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Dodge Brothers Mausoleum. In 1919, Henry Ford bought out the Dodge brothers' shareholdings in Ford Motor Company for $25 million. In January 1920, Horace's brother, John, died during the influenza epidemic. [9] He was interred in the family's Egyptian-style mausoleum in Detroit's Woodlawn Cemetery guarded by two Sphinx statues. [10]
Dodge was born in Niles, Michigan, where his father ran a foundry and machine shop.John and his younger brother, Horace, were inseparable as children and as adults.The origins of the Dodge family was earlier thought to lie in Stockport, England, where a Dodge ancestral home still stands (Halliday Hill Farmhouse in Listed buildings in Stockport), however recent DNA testing conducted by the ...
Salmon P. Chase (Ohio governor, abolitionist, U.S.Treasury Secretary and Chief Justice) (Cincinnati) Gary Cohn (National Economic Council Director) (Shaker Heights) James M. Cox (governor, presidential candidate, media mogul) (Dayton) Ephraim Cutler (a framer of Ohio Constitution, abolitionist, longtime Ohio University Trustee (Ames Twp)
Adee Dodge (1912–1993), Navajo artist, code-talker, linguist; Augustus C. Dodge (1812–1883), Congressional delegate from Iowa Territory, U.S. Senator from Iowa; Bayard Dodge (1888–1972), president of the Syrian Protestant College, renamed American University of Beirut, 1923–1948; son of Cleveland Hoadley Dodge, father of David S. Dodge
Frances Dodge (November 27, 1914 – January 24, 1971) was an American horsewoman and racehorse owner. She was the daughter of John Francis Dodge , co-founder of Dodge Motor Company . Biography
In addition to his namesake car company, Plymouth and DeSoto marques were created, and in 1928 Chrysler purchased Dodge Brothers and renamed it Dodge. The same year he financed the construction of the Chrysler Building in New York City, which was completed in 1930. Chrysler was named Time magazine's Man of the Year for 1928. [13]
Take a look at the coolest cars, trucks, vans, and SUVs built by Dodge, including the Challenger, Charger, Viper, Ram, Neon, and other iconic models.
Graham Brothers (1916–1929) US; acquired by The Dodge Brothers Company in 1925 with the passenger car division split to form Graham-Paige and folded into Dodge after Chrysler's ownership Fargo (1913–1935) US, (1920–1972) Canada for trucks and vans; replaced by Plymouth Trucks in the US in 1937 and folded into the Dodge Division after 1972 ...