DODGE, Augustas Erastus

1822 - 1900  (77 years)  Submit Photo / Document

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• Name	DODGE, Augustas Erastus
  Birth	6 Dec 1822	Six Point, Jefferson, New York, United States
  Gender	Male
  WAC	7 Feb 1846	NAUVO
  _TAG	Reviewed on FS
  Burial	Jun 1900	Toquerville, Washington, Utah, United States
  Death	12 Jun 1900	Toquerville, Washington, Utah, United States
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  Person ID	I20043	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	DODGE, Erastus ,   b. 10 May 1793, Jefferson, Greene, New York, United States Jefferson, Greene, New York, United Statesd. 8 Aug 1843, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States (Age 50 years)
  Mother	MORGAN, Melissa ,   b. 28 Oct 1798, Jefferson, Greene, New York, United States Jefferson, Greene, New York, United Statesd. 10 Dec 1845, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States (Age 47 years)
  Marriage	16 Aug 1818	Jefferson, Greene, New York, United States
  Family ID	F10576	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	GULLEY, Sarah ,   b. 1822, Six Point, Jefferson, New York, United States Six Point, Jefferson, New York, United Statesd. 1848, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States (Age 26 years)
  Marriage	1843
  Family ID	F10585	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

  Family 2	CLARK, Marian Maria Wallace ,   b. 22 Nov 1823, Colebrook, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States Colebrook, Litchfield, Connecticut, United Statesd. 24 Nov 1886, Toguerville, Washington, Utah, United States (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	5 Sep 1850	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  Family ID	F10586	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

  Family 3	CALVERT, Martha Jane ,   b. 19 Apr 1840, Itawamba, Mississippi, United States Itawamba, Mississippi, United Statesd. 20 Feb 1925, La Verkin, Washington, Utah, United States (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	17 Apr 1891
  Family ID	F10587	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

• Photos		Seth George Dodge
  		Seth George Dodge
  		Seth and Lovina Dodge Pima Cemetery
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• Notes

  Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 4, p.210 Augustus Erastus Dodge was born December 6, 1822, at Six Point Jefferson county, New York, the second son of Erastus and Malissa Morgan Dodge. The family joined the Church and Augustus was baptized on March 15, 1832. In the spring of 1834 they moved to Kirtland, Ohio, where they became acquainted with Joseph and Hyrum Smith. Augustus labored in the construction of the Kirtland Temple for several months and then journeyed to Caldwell county, Missouri. Here they lived until the Saints were driven out in the dead of winter, leaving their possessions behind, and journeyed on to Illinois. In March 1841, Augustus and his family crossed the Mississippi River at Quincy, Illinois and moved to Nauvoo. Here he labored on the Nauvoo Temple. the Masonic Hall and other civic and church buildings. After the death of Joseph he became very close friends with Brigham Young and was personally invited by him to serve as his guard, a privilege of which he was always very proud. Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 4, p.210 In 1845 Augustus married Sarah Gulley and they received their endowments in the Nauvoo Temple. Erastus DodgeI the father died in 1843, Malissa, the mother died in 1845, and after only three years of marriage Sarah passed away taking her unborn child with her. All three are buried in Nauvoo. LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Andrew Jenson, Vol. 4. p.742 Dodge, Augustus Erastus, a member of the Mormon Battalion. Company C, was born Dec. 6, 1822, in Jefferson County, New York, a son of Erastus Dodge and Melissa Morgan. He was baptized March 15, 1835, in Missouri, by Jacob Gates, worked on the Kirtland Temple, was a prisoner with his father and others at the surrender of Far West for eight or ten days, and was one of those that were driven from their homes in winter and suffered much. His father died in 1843 and his mother in 1845. He assisted in building the Nauvoo House and Temple; helped William Clayton and others to convey Church property te Mr. Pisgah and arrived in Council Bluffs July 15, 1846, started the next day on his march te California with the Battalion, and when crossing the Arkansas River he had his ankle mashed, but continued down the Rio Grande and on to California. striking the Pacific Ocean near San Diego. After staying there for six weeks he marched to Los Angeles where the members of the Battalion were discharged in 1847. He crossed the Coast Range to Sacramento. then across the Sierra Nevada and the desert to Fort Hall, and from there to Salt Lake City, arriving Dec. 23, 1847. He helped establish the ferry at Green River in 1849. settled Sanpete Valley that year. and was called to settle Dixie in 1861.