4.MatildaE.2Demasters (Jeremiah1) was born Abt. 1848 in Nelson Co, VA (Source: Owens, Dan, "Electronic."), and died 9 Aug, 1884 in Nelson Co, VA (Source: Owens, Dan, "Electronic," Matilda Demasters, Death Record 1884 death Record number 103, August 9, 1884, Nelson County, Virginia,.). She married GeorgeW.Dodd Aug 1869 in Nelson Co, VA (Source: Owens, Dan, "Electronic," George W. Dodd & Matilda Demaster, Marriage, August 1869, Register of Marriage: Page 178, 33, Nelson County, Virginia.), son of John Dodd and Elizabeth Meeks.
Notes for Matilda E. Demasters:
Matilda was listed as a household member living with Jeremiah Demasters on the 1850 Census in Nelson County, Virginia. (Jeremiah Demasters, 1850 Census) Matilda was listed as a household member living with Jeremiah Demasters in the 1860 Census in Lovingston, Virginia. (Jeremiah Demasters, 1860 Census) Matilda was listed as a household member living with George W. Dodd on the 1870 Census in Massie's Mill, Nelson County, Virginia. (George W. Dodd, 1870 Census) (Dan Owens)
Notes for George W. Dodd:
George was listed as a household member living with John T. Dodd in the 1860 Census in Lovingston, Virginia.(John F. Dodd, 1860 Census) George was inducted into the Confederate Army in Massie's Mill, Nelson County, Virginia, March 10, 1862. George served in Nelson Artillery, Rives Battery as a Private. (W. Cullen Sherwood, The Nelson Artillery Lamkin and Rives Batteries, The Virginial Regimental History Series) George was released from active duty August 13, 1862. (W. Cullen Sherwood, The Nelson Artillery Lamkin and Rives Batteries, The Virginial Regimental History Series) George was declared "unfit for duty due to a serofuta producing disease of the tibia bone in the leg with a considerable loss of bone". Apparently the discharge was either not put into effect or George chose to remain in the service of his company. George was listed on all calls to muster up until December 31, 1863. George was then detached to the Quarter Master and served as a shoe maker. George was listed as on furlough at the next two muster calls in March 1864 and July 1864. George's extra duty pay was reduced from $3 a day down to $2 a day on August 1864.
George was listed as the head of a family on the 1870 Census in Massie's Mill, Nelson County, Virginia. (1870 U.S. Schedule 1, Inhabitants, Massie's Mill, Nelson Co. Virginia) George was a Farm Laborer in Massie's Mill, Nelson County, Virginia, on September 9, 1870. (1870 U.S. Schedule 1, Inhabitants, Massie's Mill, Nelson Co. Virginia) (Dan Owens)
Children of Matilda Demasters and George Dodd are:
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i.
Virdie3 Dodd, born Aug 1870 in Nelson Co, VA (Source: Owens, Dan, "Electronic.").
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ii.
___ Dodd, born 1878 in Nelson Co, VA (Source: Owens, Dan, "Electronic.").
