Posted on: VanBuren Co. Ia Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ia/VanBuren/11464 Surname: Dodds, Gaddis, Perry, Rowley ------------------------- Tuesday morning of this week, May 8, 1917, Lieut. W. H. Dodds, aged about 77, died at his home in Ottawa, Kansas. He was an officer in the Fourteenth Iowa Infantry during the Civil War, enlisting in the Hillsboro company from Harrisburg township, Van Buren County. He is a brother of C. W. Dodds of Keosauqua and John F. Dodds of Harrisburg. Two sons, Lute of Utica, and Mete of Pierceville, born to him by his first wife, who was Miss Kate Gaddis who died years ago, survive. He is also survived by his second wife, who was Miss Ellen Perry of this county, and three sons born to them. The mother is a niece of Mr. J. W. Rowley of Keosauqua. The deceased was a citizen of high character and universally respected by all his acquaintances. He had been in poor health for some time previous to his death and the last two years suffered much from a broken hip, the result of being struck by an automobile. He will be buried Thursday in the Ottawa, Kan. cemetery.

This and another DODDS obit. posted today have been moved to the Obit. Board. They were mistakenly posted to the Query Board. You will find them at: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/VanBurenObits Rich Gloria Jean Dodds wrote: > Posted on: VanBuren Co. Ia Query Forum > Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ia/VanBuren/11464 > > Surname: Dodds, Gaddis, Perry, Rowley > ------------------------- > > Tuesday morning of this week, May 8, 1917, Lieut. W. H. Dodds, aged about > 77, died at his home in Ottawa, Kansas. He was an officer in the Fourteenth > Iowa Infantry during the Civil War, enlisting in the Hillsboro company > from Harrisburg township, Van Buren County. He is a brother of C. W. Dodds > of Keosauqua and John F. Dodds of Harrisburg. Two sons, Lute of Utica, > and Mete of Pierceville, born to him by his first wife, who was Miss Kate > Gaddis who died years ago, survive. He is also survived by his second wife, > who was Miss Ellen Perry of this county, and three sons born to them. The > mother is a niece of Mr. J. W. Rowley of Keosauqua. The deceased was a > citizen of high character and universally respected by all his acquaintances. > He had been in poor health for some time previous to his death and the > last two years suffered much from a broken hip, the result of being struck > by an automobile. He will be buried Thursday in the Ottawa, Kan. cemetery.