- Anson Dodge
Anson Greene Phelps Dodge (
August 25 1834 –January 1 1918 ) was a Canadian lumber dealer and political figure. He representedYork North in theCanadian House of Commons from 1872 to 1874 as a Conservative member.He was born in
New York City , the son ofWilliam E. Dodge , and educated inEngland . He married Rebecca Wainwright Grew in 1859. In 1872, he was naturalized by an act of parliament. Dodge established lumber mills onGeorgian Bay .Following a variety of occupations, Anson Dodge began his own lumber career in 1864 at
Williamsport, Pennsylvania . First attracted to the forests ofOntario in 1866, with an invitation fromHenry 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 inMuskoka where Sage had recently acquired timber berths. Anson also purchased timber in the township and a small mill onLake 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. Dodge's rapid expansion into the Canadian lumber trade, was followed by bankruptcy as a result of thePanic of 1873 . Anson's share of the Parry Sound firm was sold to J C Miller in 1877.External links
* [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=295d13ed-e70d-403f-b670-61cf5ba9e1c6&Language=E Political Biography from the Library of Parliament]
* [http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/mtq?doc=32947 "The Canadian parliamentary companion", HJ Morgan (1873)]
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