Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
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Levi Axtell Dodd




Husband Levi Axtell Dodd 1

           Born:  - Franklin, Venango Co, PA
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         Father: Levi L. Dodd (1799-1881) 1 2 3
         Mother: Julia Ann Parker (      -1857) 3 4





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General Notes: Husband - Levi Axtell Dodd


He was an officer in the Civil War, 1861-1865. He was appointed captain of the 169th Pennsylvania Infantry, November 16, 1862; honorably mustered out of service, July 25, 1863; appointed lieutenant-colonel of the 211th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, September 16, 1864; colonel, April 4, 1865; brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers, April 2, 1865, for gallantry and meritorious service in the assault upon the enemy's works in front of Petersburg, Virginia, and August 4, 1865, was honorably discharged.

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Sources


1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography, Vol. 3 (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1914), Pg 773.

2 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 351, 697.

3 —, Proceedings of the Celebration of the First Centennial of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Franklin, PA: The Venango County Bar Association, 1905), Pg 105.

4 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 351.


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