Family
The Dodge brothers were the sons of machinist Daniel Rugg Dodge (1819 – 1897) and Maria Duval Casto (1823 – 1906). Maria was Daniel's second wife. They had an elder full sister Della Ione (1863 – 1936)and older half brother Charles Frontier Dodge (1855-1926), and half sister Laura Belle (1858-?) from Daniel's first marriage to Lorinda Gould (1820-1860).
John Dodge married Canadian Ivy Hawkins (1864–1902) in September 1892. They had three children:
- Winifred (1894–1980)
- Isabel Cleves (1896–1962)
- John Duval (1898–1942)
Following Ivy Dodge's death from tuberculosis, he secretly married Isabelle Smith (who was his housekeeper) in Walkerville, Ontario on December 8, 1902. They separated in 1905 and quietly divorced in 1907. The marriage was kept a secret until after Matilda's death. He married Matilda Rausch (1883–1967) shortly after the divorce from Isabelle, with whom he had three more children:
- Frances Matilda (1914–1971)
- Daniel George (1917–1938)
- Anna Margaret (1919–1924)
In 1908, he and Matilda purchased Meadow Brook Farms near Rochester, Michigan. At Meadow Brook, their eldest child, Frances, developed a love of horses that led her to acquire Castleton Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, and turn it into one of the leading horse breeding operations in the United States. Dodge's daughter Isabel established Brookmeade Stable. It became a major participant in Thoroughbred horse racing and owned several Champions, including the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame horses, Cavalcade and Sword Dancer.
Great grandson is film producer John F Dodge III
Read more about this topic: John Francis Dodge
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