California Biographies

Transcribed by Peggy Hooper

This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives 
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm

Source:
History of the state of California and biographical record of the San Joaquin 
Valley, California. An historical story of the state's marvelous growth from 
its earliest settlement to the present time.
Prof. James Miller Guinn , A. M.
The Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago 1905
Notes: Missing Page: 865-866,983-984,1175-1176


ROSWELL R. DODGE. An example of one whose natural inclinations seem to be in the line 
of agricultural pursuits, is found in Roswell R. Dodge, a young and prosperous farmer and fruit- 
grower of Kings county, Cal. His productive farm, which came to him by inheritance, contains 
forty acres of the choicest land in his locality, being well located one mile west of Hanford. About 
fourteen acres of his place is in vines and fruit and he rents out twenty acres of his land for 
market-gardening. Mr. Dodge was born in 1874 on the farm which he now occupies, and he is a 
son of the late Roswell S. Dodge, whose biography may be found in another part of this history. 

Left an orphan early in life, Mr. Dodge was reared by his guardian, his half-sister, with whom he 
lived until he went away to school. He was given the best education available in his locality and 
after completing the course of study in the common schools, he became a student at the San 
Mateo high school, where he completed his studies. Upon reaching his majority, Mr. Dodge came 
into his inheritance and by the careful, practical manner in which he has managed affairs on the 
ranch, he has not only shown himself capable of taking care of the property left him, but has 
greatly improved it, and thereby increased its value, until it is now worth at least $250 per acre. 
By his marriage, in 1897, he was united with Daisy Trewhitt, who was born in Tennessee and their 
home is brightened by the presence of one daughter, Dorena. Mr. Dodge is a citizen whom it is 
good to know ; he is well informed on general topics and keeps in touch with the times. Politically, 
he has always been a Republican and although patriotic and alive to the needs of the nation, he is 
not active in politics, but his voice is ever raised on the side of justice and humanity. He belongs to 
the Knights of Pythias and in all affairs of life is a man upon whom his neighbors rely and one whom 
they thoroughly respect.