John francis dodge biography and factsheet
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John Francis Dodge (1864 - 1920)
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Son of Daniel Rugg Dodge and Maria Duval (Casto) Dodge
Brother of Charles Frontier Dodge[half], Laura Belle Dodge[half], Delphine Dodge and Horace Elgin Dodge
DescendantsFather of Winifred (Dodge) Seyburn, Isabel (Dodge) Sloane, John Duval Dodge, Frances Matilda Dodge, Daniel George Dodge and Anna Margaret Dodge
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Biography
John Francis Dodge was an American industrialist known for founding the Dodge Brothers Company, one of the United States' Big Three auto companies, with younger brother, Horace Elgin Dodge.[1][2][3][4]
Family
John Francis Dodge was born October 25, 1864, in Niles, Berrien, Michigan, USA, son of Daniel Rugg Dodge and Maria Duval Casto.[5][4][3][1][6][7][8] John spent
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Encyclopedia Of Detroit
John Francis Dodge was an automotive pionjär who founded the Dodge automobile brand along with his brother Horace Dodge. Dodge was born in Niles, Michigan in 1864. With his younger brother, he learned the trade of machining, working after school on marine engines in their father’s shop.
After working for several companies in stad and Windsor, John and Horace opened their own machine shop in 1901, calling it Dodge Brothers. A large order for transmissions from Ransom E. Olds set them on their course. In 1903, Henry Ford hired them to manufacture and supply his parts, breaking with Olds and becoming Ford stockholders in the process. Leaving Ford in 1914 as wealthy men, the Dodge brothers began to produce their own vehicles. The Dodge car was so well liked that its sales almost surpassed those of Ford.
John married his first wife, Ivy Hawkins in 1892 and had three children: Winifred, Isabel Cleves, and John Duval. When Ivy died in 1901 John secretly marrie
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Dodge co‑founder dies
John Dodge, who with his brother Horace co-founded the Dodge Brothers Company, which was once America’s third-largest automaker and later became part of Chrysler, dies at the age of 55.
John Francis Dodge was born on October 25, 1864, while his brother Horace Elgin Dodge arrived four years later, on May 17, 1868. The brothers grew up in Michigan and began their careers as machinists. In 1897, they co-founded a bicycle company; however, by 1900, they had sold the business and opened a machine shop in Detroit to make parts for the fledgling auto industry. In 1901, Ransom Olds hired the Dodges to produce engines for his new curved-dash Oldsmobile vehicles. Next, Henry Ford contracted with the brothers to build engines, transmissions and axles. Ford was unable to pay the Dodges fully in cash, so he gave them stock in his company. (In 1919, the brothers sold their Ford Motor Company stock back to Henry Ford for $25 million.)
After supplying parts to Ford for a