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Note for: Billy Jo DODD, 31 AUG 1940 - 28 AUG 2004 Index

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According to Lucy Miller Dodd's notes, went to Lexington, KY. From obit: Mr. Dodd served in the U.S. Coast Guard for 11 years. He worked at Brock-McVey in Frankfort.

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Note for: Harold L. DODD, NOV 1885 - Index

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According to Lucy Dodd Miller's notes: Had left and been gone for years; when found, he had changed his name, but reported his sister knew where he was all the time.

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Note for: Inez SOMEBODY, ABT 1877 - Index

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According to Lucy Dodd Miller's notes, from Springfield, MO.

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Note for: Mary L. HUBBARD, 1876 - 1938 Index

Burial:
     Place:   Sulphur Springs Cem.

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     Lived in Mason City, IL in 1934, according to family records.

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Note for: Fances Emily THRAWL, 1 DEC 1857 - 11 DEC 1952 Index

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Called "Fanny."

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Note for: Caroline SPENCER, 1839 - 1918 Index

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According to Lucy Dodd Miller's notes, called "Tiny."

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Note for: Elizabeth DODD, 1849 - Index

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According to Lucy Dodd Miller's notes, called "Lizzie."

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Note for: William Gibson MILLER, 3 FEB 1838 - 16 AUG 1911 Index

Burial:
     Place:   Sulphur Springs Cem.

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     History of Sangamon County, p. 1466-7: After his marriage and a crop failure in 1859, William G. returned to Chatham Twp. to care for his father. On 9 Aug 1862, he enlisted and was accepted in Company I, 73rd IL Inf. After muster at Camp Butler, he was sent to Lexington, KY and then to Covington, KY. He participated in the Battle of Perryville on 8 October 1862; the battle of Stone River on 21 December of that year; Chickamauga on 19 & 20 September, 1863; Missionary Ridge, 24 & 25 November; and, on 9 May 1864, Rocky Face. He was wounded twice and was in hospital in Nashville, TN till 22 July, 1864. Rejoining his unit for battles at Spring Hill, Franklin and Nashville in November and December. During this time, Company I had been reduced from 73 to 27 men, only 5 of whom were able to answer roll call. William G. learned of his wife's death while stationed in KY.
Upon returning home, after discharge in 1865, he married again and eventually settled on Section 22, Loami Twp., where he built a house on his family farm of 80 acres,in Section 22 of Loami Twp. By 1896, the farm was over 200 acres in size. Mr. Miller became a stockholder and Vice-President of Farmers State Bank and was a Methodist.
According to an august 16, 1911 article in a Springfield newspaper, Mr. Miller was killed by an explosion of a traction engine used as part of a corn sheller. He was killed instantly, being directly in line of the force of the exploding boiler. Many people witnessed the accident and Carson Dodd, 18 years old at the time, was injured as were several others.
After his death, his daughter Edna, and her husband Cecil Keplinger, moved into his house, living with widow Sarah Hall Miller.

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Note for: Presley S. LANDERS, - Index

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Known as "Press."

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Note for: John Marion DODD, 18 MAY 1864 - 31 DEC 1933 Index

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According to Lucy Miller Dodd's notes, shot his stepfather, named BEAN. According to his obit, Mr Dodd had a half-brother, Charles T. Dodd living in Maize, KS in 1910.

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Note for: George Francis DODD, 20 SEP 1867 - 30 OCT 1952 Index

Burial:
     Place:   Campbell Cemetery

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     According to obit for John Marion Dodd, he lived in Loami.

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Note for: Beatrice Loraine CAMPBELL, 11 OCT 1866 - 28 JUL 1936 Index

Burial:
Place: Campbell Cemetery

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Note for: Elizabeth E. DODD, 1892 - 1932 Index

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According to Lucy Dodd Miller, was known as Bess.