Terre Haute Tribune
20 Apr 1922
pg 2
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GENEVIEVE C. DOTSON.
Genevieve C. Dotson, 11 years old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lester
Dotson, died at 9 o'clock Thursday morning at the residence, 1601 South
Second street. Besides the parents, she is survived by one brother and one
sister. The funeral will be held at 2:30 o'clock Friday afternoon from the
residence with burial in Woodlawn cemetery.
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Terre Haute Star
14 May 1907
pg 10
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Mrs. Frances Alice Dobson.
SHELBYVILLE, Ill. ---- Mrs. Frances Alice Dobson, mother of J. W.
Dobson, a prominent grocer, died suddenly of hemorrhage of the lungs Monday
morning. She was 72 years old. The funeral will be held from the
Presbyterian Church Tuesday afternoon.
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Terre Haute Tribune
2 Sep 1914
pg 2 [picture included]
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GEO. C. DODSON DIES AFTER BUSY CAREER
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Veteran Business Man Succumbs to Heart Failure --- Spent His Life In This
City.
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George C. ("Deacon") Dodson, 63 years old, died at his residence, 1332?
North Eighth street, shortly after 5 o'clock Wednesday morning of heart
failure, having been ill since Pythian encampment week. He attended the
grand ball, held on Ohio street, on Thursday night of that week and since
had been confined to his home, in bed most of the time. He is survived by
the widow, two daughters, Mrs. Bertha Dodson Neyhouse[?] and Miss Emma; one
grandchild, Ayahr Leyhouse, and two sisters, Mrs. George W. Crapo and Mrs.
Owen Warren, of Fontanet.
Long Business Career.
George C. Dodson was born September 13[?], 1851, and of him the late C.
C. Oakey, in his history of Vigo county, says his life record is in
contradiction to the old adage, that a prophet is never without honor, save
in his own country. He was the son of the late Samuel Dodson, who spent the
early years of his life in Tennessee and came to Terre Haute in 1944.
Between that time and the time of his death in 1890, Samuel Dodson was one
of the prominent residents of the city.
George C. Dodson was reared in Terre Haute and gained his education
business career as a salesman in the general store of E. Rothschild and six
years later, in 1876, he became a partner in that business. In 1879 he
engaged in the produce business in which he continued until 1880, when he
established the business of wholesale dealer in coal and junk, which he
continued up to the time of his death.
On October 21, 1879, Mr. Dodson married Miss Elvira Armstrong, daughter
of John Armstrong, and the couple was blessed with two children, Bertha A.
Dodson and Emma Dodson.
Mr. Dodson for years had been identified with the Knights of Pythias
and the National Union and gained fame among the membership of the former
organization by means of his annual water melon feast, which brought Pythian
leaders from every section of the union to this city each year.
Was Well Known Pythian.
There was perhaps no better known member of the Pythian order than
"Deacon" Dodson, as he was known. His annual watermelon feast, celebrating
his entrance to the order some forty years ago, had gained for him a
national reputation among the members of the order. Last year at the
Illinois-Indiana brigade encampment at Danville his photograph was taken
with Gen. Stobbart, then commander of the uniform rank, the "Deacon" holding
a watermelon under each arm. A copy of the photograph was published in the
Pythian grand lodge proceedings of Indiana last year, and the stand[?]
keeper of records and seals of New York wrote to Harry Wade, of
Indianapolis, for the cut which was used in the grand lodge proceedings of
that state last year.
In keeping with his wishes the funeral, which will be held next Sunday
afternoon, will be under the auspices of the Knights of Pythias, and of
Terre haute Co. No. 3[?], of which he had been a member practically since
its organization in 1879. When the latter company purchased its new full
dress uniforms last spring he ordered one, although he had not been active
as a drill member for several years. He said at the time that he had
ordered it for the purpose of being buried in it, and his wishes will be
respected by the family.
A special meeting of Terre Haute Co. No. 3 will be held at the armory
Wednesday night to make arrangements for the funeral. Col. Geo. C. Rossell
has notified the companies at Brazil and Clinton and it is likely that the
entire first battalion of the Sixth regiment will take part in the funeral
ceremonies, No. 83[?], the other company, having already been invited.
Complete arrangements for the funeral have not been made, pending the
arrival in the city of his daughter, Mrs. Neyhouse, but it is likely that
the body will be removed from the residence at 9 o'clock Sunday morning by a
military guard, and escorted to the Pythian temple, where it will lie in
state until the funeral hour, 2 o'clock p.m. The funeral services will be
conducted by Rev. I. B. Harper, of the First Methodist church, of which
deceased had been a member for over forty years. The burial will be at
Woodlawn cemetery with the beautiful services of the uniform rank.
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