Hon. Edwin Dodge was born in Kent, Connecticut, Dec. I5, 1801. Early in life his father removed to Northern New York and Mr. Dodge entered the office of Hon. Micah Sterling at Watertown as a law student. Having been admitted to the bar he was in 1829 engaged by Gouverneur Morris as his agent in charge of large tracts of land in St. Lawrence County, and removed to Gouverneur with his wife, a niece of Mr. Sterling.
In 1830 he was appointed postmaster and held that office for nineteen
years. In 1832 Mr. Dodge was elected a member of Assembly and in 1815 was
appointed a side judge of the court of common pleas for a term of two years.
Under the new state constitution of 18-lfi he was elected the first county judge of
St. Lawrence County, holding the office from June, 1847, to December, 1855,
Mr. Dodge was also one of the first board of trustees of Gouverneur upon its incorporation as a village in 1850, for a number of years a trustee of the Gouverneur Seminary, and one of the incorporators of the Water Works Company. He was largely instrumental in the organizing and financing of the Potsdam and | Watertown Railroad, of which he became the first president.
In 1830 he was appointed postmaster and held that office for nineteen
years. In 1832 Mr. Dodge was elected a member of Assembly and in 1815 was
appointed a side judge of the court of common pleas for a term of two years.
Under the new state constitution of 18-lfi he was elected the first county judge of
St. Lawrence County, holding the office from June, 1847, to December, 1855,
Mr. Dodge was also one of the first board of trustees of Gouverneur upon its incorporation as a village in 1850, for a number of years a trustee of the Gouverneur Seminary, and one of the incorporators of the Water Works Company. He was largely instrumental in the organizing and financing of the Potsdam and | Watertown Railroad, of which he became the first president.
Hon. Edwin Dodge was born in Kent, Connecticut, Dec. I5, 1801. Early in life his father removed to Northern New York and Mr. Dodge entered the office of Hon. Micah Sterling at Watertown as a law student. Having been admitted to the bar he was in 1829 engaged by Gouverneur Morris as his agent in charge of large tracts of land in St. Lawrence County, and removed to Gouverneur with his wife, a niece of Mr. Sterling.
In 1830 he was appointed postmaster and held that office for nineteen
years. In 1832 Mr. Dodge was elected a member of Assembly and in 1815 was
appointed a side judge of the court of common pleas for a term of two years.
Under the new state constitution of 18-lfi he was elected the first county judge of
St. Lawrence County, holding the office from June, 1847, to December, 1855,
Mr. Dodge was also one of the first board of trustees of Gouverneur upon its incorporation as a village in 1850, for a number of years a trustee of the Gouverneur Seminary, and one of the incorporators of the Water Works Company. He was largely instrumental in the organizing and financing of the Potsdam and | Watertown Railroad, of which he became the first president.
In 1830 he was appointed postmaster and held that office for nineteen
years. In 1832 Mr. Dodge was elected a member of Assembly and in 1815 was
appointed a side judge of the court of common pleas for a term of two years.
Under the new state constitution of 18-lfi he was elected the first county judge of
St. Lawrence County, holding the office from June, 1847, to December, 1855,
Mr. Dodge was also one of the first board of trustees of Gouverneur upon its incorporation as a village in 1850, for a number of years a trustee of the Gouverneur Seminary, and one of the incorporators of the Water Works Company. He was largely instrumental in the organizing and financing of the Potsdam and | Watertown Railroad, of which he became the first president.
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