Genealogy Record For
Eliza Dodson - (Mark's 6th Cousin, 2x removed)
Eliza Jane Dodson (Lanham) (01/07/1915-10/27/2003)
  • Spouse: Henry Lee Lanham (05/11/1907-09/11/1984)
  • Children:
    1. Daughter: Betty Oneida Lanham (Glascock) (hidden)
    2. Son: Henry Wesley Lanham (hidden)
    3. Daughter: Rosa F Lanham (Cooper) (1939 • Virginia, Married John Howard Cooper (1938))
  • Parents
    1. Father: John Wesley Dodson ( 2 SEP 1882 - 23 JAN 1963) B:Rappahannock Co., Virginia, D:Berkeley Co., West Virginia, Son of Clyde Milton Dodson (1832-1932) and Eliza Jane Nicholson (1858-1893) married Rosa on 31 Dec 1900 in Madison County, Virginia, Burial in Edge Hill Cemetery, Charles Town, Jefferson Co., West Virginia)
    2. Mother: Rosa Ella Nicholson (Dodson) (10 JUN 1882 - 26 MAR 1962) B:Madison, Madison Co., Virginia, D:Jefferson County, West Virginia, Daughter of (Coover) Vancouver Nicholson (1844-1901) and (Viola) Virinda Nicholson (1882-1921), Burial in Edge Hill Cemetery, Charles Town, Jefferson Co., West Virginia)
  • Siblings
    1. Brother: John Robert Dodson (29 Sep 1901 - 21 Jul 1961) B:Luray, Page Co., Virginia, D:York County, Pennsylvania, Married Zelta N Unknown (1902- ?), children unknown, John is buried at Edge Hill Cemetery, Charles Town, Jefferson County, West Virginia)
    2. Brother: Taylor Milton Dodson (15 Aug 1903 - 23 Feb 1940) B:Madison County, Virginia, Married Freda Susan Fox (1908- ?) on 14 Apr 1927 in Luray, Page Co., Virginia, Burial at Edge Hill Cemetery, Charles Town, Jefferson County, West Virginia)
    3. Brother: Edward Franklin Dodson (19 May 1905 - 7 Mar 1957) B:Madison County, Virginia, D:Berkeley County, West Virginia, maried Elsi Boxley (1910- ?) and they had one son, Burial in Edge Hill Cemetery, Charles Town, Jefferson Co., West Virginia)
    4. Brother: Hubert L Dodson (1910 - Aug 1970) B:Madison County, Virginia, Married Flossie Burcher (1913- ?) in 1931 and they had 5 children)
    5. Brother: Charles Henry Dodson ( 9 MAY 1916 - 25 JAN 2001) B:Virginia, D:Kearneysville, Jefferson, West Virginia, Married 1) Grethel Addelene Fox (1915-1948) and they had one son, then married 2) Edith B Brooks (1918-2015), Burial at Pleasant View Memory Gardens, Martinsburg, Berkeley Co., West Virginia)
    6. Brother: (Vanie) Vancouver Nicholson Dodson (5 MAY 1918 - 10 FEBRUARY 1921) B:Madison County, Virginia, D:Springfield, Page Co., Virginia, Burial at Atwood Cemetery (Page Valley Estates Area), Rileyville, Page Co., Virginia)
    7. Sister: Kora May Dodson (1921 - Aft 1930) B:Virginia)
Eliza's Personal Information
Born in Page Co., Virginia (VA), USA on Thursday, January 7, 1915
Died in Ranson, Jefferson Co., West Virginia (WV), USA on Monday, October 27, 2003 (Age 89)
Cemetery: Pleasant View Memory Gardens in Martinsburg, Berkeley Co., West Virginia (WV), USA
Marriage to:
    Henry Lee Lanham (05/11/1907-09/11/1984) on Tueday, July 1, 1930 (Age 15)
     - in Loudoun County, Virginia (VA), USA
Comments: A picture of Eliza and her grave marker can be seen at - Find A Grave Entry for Eliza Jane Dodson Lanham

Obituary

Eliza D. Lanham, 88, of Ranson, W.Va., died Monday, Oct. 27, 2003, in Jefferson Memorial Hospital, Ranson. 

Mrs. Lanham was born Jan. 7, 1915, in Page County, the daughter of John W. and Rosa Nichols Dodson. She had worked at the former Jeffersonian Manor Nursing Home in Charles Town, W.Va. 

She was a member of the Charles Town Baptist Church. 

She was married to Henry Lee Lanham, who died Sept. 11, 1984. 

Surviving are two daughters, Betty L. Glascock of Ranson and Frances L. Cooper of Charles Town; a son, H. Wesley Lanham of Hagerstown, Md.; eight grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. 

A sister, Rosa Mae Burcker, and six brothers, Robert Dodson, Hubert Dodson, Vancouver Dodson, Taylor Dodson, Edward Dodson, and Charles Dodson, are deceased. 

A funeral will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Melvin T. Strider Colonial Funeral Home, Charles Town, with the Rev. Robert Glascock officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant View Memory Gardens, Martinsburg, W.Va. 

The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. 

Source: Lanham Family Tree - By Terri KH Lanham and
Dad's Family Tree - by Terri KH Lanham and
Find A Grave Entry for Eliza Jane Dodson Lanham and br> Find A Grave Entry for John Wesley Dodson - Father and
Find A Grave Entry for Rosa Ella Nicholson Dodson - Mother and


Family Lines: Eliza is listed in the following family line reports: Ashby, and Tomblin
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