George Dodson

GEORGE DODSON

Was one of the early settlers of Eagle Creek, arriving as early as 1827. He was born in the State of Virginia in 1776. He married Martha Lockhart in Virginia; subsequently moved to Kentucky, and remained there until the year 1827. He was among the first Baptist Ministers who preached in Boone County, and mainly through his influence the church called Eagle Creek Regular Baptist Church was organized, which is yet living and has had great influence for good the past sixty years. Mr. Dodson was a regularly ordained Baptist minister; was at the constituting of the above church, and served as its preacher till death ended this good man – died in 1848. He is buried at or near the church, and where his best days were spent, and where he did so much to develop – not only in a spiritual sense, but he helped with his own hands to clear away the woods; helped make the roads, and, in fact, was in every good word and work. Just such a man was needed. He came, filled his mission, and filled it well. He left a spotless record, both in and out of the church. The good George Dodson did lives yet, and will for years to come. Reader, should you visit his grave, on Eagle Creek, you may truthfully say: "Here lies a good man, the noblest work of God." The following are his children’s names: Elizabeth, Nancy, Margaret, Irena, George, Martha, Ruel, John, Mary, Judah, Robert and Jemima. Elizabeth, married to Maston Johnson, died in 1872, at the age of eighty years, and is buried in Pleasant View Cemetery, east of the cemetery in Worth Township. Thomas married ----- ------. He died in 1883, aged ninety years, and is buried in Eagle Creek Cemetery beside his companion. Nancy was married to William Davenport. She died in 1854. Margaret resides in Kentucky. Irena, married to John Vaughn, is yet living. George married Rebecca Headspeth, and lives in Virginia. Martha married Aaron Philps; both are dead; died in Illinois. Rual married Mary Dickerson; both died in Illinois. John died in Virginia at the age of nineteen years. Mary married Elijah Dickerson; both died in Boone County, and are buried at the Eagle Creek Cemetery. Juda married John Kinman, and resides in Missouri. Robert, married to Mary White, resides in Worth Township, where he has lived over fifty years; owns a splendid farm, and enjoys the confidence of the people with whom he has lived so long. He too, as well as his aged companion, know all about the early life in Boone County. They both belong to the Regular Baptist Church, at Eagle Creek. Jemima, married to Stephen Lane in 1839, is yet living. Mr. Lane is yet living.
 

Transcribed by: Julie S. Townsend - June 11, 2007
Source: "Early Life and Times in Boone County, Indiana," Harden & Spahr, Lebanon, Ind., May, 1887, pp 261-263.