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(II) JACOB WAYNE, son of Anthony and Hannah (Faulkner) Wayne, was living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1731. He was a member of Christ Church. Letters of administration on his estate were granted Elizabeth Wayne, his wife, September 15, 1736, at Philadelphia. He married Elizabeth, and they were the parents of three sons.
(III) WILLIAM WAYNE, eldest son of Jacob and Elizabeth Wayne, was born December 31, 1730. He married (first) at Christ Church, February 27, 1754, Sarah Gillingham, born September 4, 1737, a daughter of John and Ann Gilling- ham, of Philadelphia. William and Sarah (Gillingham) Wayne were the parents of seven children.
(IV) SAMUEL WAYNE, fourth child of William and Sarah (Gillingham) Wayne, was born February 10, 1763. He married Elizabeth Curtain, at Christ Church, Philadelphia, December 28, 1784. They had four children.
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(V) JOSEPH WAYNE, eldest child of Samuel and Elizabeth (Curtain) Wayne, was born September 11, 1793, died December 30, 1864. He was married by Rev. Jacob Broadhead, June 3, 1818, to Ann Dallam, born October 14, 1799, died Sep- tember 2, 1853, daughter of Samuel and Susannah Dallam, of Maryland, and they had nine children.
(VI) STEPHEN SIMMONS WAYNE, youngest child of Joseph and Ann (Dal- lam) Wayne, was born January 18, 1839, died in 1903. He married Isabella Stuart Ross, and they were the parents of two children :
I. Joseph, mentioned below.
2. Edith.
Mrs. Stephen Simmons Wayne's death occurred in 1884.
(VII) JOSEPH WAYNE, JR., son of Stephen Simmons and Isabella Stuart (Ross) Wayne, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 26, 1873. He received his education in Philadelphia schools, and at the Manual Training School. Upon its completion he entered the employ of the Girard National Bank, as junior clerk, August 4, 1890. He became assistant cashier in 1898; cashier in 1901 ; vice-president in 1908; and was elected to the presidency in 1914, holding this office until 1926. Upon consolidation with the Philadelphia National Bank he continued in the presidency. During the World War he served as member of the executive committee in charge of loan drives of the Third Federal Reserve District. His clubs are the Union League, Rittenhouse, Racquet, Sunnybrook Golf, Germantown Cricket, and Philadelphia Cricket, all of Philadelphia.
On April 16, 1902, Mr. Wayne married Laura B. Jayne, daughter of Henry DeWitt and Annie (Bucknor) Jayne, of Philadelphia. and they are the parents of three daughters :
I. Elizabeth B.
2. Josephine.
3. Laura J.
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Dodge, a family surname of Saxon origin, has the variations Dodge, Dogson, Dodgin, Dodging, Dodgon, Dodgshon, and Dodgshum. In ancient spelling it has been recorded as Daudg. The baptismal forms denote the "son of Dod," and "son of Rodger." Early forms of the name had "son" attached, as Dodgeson, and Doggesonne. Families of the name have resided on the east coast of Scotland in Berwickshire near Tweedale; in Devonshire, and also in Stopworth, Cheshire, England.
(Charles W. Bardsley : "Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames." Robert Dodge : "Tristram Dodge and His Descendants.")
(I) TRISTRAM DODGE, ancestor of his line in America, is believed to have been born in England. He died intestate at New Shoreham, Block Island, Rhode Island, in 1720. The first authentic record of Tristram Dodge in America was found in Newfoundland, where William Davies, of Ferriland, Newfoundland, acknowledged a debt to Charles Dobson on September 26, 1647, to be paid in sterling moneys, or in marketable dried fish. This document was sealed and signed in the presence of James Warranie and Trustram Dodge. This is recorded in the "Aspinwall Nota- rial Records," p. 126. On the following page the record herewith appears: “3 mo, 24 day, 1648 I subscribe a copie of a bill of Trustram Dodge, another of William Woolcote, and another of William Davies." On pages 127-28: "3 mo. 24 day, 1648, Valentine Hill granted a tre. of Attr. to Joseph Grafton to recover and receive the bills of Trustram Dodge. "
" Thus we find that Tristram Dodge was living in Newfoundland as early as 1647 and engaged in the fishing industry. Later, he is recorded among the early settlers. Although not listed among the first purchasers of Block Island, Rhode Island, it is likely that he was among the original settlers who appeared on the island in April, 1661. There is a belief that his sons followed him from the north of England, near the River Tweed, in 1667.
Tristram Dodge was made a freeman at New Shoreham, Block Island, May 4, 1664; he was chosen sergeant in 1676; and his four sons were made freemen in 1670.
The name of Tristram Dodge's wife has not been preserved. Children (cor- rect order not known) :
I. John, born in 1644, died in 1729, at Block Island, aged eighty-five years; married (first) Mary; married (second), February 4, 1696, name not found.
2. Israel; married, before 1722, and lived in Connecticut.
3. Tristram, born in 1647, died at Block Island, August 18, 1733, in his eighty-seventh year ; married, January 7, 1680, Dorcas (Dickens) Tyler.
4. William, of whom further.
5. Margaret; married John Rathbone, who died in 1702.
6. Ann; married, November 11, 1686, John Rathbone, Jr.
(Theron Royal Woodward: "Dodge Genealogy," pp. 5-6. "Aspinwall Notarial Rec- ords," pp. 126, 127, 128.)
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(II) WILLIAM DODGE, son of Tristram Dodge, was born in England. As stated above, it is believed he accompanied his three brothers to America in 1667, and settled in New Shoreham, Block Island, Rhode Island, and at which place he was made a freeman in July, 1670.
William Dodge married, before 1680, Sarah George. (George II.) It is pos- sible that he married again, for New Shoreham, Rhode Island, records say: "Wil- liam Dodge married April 24, 1694." Children by first marriage:
1. William, born March 7 or 8, 1680.
2. Elizabeth, born March 31, 1683.
3. Samuel, of whom further.
Children of second marriage (according to dates) :
4. Sarah, born January 24, 1695.
5. Mary, born December 29, 1697.
(Ibid., p. 8. "Vital Records of Rhode Island," Vol. IV, pp. 24-25.)
(III) SAMUEL DODGE, son of William and Sarah (George) Dodge, was born at New Shoreham, Rhode Island, September 9, 1691, and died at Cow Neck, Long Island, about 1761. His will is dated New York City, May 23, 1761, and was proved at Port Washington, Long Island, New York, in 1761. Samuel Dodge removed to Cow Neck, Long Island, about 1718. In his will he mentions his wife, Elizabeth ; sons, Jeremiah and Samuel ; daughter, Deborah, and grandson, Samuel, son of his son, Wilkie, deceased.
He married Elizabeth. Children (correct order not known) :
I. Wilkie, died before March 25, 1761, buried in Quaker Ground, Flushing County, New York; married Mary Hunt.
2. Jeremiah, born in May, 1716, died in New York City, in 1800; married, October 6, 1737, Margaret Vanderbilt.
3. Samuel, of whom further.
4. Deborah; married, before 1761, Mr. Mott.
5. Mary; married Dr. Robert North.
(Ibid., pp. 8, 79, 80.)
(IV) CAPTAIN SAMUEL DODGE, JR., son of Samuel and Elizabeth Dodge, was born at Cow Neck (Port Washington), Long Island, March 29, 1730, and died at Poughkeepsie, New York, October 4, 1807. A man of literary bent, Samuel Dodge wrote many poems of merit. Mr. Dodge was also noted as an astronomer. In 1779, he was a member of the Legislature from Dutchess County, New York, and at which time he wrote a political poem which was read before the House. He served with the rank of captain in the New York line during the Revolutionary War. From 1793 until 1802 he was keeper of the almshouse, New York City.
Samuel Dodge married, in New York, August 4, 1753, Helena Amerman, who was born May I, 1735, and died in 1817. Children ( first seven born in New York City, the others in Poughkeepsie, New York) :
I. Samuel, born September 1, 1754, died October 27, 1795; served in the Revolution; married Mary Forbes.
2. Henry, born April 12, 1756, died December 19, 1820, fought in the War for Independ- ence; married Sarah Rosecrans, of Verona, New York.
3. William, of whom further.
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4. Catherine, born December 7, 1760, died November 4, 1762.
5. Major-General Richard, born December 31, 1762, died September 3, 1832; fought in the Revolution and in the War of 1812; married Anna Sarah Irving, sister of the author, Washington Irving.
6. Daniel, born December 14, 1764, died April 2, 1841; served in the War of 1812; mar- ried, March 17, 1796, Ann Turner.
7. Ezekiel, born February 17, 1767, died April 13, 1839; married, May 20, 1806, Jane Power.
8. Jane, born August 15, 1769, died December 4, 1772.
9. Dr. James, born December 16, 1771, died October 10, 1804: lived in Tunis, Africa, where he acted as United States Consul.
10. Jane, born December 19, 1773, died October 14, 1794.
11. Helena, born June 20, 1776, died November 25, 1830.
12. John, born December 29, 1777, died November 25, 1830; married, April 9, 1801, Mar- garet E. Wood.
(Ibid., pp. 79-85.)
(V) WILLIAM DODGE, son of Samuel and Helena (Amerman) Dodge, was born in New York City, May 5, 1758, and died in 1847. William Dodge married, but the name of his wife has not been found. Children :
1. William, of whom further.
2. Samuel, died unmarried.
3. Helen, died unmarried.
4. Eliza, died unmarried.
5. Jane A., died unmarried.
6. Mary.
7. Alexander F., born about 1800; married Helen Amerman.
(Ibid., pp. 81, 83.)
(VI) WILLIAM DODGE, JR., son of William Dodge, married, May 11, 1814, Susan Johnson. Children :
I. William, of whom further.
2. John T., born November 3, 1816, died unmarried.
3. Samuel, born June 21, 1818, died February 23, 1827.
4. Alexander F., born February 17, 1820; married Barbara Herwick.
5. Helen M., born in December, 1821.
6. Jane E., born October 15, 1823.
7. Robert J., born May 4, 1825; married, June 9, 1853, Antoinette C. Arnold. (Ibid., pp. 83, 90, 91.)
(VII) WILLIAM DODGE, 3D, son of William, Jr., and Susan (Johnson) Dodge, was born May 7, 1815, and died October 28, 1858. William Dodge married, in 1851, Mary Elizabeth Mapes. ( Mapes VII.) Children :
1. James Mapes, of whom further.
2. Harrington M., born November 15, 1855, died in 1881. (Ibid., p. 90.)
(VIII) JAMES MAPES DODGE, son of William and Mary Elizabeth ( Mapes) Dodge, was born at Waverly, New Jersey, June 30, 1852. His elementary educa- tion began in private schools, culminating with three years at Cornell University, one year in Rutgers College, where he took a special course in chemistry under Professor George H. Cook, State Geologist of New Jersey. After this training, Mr. Dodge entered the Morgan Iron Works in New York City, where he remained
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for a short time. He then entered the shops of John Roach, shipbuilder, at Ches- ter, Pennsylvania, where his exceptional mechanical ability and ingenuity brought him recognition and rapid advancement. In three years he was successively jour- neyman, foreman and superintendent of erection. He left the Roach Shipyard soon after the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876, and after several years' experience in the East, he went to Chicago. There he formed the acquaint- ance of William D. Ewart, the inventor of the Ewart Link Belting, and joined him and his associates in developing the link chain business. Their application to power transmission in the early 'eighties was limited exceedingly, and the use of the chain in elevating and conveying machinery was quite unknown. The Ewart chain opened the way for a new industry, and Mr. Dodge and his associates were quick to grasp the opportunity. His early work was confined to development and manufacture, a field in which his genius found full play. He brought out in rapid succession new chains, new methods of manufacture, and new conveying and elevating appliances. Mr. Dodge came East and formed the partnership of Burr and Dodge, of Philadelphia, to exploit the Ewart chain and its allied interests. They formed the Link Belt Engineering Company in 1888, and after the forma- tion of this company Mr. Dodge developed the project strictly along engineering lines. He gathered a highly specialized engineering staff, made a scientific study of the materials to be handled and invented special appliances to meet varying condi- tions. Machines jumped from capacities of thirty tons an hour to six hundred tons an hour. From the simple problems solved by detached machines the com- pany expanded its field to the planning and arranging of works to effect the most economical and efficient handling of the raw and finished product under guarantees of results accomplished. In all this Mr. Dodge was the guiding spirit and the creative mind. After having become thoroughly acquainted with the needs of the anthracite coal industry in 1889, Mr. Dodge developed his system of storing coal in large conical piles and reloading it by machinery, with little labor and practically no breakage. The invention was so complete and withal so simple that it never has had a rival in the field of anthracite coal storage. It reduced the cost of storing anthracite coal from thirty and often forty cents the round trip to five cents, which makes it easy to compute the saving which would result from storing the five mil- lion tons handled by this system annually. Mr. Dodge had the distinction as an inventor of being mentioned in the reports of the patent office as among the few hundred who had received more than one hundred letters patent. As an execu- tant he won success as the active spirit and president of such highly successful industrial engineering corporations as the Link Belt Engineering Company and the Dodge Coal Storage Company, which became known as the J. M. Dodge Com- pany. He was made president of these companies in 1892, and chairman of the board of the Link Belt Company when it was organized in 1906 as a merger of the allied companies, which included the Link Belt Engineering Company of Philadelphia; the Link Belt Machinery Company of Chicago, and the Ewart Manu- facturing Company of Indianapolis. Among Mr. Dodge's important improvements was the construction and manufacture of the link belt silence chain, the bushed joint being the most essential element in its durability and efficiency. Mr. Dodge was singularly free from labor troubles, although he was a large employer of men for many years. His personal interest in and his solicitude for his employees made
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strikes almost out of the question. He led conspicuously in the introduction of the best elements of scientific management, having the double purpose of producing efficiency in the mechanical and human equipment and larger pay with fewer hours and better conditions for men. He was closely associated with Frederick W. Tay- lor, deceased, in the accomplishment of remarkable results both for employers and employees in a wide circle of industries. He bent his influence always towards the development of self-help, initiative, ambition and responsibility in the men, and a spirit of fair play and humanitarianism. He considered these real business assets and Mr. Dodge's leadership in modern and progressive methods of shop manage- ment was recognized by many employers of labor. He received the degree of Doc- tor of Engineering from Stevens Institute in 1913.
In politics, Mr. Dodge was a Republican. He was encouraging, optimistic and a constant source of inspiration to the men who came in contact with him. He was public-spirited and a leader in the clubs to which he belonged and such societies as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, of which he was at one time president ; the American Academy of Fine Arts; the Franklin Institute, of which he was a vice-president ; the Union League; the New England Society; the Engi- neers' Club, and many others. He was a Unitarian in his religious belief and gave liberally to charity in all its forms.
James Mapes Dodge married, in Chicago, September 10, 1879, Josephine Kern. (Kern II.) Children:
1. Kern, of whom further.
2. Fayelle, born September 7, 1885; married (first) Henry S. Paul, Jr .; (second) Spen- cer K. Mulford, Jr., of Philadelphia.
3. Karl, born November 25, 1891; married Mildred Vincent Longstreth, of Philadelphia, daughter of William M. and Elizabeth (Church) Longstreth; their children: i. James Mapes Dodge, 2d, born March 7, 1918. ii. Karl, Jr., born June 10, 1921. iii. William Longstreth, born January 17, 1925.
4. Josephine, born December 22, 1895; married (first), June 26, 1920, Joseph S. Lovering Wharton, Jr., of Philadelphia; their children: i. Joseph S. Lovering, 3d, born December 26, 1923. ii. Louise, born June 26, 1925. Married (second), on August 18, 1930, Henry Bernard Logier Wilkinson.
(Family data.)
(IX) KERN DODGE, son of James Mapes and Josephine (Kern) Dodge, was born in Chicago, July 20, 1880, and was graduated from the Germantown Acad- emy in 1899, and from the Department of Mechanical Arts, Drexel Institute, in 1901. He formed a partnership under the name of Dodge and Day, engineers, the same year. The firm engaged in consulting engineering and added construc- tion and utility departments. In 1912, he disposed of his interests, and since that time has been engaged in private consulting engineering practice with headquarters in Philadelphia. He is interested also in a number of large industrial enterprises, and has handled difficult industrial problems as receiver for numerous concerns. In January, 1932, he was appointed by Mayor-elect J. Hampton Moore, of Phila- delphia, as director of public safety, which office he now holds. Mr. Dodge takes a helpful interest in all that tends to the welfare of Philadelphia, and is liberal in an unostentatious way toward worthy charities. He was connected with the office of Naval Intelligence during the World War, doing special work. Mr. Dodge maintains the highest traditions of his profession and of his family. Obstacles
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incite his combativeness rather than dishearten him, and urge him on to greater efforts.
Politically, Mr. Dodge is a Republican. He is a member of the Franklin Insti- tute of Philadelphia; the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; the Ameri- can Institute of Electrical Engineers, the New York Electrical Society, the Taylor Society, and the Illuminating Engineering Society, all of New York City. He belongs to the New England Society of Pennsylvania, and his clubs are the Union League (life member) ; the Keystone Automobile, of which he is a director; the Engineers, Philadelphia; Engineers', New York; the Sea View Golf, the Penn Athletic, the Aero Club of Pennsylvania, the Aviation Country Club of Philadelphia, of which he is the treasurer; and the Belfry, of Germantown, Pennsylvania. Mr. Dodge is fond of aviation and golf. He is a licensed air pilot. He and his family attend the Unitarian Church.
Kern Dodge married, in the Unitarian Church, Germantown, Pennsylvania, November 16, 1904, Helen Peterson Greene, descendant of a family whose rec- ords appear in the following biography. Kern and Helen Peterson (Greene) Dodge are the parents of :
I. Dorothy, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 10, 1905; graduated from the Shady Hill Country Day School, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, and the Philadelphia School of Occupational Therapy; married, October 2, 1928, John Franklin Wheli- han, Jr., and they have a daughter, Joan, born February 4, 1931.
2. Donald, born in Philadelphia, May 24, 1907; attended the Germantown Academy and the Taft School, at Watertown, Connecticut, from the fall of 1923 until his gradua- tion in June, 1926, after which he entered Princeton University, from which he graduated in 1930, followed by two years' post-graduate work in architecture, grad- uating June 21, 1932. He is a licensed air pilot.
3. Jane, born in Jamestown, Rhode Island, September 1, 1909; attended the Shady Hill Country Day School, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, and later attended and graduated from the Agnes Irwin School, Delancey Place, Philadelphia, June 8, 1928. She is a licensed air pilot.
4. Robert Mapes, born at Ventnor, New Jersey, October 15, 1917, attended Germantown Academy, Philadelphia; now a student at Taft School, Watertown, Connecticut. He married, June 22, 1940, Carolyn Mcclees of Virgini (Family data.)
(The Kern Line).
(I) CHARLES KERN, the progenitor of his family in America, was born at Kaiserslautern, Rhine, Bavaria, April 18, 1831, and died in Chicago, Illinois, Janu- ary 25, 1896, in his sixty-sixth year. In 1849, at the age of eighteen, he came to America and settled in Terre Haute, Indiana, and followed his trade of watch- maker. He became interested in the local civil government and during the Civil War he was elected sheriff to Vigo County, Indiana; he also served as sheriff of Cook County, Illinois. In 1867, he settled in Chicago, Illinois, and was chosen treasurer of Chicago.
On January 30, 1868, Charles Kern and his wife, Mary Ann, recorded as of Chicago, Illinois, together with Eliza Evans and Jacob Whitman, of Vigo County, Indiana, sold to John F. Fox all their interest in two tracts of land in Vigo County, which had belonged to his wife's mother, Charlotte ( Beard) Whitman.
DEED: CHARLES AND MARY ANN KERN ET AL TO JOHN F. Fox, 1868.
This Indentiture Witnesseth, That Charles Kern and Mary A. Kern his wife of Chicago, Ills, Eliza Evans and Jacob Whitman of Vigo County in the State of Indiana, Convey and Warrent to John F. Fox of Vigo County in the State of Indiana for the sum of Eight Hun-
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dred and Nineteen Dollars the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, the following real estate in Vigo County, in the State of Indiana, to-wit :
All our undivided interest as the heirs at law of Charlotte Whitman, deceased, in and to the following tract to-wit: The North West Quarter of Section Twenty two (22) ; Sixty acres (60) acres in the West side of the North east quarter of said Section Twenty two (22) and Fifty three (53) acres off the South side of the East half of the North East quarter of Section Twenty one (21) all lying and being in Township Eleven (11), North of Range Eight (8) West.
In witness whereof the said Charles Kern, Mary A. Kern, Eliza Evans and Jacob Whit- man have hereunto set their hands and Seals, this day of January 30, 1868. CHARLES KERN (Seal)
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THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, COOK COUNTY, SCT :
Before me Seth M. Dunning, a Notary Public in and for the City of Chicago in said County, this Seventeenth day of February, 1868, personally appeared Charles Kern, Mary A. Kern and Eliza Evans, who severally acknowledged the execution of the annexed deed. Witness my hand and Notarial Seal (Notary Seal) SETH M. DUNNING.
Received from Recorder December the 12, 1868, at II O'clock A. M., JOHN B. MEYER, Recorder.
I Certify that the Deed of which the above and foregoing is a true copy was duly stamped as provided by act of Congress and spread of Record December the 12th 1868 at 3 o'clock P. M. JOHN B. MEYER, Recorder.
Mr. Kern was an ardent sportsman and one of the best amateur bird shots in the country, and in addition was a great lover of dogs and horses. For many years he was president of the Audubon Society.
Charles Kern married, July 25, 1852, Mary Ann Whitman. (Whitman II.) Children :
I. Harriet S., born July 12, 1853, died December 5, 1855.
2. John M., born May 6, 1855, died at Terre Haute, Indiana, January 22, 1857.
3. Josephine, of whom further.
4. Henry Whitman, born September 3, 1868; married, at Chicago, Illinois, January 16, 1899, Florena Ada Jacobs, born January 28, 1873.
(Family data.)
(II) JOSEPHINE KERN, daughter of Charles and Mary Ann ( Whitman) Kern, was born at Terre Haute, Indiana, June 18, 1857. Accompanying her parents to Chicago, Illinois, she entered the public schools in this city and graduated from the Chicago High School, when she was nineteen years of age. Miss Kern was a student of vocal and instrumental music, and after one year at a finishing school in Paris, France, she returned to America. After her marriage, she resided in Philadelphia, and became greatly interested in philanthropic work, particularly with regard to the welfare of crippled children. Like her mother, she possessed a fine artistic taste. Through her generosity, a beautiful mural adorns the walls of the Children's Clinic of the Philadelphia General Hospital. While on one of her trips abroad, Mrs. Dodge was much impressed with the fine work of the renowned art- ist, St. Hubert, of Paris. Realizing the condition of the poor and afflicted children who are daily brought into the free clinic for examination and treatment, she visual- ized the wonderful psychological effect upon the little sick minds if, as they entered the building, their eyes would rest, not upon the bare forbidding walls of the hos- pital, but upon one of the beautiful pastorals of this great artist. The mural, which is painted directly upon the walls, depicts a woodland scene, with little chil- dren and their pet lambs at play with garlands of roses.
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