The San Francisco call., 1897-02-14

together and gather great punches of wild
flowers. But young Davis was called away
TO another post, and when he returned to
Dodgeville eight years later and formally
asked for the hand of Miss Mary in mar
riage he was refused, for another had been
more constant in his wooing. And then
and there another page of history was
written.
After comparative peace came to that
erstwhile bloody section, Selma Dodge
was sent to a convent in Illinois, and
there she was educated. After leaving
the convent she was married to Myers f.
Truett, who served during the Black Hawk
War and who died in Mexico eight years
ago. She came to California with her hus-
band in the so, s, undergoing all the hard
ships of travel across the continent in
those early days. Her husband became
one of the Vigilantes, and was well known
in California at the time of his death. His
was also a most remarkable life, fraught
with strivings and dangers, in many of
which his intrepid wife shared.
After the Black Hawk war honors
crowded fast upon Mrs. Truetts father,
Henry Dodge, and his brother Adolphus.
In 1884 President Andrew Jackson ap-
pointed Henry Dodge colonel of the
United States Dragons, and in the same
year he conducted campaign against the
Comanche and Kiowa Indians in the
Southwest, and in 1885 was the leader of
an expedition to the Rocky Mountains.
When the Territory of Wisconsin was or
ganized in 1886 he was appointed the
Governor. II 1888 Augustus Dodge was
appointed Register of the Land Office at
Burlington, Iowa. In 1S40 he was elected
delegate to Congress, and in the same
year his father was elected delegate to
Congress from the Territory of Wisconsin,
and father and son took seats together in
the National House OF representatives.
the first and only instance of the kind in
the history of the Government. Father
and son served in the House with distinc-
ton. Augustus Dodge was particua arly
active in advancing the settlement of
Oregon.
In 1S48 the latter was elected one of the
first two United States Senators from
Iowa, and as seven years before the son
had welcomed the father to his seat in the
House of Representatives the son in
turn was now welcomed to his place in
the Senate by his father, who had been
previous. They served together as Sena-
tors until 1856. The presence of father
and son in the Senate as members at ihs
same time is without precedent. In 1855
Augustus Dodge was appointed Minister
TO Spain, and served in that capacity at
Madrid for four years. All through their
lives father and son served their country
with distinction.
Hon. W. W. Dodge, present State SEN
ator of Iowa, is son OF Adoiphus Dodge
and a nephew of Mrs. Truett. He was
unaware OF the fact that his aunt was still
alive until last November. He thought
she was dead, and the fact that she still
lived and resided in San Francisco was
unknown to him. That he should remain
in ignorance of his aunt's existence is not
a matter for wonder, as she is very retir-
ing in her disposition ana since her hus-
bands death eight years ago she has more
| than ever desired seclusion.
And as one sits and looks upon the calm
| face of this aged lady whose childhood
ewes witnessed such scenes of blood and
carnage as have been recouned, he is not
surprised that as she approaches the
threshold of eternity she turns TO the
book in which it is written: 81 shall lead
you forth beside the waters OF comfort"
and wherein IL is said: ''All thy ways are
pleasantness and thy paths are peace.''