Rev. Parker Dodd

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Husband Rev. Parker Dodd ¹

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           Died: Abt 1852 - ? Venango Co, PA
 Cause of Death: Drowning
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         Father: Levi L. Dodd (1799-1881) 2 3 4
         Mother: Julia Ann Parker (      -1857) 4 5

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General Notes: Husband - Rev. Parker Dodd

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After a religious revival meeting at the Nicklin Schoohouse, there occurred this tragic incident: Rev. Parker Dodd, of Franklin, Pennsylvania, came out and preached in the Nicklin schoolhouse. On returning home, in company with Elizabeth Selders and Mary Ann Stocker, he was accompanied by William Sandford, who had volunteered to take them across French creek at the Echols farm. They had to cross in a boat. Two young men or boys assisted in the rowing. Through indiscretion or lack of care on the part of the boys, the boat capsized, and Rev. Mr. Dodd and Misses Selders and Stocker were drowned, Mr. Sanders and the boys reaching the bank in safety with great difficulty.

1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 217.

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

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

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

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