Obituary

Charles Frederick Dodson was born in Shenandoah County, Virginia December 4, 1841 and died at Halstead, Kansas June 6, 1905 of asthma from which he had suffered for several years. He had just returned Sunday from Colorado, where he went for relief from asthma and thought to rest up for a few days at the Hospital.

He was married June 22, 1859 to Elizabeth Francis Frye. To this union, eight children were born, all except one who survive. His wife passed away February 13, 1904. He served four yearsin the Confederate army, moved to Ohio in 1865 and came to Kansas in 1870, where he remained until the time of his death. He was 63 years old.

Funeral services were conducted at Hillside Cemetery at Sedgwick, Kansas.