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| John O. Dodge, lumberman, East Smethport, was born in Kennebec county, ME., January 14, 1846, a son of John P. and Rosannah (Richardson) Dodge, natives of Maine. He recieved his education in the common schools, and his early boyhood days were spent with his father upon the home farm. He enlisted in the United States service in September, 1864, and was assigned to Company K, Ninth Maine Regiment of Infantry, but his service was comparatively brief, being discharged the following May on account of disability. Returning home,he purchased a farm in Kennebec county, ME, and was married in May 1868 to Miss Miranda, a daughter of J.M. and Olive Scammon Lane, of Penobscot county, ME, and they are the parents of one child, Jennie, wife of F. L. Sherburn, of Mount Alton, Penn. Mr. Dodge sold his farm in 1869, and went to Old Town, ME , where he began lumbering, remaining there two years. He followed the same business in Barlett, N.H., until 1879; then came to McKean county, Penn., where he is still engaged in the lumber business. In 1888 he purchased the farm where he now resides. He is a member of the A.O.U.W., No. 182. In politics he is a Republican, and in religion is a Methodist. |
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