- Was gifted in mechanics
-Operated engineer and bicycle plants and automotive machinery plant
-Became stockholder in Ford enterprise
-Became independant auto producer, 1914
-Leading sponser of Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Father
Daniel Rugg Dodge
Mother
Maria Casto Dodge
Spouse
Anna Christine Thompson, m. 1896
Children
Delphine Ione (b. 1899)
Horace Elgin Jr. (b. 1900)
