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Nathaniel Shatswell Dodge

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Nathaniel Shatswell Dodge

Birth
Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
2 Feb 1874 (aged 64)
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Plot
Veronia Path, Lot 4149
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Information provided by Bill and April (member#47925862)

The following is from Dodge Family of Essex County, 1629-1894:

Nathaniel Shatswell' (Joshua* George/ George/ Jonathan/ John/ William'), b. 10 January, 1810, at Haverhill, Mass.; d. 2 February, 1874, at Cambridge; m. 29 October, 1834. at Pittsfield, Emily Pomeroy; b. 13 November, 1811, at Pittsfield; d. 9 November, 1867, at Washington, D. C. He studied at Philips Academy and at Dartmouth College; was afterward principal of Maplewood Institute, Pittsfield, Mass. He was one of the United States commissioners to the World's Fair in London in 1851, and lived in London from 1851 to 1861; saw some service as an army quarter master, 1862 to 1866, and was afterward clerk in one of the departments at Washington. At the time of his death he was president of the Papyrus club, an organization of literary men in Boston. He was a voluminous contributor to periodicals under the pen name of "John Carver, Esq.," and published "Stories of a Grandfather About American History," Boston, 1873.

Children were:
i. George Pomeroy, b. 26 Jan. 1838, at Pittsfield; m. Harriette Elizabeth Grandopati (nee Maddock), of Great Neck, N. Y.
ii. Mary Shatswell, b. 27 Jan., 1840, at Pittsfield; d. 3 July, 1888.
iii. Theodoke Atraclt, b. 28 May, 1842, at Pittsfield, Mass.
iv. Lemuel Pomeroy, b 24 July. 1849, at Pittsfield; m. Mary (Post) Ruthven; res. in Chicago.

Information provided by Bill and April (member#47925862)

The following is from Dodge Family of Essex County, 1629-1894:

Nathaniel Shatswell' (Joshua* George/ George/ Jonathan/ John/ William'), b. 10 January, 1810, at Haverhill, Mass.; d. 2 February, 1874, at Cambridge; m. 29 October, 1834. at Pittsfield, Emily Pomeroy; b. 13 November, 1811, at Pittsfield; d. 9 November, 1867, at Washington, D. C. He studied at Philips Academy and at Dartmouth College; was afterward principal of Maplewood Institute, Pittsfield, Mass. He was one of the United States commissioners to the World's Fair in London in 1851, and lived in London from 1851 to 1861; saw some service as an army quarter master, 1862 to 1866, and was afterward clerk in one of the departments at Washington. At the time of his death he was president of the Papyrus club, an organization of literary men in Boston. He was a voluminous contributor to periodicals under the pen name of "John Carver, Esq.," and published "Stories of a Grandfather About American History," Boston, 1873.

Children were:
i. George Pomeroy, b. 26 Jan. 1838, at Pittsfield; m. Harriette Elizabeth Grandopati (nee Maddock), of Great Neck, N. Y.
ii. Mary Shatswell, b. 27 Jan., 1840, at Pittsfield; d. 3 July, 1888.
iii. Theodoke Atraclt, b. 28 May, 1842, at Pittsfield, Mass.
iv. Lemuel Pomeroy, b 24 July. 1849, at Pittsfield; m. Mary (Post) Ruthven; res. in Chicago.


Inscription

Emily Pomeroy Dodge
Born Nov 13, 1811
Died Nov 3, 1867
Nathaniel Shatswell Dodge
Born Jan 10, 1810
Died Feb 2, 1874



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