Claim: Mary Melissa's father purchased a house for her in Brompton Square, but she moved to the more fashionable Eaton Square and she also has a residence in Wimbledon Common which is in southwest London.
Evidence: Wimbledon Common is a large open space in Wimbledon, southwest London. To seek some independence, Mary moved to London, England. Her father supported her decision, and purchased a house for her in Brompton Square, where she lived with a female companion from New York named Julia Fairchild Schreiner (1864-1953). Dodge moved from Brompton Square to the more fashionable Eaton Square, and then to Warwick House in the precincts of St James's Palace. She also had a residence named West Side House, located on West Side, Wimbledon Common, in south-west London.