Daughter of William Smith and Elizabeth Best.
Mary Smith-Dodge
Mary Smith was born in Oswego County, N. Y. January 15, 1839, and died May 1,
1931, at the advanced age of 92 years, 3 months and 16 days. She was one of a
family of ten children, five boys and five girls, all having preceded her except
one brother, George Smith, of Jefferson, Iowa.
When she was six years of age, the family moved to Illinois and six years later
to Allamakee County, Iowa. At the age of 17, she married Martin Dodge, and in
1864 they moved to Osage, where they spent one year.
From there they moved to the farm east of Orchard which has since been the
family home. Mr. Dodge died in 1913.
To this union five children were born: Charles H., now deceased; Edgar, with
whom she made her home; Mrs. Florence Clark, deceased; and Emery M., and Eddie,
Jr., both of Orchard.
Besides rearing their own family, she and Mr. Dodge welcomed into their home
their son, Edgar, and his two little boys, Earnest and Bert, 2 and 4 years of
age, whose home was broken up by the death of the wife and mother. Both of these
boys, whom she reared and loved as her own, have preceded her.
In girlhood she was converted into the Baptist faith and became a member of the
Baptist church being a charter member of the Lincoln Baptist Church.
She leaves to mourn her passing three sons, one brother, nine grandchildren and
twenty-two great-grandchildren, besides numerous relatives and a host of
friends.
Funeral services were conducted at the home Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock in
charge of the Reverend J. D. Kern, assisted by the Reverend P. J. Smith, of
Orchard.
The body was laid to rest beside her husband in the Orchard Cemetery.
[Mitchell County Press News, Osage, Iowa, May 6, 1931]
Mary Smith-Dodge
Mary Smith was born in Oswego County, N. Y. January 15, 1839, and died May 1,
1931, at the advanced age of 92 years, 3 months and 16 days. She was one of a
family of ten children, five boys and five girls, all having preceded her except
one brother, George Smith, of Jefferson, Iowa.
When she was six years of age, the family moved to Illinois and six years later
to Allamakee County, Iowa. At the age of 17, she married Martin Dodge, and in
1864 they moved to Osage, where they spent one year.
From there they moved to the farm east of Orchard which has since been the
family home. Mr. Dodge died in 1913.
To this union five children were born: Charles H., now deceased; Edgar, with
whom she made her home; Mrs. Florence Clark, deceased; and Emery M., and Eddie,
Jr., both of Orchard.
Besides rearing their own family, she and Mr. Dodge welcomed into their home
their son, Edgar, and his two little boys, Earnest and Bert, 2 and 4 years of
age, whose home was broken up by the death of the wife and mother. Both of these
boys, whom she reared and loved as her own, have preceded her.
In girlhood she was converted into the Baptist faith and became a member of the
Baptist church being a charter member of the Lincoln Baptist Church.
She leaves to mourn her passing three sons, one brother, nine grandchildren and
twenty-two great-grandchildren, besides numerous relatives and a host of
friends.
Funeral services were conducted at the home Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock in
charge of the Reverend J. D. Kern, assisted by the Reverend P. J. Smith, of
Orchard.
The body was laid to rest beside her husband in the Orchard Cemetery.
[Mitchell County Press News, Osage, Iowa, May 6, 1931]
Daughter of William Smith and Elizabeth Best.
Mary Smith-Dodge
Mary Smith was born in Oswego County, N. Y. January 15, 1839, and died May 1,
1931, at the advanced age of 92 years, 3 months and 16 days. She was one of a
family of ten children, five boys and five girls, all having preceded her except
one brother, George Smith, of Jefferson, Iowa.
When she was six years of age, the family moved to Illinois and six years later
to Allamakee County, Iowa. At the age of 17, she married Martin Dodge, and in
1864 they moved to Osage, where they spent one year.
From there they moved to the farm east of Orchard which has since been the
family home. Mr. Dodge died in 1913.
To this union five children were born: Charles H., now deceased; Edgar, with
whom she made her home; Mrs. Florence Clark, deceased; and Emery M., and Eddie,
Jr., both of Orchard.
Besides rearing their own family, she and Mr. Dodge welcomed into their home
their son, Edgar, and his two little boys, Earnest and Bert, 2 and 4 years of
age, whose home was broken up by the death of the wife and mother. Both of these
boys, whom she reared and loved as her own, have preceded her.
In girlhood she was converted into the Baptist faith and became a member of the
Baptist church being a charter member of the Lincoln Baptist Church.
She leaves to mourn her passing three sons, one brother, nine grandchildren and
twenty-two great-grandchildren, besides numerous relatives and a host of
friends.
Funeral services were conducted at the home Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock in
charge of the Reverend J. D. Kern, assisted by the Reverend P. J. Smith, of
Orchard.
The body was laid to rest beside her husband in the Orchard Cemetery.
[Mitchell County Press News, Osage, Iowa, May 6, 1931]
Mary Smith-Dodge
Mary Smith was born in Oswego County, N. Y. January 15, 1839, and died May 1,
1931, at the advanced age of 92 years, 3 months and 16 days. She was one of a
family of ten children, five boys and five girls, all having preceded her except
one brother, George Smith, of Jefferson, Iowa.
When she was six years of age, the family moved to Illinois and six years later
to Allamakee County, Iowa. At the age of 17, she married Martin Dodge, and in
1864 they moved to Osage, where they spent one year.
From there they moved to the farm east of Orchard which has since been the
family home. Mr. Dodge died in 1913.
To this union five children were born: Charles H., now deceased; Edgar, with
whom she made her home; Mrs. Florence Clark, deceased; and Emery M., and Eddie,
Jr., both of Orchard.
Besides rearing their own family, she and Mr. Dodge welcomed into their home
their son, Edgar, and his two little boys, Earnest and Bert, 2 and 4 years of
age, whose home was broken up by the death of the wife and mother. Both of these
boys, whom she reared and loved as her own, have preceded her.
In girlhood she was converted into the Baptist faith and became a member of the
Baptist church being a charter member of the Lincoln Baptist Church.
She leaves to mourn her passing three sons, one brother, nine grandchildren and
twenty-two great-grandchildren, besides numerous relatives and a host of
friends.
Funeral services were conducted at the home Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock in
charge of the Reverend J. D. Kern, assisted by the Reverend P. J. Smith, of
Orchard.
The body was laid to rest beside her husband in the Orchard Cemetery.
[Mitchell County Press News, Osage, Iowa, May 6, 1931]
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