JUDGE WM. MORGAN DODGE,- born January 2, 1805, at Granville, Washington County, N.Y.; came to Ohio in 1813; read law with Judge Wheeler, in Unionville; after his admission to bar settled in Middlebury, in 1831 removing to Akron; in April, 1840, was elected Prosecuting Attorney of the then new county of Summit, and re-elected in October of the same year for the full term of two years; was active in securing the passage of the Akron School Law, and an efficient member of the first Board of Education thereunder; in October, 1860, was elected Probate Judge of Summit County, which office he ably filled until his death, July 21, 1861, aged 56 years, 3 months and 19 days.  June 4,1833, Mr. Dodge was married to Mrs. Harvey A. Howard, nee Hannah B. Fenn, Mr. and Mrs. Howard being the parents of the last Mrs.  James Mathews, and Mr. Howard one of the early merchants of Middleburry and Akron. Mrs. Dodge, born in Milford (now Orange), Conn., May 28, 1808, still survives, now, in her 84th year, enjoying full mental and physical vigor, with the exception of her lower limbs, which have been paralyzed for the past 22 years. Her children by her last marriage, were: Stella A., now Mrs. John B. Etz ; Victoria, died in infancy; Walter, died in infancy; Emmet D., died August 2, 1882 at the age of 41 years and 28 days; Marion E., now Mrs. M. E. .Reed, and Jennie, now Mrs. George C. Helfer, of South Mound, Kansas.

Fifty Years and Over Of Akron and Summit County,  Samuel A. Lane