General Notes

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Joseph Dodds and his wife Catherine Bel Dodds and their daughter, MaryBell Dodds were origina lly buried in a cemetery in Marietta but in 1925 their bodies were moved to Union Cemetery i n Columbus, Ohio by the H. A. Pletcher Company with the consent of Charles A. Dodds and Margaret Dodds.

Joseph Dodds was in the Index to the 1890 Special Schedule of Surviving Soldiers, Sailors, Mar ines and Widows of the Civil War on page 44 State of Ohio, Washington County, Grandview Twp. , Supervisor's District 7,Enumeration District 246, Joseph Dodds can be found on page 2, lin e 19,house 122, family 126, Name:  Joseph Dodds, Rank:  Private, Company C,Regiment: 2 WVA Ca v., Enrollment date:  1861, Discharged: 4 July 1865,Length of Service: 3 yr 10 mos. 7 days, P ost Office Address:  Ward Washington County, Ohio , Disability incurred:  Kidney Affliction.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES ABOUT JOSEPH DODDS DEATH

THE MARIETTA TIMES Wed. April 21, 1897 Roll#25340 OHS

Mr. Joseph Dodds, a prosperous farmer, who lived six miles back ofMatemoras, committed suicide e Sunday morning by hanging himself in his barn.  There is no known cause for his act.

THE MARIETTA TIMES Wed. April 28, 1897 Roll#25340 OHS

The Matemoras Mail gives the details of the suicide of Joseph Dodds,mentioned last week as fo llows:  "Joseph Dodds, one of the best known and respected farmers of our township, hanged himself, in a fit of temporary insanity last Sabbath morning.  He left the house for the stable as usual, about six o'clock, to attend to his horses.  Breakfast being ready, one of his young daughters went to the stable to call her father, and discovered his body hanging from a cross timber in the bedding room of the stable.  In answer to the child's screams, three or four men living near, speedily ran to the stable and were horrified to see their neighbor's body hanging with the toes resting on the floor.  The litter on the floor was scattered about, giving ev dence of a struggle.  The rope was cut immediately and the body lowered to the floor.  The body was still warm, showing that life had been extinct but a very short time. All efforts to resuscitate the unfortunate man, however, were unavailing.  No cause can be assigned for the deed except that of temporary insanity produced by what is unknown.  Mr. Dodds was about 55 years old.  He was a member of the Second West Virginia Cavalry during the war, and an honorable , upright Christian man."


MARIETTA DAILY LEADER Tuesday April 20, 1897 ROLL #43193 OHS

HUNG HIMSELF.

One of the Grandview's Best Citizens Dies by His Own Hand.

News reached this city Monday morning of the suicide at his home in Grandview township of Mr. Joseph Dodds, one of the most widely known and highly respected citizens of the county.  The sad occurrence was shocking in the extreme, and has cast a shadow of sadness over the entire neighborhood.

The deed was committed some time Sunday morning.  Mr. Dodds' body found hanging at the end o f a rope tied to a rafter in his barn.  When he was discovered life was extinct.  Written o n a sled which he had been building the day before were the words:  "This is the last of me in the barn."

No cause whatever can be assigned for the act, though it is thought that it may have been the result of financial matters.  Mr. Dodds owned, however, a good farm and was considered prospreous.  He was an affectionate man in his family and commanded the very highest respect of all l who knew him.  He was about 60 years of age and leaves a wife and three children.


WOODSFIELD SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY May 13, 1897 ROLL#25123 OHS

RINARDS MILLS

Joseph Woods (Dodds), a very highly respected farmer of Grandview township, Washington County , on Easter Sunday morning hanged himself in his barn.  He went to the barn to feed his stock while his wife and daughters were preparing breakfast.  He was gone longer than usual.  One of the girls went to look for him.  On entering the barn she saw her father hanging to a joist dead.  He had written on a board in the barn with a pencil "My time has come."  They do not know any cause for the rash act.