John Lewis Dodd The early life of our subject, John Lewis Dodd, was spent on the plantation. He was too young for military duty during the Civil war, but after the cessation of hostilities he taught school for two years in Mississippi, after which he entered the University of Mississippi at Oxford, where he was graduated with the class of 1871. He then entered the Lebanon (Tenn.) Law School, where he was graduated with the class of 1873, his older brother, Samuel L., also graduating as a member of the same class. Together the brothers entered the practice of law at Kosciusko, Mississippi, forming the firm of Dodd Brothers. In 1875 John L. came to Louisville and became the law partner of his still older brother, William O. Dodd, who had established himself in Louisville in 1869. This firm was known as W. O. and J. L. Dodd, became one of the strongest in the city, and was terminated only by the death of the senior member in 1886. Mr. Dodd then formed a partnership with Judge Charles S. Grubbs. under the firm name of Dodd and Grubbs, but two years later, on January 1, 1899, Mr. Dodd formed a partnership with his younger brother, Joseph C., under the firm name of Dodd & Dodd, which continued until the death of our subject, Mr. John L. Dodd, on the 24th of June, 1910. Mr. Dodd was recognized as one of the strongest members of the Louisville bar. He had all the characteristics of his Scotch ancestors ; his brothers were first of all men in his affections and his closest personal and business ties were with them. His loyalty, devotion and affection for his own family were known, respected and admired, and added to his loyalty was an unusual degree of energy, combativeness and courage, which qualities, re-inforced by a wide knowledge of the law, made him invaluable as a lawyer and attached to him a large clientage. He was a member of the Second Presbyterian church. In 1883 Mr. Dodd married Mary Pearce, the daughter of the late Charles B. Pearce, of Maysville, Kentucky, and to them one son, John L. Dodd, was born in 1895. As long as the history of jurisprudence in Louisville shall be a matter of record the name of Mr. John Lewis Dodd will figure conspicuously therein by reason of the fact that his career at the bar was one of distinguished prominence and his private life beyond any adverse criticism being without a taint. [Source: "A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians: The Leaders and Representative Men in Commerce, Industry and Modern Activities " By E. Polk Johnson, Published by Lewis Pub. Co., 1912 -- Submitted by Janice Rice ]