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Menonionie Indians, by which they ceiltnl to the Uniteil States, 4,0(M),00(» acres of land in Micliigan and Wisconsin. lie was removed from ofiice l>y President Tyler in 1841: was a delejr.it e from Wisconsin Territory to the 27th and 28th con- K'resses. 1841—10; and again governor of the terri- tory, 184o— 18, under appointment of President Polk. He w;\s a senator in congress from the ni'w state of Wisconsin from June, 1848, to March 3. 18.)T. He married in 1800 Christiana McDonald. He died m Burlington. Iowa, June 19, 1867.

DODGE, Joshua Eric, la\\-}-er, was born at Arlington. Ma.ss., Oct. 2."). 1854; son of Joshua Giddings and Mary (Herrick) Dodge; gi-andson of David Dmlge, and of Henry Herrick, and a de- scendant of Richard Dodge, who emigrated from England in 16:38 and settled at Salem, Mass. He was grailuated from Iowa college in 1875, and from the Bo.ston university law school in 1877, and was admitted to the bar in the latter year. He practised in Cambridge, 1877-78, and in 1878 removed to Rjicine, "Wis. He delivered a course of seven lectures at the Livw school of Racine col- lege in 1SS6. He was a member of the "Wisconsin state assembly, 1891, of the Democratic state cen- tral committee, 1888-94, and chairman of the Wisconsin state commission appointed for the I)urpose of promoting imiformity of legislation amongst the various states, 1892-93. In 1893 he was ajipointe 1 by President Cleveland, assistant attorney general of the United States imder Ricliard Olney. In July, 1897, he resigned that position and resumed private practice at Mil- waukee, Wis.

DODGE, Mary Abby, author, was born at Hamilton, Mass., March 31, 1833; daugliter of James Brown and Hannah (Stanwood) Dodge; granddaughter of Jonathan and ^lary (Brown) Dodge, and of Isaac and Eunice (Hodg- kins) Stanwood, and a descendant of Wil- liam Dodge and Philip Stanwood. She was graduated at Ipswich seminarj- in 1850, and N became assistant

I teacher there the same year. In 1854 she went to Hartford, Conn., as assistant in the seminary and af- ■^ _ - . jP terward in the high

M^Uy /^i!^^ ^^^t^^ school. In 1858-60 .she f ^ O taught in the family

of Dr. Gamaliel Bailey of Wa.'.hington, D.C., through whose paper, 77/e Nntionnl Era, she first became known as a writer. She wrote under the pen-name '* Gail Hamilton, "

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and became a frequent contributor to current literature. In the years 1865-72 she was one of the editors of Our Young Folks and Wood's Ilouse- hohl Marjaziae. In 1870 she l)egan to spend her winters in Washington in the family of her cousin, tlie Hon. James G. Blaine. She identified her- self witii many public questions, advocating the cause of Philip Spencer, Mrs. I\Iaybrick, and the Armenians, and in 1877 .she contributed to the New York Tribune a series of vigorous articles on civil-service reform. Her published volumes are : Country Livimj and Country Thinking (1862); (rala Days (1863) ; A Xew Atmosphere (1864) ; StumhUnij Blocks (1864) ; Skirmishes and Sketches (1865) ; Hed Letter Days in Applethorpe (1866); Summer Best (1866); Wool Gathering (^ISGl) ; Woman's Wrongs (1868); A Battle of the Books (1870); Woman's Worth and Worthlessness (1871) ; Little Folk Life (1872); Child- World (1872-73); Little Folk Life Series (\yith Elizabeth Stoddard, 3 vols., 1874); Twelve Miles from a Lemon (1874); Nursery Noon- ings (1874) ; Sermons to the Clergy (1875) ; mint Think Ye of Christ? (1876); First Love is Best (1877); Our Common School System (1880); Divine Guidance: Memorial of Allen W. Dodge (1881); The LisuppressiUe Book (1885) ; A Washington Bible Class (1891); English Kings in a Nutshell (1893) ; James G. Blaine (1895) ; and NBays (1896). She died at Hamilton, Mass., Aug. 17, 1896.

DODGE, Mary Mapes, author, was born in New York city, Jan. 26, 1838; daughter of Prof. James Jaj- and Sophia (Furman) Mapes. She acquired a good education imder private tutors, and in 1851 was married to William Dodge, a lawj^er. Her husband died in 1858 leaving her with two sons to support and educate. She at once began literary work and became editorial writer on the newly established Hearth and Home. She had cliarge of the household and children's departments of that paper for many j-ears. On the foundation of St. Nicholas in 1873 she became editor and manager. She published: Irvington Stories (1864) ; Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates (1865); A Feio Friends, and Hoio They Amused Themselves (1869); Rhymes and Jingles (1874): Theophilus and Others (1876); Along the Waij (1879); Donald and Dorothy (1883); Baby Days (edited, 1883) ; Baby World (edited, 1884) : Tlo- Land of Pluck (1894) : When Life is Young (1894 ■ ; A NeicJiaby World (1S97): besides numerous con- tributions to curn-iit literature.

DODGE, Melvin Gilbert, librarian, was born at East Rodman, N.Y., Feb. 17, 1868; son of Wil- liam Strong and Cj-nthia (Ballard) Dodge, and grandson of Sylvester and Margaret (McChesney) Dodge and of Samuel and Diana (Rising) Ballard. He prepared for college at the Ailams (N.Y. ) collegiate institute, 1883-86 and was graduated at Hamilton college, A.B., 1890, A.M., 1894. He