James Newton Fodge

1855 - 1936  (81 years)

• Name	James Newton Fodge
  Born	1 May 1855	Henry, Henry, Tennessee, USA
  Gender	Male
  Buried	Oct 1936	Fort Towson, Choctaw, Oklahoma, USA   [1]
  	Doakesville/Fort Towson Cemetery
  Died	4 Oct 1936	Fort Towson, Choctaw, Oklahoma, USA
  Person ID	I9728	Reynolds Family
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2023

  
  

  Family	Sophia Ann Travis Reynolds,   b. 4 Dec 1857, Carroll, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 14 Feb 1949, Hugo, Choctaw, Oklahoma, USA  (Age 91 years)
  Married	13 Jan 1876	Henry County, Tennessee, USA   [2]
  Children	1. Arthur Aaron Fodge,   b. 1 Dec 1876, McKenzie, Carroll, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 6 Mar 1937, Fort Towson, Choctaw, Oklahoma, USA  (Age 60 years)  [natural]   2. Bessie Fodge,   b. 15 Jul 1898, Detroit, Red River, Texas, USA ,   d. 28 Sep 1898, Detroit, Red River, Texas, USA  (Age 0 years)  [natural]   3. Daisy Laura Fodge,   b. 2 Oct 1880, McKenzie, Carroll, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 16 Jul 1965, Willows, Glenn, California, USA  (Age 84 years)  [natural]   4. Jimmie Maude Fodge,   b. 14 Jun 1894, Detroit, Red River, Texas, USA, ,   d. 13 Jan 1932, Meridian, Lauderdale, Mississippi, USA  (Age 37 years)  [natural]   5. John Marvin Bishop Fodge,   b. 29 Jul 1885, Detroit, Red River, Texas, USA, ,   d. 22 May 1947, Fort Towson, Choctaw, Oklahoma, USA  (Age 61 years)  [natural]   6. Mary Etta Fodge,   b. 16 Jun 1879, McKenzie, Carroll, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 21 Nov 1879, McKenzie, Carroll, Tennessee, USA  (Age 0 years)  [natural]   7. Minnie Fodge,   b. 2 Mar 1892, Detroit, Red River, Texas, USA, ,   d. 9 Feb 1968, Redding, Shasta, California, USA  (Age 75 years)  [natural]   8. Ruby Fodge,   b. 31 Mar 1883, Detroit, Red River, Texas, USA ,   d. 28 Mar 1889, Detroit, Red River, Texas, USA  (Age 5 years)  [natural]   9. Willie Fodge,   b. 1 Nov 1889, Detroit, Red River, Texas, USA ,   d. 30 Jan 1890, Detroit, Red River, Texas, USA  (Age 0 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2023
  Family ID	F3507	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		James Newton Fodge
  		James Newton Fodge Birthday
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  		Fodge Family
  		James , Sarah, Chas
  		James and Sophia Fodge with their five surviving children. Arthur Aaron, Daisy, John Marvin, Minnie, and Jimmie Maude

  
  

• Notes

  GRANDPA FODGE CELEBRATES HIS 87TH BIRTHDAY SUNDAY. Grandad Fodge celebrated his 78th birthday Sunday, April 30, his birthday being Monday, May 1. Everyone took well filled baskets to the park where dinner was spread at 12:30.. Grandad Ticer gave grace as the relaatives and friends gathered about the festive spread.. Relaltives present included Grandmother Fodge, two daughters Mrs. Daisy Franks and family and Mr. and Mrs. Martin Pickard and family; Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Eitle and family; Mr. and Mrs. Horace Eudy and family; Mr. and Mrs. Lester Derryberry and family; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Smith and sons; Mr. and Mrs. Edward White and daughter; Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Gates and children; Mrs. Claudis Petty and daughter and Billie Don Fodge, Mrs. Russell Swarts and son. Others were:. Mrs. Gates, Mr. and Mrs. G.T. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Pearl Brooks and sons, Mrs. George Dees, Mr. and Mrs. George Staggs and son; Miss Wynna Grady, Daphne Pettygrew, Carl Branum, Terrell King, Mr. and Mrs. L.M. Brooks and Grandad and Mrs. Ticer - 68 being present.. This was posted on the Eitel-Franks Family Website on June 6, 2009 by Janice Laman, great granddaughter of James Newton Fodge. Janice writes: This is a newspaper article from Grandma Daisy's things. I think that some of the dates and spellings are wrong, but I' going to type it the way it is printed. I believe it is from May of 1933 and that it is his 78th (not 87th) birthday, but someone may want to check my math. He passed away in 1936.. ********************************************************************** ********************************** James Newton Fodge Remembered by his daughter Daisy Fodge Daisy Fodge was the oldest surviving daughter of James Newton Fodge and Sopia Ann Travis Reynolds. She remembered her father this way.. "He was very short, not quite 5'6" tall. He had coal black hair, black eyes, and a medium complexion.. J.N. Fodge worked in a liquor store for his father. He was working in the liquor store at the time he married Sophia Ann. He had a relative in Paducah who was a Doctor. When J.N. came to Texas in Dec. 1880 he came to Texarkana and located at Lodi. He remained there for four years while working in a sawmill. He worked firing the sawmill. John Fodge's family and George Washington Reynolds' family also came to Texas at the same time but they moved immediately to Detroit, Texas. James Fodge moved to Detroit, Texas in 1884 and lived there until 1903 when he moved to Indian Territory, Oklahoma. He farmed in Detroit, Texas but after moving to Indian Territory, he clerked in a store, farmed and ran a cafe."

  
  

• Sources

  [S565] Sophia Ann Travis Reynold and James Newton Fodge Headstone. [S566] Marriage of James Newton Fodge to Sophia Ann Travis Reynolds.