Jefferson County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I26642  Carl Wayne Gray Research | Maglone - Landers

    James Maglone and Mary Landers Descendants
    Last Modified 16 Nov 2022 

    Father DODSON, Solomon,   b. May 1831, White County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Nov 1915, Jefferson County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Mother DODSON, Elizabeth,   b. 10 Apr 1845, Jefferson County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Mar 1912, Rome Township, Jefferson County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Marriage 28 May 1862  Jefferson County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F11449  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Nelson, Versa Elizabeth 'Versie',   b. 28 Feb 1897, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Apr 1956, Good Samaritan Hospital, Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Children 
     1. DODSON, Alberta May,   b. 31 Dec 1917, Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Apr 1918, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     2. DODSON, Roy Harold,   b. 24 Feb 1919, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Apr 1922, Stanford Township, Clay County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 3 years)
    >3. DODSON, Dorothy Fern,   b. 23 Feb 1920, Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Nov 2000, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    +4. Dodson, Ivan Milton,   b. 18 Oct 1922, Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Mar 2007, Houston, Harris County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
     5. DODSON, Infant,   b. 17 Jun 1925, Hoosier Township, Clay County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jun 1925, Hoosier Township, Clay County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F11447  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Jan 2023 

    Family 2 Hatfield, V.M. 
    Family ID F11448  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Jan 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 7 May 1886 - Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 22 Nov 1937 - Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 23 Nov 1937 - Hopewell Cemetery, Idlewood, Jefferson County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Luther Milton DODSON was born 07 May 1886 in Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois, USA. He was the son of Solomon Dodson and his wife Elizabeth Dodson. (Solomon and Elizabeth were likely cousins of some sort, although Solomon was born in White County, Tennessee and Elizabeth was born in Jefferson County, Illinois.)

      In 1907, Luther married Irene A. Carney in Jefferson County, Illinois. Irene was the daughter of Joseph Carney and Louise Hoffmann. The marriage did not last. Later, Irene married Benjamin Thomas Thurston. She died in Saint Louis in 1950.

      About 1917 Luther married Versa Elizabeth Nelson, probably in Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. They lost several children in infancy (Alberta May was only 3 months old when she died; Roy Harold was just barely over 3 years old; and there was also an unnamed infant boy that was stillborn in 1925). There were two living children in the 1930 census, a daughter, Dorothy, and a son, Ivan.

      Sometime in the 1930s, Luther and Versa divorced. Luther next married a Vera (or Verna) Hatfield on 04 October 1936.

      Luther was listed as a day laborer in the 1900 census in Jefferson County, before he married his first wife. By 1918 in Clay City (according to his WWI draft card), he worked as a trackman for the B&O Railroad Company. But by the 1920 census in Clay City, he was listed as a laborer again. By 1930, in Mount Vernon, he worked for a car manufacturing company doing "fitting up." When he died on 22 Nov 1937 at the age of 51, his occupation was listed as "riveter."

      Luther was buried in Hopewell Cemetery in Mount Vernon on 23 Nov 1937.

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      Luther Melton Dodson

      Luther Melton Dodson, lifetime resident of this city, died at four o'clock this morning at his home, 1016 Perkins Avenue.
      Mr. Dodson was born May 7, 1886 in Mt. Vernon. He was united in marriage with Vera M. Hatfield Oct. 4, 1936, his widow surviving. He was the son of Solomon and Elizabeth Dodson, both of whom preceded him in death.
      At the time of his death, he was employed as a riveter in the steel plant of the Mt. Vernon Car Manufacturing Co.
      Funeral services will be held at 1:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Myers Chapel, conducted
      by Rev. Linnie McDonald and interment will be made in Hopewell Cemetery.
      The body will remain at Myers Chapel until the funeral hour. Friends may call there at any
      time up to the funeral hour.
      Besides his widow, he is survived by one son, Ivan of Mt. Vernon; one daughter, Mrs. Dortha Fern May
      of Mt. Vernon; and one grandchild.

      — unknown newspaper, dated 22 Nov 1937

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      Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 about Luther Melton Dodson
      Name: Luther Melton Dodson
      Birth Date: 7 May 1886
      Birth Place: MT Vernon, Ill
      Death Date: 22 Nov 1937
      Death Place: MT Vernon, Jefferson, Ill
      Burial Date: 23 Nov 1937
      Burial Place: MT.Vernon, Jefferson, Ill
      Cemetery Name: Hopewell
      Death Age: 51
      Occupation: Riveter
      Race: White
      Marital Status: M
      Gender: Male
      Street Address: 1016 Perkins
      Father Name: Solomon Dodson
      Father Birth Place: Tenn
      Mother Name: Elizabeth
      Mother Birth Place: Tenn
      Spouse Name: Verna Hatfield
      FHL Film Number: 1787128

      Source Information:
      Ancestry.com. Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916–1947." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original records.

  • Sources 
    1. [S78] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, Enumeration District 3, Page 15B, (http://search.ancestry.com/content/viewer.aspx?dbid=6061&iid=4300174_00637&noredir=true&sid=&gskw=) (Reliability: 2).

    2. [S7457] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Dodson, Luther Milton, (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=86133515), none. (Reliability: 2).

    3. [S7458] Kistler-Patterson Funeral Homes, Obituary, Morgan, Versa, 59, (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Nelson&GSiman=1&GScid=104729&GRid=118165140&), none. (Reliability: 2).

    4. [S7459] Kistler-Patterson Funeral Homes, Headstone, Dodson, Luther Milton, (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=86133515), none. (Reliability: 2).


 

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