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 1828 - 1921 (92 years)
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| Name |
Eli Sidney Dodson |
| Birth |
22 May 1828 |
White County, Tennessee  [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Occupation |
Attorney & Judge [3] |
| Military |
CSA Colonel [2, 4] |
| Death |
26 Feb 1921 |
Yellville, Marion County, Arkansas [2, 5] |
| Person ID |
I19732 |
The Hennessee Family |
| Last Modified |
11 Dec 2013 |
| Father |
Eli Dodson, b. 27 Jun 1798, Shenandoah County, Commonwealth of Virginia d. 13 Mar 1828, White County, Tennessee (Age 29 years) |
| Mother |
Mary M. "Polly" Goad, b. 0___ 1807, Commonwealth of Virginia d. 18 Nov 1839, White County, Tennessee (Age ~ 32 years) |
| Marriage |
27 Aug 1827 |
(White County, Tennessee) [1] |
| Family ID |
F6895 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Rhoda Caroline Cantrell, b. 11 Nov 1827, Marion County, Alabama d. 14 Apr 1870, Yellville, Marion County, Arkansas (Age 42 years) |
| Marriage |
0___ 1847 |
Aurora, Madison Co., AR [6] |
| Children |
| | 1. William B. Dodson, b. 0___ 1848 d. 0___ 1928, Comanche County, Oklahoma (Age ~ 80 years) |
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| Family ID |
F10439 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
30 Apr 2023 |
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| Notes |
- Moved to Madison Co.,AR with his uncle, Alexander Goad, in 1834.
- http://argenweb.net/marion/familylines/cantrellfamilyhistory.htm
Renee Cone Pero notes that Eli was a Judge and Lawyer at Boone Co., Ark. Rhoda and Eli had 12 children. After the death of Rhoda then Eli married Mary Hastings. Mary died and then Eli married the sister of Rhoda, Mary Catherine Cantrell. She and Eli had 9 children.
http://www.argenweb.net/marion/cemetery/cemeteries-marion-co-ar.html
Dodson Cemetery: This family cemetery is located on the old Bob Berry place. Eli Dodson owned the farm in 1860-70s. Totally destroyed by 1988. (MCH remember this book was published in 1977: is a small cemetery on Crooked Creek, about 3 miles east of Yellville in a field of the Jefferson farm. Eli Dodson once owned that farm. He had 3 wives and 21 children, and buried 2 wives and several children there. Most stones are down and it has not been used for years. Eli Dodson was a pioneer settler and for a decade was prominent in politics in Marion and later Boone counties.)
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- Eli Dodson:
Born: May 28, 1828
Birthplace: White County Tennessee
1st Wife: Rhoda Cantrell Dodson
2nd Wife: Mary Hastings Dodson
3rd Wife: Mary Cantrell Dodson
Occupation before War:
Farmer & Attorney in Yellville Arkansas
Clerk of Arkansas Circuit Court
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Lt. Colonel of 14th Arkansas Infantry Regiment
1862: Wounded in hip during the Battle of Pea Ridge Arkansas
1862: Colonel of 14th Arkansas Infantry Regiment
1862 – 1863: Arkansas State Senator
1862: Captured and Exchanged during the Battle of Port Hudson
1862: Resigned as Colonel on May of 1862 due to bad health
Occupation after War:
Attorney in Yellville Arkansas
Attorney in Boone & Marion Counties in Arkansas
1866: Arkansas State Representative
1872 – 1880: Arkansas State Senator
1880 – 1882: Judge of Court in Arkansas
1892 – 1896: Judge of Court in Arkansas
Died: February 26, 1921
Place of Death: Kingdom Springs Arkansas
Age at time of Death: 92 years old
Burial Place: Private Cemetery on Purdom Farm Marion Co. Arkansas
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