(1834-08-25)August 25, 1834 New York City, New York, U.S.
Died
May 28, 1918(1918-05-28) (aged 83) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Political party
Conservative
Anson Greene Phelps Dodge (August 25, 1834 – May 28, 1918) was an American-Canadian lumber dealer and political figure. He represented York North in the House of Commons of Canada from 1872 to 1874 as a member of the Conservative Party.[1]
He was born in New York City,[1] the son of William E. Dodge[2] and Melissa Phelps,[3] and educated in England. He married Rebecca Wainwright Grew (1836–1925) in 1859. In 1872, he was naturalized by an act of parliament. Dodge established lumber mills on Georgian Bay.[2]
Following a variety of occupations, Anson Dodge began his own lumber career in 1864 at Williamsport, Pennsylvania. First attracted to the forests of Ontario in 1866, with an invitation from Henry W. Sage, possibly at a time when Sage was considering disposing of his Bell Ewart mill. After a tour of the facilities at Bell Ewart, Anson continued his trek northward to Oakley township in Muskoka where Sage had recently acquired timber berths. Anson also purchased timber in the township and a small mill on Lake Simcoe at Atherly, near Orillia. Dodge continued his spending spree, purchasing timber berths and mills with various partners, establishing his Georgian Bay Lumber Company in 1869, with a new mill at Byng Inlet.
At Parry Sound, he was one of John Classon Miller's partners in the establishment of the Parry Sound Lumber Company in 1872.[4] Dodge's rapid expansion into the Canadian lumber trade left him financially exposed. When the Panic of 1873 hit he was unable to survive and was declared bankrupt.[5] Anson's share of the Parry Sound firm was sold to J C Miller in 1877.[4]
^ abAnson Dodge – Parliament of Canada biography
^ ab"The Canadian parliamentary companion / edited b... - Canadiana". www.canadiana.ca. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
^Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.
^ abMurray, Florence B. (1982). "John Classon Miller". Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. Retrieved 2009-09-20.
^Angus, James T. (1994). A Deo Victoria. Orillia: Severn Publications Limited. pp. Chapter 7.
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