Anson Dodge, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Anson Dodge

Canadian politician

Date of Birth: 25-Aug-1834

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Date of Death: 18-May-1918

Profession: politician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Anson Dodge

  • Anson Greene Phelps Dodge (August 25, 1834 – May 28, 1918) was an American-Canadian lumber dealer and political figure.
  • He represented York North in the House of Commons of Canada from 1872 to 1874 as a Conservative member.He was born in New York City, the son of William E.
  • Dodge and Melissa Phelps, and educated in England.
  • He married Rebecca Wainwright Grew (1836–1925) in 1859.
  • In 1872, he was naturalized by an act of parliament.
  • Dodge established lumber mills on Georgian Bay.Following a variety of occupations, Anson Dodge began his own lumber career in 1864 at Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
  • First attracted to the forests of Ontario in 1866, with an invitation from Henry W.
  • Sage, possibly at a time when Sage was considering disposing of his Bell Ewart mill.
  • After a tour of the facilities at Bell Ewart, Anson continued his trek northward to Oakley township in Muskoka where Sage had recently acquired timber berths.
  • Anson also purchased timber in the township and a small mill on Lake Simcoe at Atherly, near Orillia.
  • Dodge continued his spending spree, purchasing timber berths and mills with various partners, establishing his Georgian Bay Lumber Company in 1869, with a new mill at Byng Inlet. At Parry Sound, he was one of John Classon Miller's partners in the establishment of the Parry Sound Lumber Company in 1872.
  • Dodge's rapid expansion into the Canadian lumber trade left him financially exposed.
  • When the Panic of 1873 hit he was unable to survive and was declared bankrupt.
  • Anson's share of the Parry Sound firm was sold to J C Miller in 1877.

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