Background
He was the son of Ira Dodd (1786–1869) and Anna Harrison (1785–1867) of Bloomfield, New Jersey.
He was the son of Ira Dodd (1786–1869) and Anna Harrison (1785–1867) of Bloomfield, New Jersey.
Princeton University. Princeton Theological Seminary.
After graduation at Princeton in 1837, he entered the Princeton Theological Seminary, but he did not graduate because of his health problems. When Taylor retired in 1840, Dodd continued the business under the name of M. West. Dodd until his retirement in 1870. He died on April 8, 1899.
He had the following siblings:
Mary Kingsland Dodd (1811–1833)
Phebe Pierson Dodd (1816–1894)
Amarintha Dodd (1821–1889).
Ira Seymour Dodd (1842–1922)
Frank Howard Dodd (1844–1916) who took control of the company at his father"s retirement. Charles Townley Dodd (1846–1917)
Robert Hoe Dodd (1848–1934)
William Mead Dodd (1851–1928) who married Jean MacNeill
Edward Winslow Dodd (1853).