Moses Woodruff Dodd
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Moses Woodruff Dodd (November 11, 1813 – April 8, 1899), was the founder of the publishing company Dodd, Mead and Company in New York City.
He was the son of Ira Dodd (1786-1869) and Anna Harrison (1785-1867) of Bloomfield, New Jersey. He had the following siblings: Mary Kingsland Dodd (1811-1833); Phebe Pierson Dodd (1816-1894); and Amarintha Dodd (1821-1889).
[edit] Children
He married Rachel Hoe (1817-1897) and had the following children:
- Ira Seymour Dodd (1842-1922)
- Frank Howard Dodd (1844-1916) who took control of the company at his father's death.
- Charles Townley Dodd (1846-1917)
- Robert Hoe Dodd (1848-1934)
- William Mead Dodd (1851-1928) who married Jean MacNeill
- Edward Winslow Dodd (1853)
[edit] References
- New York Times; February 28, 1928. "Announcement was made here last night of the death Sunday of William Mead Dodd in the Prince County Hospital, Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada, at the age of 77."
