Ira Seymour Dodd

Background

Dodd, Ira Seymour was born on March 2, 1842 in Bloomfield, New Jersey, United States. Son of Moses Woodruff and Rachel (Hoe) Dodd.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1867. Princeton Theological Seminary, 1867-1868. Union Theological Seminary, 1868-1869.

Graduate Princeton Theological Seminary, 1870.

Career

Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1870. Pastor Garnett, Kansas, 1870-1872, Winnebago, Minnesota, 1872-1881. Pastor Riverdale Church, New York, since 1883.

Membership

Served in Civil War, in 6th Army Corps, as 1st sergeant Company F, 26th New Jersey Regiment, campaigns of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. Member Alpha Delta Phi, Wolf’s Head, G.A.R.

Connections

Married Louise Storm Morley, of Manlius, New York, April.

Father:

Moses Woodruff Dodd

Mother:

Rachel (Hoe) Dodd

Spouse:

Louise Storm Morley