Lee Wilson Dodd and Marion Roberts Canby

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Husband Lee Wilson Dodd ^{1 2}

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           Born: 11 Jul 1879 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 3
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         Father: Samuel Calvin Tait Dodd (1836-1907) 4 5 6
         Mother: Melvina Eliza Smith (      -1906) 3 7

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       Marriage: 11 Jan 1907 - Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE 3

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Wife Marion Roberts Canby ³

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           Born: 23 Nov 1882 - Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE 3
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         Father: Edward T. Canby (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Ella A. Seidel (      -      ) 3

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General Notes: Husband - Lee Wilson Dodd

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The family moved to New York City shortly after his birth. He attended private schools in New York City, where he prepared for college, entering the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University, from which he graduated as B. S. in the class of 1899. Afterward he studied law at the New York Law School, and graduated therefrom as LL. B. in 1902. He was admitted to the New York bar the same year, and began practice with his father in New York, and continued in law practice about five years, when he gave up the profession for a more congenial career as author and playwright. The first play that he wrote was called "The Return of Eve," produced in 1908 by the Shuberts in New York. He was the author of another play called "Speed," staged 1911 in New York with considerable success. He wrote many short stories for magazines, and miscellaneous verses, and in 1906 published a book of poems, "A Modern Alchemist."
He did not affiliate with any particular church, and was an Independent in politics. He was a member of the Yale and the Lambs clubs of New York City, and of the Elizabethan Club of New Haven, Connecticut.

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General Notes: Wife - Marion Roberts Canby

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He was descended from old Quaker and Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography, Vol. 3 (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1914), Pg 772.

2 —, Proceedings of the Celebration of the First Centennial of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Franklin, PA: The Venango County Bar Association, 1905), Pg 111.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography, Vol. 3 (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1914), Pg 774.

4 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 186.

5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 110.

6 —, Proceedings of the Celebration of the First Centennial of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Franklin, PA: The Venango County Bar Association, 1905), Pg 104.

7 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 817.