This is only a possible connection but this information is from a relative Kavanaugh Watt Dodson who trace his linage or at least came up with , James Jeremiah Dodson and his two brothers Elisha Simmon Dodson and John Paul Dodson came to the United States in the late 17 century. They landed at Louisiana and went there seperate ways. All three were Evangelist and one went east, one went west and one went north. Jeremiah went north up the Mississippi river to the mouth of the Arkansas, and went up the Arkansas to the northeast part of Oklahoma, where he married his wife . They had two sons Newton Columbus Dodson and John Jeremiah Dodson. James Jeremiah Dodsons wife was Bright Star the daughter of an Osage Indian chief, and James Jeremiah Dodson lived with her tribe until he was accused of telling tribal secrets and was scalped by Bright Stars people sometime in 181?. Afterwards Bright Star left the tribe and moved to Cambridge massachusetts. There she raised her two boys, Newton Columbus Dodson and John Jeremiah Dodson and sent them thru Harvard University. Newton Columbus Dodson was born in 1810 and died in 1910 he was a Methodist preacher. Newton Columbus Dodson married in 1845 but I do not know to who or where. They had three boys, Elisha, Columbus, and James Harvey. Newtons wife died during 1852 in Missouri. He remarried in 1857 to Harriett ullia Ann Stanfield, a red haired German girl and school teacher. They lived in Ripley County Missouri and had five boys and two girls. The children of Harriett and Newton Columbus Dodson were from oldest to youngest, Joseph Lou Ellen, Mary Jane, Simmon Depree, Kavanaugh Wyatt, Lewis Henry, Frank E. and Lucretia. All were born in Ripley County Missouri except for Lucreita who was born in Pocahantas Arkansas in 1872. Frank E. was born in 1870, Lewis Henry in 1868 , Kavanaugh Wyatt in 1865, Simmon Depree in 1862, and Joseph Lou Ellen in 1858. I have more but it is the childrens bedtime so I must attend to them if any of this sounds familiar to anyone or can verify any of this please post to the list or respond privately to Kyle Stokes at captain@ipa.net -----Original Message----- From: Noel Reen <explorer@pop.nlci.com> To: DODSON-L@rootsweb.com <DODSON-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, March 04, 1998 6:43 PM Subject: Re: Elisha Dodson b. abt 1788 >Jim There is Newton Columbus Dodson born 1820 Clarks co. Ga. >buried some where in Prairie co., Ar. He was the son of >Ellisha--Dodson-Born 1788 this info is on page 150 of The Dodson >(Dotson) Family of North Farnham Parish, richmond co , virginia. I don't >know if this is what you are looking for. His father was Isaac, Joshua, >Thomas, Charles >Peggy------ >> From: Kyle Stokes <captain@ipa.net> >> To: DODSON-L@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: Elisha Dodson b. abt 1788 >> Date: Wednesday, March 04, 1998 6:43 PM >> >> Jim who is your Newton C Dodson, several of your names listed below are >> similar to that of some of my ancesters I also have 2 Elisha Dodsons . >well >> I have a sick child to look after. >> Kyle Stokes at captain@ipa.net >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jim Harmon <jharmon@earthlink.net> >> To: DODSON-L <DODSON-L@rootsweb.com> >> Date: Tuesday, March 03, 1998 10:12 AM >> Subject: Elisha Dodson b. abt 1788 >> >> >> >Can anyone help me on who the parents of Elisha A. Dodson were? >> > >> >Descendants of Elisha A. Dodson >> > >> > >> >Generation No. 1 >> > >> >1. ELISHA A.1 DODSON was born Abt. 1788, and died Abt. 1864. He >> >married (1) RUTHEY (SURNAME UNKNOWN) Abt. 1810. He married (2) SELIA >> >(SURNAME UNKNOWN) Aft. 1852. >> > >> > >> > Children of ELISHA DODSON and RUTHEY UNKNOWN) are: >> > i. DELILAH2 DODSON, b. Abt. 1812; m. JOHN HANLEY, 1833. >> > ii. MARY DODSON, b. Abt. 1815; m. WILLIAM ALLEN. >> > iii. SARAH C. DODSON, b. Abt. 1817. >> > iv. NEWTON C. DODSON, b. Abt. 1820; m. (1) MARTHA ANN MOORE; m. (2) >> >MILBRIE CAUDLE. >> > v. JULIA DODSON, b. Abt. 1822; d. 1895; m. JOHN HUBBARD, 1838. >> > vi. PHOEBE DODSON, b. Abt. 1824, AL; m. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CREEL, >> >December 05, 1835, Tuscaloosa Co. AL. >> > >> >Notes for BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CREEL: >> >"At Liberty on Bear Creek" >> >by Charles E. Boyd, c. 1984, Banner Press, Birmingham, AL. >> > >> >p.87 Elder Benjamin Franklin Creel (1817-188?) >> > >> >Elder B.F. Creel was pastor at Liberty Church 1849-51. His membership >> >in those years was at Macedonia Church from where he served as a >> >delegate to the Tuscaloosa Association in 1849 and 1850. He was >> >probably among those who joined the anti-mission group when Macedonia's >> >congregation split on the missionary issue. He was listed as a >> >Primitive Baptist minister in the 1860 census of Marion Co., Ala. where >> >he had moved by that time. Elder Creel was a grandson, like Elder Isaac >> >Hagler, of Capt. Isaac Dodson. His parents were Joshua Creel >> >(1792-1838) and Ruth (Dodson) Creel. He was married in 1835 to Phoebe >> >Dodson, daughter of Elisha and Ruth Dodson, who along with her parents >> >was a founding member of Liberty Church. Elder Creel's brothers, >> >Jackson, Isaac, Washington and Wm. J., and his sons, John Thomas and >> >Joshua D., all served in the Confederate Army. Brothers Jackson and >> >Washington did not return from the war. >> > >> > vii. EMILY DODSON, b. Abt. 1827; m. AHAZ CAUDLE, 1844. >> > viii. JESSIE M. DODSON, b. Abt. 1830; m. TABITHA (SURNAME UNKNOWN). >> > >> > >> >-- >> >Jim Harmon mailto:jharmon@earthlink.net >> >GENEALOGY WEBPAGE AT http://home.earthlink.net/~jharmon >> >FTM WEBPAGE AT >> >http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/h/a/r/James-C-Harmon/index.html >> >BROWN, COSTNER, DOUGHERTY, HARMON, HARRIS, HAYLES, MADDUX, MARRS, MIZE, >> >PARSONS, >> >POWELL, SLEMP/SLIMP, UPCHURCH >> > >> >"The fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who >> >are laughed >> >at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they >> >laughed at >> >the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown." -- Carl >> >Sagan >> > >> > >