When Clarissa Dodson was born on 22 April 1855, in Vernon Township, Van Buren, Iowa, United States, her father, Amariah Dodson, was 32 and her mother, Elizabeth Jane George, was 22. She married Pliney Nye Peak on 30 December 1871, in Labette, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Montana Township, Labette, Kansas, United States in 1900 and Liberty Township, Labette, Kansas, United States in 1920. She died on 13 September 1934, at the age of 79.
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Historical Boundaries: 1867: Labette, Kansas, United States
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patronymic from Dodd ; ‘son of Dod(d) or Dud(d)’ from Middle English Dodd(e), Dudd(e), Old English Dodd(a), Dudd(a), + -son. Alternatively, the name may arise from a Middle English form of Old English Dodesunu, a compound personal name formed from the same elements as above and impossible to tell apart from the Middle English patronymic.
post-medieval variant of Dodgson with simplification of the medial dgs.
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