Dodson, Solomon

Other Events and Attributes:

• 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]

Other Events and Attributes:

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

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.

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

Family/Spouse: 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]

Luther married Hatfield, V.M. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: DODS.A001
• _FGRAVE: 86142968

Notes:

Alberta May DODSON was the firstborn child of Luther Milton Dodson and his wife, Versa Elizabeth Nelson. She was born on the 31st of December, 1917 in Sailor Springs, but she died as an infant on the 3rd day of April, 1918, when she was only 3 months and 3 days old. Alberta was buried the very next day (04 April 1918) in Clay City, presumably here in Clay City Cemetery (since this is where several of her siblings are buried).

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Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947:
Name: Alberta May Dodson
Birth Date: 31 Dec 1917
Birth Place: Sailor Springs, Clay, Ill
Death Date: 3 Apr 1918
Death Place: Clay City, Clay, Illinois
Burial Date: 4 Apr 1918
Burial Place: Clay City, Clay, Ill.
Death Age: 3 Months 3 Days
Occupation: Child
Race: White
Marital Status: S
Gender: Female
Father Name: Luther Dodson
Father Birth Place: Jefferson Co., Ill.
Mother Name: Versie Nelson
Mother Birth Place: Indiana
FHL Film Number: 1543826

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.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: DODS.R001
• _FGRAVE: 36733704
• Funeral: Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois

Notes:

Roy Harold DODSON was born 24 Feb 1919 in Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, USA. He was the son of Luther Melton Dodson and his wife, Versa Elizabeth Nelson. Roy was Luther and Versie's second child; however, their firstborn daughter, Alberta May, had died as a 3-month-old infant nearly a year before Roy was born.

Roy appeared on the 1920 census in Clay City with his parents on the 13th of January. It was just the three of them living in their rented home; younger sister Dorothy would not be born till later that year. A younger brother was born in 1922, but Roy may never have gotten to meet him since he died himself in 1922. Roy was just 3 years, 2 months, and 6 days old when he died in Hoosier Township, Clay County, Illinois on 30 April 1922. He was buried in Clay City Cemetery on the first of May, 1922.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: DODS.D001
• _FGRAVE: 124712343

Family/Spouse: McClellan, Luther Milton. Luther was born on 7 May 1886; died on 22 Nov 1937; was buried in Hopewell Cemetery, Idlewood, Jefferson County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Family/Spouse: ?, A.E.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: 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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: DODS.U001
• _FGRAVE: 36734774

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: DODS.D002
• _FGRAVE: 90526891
• Military Service: Vietnam War, Specialist Fourth Class, United States Army

Notes:

Military Service:
Donnie was a United States Army Veteran having served during the Vietnam War Era

Family/Spouse: Modglin, L.Y.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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: BROW.P009