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Dr. Charles L Dodson, a
well known and successful physician and
surgeon of Moberly, Mo.,
is a native of this state. Doctor Dodson was
born in Adair County,
Mo., July 26, 1878, and is the son of Perry M. and
Rose Ann (Stukey)
Dodson. Perry M. Dodson was also born in Adair
County, Mo., and during
the early part of his life he was engaged in
farming pursuits. In 1898
he engaged in the real estate and loan busi-
ness at Kirksville, Mo. and
followed that vocation until the time of his
death in 1917; he was 64
years old, His wife died at the age of 47 years
and their remains are
buried at Millard, Mo. They were the parents of
two children: Dr. Charles
L., the subject of this review, and Lena Pearl
who married Albert B.
Fish, of Sapulpa, OkIa.
Dr. Charles L. Dodson
received a good preliminary education in the
public schools and then
took a course in the State Normal School at Kirks.-
ville, Mo., and was
graduated from that institution in 1899. He then
entered the American
School of Osteopathy and was graduated from that
institution with the degree
of Doctor of Osteopathy in the class of 1901.
Later, Dr. Dodson entered
the College of Physicians and Surgeons at St.
Louis, Mo., where he was
graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medi-
cine. He engaged in the
practice at Huntsville at first, and in 1905 came
to Moberly which has
since been the scene of his professional activity.
He is a capable physician
and with his knowledge of both the science of
osteopathy and medicine
as well as surgery he is well equipped for the
wide field which his
general practice embraces. Since coming to Moberly,
he has built up a large
practice and stands high in the community.
Dr. Dodson was married
Dec. 15, 1901, to Miss Cordelia Beall. She
is a daughter of Lee J. and
Hannah (Armstrong) Beall. Lee J. Beall
was a native of Ohio and
served in the Union Army during the Civil War.
He and his wife are both
deceased. To Dr. and Mrs. Dodson have been
born one child, Mary, who
is now a student in the Moberly High SchooL
Dr. Dodson is a member
of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. |