Brief Life History of Joseph Glenn
When Joseph Glenn Dodson was born on 19 November 1904, in Dyersburg, Dyer, Tennessee, United States, his father, Oliver Dodson, was 29 and his mother, Lillian May Drummond, was 29. He married Eva Helen Roberts on 6 July 1926, in Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States in 1930 and Bartlesville, Washington, Oklahoma, United States in 1940. He died on 20 April 1961, in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Laurel Land Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States.
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- Joe Dodson, "United States Census, 1930"
- Legacy NFS Source: Joseph Glenn Dodson - Government record: Social Security record: birth-name: Joseph Glenn Dodson
- Joseph Glenn Dodson, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995"
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1905 · Construction of the Praetorian Building
Texas completed the construction of the Praetorian Building (Stone Plane Tower) in 1909. It was the first skyscraper in Texas and the Southwestern United States. The building had 15 stories and was 190 ft tall.
1907
Oklahoma is the 46th state.
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
Name Meaning
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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Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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