David Low Dodge
David Low Dodge was born in
Brooklyn, Connecticut, on June 14th
1774 and died in
New York City, April 23rd,
1852. He helped to establish the
New York Peace Society and was a founder of the
New York Bible Society and the
New York Tract Society.
David Low Dodge was born on June 14th, 1774 in Brooklyn, Connecticut. His parents were
David Earl Dodge and
Mary Stuart. David Dodge was an English and Welsh colonial stock. His mother is said to be the daughter of a Scotch nobleman. From the age of seven to fourteen, except two months of district school in winter, he was working on a farm in
Hampton, Connecticut. He was a teacher at the age of nineteen, first in community schools then in private ones. He later began selling dry goods in
Hartford, Connecticut. He also managed the first
cotton factory built in
Connecticut, near the town of
Norwich. In the early 1800s he relocated to New York City.
On
June 7,
1798, he married Sarah, the daughter of Rev.
Aaron Cleveland. He was the father of
William E. Dodge and great-grandfather of
Grace Hoadley Dodge.
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New York Peace Society*
New York Tract Society*
New York Bible SocietyPamphlets
The Mediator's Kingdom not of This World (1809)
War Inconsistent with the Religion of Jesus Christ (1812)
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Short Biography
