Famous Dodderer/Dotterers *1] MICHAEL DOTTERER the son of (JOHANN MICHAEL2, GEORG PHILIP1 DUDDRA) was born October 31, 1735 in Upper Frederick, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania, and died March 12, 1811 in Falkners Swamp, New Hanover, Pennsylvania. He married (1) ANNA ELISABETHA REIFF. She was born February 23, 1739/40, and died January 30, 1766. He married (2) CATHERINE REIFF. She was born February 11, 1744/45, and died November 16, 1820. He was a captain in the Rev. War for Pennsylvania, 6th Battalion under Col. Antes. (info from the Book ‘Germans in the Rev. War. 1775-1783’). He covered the retreat of Gen. Washington from Philadelphia to Valley Forge. He lived within five to ten miles of Camp Pottsgrove where Fagleysville later stood. It was within four miles of Pottstown. One mile east of the camp, where General Washington stayed during the 1776 campaign, lived Col. Frederick Antes. General Washington stayed at his house September 23, 24 and 25, 1777. Michael lived in the original home pioneered by his parents. 155 acres. He is buried at Bertolet Burial Grounds, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Children of MICHAEL DOTTERER and ANNA REIFF are: i. PHILIP4 DOTTERER. ii. MICHAEL III DOTTERER. iii. PETER DOTTERER. iv. PHILIPPINA DOTTERER. Children of MICHAEL DOTTERER and CATHERINE REIFF are: v. ANNA MARIA4 DOTTERER. vi. JOHN DOTTERER. vii. CATHARINA DOTTERER. viii. CONRAD DOTTERER, b. Abt. 1755. *2] PHILIP DODDERER son of (BERNARD2, GEORG PHILIP1 DUDDRA) was born Abt. 1729 in Hanover, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, and died 1790 in Fishing Creek, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania. He married JOHANNA GUISBERT, daughter of ANDREAS GUISBERT and JOHANNA. She was born in Hanover, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, and died 1803 in Columbia, Pennsylvania. Phillip was a blacksmith. He was a resident of Newton, Sussex Co., New Jersey during the Rev. War [1776]. He was a sheriff in 1777. He served as Captain, 2nd Reg., Sussex Co., NJ militia, which was raised in 1780. He was under Col. Hankinson, according to the DAR Patriot Index, page 199. He moved back to Pennsylvania about 1778. He did not leave a will and his son, Abraham was appointed administrator in the records of Northumberland County, at Sunbury, PA. He left about 300 acres. According to the book, "Sussex and Warren Counties, New Jersey", Philip Dodderer was on the Sussex County Committee of Safety. The opening session was August, 10, 1775. They exercised a general supervision over the township organizations, provided means for promoting the popular cause, and procured the oath of abjuration to be administered to every citizen of the county, carefully noting down the names of those who refused, with the grounds upon which they based such refusal, and causing the recusants to be presented by the grand inquest of the county, to the end that they might appear in court and openly recant or give bonds for their peaceable behavior. Page 51. Page 49 says: This large and respectable portion of New Jersey [Sussex and Warren Counties] was perhaps more exposed than any other to the savage allies of Great Britain during the struggle for independence, owing to its frontier situation along the Delaware River, which had been the theatre of attacks upon the infant settlements during the latter part of the colonial period. Here, however, had been nurtured a brave and hardy people, whose experience in savage warfare had rendered them familiar with military discipline and the use of arms. They were a people, moreover, who had inherited from their Huguenot, Dutch, Scotch-Irish, and Puritan ancestors a native love of liberty, and who were not without some training in the ideas and principles of self-government. First [Janice Beever] searched in the DAR Patriot Index, Vol. I, and found p. 862 Philip DOTTERER/DUDDER/DUDDERAR/DUTROW, b. 1729 PA, d. 1790 PA. He was listed as having served in the Rev. War for the State of New Jersey - Capt., CS, PS (not sure what CS,PS mean). The Reference # was 875921712--the member # for Beverly Grace Fedder of Lycoming Chapter, PA - verified 16 Jul 1992 and microfiched 20 Jul 1992. At any rate, there was documentation for George Philip Duddra or Dodderer. She descends from Philip Dotterer through his daughter, Hannah. PHILIP DODDERER was buried in Dotterer Bury, Gd., Jonestown, Columbia Co., PA. Children of PHILIP DODDERER and JOHANNA GUISBERT are: i. CATHERINE DODDERER, m. JOHN SMITH. ii. MAGDALENA DODDERER, m. WILLIAM PEARISON. iii. JOHANNA DODDERER, b. September 26, 1756, New Hanover, PA; m. PETER CANNON. iv. ELIZABETH DODDERER, b. July 19, 1758, Whitpain, Pennsylvania; d. May 30, 1837. v. ABRAHAM DODDERER, b. October 25, 1760; d. April 09, 1824, Sunbury, Fishing Creek, Pennsylvania. vi. SUSANNAH DODDERER, b. October 28, 1763; d. August 12, 1805; m. HENRY SHOEMAKER. vii. PHILIP DODDERER, b. December 25, 1768, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; d. Abt. 1844. viii. ANNA DODDERER, b. December 07, 1770; d. 1851. ix. SARAH DODDERER, b. December 14, 1775; d. April 12, 1842, Mercer Co., Ohio. x. MARY DODDERER, b. 1778; d. June 1857, Karr Valley, Alleghany County, New York. *3] . CHRISTINA MARKLEY (BARBARA2 DOTTERER, GEORG PHILIP1 DUDDRA) was born May 27, 1736. She married COL. WILLIAM DEWEES ANTES, son of HENRY ANTES and CHRISTINA DEWEES. He was born November 18, 1731, and died 1810. Christina’s husband, COL. WILLIAM DEWEES ANTES, was George Philip Duddra's grand son-in-law. He was appointed War Commissioner on October 21, 1777 after Washington's defeat at the Battle of Brandywine. Later, while living in Northumberland County, he began the repair and manufacture of muskets. His shops in New Hanover Township repaired large quantities of damaged arms for the Government. He repaired over 500 stand of arms sent to him by General Potter. He later moved to what is now Canandaigua, New York and engaged in the manufacture of muskets on contract with the U.S. Government. His son, William Jr. took over the business and his son Robert then took over from him. The gun shop was located on the corner of Main and Bristol Streets, Canandaigua, until it burned to the ground in 1940! Children of CHRISTINA MARKLEY and WILLIAM ANTES are: i. CORNELIUS ANTES. ii. GARRETT ANTES. iii. JOHN ANTES, b. Abt. 1754. iv. CHRISTINA ANTES, b. Abt. 1756. v. ELIZABETH ANTES, b. February 17, 1757; m. JOHN SHULER, March 08, 1775. vi. SARAH ANTES, b. October 12, 1764; m. SAMUEL GARDNER. vii. WILIAM JR. ANTES, b. March 15, 1776. *4] BERNARD DODDERER (BERNARD2, GEORG PHILIP1 DUDDRA) was born March 31, 1736, and died November 12, 1818. He married BARBARA WARTMAN January 16, 1761, daughter of ADAM W. WARTMAN who signed the Declaration of Independence. She was born July 15, 1741. BERNARD DODDERER was against Great Britain and was a delegate elder to the Reformed Coetus, their first church body at Lancaster. He was devoted to the cause of independence. According to his Estate papers, he died in 1810. BERNARD was buried at the Falkner Swamp Cemetery. Children of BERNARD DODDERER and BARBARA WARTMAN are: i. DODDERER4, b. April 15, 1745. ii. HENRY DODDERER, b. July 24, 1762. iii. JOHN JOHANNES DODDERER, b. July 12, 1764. iv. ABRAHAM DOTTERER, b. January 03, 1767. v. ELIZABETH DODDERER, b. June 28, 1769; d. December 20, 1844. vi. BERNARD DODDERER, b. September 24, 1771. vii. CATHARINE DODDERER, b. December 13, 1773. viii. CHRISTIANA DODDERER, b. May 10, 1776. ix. MARIA BARBARA DODDERER, b. June 29, 1781. x. MARIA DODDERER, b. January 29, 1784; m. GEORGE ORTLEIB. *5] ELIZABETH MARIA DOTTERER (GEORGE PHILIP3, JOHANN MICHAEL2, GEORG PHILIP1 DUDDRA)4 was born May 07, 1759 in Philadelphia Co., PA, and died September 24, 1843 in Baltimore, Maryland. She married HENRY DUKEHART September 20, 1784 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was born 1769, and died September 18, 1807. ELIZABETH MARIA DOTTERER was buried at the Old St. Paul's P. E. Churchyard with her husband Henry Dukehart. Children of ELIZABETH DOTTERER and HENRY DUKEHART are: 115. i. SUSANNA DUKEHART, b. 1786; d. March 18, 1869. 116. ii. ELIZABETH DUKEHART, b. Abt. 1788. iii. THOMAS FREDERICK DUKEHART, b. May 30, 1789; d. January 17, 1848; m. MARY MATTHEWS, August 19, 1819; d. 1974. Notes for THOMAS FREDERICK DUKEHART: He was a merchant marine. He joined the flotilla of 26 small gunboats and barges under Commodore Joshua Barney for the defense of the Chesapeake Bay. In April, 1814 the small fleet was placed in service and in May sailed down the Chesapeake, where they encountered the vastly superior squadron of British men-of-war and were forced to seek refuge in Patuxent River, where there were blockaded by the British fleet. On the 21st of August, Commodore Barney learned that the British had landed an Army from their ships at Benedict on the Patuxent for the purpose of attacking Washington. He immediately landed with 400 men, marching through Upper Marlborough to the Washington Navy Yard. Learning that the British were advancing toward Washington by way of Bladensburg, he joined the Maryland and Virginia Militia to give battle at that place and was credited with being the mainstay of the defense. The Commodore was severely wounded and fell into Captain Dukeharts's arms, and it was he who handed Barney's sword to the British officer who captured them. Captain Thomas Dukehart was marched as a prisoner through stubble fields of Prince George's County in his bare feet. Later after being paroled and after the Battle of North Point, he was assisting the Committee of Safety in burying the dead and the first man he buried was the British officer who had treated him brutally when a prisoner. At the close of the war, Captain Dukehart returned to the Merchant Marine, being one of the most successful navigators of the celebrated Baltimore Clipper Ships. THOMAS FREDERICK DUKEHART was buried in Friend Burying Ground on Harford Road north of 25 St. Baltimore. 117. iv. SOPHIA R. DUKEHART, b. Abt. 1790. 118. v. HENRIETTA HARRIET DUKEHART, b. June 18, 1792. 119. vi. HENRI VAN ARDEN DUKEHART, b. July 07, 1794, Baltimore ? MD; d. December 10, 1868, Parkton, Maryland. 120. vii. MARY ANN DUKEHART, b. Abt. 1796. *6] BENJAMIN MARKLEY (ABRAHAM3, BARBARA2 DOTTERER, GEORG PHILIP1 DUDDRA) was born July 13, 1751, and died July 10, 1819 in New Hanover Township, NJ. He married HANNAH WENTZ October 18, 1774. She was born February 18, 1755, and died May 02, 1829. Notes for BENJAMIN MARKLEY: Fact 1: Buried New Hanover Lutheran Church in Falkner Swamp Fact 2: Marriage license recorded in First Baptist Church of Philadelphia Fact 3: Member of New Hanover Lutheran Church Fact 4: Learned Blacksmithing in youth Fact 5: Justice of Peace Fact 6: Member of lower branch of State Legislature 1789-9030 Fact 7: Associate Judge of Montgomery County for nearly 20 years beginning 1791. Fact 8: Military in Revolutionary War Fact 9: Surveyor Fact 10: Member F&AM BENJAMIN MARKLEY was buried at the New Hanover Lutheran Church in Falkner Swamp Children of BENJAMIN MARKLEY and HANNAH WENTZ are: i. JONAH MARKLEY, b. Abt. 1775. ii. ELIZABETH MARKLEY, b. Abt. 1777. iii. SARAH MARKLEY, b. August 09, 1783; d. November 02, 1861, Pottstown, PA. iv. MARY MARKLEY, b. Abt. 1784. *7] JACOB MARKLEY (ABRAHAM3, BARBARA2 DOTTERER, GEORG PHILIP1 DUDDRA) was born Abt. 1753. He married CHRISTINA ANTES January 09, 1776, daughter of WILLIAM ANTES and CHRISTINA MARKLEY. She was born Abt. 1756. Notes for JACOB MARKLEY: Fact 1: Gunsmith Fact 2: Lived in Northumberland County, PA Marriage Notes for JACOB MARKLEY and CHRISTINA ANTES: *Info found in "Pennsylvania Marriages prior to 1790." Chrisiana Antes and Jacob Mercley, married January 9, 1776. Children of JACOB MARKLEY and CHRISTINA ANTES are: i. SAMUEL5 MARKLEY, b. Abt. 1775. ii. MARY MARKLEY, b. Abt. 1775; m. KNOX. *8] JACOB4 YOUNT (ANNA ELIZABETH3 ZIMMERMAN, ANNA ELIZABETH2 DODDERER, GEORG PHILIP1 DUDDRA) was born Abt. 1752 in North Carolina, and died 1818 in Missouri. He married MARILLIS KILLAM Abt. 1782, daughter of JOHN KILLIAN and ELIZABETH ZIMMERMAN. She was born 1762 in North Carolina. JACOB YOUNT served in the Rev. War under Greens. When the enemy left Charleston, he returned, and his home was a place in ruins. Children of JACOB YOUNT and MARILLIS KILLAM are: i. JOHN B. YOUNT, b. 1782, Burke, NC; d. 1858; m. MARY HAWN, 1803, North Carolina. ii. ELIZABETH YOUNT, b. 1784, Burke, NC; d. Missouri; m. RUEBEN FARMER. 167. iii. HENRY YOUNT, b. 1787, North Carolina; d. Missouri. 168. iv. JACOB YOUNT, b. 1788, Burke, NC. v. SALLY YOUNT, b. 1792, Burke, NC; d. Missouri; m. PETER WELKER. vi. GEORGE CALVERT YOUNT, b. May 04, 1794, North Carolina; d. October 05, 1865, Napa Valley, California; m. (1) ELIZA WILDS; m. (2) GASHWILER. Notes for GEORGE CALVERT YOUNT: He in 1825, joined a party of beaver hunters and trapped along the Colorado and other rivers. Then in 1830, he joined another party in a trapping expedition fitted out in New Mexico and came to the Spanish settlement in Southern California. In 1832, he obtained a grant of land in Napa Valley [big wine country now], 11,800 acres and was the first white settler in the valley. vii. CHRISTIANA YOUNT, b. 1796, Burke, NC; d. Missouri; m. JOHN POLK, January 20, 1820. viii. DAVID YOUNT, b. 1798, North Carolina; d. 1881, Missouri; m. CATHARINE SHELL. ix. CATHARINE YOUNT, b. 1800, Burke, NC; d. October 06, 1814, Missouri; m. JACOB JEAMES. x. SUSANNAH YOUNT, b. 1802, Burke, NC; d. Missouri; m. AZARIAH TINNIN. xi. JESSE YOUNT, b. February 18, 1804, North Carolina; d. Aft. 1860, Bollinger County, MOMissouri; m. SABELLA TINNIN, April 04, 1822, Cape Girardeau, MO. Notes for JESSE YOUNT: Father and family migrated to Missouri then a wilderness. xi. SOPHIA YOUNT, b. 1806, North Carolina. *9] SUSANNA DUKEHART (ELIZABETH MARIA4 DOTTERER, GEORGE PHILIP3, JOHANN MICHAEL2, GEORG PHILIP1 DUDDRA) was born 1786, and died March 18, 1869. She married SEBASTIAN SULTZER November 22, 1815. He was born 1799 in Baltimore, MD, and died July 09, 1849 in Baltimore Cem. MD. SEBASTIAN SULTZER volunteered to defend the city against attack by the British. He enlisted as a private in Captain Arron R. Leverings's Company of Independent Blues, 5th Regiment of Infantry, Maryland Militia. They participated in the Battle of Bladensbury, August 24, 1814, holding their ground after supporting troops had withdrawn. Returning to Baltimore they fought against the British attack on Baltimore at the Battle of North Point, Sept. 12, 1812. After leaving the service, he gathered together several adventurous spirits, chartered a sloop and sailed for the Island of St. Helena for the avowed purpose of rescuing or capturing Napoleon. They were turned back by French men-of-war. Children of SUSANNA DUKEHART and SEBASTIAN SULTZER are: 180. i. THOMAS DUKEHART SULTZER, b. February 05, 1817, Baltimore, MD; d. March 17, 1891. ii. HENRY D. SULTZER, m. SUSAN STEWART. iii. MARY S. SULTZER, m. CAPTAIN JOHNSON. iv. SOPHIA SULTZER. v. ISABEL SULTZER. *10] HENRI VAN ARDEN DUKEHART (ELIZABETH MARIA4 DOTTERER, GEORGE PHILIP3, JOHANN MICHAEL2, GEORG PHILIP1 DUDDRA6 was born July 07, 1794 in Baltimore ? MD, and died December 10, 1868 in Parkton, Maryland. He married MARY ANN MURPHY6 May 20, 1819, daughter of JOHN MURPHY and BARBARA BAKER. HENRI VAN ARDEN DUKEHART volunteered as a private in Captain Edward Aisquith's company of Baltimore Sharpshooters, 1st Rifle Battalion of Maryland Militia, participating in the battles of Bladensburg and North Point. He was one of the litter bearers who carried Wells and McComas from the battlefield (the sharpshooters, credited with killing General Ross, commander of the British forces at the Battle of North Point) and was later detailed to bring their bodies from the camp at Landenslager's Hill for burial in Old Christ Church graveyard. His company was cited by Brig. General John Gilmore for their service in the Battle of North Point, October 12, 1818. Children of HENRI DUKEHART and MARY MURPHY are: 184. i. ELIZABETH DUKEHART, b. 1829; d. 1912. 185. ii. SUSAN DUKEHART, b. April 09, 1832; d. November 01, 1887. iii. MARY ANN DUKEHART, m. NEWTON D. BAKER, November 04, 1826. Notes for MARY ANN DUKEHART: She was visiting her cousin Adeline at the time of President Lincoln's death on April 14, 1865, and had been a guest at Mrs. Egerton's. Mrs. Egerton had several guests shortly before the tragedy. One of the guests had been John Wilkes Booth and Mrs. Mary Surratt. All those who had been Mrs. Egerton's guests were searched in an endeavor to gather some evidence that might connect members of the household with the plot. They were kept under close surveillance for days. Info from the book by Duttera of the Descendants of George Philip Duddra or Dodderer. NEWTON D. BAKER served as a private in Vol. Company of Artillery commanded by Captain Charles Fennington, 1st Reg. of Artillery, Maryland Militaia, Col. Daniel Harris. iv. JOHN DUKEHART. v. WILLIAM DUKEHART. vi. SAMUEL DUKEHART, m. (1) ELIZ M. KINSELLA; m. (2) LYDIA BULL, December 18, 1861. vii. GEORGE DUKEHART, m. LOUISE V. COYLE, August 03, 1864. 186. viii. THOMAS MURPHY DUKEHART, b. June 18, 1834, Baltimore, MD; d. 1918. 187. ix. JOHN MURPHY DUKEHART, b. 1835, Baltimore, MD. x. JOHN MURPHY DUKEHART, b. 1835, Baltimore, MD6; m. REBECCA MANTZ6, August 29, 1866. Notes for JOHN MURPHY DUKEHART: He began his career at sea by shipping before the mast when only 14 years old. He served in the Confederacy, enlisting as a gunner in the navy. By quirks of fate, he and his brother Thomas fought against each other three times in the Civil War. *11] THOMAS DAVIS DOTTERER (HENRY4, GEORGE PHILIP3, JOHANN MICHAEL2, GEORG PHILIP1 DUDDRA)6 was born August 11, 17966, and died November 22, 1846 in Charlestown, SC6. He married MARY EASON6, daughter of ROBERT EASON. She was born 1808 in Charleston, South Carolina6, and died March 1871. THOMAS DAVIS DOTTERER owned in partnership with his father-in-law, Robert Eason, circa 1825, an Engineering firm of Eason and Dotterer located on the southwest corner of Hasell and Concord Streets, Charleston, South Carolina. He submitted a car in the contest run by the railroad in Sept. 14, 1830. It was the 'Flying Dutchman.' Propelled by a single horse walking on a treadmill. Messrs. Dotterer and Detmold won first prize $200. After production it was dubbed "The Best Friend of Charleston." This model had was steam powered. It was placed in service Dec. 9, 1830 about two months before the 'Tom Thumb' locomotive hauled the first steam-propelled B. & O. railroad train. Six months later the boiler blew up. A Negro fireman died from the injury. He put together the first engine used on the South Carolina Railroad. Also an old locomotive named 'The Native' that ran on the old SC R/R. Children of THOMAS DOTTERER and MARY EASON are: i. ISABELLA ANN6 DOTTERER6, b. January 14, 1827; d. November 26, 1827. 190. ii. HENRY EASON DOTTERER, b. March 06, 1829; d. May 21, 1918, Ferinanda, Florida. 191. iii. THOMAS DAVIS DOTTERER, b. October 20, 1832; d. March 12, 1894. iv. JAMES HENDERSON DOTTERER6, b. September 14, 1835; d. March 19, 1842. v. AMANDA LOUISA DOTTERER6, b. June 02, 1837; d. May 16, 1842. vi. WILLIAM ALBERT DOTTERER6, b. January 10, 18406; d. May 16, 1864, Civil War6. WILLIAM ALBERT DOTTERER enlisted in the Confederate States Army at Charleston, SC, being appointed Sergeant of Company A, Hampton Legion of SC, CSA. He was elected 2nd Lt., August 28, 1861. On June 7, 1862, he again enlisted as a private in Co., A, 25th SC Inf., Confederate States Army, being killed in action May 16, 1864. vii. MARY ELIZABETH DOTTERER6, b. February 06, 1842; d. May 03, 1949. viii. JAMES BLAIR DOTTERER6, b. May 27, 18446; d. May 16, 1864, Savanna, Georgia, Civil War6. JAMES BLAIR DOTTERER entered the South Carolina Military Institute (The Citadel) January 1, 1860. War broke out while he was a student and from Aug. 17, 1861-Oct. 8, 1861, he acted as Drill Master on the Potomac, having been brevetted Second Lieutenant. He graduated in April, 1863. He enlisted at Yazoo City, Mississippi, June 3, 1863 as a private Co., A, 24th SC Inf. CSA. He was appointed Srg. Major on Sept. 1 1863. In Atlanta, Georgia, he was severely wounded in the chest on May 16, 1864, dying of the wounds at Savannah, Georgia ix. ALICE DOTTERER6, b. July 12, 1846. *12] . JACOB SCHWENK (ABRAHAM4, VERONICA3 MARKLEY, BARBARA2 DOTTERER, GEORG PHILIP1 DUDDRA) was born September 13, 1789 in Frederick, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania, and died August 19, 1852. He married (1) MARY GEHMAN. He married (2) MAGDALENA ZIEGLER Abt. 1817, daughter of ANDREW ZIEGLER and CATHERINE LEDERACH. She was born September 04, 1795. JACOB SCHWENK in 1816, bought a farm of 89 acres lying in Skippack across the Perkiomen Creek from his father's place. In 1816, he opened a large store in part of his house and also let people lodge there because of the constant freshets and floods. About 1845 he built an addition to his house and started the Farmers and Mechanics' Hotel. The next year he erected a large dwelling with a large storeroom on the opposite side of the street. He thus became the founder of the thriving borough of Schwenkville. He took an active part in the building of the Perkiomen and Sumneytown Turnpike. He was a Whig and a Lutheran. (Info from THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY page 305. Child of JACOB SCHWENK and MAGDALENA ZIEGLER is: 213. i. ELIZABETH ZIEGLER SCHWENK. *13] PETER HENRY5 DODDER (HENRY4, JACOB3 DODDERER, BERNARD2, GEORG PHILIP1 DUDDRA) was born April 30, 1803 in Sussex Co., New Jersey, and died February 17, 1875 in Overbrook, Kansas. He married MARGARET STRUBLE August 20, 1825 in Sussex County, New Jersey, daughter of JACOB STRUBLE and BARBARA TAYLOR. She was born June 20, 1807 in Newton, New Jersey, and died February 04, 1892 in Overbrook, Osage County, Kansas. PETER HENRY DODDER was born the year before the Lewis and Clark expedition began. His father died when he was 10 months old. He never told anyone about his four older sisters and half brothers and sisters (Willson's). He made up a story about being born in Germany. He wasn't. He pioneered in Addison Twn., near Leonard, Oakland County, Michigan in 1835/1837 then went on to pioneer as the first white man in Douglas County, Kansas circa 1855-59. He went to Kansas with George Shobert, James Baker and Samuel Hays. Information by A. T. Andreas in "The History of Kansas", 1883. He ran a restaurant for the Butterfield Stage stop. He had a run in with Jesse James. Grandpa Peter was resting on his porch when Jesse road up and told him to get up and get him a drink of water. He told him to get it himself. When they moved the family cemetery in order to build a road, his body was said to have turned to stone. He was a hard working, no nonsense man. His baptism is recorded in the Stillwater Presbyterian Church, Stillwater, NJ on June 22, 1803. In the Database: Kansas Census, 1850-90 Year Surname Given Name (s) County State Page Township or Other Info Record Type Database ID# 1859 DODDER PETER Douglas County KS 003 Marion Twp KS 1859 State Census Index KS0265574 1870 DODDER PETER Douglas County KS 412 Marion Township. Federal Population Schedule KS 1870 Federal Census Index KS01231242 Database: New Jersey Census, 1772-1890 Year Surname Given Name (s) County State Page Township or Other Info Record Type Database ID# 1830 DODDER PETER Warren County NJ 446 Hardwick Township Federal Population Schedule NJ 1830 Federal Census Index NJ56053034 PETER HENRY DODDER is buried Close to Overbrook on Hwy 31. N side of the Hwy-graveyard is unmarked along with his wife Margaret. Children of PETER DODDER and MARGARET STRUBLE are: 242. i. MARY6 DODDER, b. January 17, 1825, New Jersey; d. Addison, Oakland County, Michigan. 243. ii. JACOB STRUBLE DODDER, b. February 04, 1830, Sussex, Co., New Jersey; d. April 02, 1903, Argentine, Michigan. iii. DAVID L. DODDER, b. February 11, 1832, Sussex County, New Jersey; d. May 11, 1905, Ovid, Michigan; m. ELIZA J. KELLY; b. 1839; d. 1918. 244. iv. HANNAH DODDER, b. December 11, 1834, Sussex County, New Jersey. 245. v. CATHERINE R. DODDER, b. May 11, 1837, Addison, Oakland Co., Michigan; d. July 13, 1910, Seymour Lake, Argentine Co., Michigan. 246. vi. ELMIRA DODDER, b. January 08, 1840, Addison, Oakland Co., Michigan; d. 1901. 247. vii. GEORGE S. DODDER, b. June 29, 1842, Addison, Oakland County, Michigan. 248. viii. SILAS DODDER, b. May 08, 1844, Addison, Oakland County, Michigan; d. 1925, Oaklsnd Co., Michigan. 249. ix. MARSHALL DODDER, b. September 15, 1847, Addison, Oakland County, Michigan; d. 1918. 250. x. ROBERT S. DODDER, b. August 14, 1851, Addison, Oakland County, Michigan; d. March 03, 1893, Overbrook, Kansas. *14] JACOB DODDERER (ABRAHAM4 DODDER, JACOB3 DODDERER, BERNARD2, GEORG PHILIP1 DUDDRA) was born November 02, 1800 in Sussex County, NJ, and died April 07, 1890 in Ottumwa, Iowa. He married SARAH STERLING 1823 in Warren County, New Jersey. She was born Abt. February 1801 in New York State, and died March 23, 1883 in Washington, Washington Co., Iowa. JACOB DODDERER was a pattern-maker, farmer, inventor, millright. He is described as a small figure, lithe, active, tough as spiral twisted timber, kindly in mood. Father Dodder was a versatile man. He was an artist who specialized in making woodcuts. He was a horticulturist who took prizes for seedlings grapes of his own raising. He sold the first root beer in the county; it was made from his own recipe from roots he grew himself. He held U. S. patients on a churn, a washing machine, and weather stripping, and invented a number of other machines which he didn't bother to patent. When he died at his sons home in Ottumwa in April 1890, he was still tinkering around with with his tools, Source Washington County History book entitled, 'In the Beginning There Was Land', by Kathy Fisher. From the same source--The thing that had created all the interest in good roads was, of course the automobile. The first car in the county was actually one that was invented in Washington in 1869, and the Press of Sept. 1, reported: Mr. Jacob Dodder is putting up in Charley Millers shop, a three wheeled concern which has been running in his head for ten years. The front wheels are five feet high, the rear wheel about two and a half feet. On the axle he will put one heavy or two lighter springs, sufficiently powerful to propel the vehicle 25 miles per hour on level ground. For up-hill going a sort of hard-car power is used, in addition, which has two sets of gears, and 37 revolutions of the crank will carry it one mile. The springs are wound up by means of a treadle. A wrench lever attached to the rear wheel is used for rudder. His model is rigged to carry three persons. He believes it will be a success, and who knows that it will not supersede our hacks and dig-outs. Mr. D. will probably take a scoot around the square this week. That first trip was disastrous. Dodder started down South Marion lickety-cut, and below the tavern the thing wouln't gee and mind its rudder, and he and it went into the ditch, and it busted. He was hurt in the mix-up. JACOB DODDERER was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Washington, Washington Co., Iowa Children of JACOB DODDERER and SARAH STERLING are: i. ELIZABETH6 DODDER7, b. February 01, 1831, St. Louis, MO; d. September 11, 1893, unknown. 252. ii. ABRAHAM DODDER, b. February 05, 1835, New Jersey; d. December 06, 1890, Iowa. 253. iii. ESTHER "HESTER" ANN DODDER, b. July 21, 1836, New York State; d. November 08, 1921, Washington, Washington Co., Iowa. *15] GEORGE WINTERMUTE DODDER (ABRAHAM4, JACOB3 DODDERER, BERNARD2, GEORG PHILIP1 DUDDRA) was born May 11, 1815 in Sussex County, NJ, and died January 05, 1899 in Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa. He married EFFIE J. TWIN PREDMORE March 13, 1837 in NJ, daughter of DANIEL PREDMORE and EFFIE HENDERSHOT. She was born in New Jersey, and died December 26, 1893 in Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa. GEORGE WINTERMUTE DODDER moved to New York and was a Vestryman for 25 years. He was a Justice of the Peace from 1861 to 1897 and empanelled the first colored jury in the United States on June 8, 1869. From the Daily Iowa State Press on January 16, 1899: 'At his home on South Clinton street at 1 o'clock Sunday night, occurred the death of George W. Dodder, one of Iowa City's oldest and most highly respected citizens. Deceased was born in Sussex Co., NJ, May 11, 1815. He came to this city in July, 1855 and after a short experience in commercial lines opened a real estate and insurance office. Ten years later he was elected justice of the peace and he held the office continuously for 30 years, a record believed to be unequaled in this state, as was his record of marriage performed. He was conscientious in performing the duties of his office and his integrity was above question, while his long experience gave him a familiarity with law which made his decisions difficult to overthrow. The was a member of Trinity church being for many years on its vestry and a member of Iowa City Lodge No. 4 A. F. and A. M. His baptism is recorded in the Stillwater Presbyterian Church, Stillwater, NJ on August 6, 1815. Children of GEORGE DODDER and EFFIE PREDMORE are: i. MECKIE6 DODDER. ii. DAU DODDER, m. JAMES ECKERT. iii. DAUGHTER DODDER, m. J. D. SPERRY. 16] JACOB YOUNT (JACOB4, ANNA ELIZABETH3 ZIMMERMAN, ANNA ELIZABETH2 DODDERER, GEORG PHILIP1 DUDDRA) was born 1788 in Burke, NC. He married (1) CATHERINE MURRAY. He married (2) CHARITY MURRAY 1804 in Christian County, Kentucky. JACOB YOUNT helped Daniel Boone construct Ft. Boone, Kentucky. He drowned in the Missouri River. Children of JACOB YOUNT and CATHERINE MURRAY are: i. JESSE6 YOUNT, b. 1804, Kentucky; d. 1865, Iowa. ii. ALLEN K. YOUNT, b. 1808; d. 1889, Kansas. iii. BENJAMIN YOUNT. . iv. JOHN B. YOUNT, b. 1813; d. 1857, California. 17] THOMAS DUKEHART SULTZER (SUSANNA5 DUKEHART, ELIZABETH MARIA4 DOTTERER, GEORGE PHILIP3, JOHANN MICHAEL, GEORG PHILIP1 DUDDRA) was born February 05, 1817 in Baltimore, MD, and died March 17, 1891 He married ELEANOR R. COOK. THOMAS DUKEHART SULTZER was a reporter. He worked at the Baltimore American as a protégé of his relative Thomas Murphy, part owner of the paper. He was there at the meeting of the SC Legislature, in which the articles of secession were prepared and enacted; he transcribed in longhand the entire proceedings for the newspaper. He represented the news at the attack on John Brown's Fort at Harpers Ferry and reported the hanging of John Brown. He accompanied the official party making the first trip of the B & C Railroad over the mountains into WV. During the latter part of the war he was arrested as a Southern sympathizer and imprisoned in Ft. McHenry. In his later years he was associated with the Baltimore Sun. Children of THOMAS SULTZER and ELEANOR COOK are: i. ISABEL SULTZER. ii. WM. HENRY SULTZER. iii. JNO. SULTZER. iv. SUSAN E. SULTZER. v. HENRY C. SULTZER. vi. DELIA C. SULTZER. 18] THOMAS MURPHY DUKEHART (HENRI VAN ARDEN5, ELIZABETH MARIA4 DOTTERER, GEORGE PHILIP3, JOHANN MICHAEL2, GEORG PHILIP1 DUDDRA)8 was born June 18, 1834 in Baltimore, MD8, and died 19188. He married MARY R. C. KREBS November 01, 1863. She was born October 12, 1835, and died January 11, 1914. According to tradition, thee were only thirty houses in the town when his parents arrived. Indian uprisings, reported advancing towards Baltimore at that time, influenced some of his ancestors to move to St. Mary's County, in Southern Maryland, where they acquired a subdivision of St. Clement's Manor, thereafter known as Dukehart's Manor, also Dukehart's Pavilion. The water-front of the Pavilion borders on the shores of the Potamac River, St. Catherine Sound and St. Clement Bay. St. Mary's County land records indicate that Pavilion at a later date was acquired from the Dukehart family by George W. Blackstone and afterwards deeded to John F. Dent (Oct. 27, 1858). Thomas was sent to Reading, Pennsylvania to extend his studies in engineering, preparatory to making application to the Navy for an appointment as Engineer Staff Officer. This was before the U. S. Naval Academy included engineering in their curriculum. Thomas received his first notable assignment on a three-year cruise aboard the U.S. Steam Sloop "Wyoming", John K. Mitchell, Commander. He served on Farragut's fleet on the "Katahdin". THOMAS MURPHY DUKEHART was a Member of Original Faculty, Engineering School U.S. Naval Academy, and in 1858, Pres. Andrew Johnson signed his commission as 3rd Assistant Eng. Officer.8 Children of THOMAS DUKEHART and MARY KREBS are: i. FRANCES E.7 DUKEHART, b. July 30, 1864; m. HENRY P. TALBOT. ii. THOMAS K. DUKEHART, b. July 11, 1866; d. May 03, 1933; m. FLORENCE POWER. iii. SUSAN H. DUKEHART, b. February 06, 1869; d. May 21, 1891. iv. MORTON M. DUKEHART. 19] JACOB STRUBLE DODDER (PETER HENRY5, HENRY4, JACOB3 DODDERER, BERNARD2, GEORG PHILIP1 DUDDRA) was born February 04, 1830 in Sussex, Co., New Jersey, and died April 02, 1903 in Argentine, MIchigan. He married SARAH MANN September 27, 1854 in Holly, Oakland Co., Michigan, daughter of MANN. She was born 1834 in New Jersey, and died 1916 in Michigan. Jacob had about 500 acres in sections 14, 15, and 23 in Argentine. In 1868-69 and 1872 and 1873, he held the office of township-treasurer. From 1874 to 79 he was the supervisor of this twp. He was Justice of the Peace in 1864 and Commissioner of Highways in 1860. In the early days, it took a week to go to town and back for supplies. There would be pies in the pantry to eat, but you could only take from those that were all ready cut. They had servants, but when Jacob came home, no matter what the time was, the boys had to come out and take care of the horses and carriage. They each had to take turns getting up in the morning to light the fire. He and Sarah were married in Holly, Michigan and settled in Argentine. More About JACOB STRUBLE DODDER: Burial: April 05, 1903, Fairview Cemetery, Linden, Michigan-at High & Tickner Roads Cause of Death: Sclerosis of kidneys with uremic convulsions Fact 1: Buried in Linden Cemetery. Children of JACOB DODDER and SARAH MANN are: 344. i. ANNIE7 DODDER. 345. ii. ARNOLD DODDER, d. 1940. 346. iii. MORGAN DODDER, b. Michigan. 347. iv. GEORGE M. DODDER, b. 1861, Argentine, Michigan; d. 1884. 348. v. FRANCES DODDER, b. 1862; d. 1934. 349. vi. GENEVIEVE DODDER, b. January 31, 1866; d. October 08, 1949, Linden, Michigan. 350. vii. ABI DODDER, b. August 31, 1870; d. September 07, 1954, Mundy, Michigan. viii. JOHN PETER MANN NYE DODDER, b. May 05, 1872, Michigan; d. September 20, 1948, At 1 1/2 miles east of Sand Canyon Road, Los Angeles Co., San Fernando, CA. 351. ix. HOWELL DODDER, b. March 27, 1874, Argentine, Genesee Co., MI; d. November 11, 1948, Pontiac, MI. 352. x. EARNEST DODDER, b. September 23, 1878; d. Oregan. *20] . SILAS DODDER (PETER HENRY5, HENRY4, JACOB3 DODDERER, BERNARD2, GEORG PHILIP1 DUDDRA)11 was born May 08, 1844 in Addison, Oakland County, Michigan11, and died 1925 in Oaklsnd Co., Michigan11. He married MARY BAILEY. She died in St. Maries, Idaho. Si served in the Civil War. He is mentioned in the book, 'Pistol Pete', by Frank Eaton, published by Signet. Si was later, the head of The Regulators a sort of forerunner of the KKK. According to the book, his place was burned down by the vigilantes. He lived about 4 miles east of Rock Springs, which was on the headwaters of the Red Woods Branch. William Quantrill burned the hotel there when they made the raid on Lawrence. Just north of Si's place was Twin Mounds. Marcus Whittenburg lived nearby. Si supposedly settled later on in Idaho. In 1869 along the old Santa Fe Trail where Texas cattle had been driven, the native cattle began to die of Texas fever. By fall nearly everyone along the trail had lost his entire herd. Children of SILAS DODDER and MARY BAILEY are: 367. i. HATTIE7 DODDER, b. August 08, 1870. 368. ii. HOMER R. DODDER, b. August 02, 1872. 369. iii. VERA DODDER, b. July 10, 1874. 370. iv. EVA DODDER, b. July 25, 1877. 371. v. PEARL DODDER, b. September 04, 1879, Overbrook, Kansas; d. June 21, 1960, Porterville, California. vi. CLYDE DODDER, b. 1881. vii. GERMAINE DODDER, b. December 08, 1886; m. WILLIAM THRUN. 372. viii. ELMER DODDER, b. May 06, 1890. *21] ELIZABETH ANNA WILCKENS (ELIZABETH ANN6 WICHALHAUSEN, HENRIETTA HARRIET5 DUKEHART, ELIZABETH MARIA4 DOTTERER, GEORGE PHILIP3, JOHANN MICHAEL2, GEORG PHILIP1 DUDDRA) She married DEWITT CLINTON WELD September 05, 1865. Child of ELIZABETH WILCKENS and DEWITT WELD is: i. DEWITT CLINTON8 WELD14, b. July 18, 186814. Notes for DEWITT CLINTON WELD: AT the age of 18, on March 8, 1887, he enlisted in Company A, 23rd Inf., New York Nat. Guard, of Brooklyn, NY. After passing through non-commission grades of Corp., and Sgt., and 1st Lt., he was commissioned 2nd Lt. Nov. 16, 1892, then promoted to 1st Lt. Feb., 3, 1896 which rank he held until he resigned from the Guard Sept. 18, 1902. Later, he enlisted as Captain of the 2nd Field Artillery, NY Nat. Guard in 1912 and was commissioned Major in 1916. He accompanied his command to the Mexican border, during the troubles with that Country. In Oct., 1917, while a student at Ft. Sill, OK, in the First WAr Class, he was commissioned Lt. Col. When war was declared with Germany the 2nd Field Art. was inc. into the 105th. He went overseas and Reg. Commander. The first engagement of his command was on Sept. 25th, 1918. He became a full Colonel of Artillery, U.S. Army after the battle. Hill 378, in Oct. also known as Borne de Cornouiller, was the objective of Weld's command attached to the 79th Div. He was decorated with the Distinguished Service Medal for success in this engagement and cited for the successful direction of his units in support of the 156th Infantry Brigade in operations north of Verdun, November 4th to 11th, 1918. On his return to New York at the close of the war he was decorated with the Conspicuous Service Cross of New York State with three crosses (three citations), the Victory Medal with three bronze and two silver stars. he was awarded the French Legion of Honor. In January, 1920, Colonel Weld was made Brigadier General and placed in command of the reorganized 52nd Field Artillery Association, only two Nat. Guard Officers from the entire United States being permitted to serve on this board.[A AA Dodder May 2000.FTW] AT the age of 18, on March 8, 1887, he enlisted in Company A, 23rd Inf., New York Nat. Guard, of Brooklyn, NY. After passing through non-commission grades of Corp., and Sgt., and 1st Lt., he was commissioned 2nd Lt. Nov. 16, 1892, then promoted to 1st Lt. Feb., 3, 1896 which rank he held until he resigned from the Guard Sept. 18, 1902. Later, he enlisted as Captain of the 2nd Field Artillery, NY Nat. Guard in 1912 and was commissioned Major in 1916. He accompanied his command to the Mexican border, during the troubles with that Country. In Oct., 1917, while a student at Ft. Sill, OK, in the First WAr Class, he was commissioned Lt. Col. When war was declared with Germany the 2nd Field Art. was inc. into the 105th. He went overseas and Reg. Commander. The first engagement of his command was on Sept. 25th, 1918. He became a full Colonel of Artillery, U.S. Army after the battle. Hill 378, in Oct. also known as Borne de Cornouiller, was the objective of Weld's command attached to the 79th Div. He was decorated with the Distinguished Service Medal for success in this engagement and cited for the successful direction of his units in support of the 156th Infantry Brigade in operations north of Verdun, November 4th to 11th, 1918. On his return to New York at the close of the war he was decorated with the Conspicuous Service Cross of New York State with three crosses (three citations), the Victory Medal with three bronze and two silver stars. he was awarded the French Legion of Honor. In January, 1920, Colonel Weld was made Brigadier General and placed in command of the reorganized 52nd Field Artillery Association, only two Nat. Guard Officers from the entire Unitd States being permitted to serve on this board. 22] THOMAS E. UPTON (MEHETABLE6 RIDER, SARAH5 MURLIN, SARAH4 DODDERER, PHILIP3, BERNARD2, GEORG PHILIP1 DUDDRA) was born February 02, 1858, and died March 20, 1915 in Mercer County, Ohio. He married ETTIE HAMILTON August 17, 1882, daughter of HUGH HAMILTON and ANGELINE. She was born July 11, 1859 in Mercer County, Ohio, and died August 04, 1895 in Mercer County, Ohio. Thomas E. Upton, the leading merchant of Mendon, was born in Union Township, Mercer Conty, Ohio, Feb. 2, 1858. He is a son of Thomas and Mehetabel [Rider] Upton. He was the seventh born in a family of eight. His early boyhood and youth were spent at home attending school and in fitting himself for an active business career. At the age of fifteen he entered the college at Bourbon, Indiana, where he remained two years and where he finished the education begun in the common schools. Becoming a clerk in the business house of Lawerence, Matchett & Co., in Bourbon, after finishing his educational training, he remained in that position five years and then went to Nolin, Hardin County, KY, where he engaged in a successful business for himself, in 1892 returning to Mendon, and establishing the business in which he has ever since been engaged. The handsome business block in which his business is conducted he erected in 1895. It is 80 X 90 feet in dimensions. In this room he has the most complete general store imaginable, and many a town larger than Mendon is without as fine a place of business. The second story is utilized as an opera house, and many villages larger than this might well envy it its possession of so commodious and elegant a place of entertainment. To this Mr. Upton gives his personal attention, as well as to his general store. * from Family Tree Maker CD450 County and Family Histories: Ohio Disk rm Vol. I, Biographical History of Mercer Co., Children of THOMAS UPTON and ETTIE HAMILTON are: i. THOMAS HUGH8 UPTON. ii. IRENE UPTON. iii. MAUD UPTON. iv. WILLIAM ROSCOE UPTON. *22] CHARLES NELSON DODDER (ABRAHAM6, JACOB5 DODDERER, ABRAHAM4 DODDER, JACOB3 DODDERER, BERNARD2, GEORG PHILIP1 DUDDRA) was born March 04, 1851 in Port Jarvis, New York, and died May 20, 1926 in Washington, Iowa. He married EMELINE WOOD April 02, 1874 in Washington, Iowa, daughter of SAMUEL WOOD and NELLY GARREN. She was born July 18, 1852 in Washington, Iowa17,18, and died December 14, 1934 in Washington, Iowa19,20. He was a painter in Washington, Iowa and was one of the best known men in his trade, not only in this community, but in southeastern Iowa. He took contracts for a large amount of interior decorating, frescoing churches, school buildings and residences. He died of Heart Disease(Age74) Children of CHARLES DODDER and EMELINE WOOD are: 513. i. CLARA MELSENE8 DODDER, b. April 14, 1875, Washington, Iowa; d. December 09, 1963, Stillwater, Oklahoma. ii. LENA MURIEL DODDER20, b. January 19, 1877, Washington, Iowa21,22; d. November 16, 1877, Washington, Iowa23,24. 514. iii. SARAH OLE DODDER, b. October 07, 1879, Washington, Iowa; d. March 14, 1907, unknown. 515. iv. HARRISON MORTON DODDER, b. October 31, 1888, Washington, Iowa; d. October 13, 1947, Washington, Iowa. v. NELLIE ELIZABETH DODDER24, b. December 14, 1890, Washington, Iowa25,26; d. November 17, 1978, Washington, Iowa26. 516. vi. LAVONIA EMELINE DODDER, b. April 13, 1894, Washington, Iowa; d. July 01, 1969, Packwood, Iowa. *23] SARAH DUTROW (JACOB H.7 DUTTERER, JAMES E.6, GEORGE5, JOHN4, CONRAD3 DOTTERER, JOHANN MICHAEL2, GEORG PHILIP1 DUDDRA) was born December 13, 1879. She married J. D. I. FLYNN who survived the Titanic disaster. Child of SARAH DUTROW and J. FLYNN is: i. KATHERINE9 FLYNN, m. FRANCIS W. MORRIS. *24] JIMMIE SIDNEY DODDERER (NORMAN EDWARD7, ERASTUS WILLIAM6, PHILIP5, PHILIP4, PHILIP3, BERNARD2, GEORG PHILIP1 DUDDRA) was born April 20, 1917 in Kiowa, Oklahoma. He married NELLIE MAE BYRD March 13, in Yuma, Arizona, daughter of WADIE BYRD and NOLLIE FRYE. She was born January 26, . Children of JIMMIE DODDERER and NELLIE BYRD are: i. WILLIE EDWARD BUSTER9 DODDERER, b. June 26, , Paris, Texas; m. (1) CINDA TAYLOR; m. (2) SUSAN GALLOWAY, November , Las Vegas, Nevada. WILLIE EDWARD BUSTER DODDERER enjoyed painting and drawing. He served in the US Army and had active duty in Viet Nam in 1968-69, where he received a Purple Heart. From the Struble Line *25] PRESIDENT OF THE USA DWIGHT DAVID IKE8 EISENHOWER (DAVID JACOB7 EISENHAUER, JACOB FREDERICK6, FREDRICK5, JOHANN PETER4, ANNA MARGARETHA STRUBLE -3, PETER -2 GEORGE -1 )was born October 14, 1890 in US President, Denison, Texas, and died March 28, 1969 in Walter Reed Army Hospital, Washington, D.C.. He married MAMIE GENEVA DOUD July 01, 1916 in Denver, Colorado, daughter of JOHN DOUD and ELIVERA CARLSON. She was born November 14, 1896 in Boone, Iowa, and died November 01, 1979 in Walter Reed Army Hospital, Washington, D.C.. Notes for PRESIDENT OF THE USA DWIGHT DAVID IKE EISENHOWER: He moved from Texas when still an infant. He grew up in Abiline, Kansas. They lived on the wrong side of the tracks. The barn at the back of their house was filled with cows and chickens. They raised vegetables and fruit. The boys took turns rising before dawn to build a fire in the kitchen stove, milked the cows, gathered eggs, pulled weeds in the vegetable garden, washed dishes, helped with the laundry and wore hand me down clothes. Ike also rode, swam, cooked out, hunted, fished for carp and catfish and explored the country around where they lived. He worked picking apples for the town cider mill and worked on a crew of wheat harvesters. He even worked at the creamery where his father worked. In 1904, he started high school. He attended Abilene High School. He made near perfect grades in history and geometry. All other classes were in the 80's and 90's. He loved baseball and football. One day while racing home from school, he stumbled over a brick and skinned his left knee. A few mornings later, he awoke with a bad ache in that leg. That night the foot turned black and swollen. There was a red streak running up the leg. Dr. Conklin said it was blood poisoning. The next morning the black swelling was close to his knee. The Dr. said if it reached his abdomen, he would die. He wanted to amputate. Ike told his brother, Edgar, "Don't let them operate. I would rather die." That night, when Ike's fever rose, he began to sink into a coma. Edgar planted himself in the doorway and said "Nobody is going to touch Dwight." He slept on the floor and only allowed the Dr. to change dressings and put carbolic acid on the would. On the third day the fever broke and the swelling began to recede. In three weeks, Ike was back on his feet. Edgar and Ike graduated in the class of 1909. Edgar had dropped out for two years and Ike for one. The school yearbook made some interesting prophecies about them. Edgar, it said would be the President of the United States some day. Dwight would teach history, his favorite subject at Yale. They both wanted to continue their education but didn't have the money. They made a pact. One would go to school while the other worked and supported them. They would switch off each year. Edgar went first. He studied law at the University of Michigan. Ike worked on a farm, in a factory, at the creamery, and dumping 300 pound loads of ice down a chute for $32.50 a month. Later he was promoted to the night shift, earning $90 as a engineering technician. His friend, Everett E. Hazlett received a congressional appointment to Annapolis and was cramming for the entrance exams. He suggested that Ike check in to it. He applied to Senator Bristow and was invited to take the War Department exam for Annapolis or West Point. Ike studied with his friend and in October 1910 took the exams. He came out first for Annapolis but was ineligible because he was over 20. The man who came in first for West Point couldn't go, so Ike, who was the second choice was ordered to report on June 14. His parents were upset, but they did not interfere. And so began his destiny which would lead him to become the Supreme Commander for World War II. Then later, to become the President of the United States of America. Early in the 1912 season, Ike was one of West Point's outstanding football players. Later in the fall, two weeks before the 1912 Army-Navy game, he damaged his knee in a game with the famous athelete Jim Thorpe [Carlisle, Penn. team] and then by playing again the following week in the Tufts game, it cost him his football career. Ike graduated in 1915 as a member of the class "the stars fell on." Out of its 164 members, 59 became general. Its nearest conpetitor was the class of 1917, which produced 43 generals. After America declared war on Germany in 1917, Eisenhower tried to get himself assigned overseas without success,. He was sent to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania to command a camp for training in new and untested weapons--tanks. He was so good at this, that he later received the Distinguished Service Medal for it. While at Camp Meade Maryland, he got to know George Patton who had seen combat in France. Patton and Ike loved the tanks and thought it had potential as a new offensive weapon. Through Patton, Eisenhower met General Fox Conner who had been General John J. Pershing's operations officer in France. Conner was so impressed with Ike that he managed to get him sent to Panama in the early 1920's. Conners loved military history and required Ike's reading of military history. Conner had Ike sent to the Army's prestigious Command and General Staff school at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas in 1925. He graduated first in his class of 275. After the war, he became President of Columbia University, then took leave to assume supreme command over the new NATO forces being assembled in 1951. Republican emissaries to his headquarters near Paris persuaded him to run for President in 1952. President Eisenhower, an avid golfer, had a putting green installed on the White House lawn. He also banished squirrels from the grounds because they were ruining the green. Dwight obtained a truce in Korea, as president, and worked incessantly during his two terms to ease the tensions of the Cold War. He pursued the moderate policies of "Modern Republicanism," pointing out as he left office, "America is today the strongest, most influential, and most productive nation in the world." serving under Generals John J. Pershing, Douglas MacArthur, and Walter Krueger. After Pearl Harbor, General George C. Marshall called him to Washington for a war plans assignment. He commanded the Allied Forces landing in North Africa in November 1942; on D-Day, 1944, he was Supreme Commander of the troops invading France. In domestic policy the President pursued a middle course, continuing most of the New Deal and Fair Deal programs, emphasizing a balanced budget. As desegregation of schools began, he sent troops into Little Rock, Arkansas, to assure compliance with the orders of a Federal court; he also ordered the complete desegregation of the Armed Forces. "There must be no second class citizens in this country," he wrote. He reportedly told his wife several times that his country was first and she was second. He loved Western magazines and books. His favorite foods were steak, fried chicken, pork chops, lamb chops, roast beef, broiled fish and a special baked-bean dish without tomato sauce, made with salt pork, molasses and onions. He loved to cook. He make a chicken vegetable soup that took two days to prepare. Key ingredients were turnips, cabbage and nasturtium stems. As a point of interest for our family, the Dodder family, [linked to the Eisenhowers through the Strubles] Ike served with the 19th Infantry at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas after his graduation is 1915. Ollie Culver was there in 1915 also, chasing Pancho Villa around. San Antonio is where Ike met his future wife Mamie. He pulled duty near the Mexican border in the fall of 1916. He was said to have had a 'rich' vocabulary as most army men did. In 1919, the Army sent a truck convoy from coast to coast to test its vehicles on the mostly unpaved roads of the USA of those days to show Americans the equipment used during the war and to dramatize the lack of good highways. They left Washington D. C. July 7 and arrived in San Franciso on September 6th. They averaged 5 miles an hour on the trip. Ike had a great time during the trip, hunting, fishing and playing poker and practical jokes. Later he used the experience to promote one of his greatest achievements during his presidency, the U. S. Interstate Highway System. In 1922-24, he served under General Fox Conner, one of the Army's 'brains' and one of the three most important generals who influenced Ike's career. He said of Conner, that he was "the ablest man I ever knew." In 1929, he returned to Washington to work in the office of the assistant secretary of war and in the early 1930's, he served as Army Chief of Staff Douglas MacArthur's aide. In 1935, he served in the Philippines under MacArthur and became the liaison between the American proconsul and the Philippine president Quezon. He shave his haid here for comfort. He had the ability to utterly concentrate on whatever he was doing at the time. He became a brigadier general at the end of the great Louisiana maneuvers in Lake Charles in 1941. Three months later, Pearl Harbor was bombed in the sneak attack by the Japanese. Chief of Staff George Marshall needed a planning officer who knew both the Far East and its American commander MacArthur, and Eisenhower met those qualifications perfectly. He arrived in Washington D.C. on December 14, 1941. Ike's ability to get along with the other agencies including the Navy was a plus and on his trip to England, he was a great hit with the British also. In June of 1942, Marshall picked him to be the European Theater of Operations commander and President Roosevelt backed him also. He was on his way up! He of course, served as President with Richard Nixon as his vice president. He was well versed in the Bible. He knew the military campaigns described in the Old Testament. He had a deep faith in a sovereign God as a creator, a sustainer and a redeemer of life. He lived in that hope and that assurance. He did not attend church regularly. He later became a Presbyterian. He always prayed during the war before making any major decision. He did the same in the Oval Office. He opened every Cabinet meeting be calling for a minute of silent prayer. Two quotes from his final moments. "I've always loved my wife. I've always loved my children. I've always loved my grandhildren. And I have always loved my country." On March 28, 1969, he said, "I want to go. God take me." He died that day with Mamie holding his hand. DWIGHT EISENHOWER Dwight David Eisenhower was an American president and military leader. He was born in 1890 at Texas and died in 1969. He graduated from West Point Military Academy in 1915 and in 1935 served in the Philippines at Manila under MacArthur and from 1940 held high staff appointments at Washington. In June 1942 he was sent to England as US Commander in the European theatre and in November 1942 became Commander in Chief of the American and British forces on the occasion of the invasion of North Africa. Notes for MAMIE GENEVA DOUD: She was raised in a well to do family. She was a very good piano player. She had a heart valve scarred by an undiagnosed attack of rheumatic fever. She tired easily and had a chronic stomach ailment. She took care of the families finances and they never once were in debt. She once said, "I've kept house in everything but an igloo....they moved 35 times in the first 35 years of their marriage. She mentioned during the final days of her husbands life to lady Bird Johnson that she was afraid to return to Gettysburg and live alone. Mrs. Johnson told the President and he got legislation enacted that for the first time gave widows of Chief Executives protection for life by the Secret Service. She attended church often and each night before retiring she read a passage from the Bible. She was intensely patriotic and always wore an American flag pin. Mamie liked George Bush and supported him in the 1980 campaign. Ike had always liked him too. "Their simplicity, strength of character and charm reflected the heartland of our country. They were America." Lester and Irene David. She once said, "I have but one career and its name is Ike." Another notable first lady, Abigail Adams, once said in 1809, "No man ever prospered in the world without the consent and cooperation of his wife,". And Martha Washington once said in 1789, "There is certain bounds set for me which I must not depart from- and as I cannot do as I like, I am obstinate and stay at home a great deal." Marriage Notes for DWIGHT EISENHOWER and MAMIE DOUD: He wore his white dress uniform and she wore a floor length dress of off-white Chantilly lace with a pink cummerbund circling her waist. She carried a bouquet of white lilies of the valley and pale pink roses. They were married in the Douds's music room decorated with pink gladioli. A harpist played. Only the immediate family were there. Ike cut the wedding cake with his sword. Dr. William Williamson performed the ceremony. Children of DWIGHT EISENHOWER and MAMIE DOUD are: i. DOUD DWIGHT8 EISENHOWER, b. September 24, 1917, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; d. January 02, 1921, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. Notes for DOUD DWIGHT EISENHOWER: His father, Ike, was in Ft. Oglethorpe in Georgia at the time of his birth and did not know about it for two days. Icky's grandmother Doud was there with his mother. They were taken to the post hospital in a mule-drawn ambulance. He was born shortly before 8 in the morning. On December 23, 1920, Icky began vomiting. He said his head and throat hurt. They called the Dr. He said the boy probably had Mamie's cold. On Christmas day, he seemed worse. A rash appeared on his neck and chest and spread quickly over his entire body except for his face. His temperatue hit 105. His tongue was bright red. He was put in the hospital. he died on January 2, 1921. Ike wrote nearly a half century later: "This was the greatest disappointment and disaster of my life, the one I have never been able to forget completely. Today when I think of it, even now as I write of it, the keenness of our loss comes back to me as freash and terrible as it was in that long dark day"..... ii. JOHN SHERIDAN DOUD EISENHOWER, b. August 03, 1922, Denver, Colorado; m. BARBARA JEAN THOMPSON, July 10, 1947. Notes for JOHN SHERIDAN DOUD EISENHOWER: When he was born, his father was there and broke into tears when he held him for the first time. His father remained distant with him. His mother was over protective. Of course, this was because of Icky's death. On June 6th, 1944, D Day, John graduated from West Point. It was all a blur to his mother, Mamie, who had heard of the D Day invasion that her husband was in charge of, that very morning. This message was read before the class of almost five hundred. It was sent by John's father, General Eisenhower. "Clearly and soberly recognizing the sterness of the tasks still ahead of us in this war, we face them calmly and with confidence, because of our trust in divine Providence and our faith in America and in her young leaders, upon whose shoulders the heaviest burdens habitually fall. We know that in the soldierly qualities of devotion to duty, character and skill, you will measure up to the high standards and examples daily being set by your contemporaries from all walks of life, who are carrying on the work in which you will soon be engaged." After lunch that day, John received his orders and left within a few hours on the 'Queen Mary' headed for the war zone. He was Brigadier General A.U.S., Ret. Notes for BARBARA JEAN THOMPSON: She met John overseas.