Cumberland County, Maine - Ruel A. Dodge
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Biography
Ruel A. Dodge
Biographical Review
Cumberland County, Maine
Boston
Biographical Review Publishing Company
1896
Page 432


Ruel A. Dodge, an enterprising agriculturist of the township of Bridgton, was
born on the farm where he now lives, September 20, 1837. His father, Nathan
Dodge, who followed farming throughout his entire life, brought his homestead
property to a good state of cultivation. He married Miss Julia Carsley, who bore
him ten children, five sons and five daughters, six of whom are now living.

Ruel A. Dodge remained a member of the parental household until after the
breaking out of the late Rebellion. Then in 1862 he enlisted in the service of
the Union, becoming a private in Company L, Eleventh Maine Volunteer Infantry,
which was mustered in at Augusta. Until the following January he was stationed
in Yorktown, Va. From there he went with his regiment to South Carolina, where
he was taken sick, and was sent to the hospital. Subsequently he was sent North
to the Portsmouth Grove Hospital in Rhode Island, where he remained nearly six
months. Having recuperated, Mr. Dodge was transferred to the Twenty-first Maine
Volunteer Infantry at Bedloe's Island, New York Harbor, where he was stationed
seven months.  He went thence to Washington, D.C., and was on patrol duty for an
equal length of time. He was afterward ordered to Newark, N.J., where he served
as Provost Marshal until his discharge from the service in 1865.

After his return from war Mr. Dodge assumed the charge of the home farm. He came
into its ownership upon the death of his father. Since then he has been actively
and prosperously engaged in cultivating and improving its one hundred and fifty
acres of rich and productive land. It is beautifully located on the Highlands,
commanding an extensive view of the surrounding country and favored with
remarkably pure air. Since taking possession of the property, he has every
summer thrown open his commodious house to the reception of summer boarders, who
come from Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and other cities. Mr. Dodge is a
stanch Republican, and has been always true to the principles of his party. He
is an influential member of the Grand Army of the Republic, of the Masons, and
the Odd Fellows.