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Leonard Dodge, Whose portrait appears in this work, was born in Nova Scotia, May 15, 1826. When fourteen years
old he went to Eastport, Maine, and from there he went to sea, following a sea faring life till he came to California,
landing in San Francisco, June 22, 1849. During that summer he ran a schooner up the Sacramento river. In the fall
of 1849 he went to San Rafael, and in the spring he went to the Embarcadero at Sonoma, where he engaged in teaming,
which he followed till 1854. In that year he visited the mines in Amador county, Mud Springs, Dry Town, Rancheria,
Fort Sutter, and Mokelumne Hill. In the spring of 1855 he went to Napa City, where he resided during the summer
of that year. In the fall of, that year he came to Mendocino county, and worked for Simpson & White till 1865.
He then went as one of the mountaineers to Humboldt county, in the United States service under Captain John A.
Simpson, and served till 1862. In 1866 he settled on his present place, consisting of one hundred and twenty acres
of land, and is engaged in farming and stock raising. Married Miss Susan Dungan in May, 1865, and has two children:
John L., born May 10, 1877; and Amelia, born August 21, 1878.
From:
History of Mendocino County, California
Alley, Bowen & Co., Publishers
San Francisco, California 1880
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