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Submitted: 12/26/15 • Approved: 12/27/15 • Last Updated: 3/26/18 • R780923-G0-S3
MAJOR Field & Staff 2 cavalry Missouri State Militia
Civil War Union
December 7, 1818 - December 25, 1879
ISOM B. DODSON.—Born in Wayne County, Indiana, December 7, 1818; died in Kirksville in 1879. He came to Adair County in 1841, and soon rose to prominence. He was sheriff from 1847 to 1851, and State Senator at the time of the passing of the Drake Constitution. He was major of the Eighteenth Missouri Cavalry. He was survived by his wife, who was Miss Nancy Murphy, and their two [sic] children.
History of Adair County
By Eugene Morrow Violette
Parents:
John Randall Dodson (1792 - 1868)
Sarah Burnett Dodson (1797 - 1885)
Spouse:
Nancy Jane Murphy Dodson (1824 - 1918)
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Contributed on 12/26/15 by hawkinsdonna48
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