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Husband: Fred Elwin | |||
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Wife: Lillie Backhaus | |||
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Father: | Frank Albert Backhaus | ||
Mother: | Amelia | ||
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/-- /-- | \-- /-- | | /-- | \-- | \-- |--Fred Elwin | /-- | /-- | | \-- \-- | /-- \-- \--
/--Peter Backhaus /--Christian Friedrich Backhaus | \--Louise Manteufel /--Frank Albert Backhaus | | /--Carl Krueger | \--Charlotta Regina Louisa Krueger | \--Amelia |--Lillie Backhaus | /-- | /-- | | \-- \--Amelia | /-- \-- \--
Husband: David Low Dodge | |||
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Wife: Sarah Cleveland | |||
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Name: | William Earl Dodge [13027] [13028] | ||
Born: | 4 Sep 1805 | at: | Hartford, Connecticut, United States |
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Died: | 9 Feb 1883 | at: | New York City, New York, USA |
Spouses: | Melissa Phelps |
/-- /-- | \-- /-- | | /-- | \-- | \-- |--David Low Dodge | /-- | /-- | | \-- \-- | /-- \-- \--
/-- /-- | \-- /-- | | /-- | \-- | \-- |--Sarah Cleveland | /-- | /-- | | \-- \-- | /-- \-- \--
[13027] Upon the death of his father-in-law, became the head and manager of Phelps, Dodge & Co. William Earl Dodge was a merchant and reformer who helped organize the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA). Dodge was a Republican representative in Congress from New York City and the president of the National Temperance Society from 1865 until his death. William Earl Dodge was nicknamed the "Christian merchant" for having contributed "to every free evangelical church to every religious and benevolent movement started in New York City between the years 1830 to 1880." A statue of William Earl Dodge by John Quincy Adams Ward was erected in 1885 in Herald Square, in the triangle formed by Broadway, 6th Avenue and West 35th Street. In 1941 the statue was moved to Bryant Park. along the park path on the north side of the park near West 42nd Street.
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