Dodson, Lois Mae

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• Reference Number: DODS.L002
• Funeral: Myers Chapel,

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Died:
Lois Mae Dodson, 7, of RFD 2, Mt. Vernon, died of lockjaw at Good Samaritan Hospital at 9:00 o'clock Sunday night, the result of stepping on a rusty nail.

She had been a patient at the hospital since tetanus set in three days prior to her death. She stepped on the nail about a week ago, relatives said.

Lois Mae did not receive anti tetanus at the time of injury, her physcian said.

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• Reference Number: DODS.I001
• Military Service: World War II, Private First Class, United States Army

Ivan married Roeder, Freda Mae. Freda was born on 23 Oct 1925 in Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois; died on 1 Nov 1984 in Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois; was buried in New Shiloh Cemetery, New Shiloh, Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: ROED.F001

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• Occupation: Laborer, Riveter
• Reference Number: DODS.L001
• _FGRAVE: 86133515
• Funeral: Myers Chapel,

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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.

Died:
Luther Melton Dodson, lifetime resident of this city, died at four o'clock this morning at his home, 1016 Perkins Avenue.

Luther married Nelson, Versa Elizabeth 'Versie'. Versa (daughter of Nelson, John H. and Maglone, Elizabeth 'Lizzie') was born on 28 Feb 1897 in Clay City, Clay County, Illinois; died on 3 Apr 1956 in Good Samaritan Hospital, Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois; was buried in Bethel Memorial Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: NELS.V001
• Funeral: Myers Chapel,

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Died:
Versa Morgan Dies at Age 59: Rites Thursday Mrs. Versa Elizabeth Morgan,of 609 South Tenth Street, died at 7:20 this morning at Good Samaritan Hospital,where she had been a patient for the past four days.

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• Reference Number: DODS.S002

Solomon married Dodson, Elizabeth on 28 May 1862 in Jefferson County, Illinois. Elizabeth was born on 10 Apr 1845 in Jefferson County, Illinois; died on 25 Mar 1912 in Rome Township, Jefferson County, Illinois; was buried in Hopewell Cemetery, Idlewood, Jefferson County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: DODS.E001

Notes:

She was converted when 18 years of age at Old Zion, and united with the Church at that place. Later she moved her membership to New Hope, where she remained a member till her death.
She had been afflicted for a long time, and at times her sufferings were almost more than she could bear, but she bore it patiently till the last, and has often been heard to say that she was ready to go when the Lord called.
She was a true faithful wife and a good mother, and nothing pleased her more than to know that her children were trying to serve the God she had served so long. She will be missed by those who knew her best.

Died:
Elizabeth Dodson was born in Jefferson County, April 10, 1845, died March 25, 1912, at her home in Rome township.

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• Reference Number: NELS.J001
• _FGRAVE: 168792745

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Buried:
Barb Maglone's notes actually say "South California"

John married Maglone, Elizabeth 'Lizzie'. Elizabeth (daughter of Maglone, Thomas and Heather, Matilda) was born on 26 May 1875 in Noble, Richland County, Illinois; died on 28 Aug 1939 in Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois; was buried in Bethel Memorial Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: MAGL.E006
• _FGRAVE: 86052258

Notes:

Elizabeth was born 23 May 1875 in Noble, Richland County, Illinois, USA. She was the daughter of Thomas MAGLONE and Matilda HEATHER.

Elizabeth first married John H. NELSON in Richland County, Illinois on 23 March 1895. John was the son of Frank and Angeline Nelson. There were seven children from their union, but only three daughters survived to adulthood. Elizabeth and John lived in Illinois early in their marriage (probably in Richland and Clay Counties), then later moved to Indiana — the 1900 census found them in Owensville, Gibson County, Indiana, USA.

First born was Matilda "Tillie" Permelia Nelson (1895-1982), then Versa Elizabeth Nelson (1898-1956), Ralph Martin Nelson (1899-1900), Bertha Ann Nelson (1901-1902), and Addie May Nelson (b. about 1904). In 1906 a baby boy was born in Owensville, Indiana who lived for only 5 days. There was no name on the death certificate. Their last child was Nora Murl Nelson (1908-1909), who born in Arkansas but died in Owensville, Indiana.

Lizzie's husband John died in Montgomery Township, Gibson County, Indiana (near Owensville) on 12 March 1910. By the 1910 census, which was enumerated a month later on 15 April 1910, Elizabeth and her remaining three daughters were back in Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois, USA. Now the head of her household, Lizzie worked as a hotel laundress.

By 1920, when the census was taken, Elizabeth was still in Sailor Springs, living as a companion to another widow. Later that year, Elizabeth married her second husband, Harry Herbert SCHOTT. Harry was the son of Samuel Schott and Matilda Ann Taylor; he had been married several times (twice before Lizzie, and again after her death). Harry and Elizabeth moved to the Mount Vernon area in Jefferson County, Illinois, and remained there until Elizabeth's death on 28 Aug 1939. Elizabeth was buried in Bethel Memorial Cemetery on 30 Aug 1939. Harry remarried, and died nearly 7 years later on 16 Aug 1946; he was buried in a different cemetery in Mount Vernon.