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     Thomas Paul Dasinger is the son of Robert Dasinger and Marion Cecilia Adams. Thomas Paul Dasinger married Rhonda Rhodes, daughter of Donald Rhodes and Jackie Frost, on 8 December 1976 at Sidney, Montana. Thomas Paul Dasinger and Rhonda Rhodes were divorced circa 1989.

     Rhonda Rhodes is the daughter of Donald Rhodes and Jackie Frost. Rhonda Rhodes married Thomas Paul Dasinger, son of Robert Dasinger and Marion Cecilia Adams, on 8 December 1976 at Sidney, Montana. Rhonda Rhodes and Thomas Paul Dasinger were divorced circa 1989.

     Donald Bruce Dasinger is the son of Robert Dasinger and Marion Cecilia Adams. Donald Bruce Dasinger married Rebecca McDonald, daughter of Jacob McDonald and Jeanette Alcorn, on 30 July 1974 at Stanley, North Dakota. Donald Bruce Dasinger and Rebecca McDonald were divorced in 1981.

     Rebecca McDonald is the daughter of Jacob McDonald and Jeanette Alcorn. Rebecca McDonald married Donald Bruce Dasinger, son of Robert Dasinger and Marion Cecilia Adams, on 30 July 1974 at Stanley, North Dakota. Rebecca McDonald and Donald Bruce Dasinger were divorced in 1981.

     Kristina Dawn Dasinger is the daughter of Donald Bruce Dasinger and Rebecca McDonald. Kristina Dawn Dasinger married Jason Casale on 10 November 1995 at Denver, Colorado.

     Jeremy Christopher Dasinger is the son of Donald Bruce Dasinger and Rebecca McDonald.

     Richard James Dasinger is the son of Robert Dasinger and Marion Cecilia Adams. Richard James Dasinger married Cecelia Rose Koch, daughter of Marvin Koch and Jeanette Hoffman, on 28 July 1984 at Sidney, Montana.

     Charles Dederer Adams was born on 19 October 1921 at Hooper, Utah. He was the son of Carl Dederer Adams and Christiana Salina Bradley. Charles Dederer Adams married Mary Virginia Lewis on 23 January 1943. Charles Dederer Adams died on 2 September 1998 at San Juan Capistrano, CA, at age 76.

     Mary Virginia Lewis married Charles Dederer Adams, son of Carl Dederer Adams and Christiana Salina Bradley, on 23 January 1943.

     Charles Paul Adams is the son of Charles Dederer Adams and Mary Virginia Lewis. Charles Paul Adams married Mary Kathryn Warner on 7 November 1970 at Santa Monica, CA.

     Mary Kathryn Warner married Charles Paul Adams, son of Charles Dederer Adams and Mary Virginia Lewis, on 7 November 1970 at Santa Monica, CA.

     Kathleen Marie Adams is the daughter of Charles Paul Adams and Mary Kathryn Warner.

     Elizabeth Warner Adams is the daughter of Charles Paul Adams and Mary Kathryn Warner.

     Michael Lewis Adams is the son of Charles Dederer Adams and Mary Virginia Lewis. Michael Lewis Adams married Sue Papp on 2 September 1967. Michael Lewis Adams married Linda Hood on 18 December 1971 at Long Beach, CA. Michael Lewis Adams married Paula (?) on 25 October 1997 at Laguna, CA.

     Linda Hood married Michael Lewis Adams, son of Charles Dederer Adams and Mary Virginia Lewis, on 18 December 1971 at Long Beach, CA.

     Sean Michael Adams is the son of Michael Lewis Adams and Linda Hood.

     Kevin Michael Adams is the son of Michael Lewis Adams and Linda Hood.

     Catherine Marie Adams is the daughter of Charles Dederer Adams and Mary Virginia Lewis.

     Catherine Marr Adams was born on 3 February 1924 at Preston, Idaho. She was the daughter of Carl Dederer Adams and Christiana Salina Bradley. Catherine Marr Adams died on 17 September 1990 at South Pasadena, CA, at age 66.

     Julian Bradley Adams is the son of Carl Dederer Adams and Christiana Salina Bradley. Julian Bradley Adams married Bernice Ann Sasso on 23 April 1966 at San Marino, CA.

     Bernice Ann Sasso married Julian Bradley Adams, son of Carl Dederer Adams and Christiana Salina Bradley, on 23 April 1966 at San Marino, CA.

     Charles Francis Adams is the son of Julian Bradley Adams and Bernice Ann Sasso. Charles Francis Adams married Kathleen Ann Rucker on 11 March 1995 at Los Angeles, CA.

     Richard Anthony Adams is the son of Julian Bradley Adams and Bernice Ann Sasso.

     She was one of the 48 survivors of the 90-member Donner Party wagon train, trapped by winter weather in the high Sierras near what is now Donner Lake in the winter of 1846-47.
From History of the Donner Party, by C. F. McGlashan, 1879-1880:
"Mary Graves was about nineteen years old. She was a very beautiful girl, of tall and slender build, and exceptionally graceful carriage. Her features, in their regularity, were of classic Grecian mold."
She was part of the "Forlorn Hope" group of 15 people who left Donner Lake on about December 16, 1846, and walked out of the Sierras, arriving at Johnson's Ranch at Wheatland (near Sacramento) 32 days later. Only seven members of this group survived.
"In May, 1847, Mary A. Graves married Edward Pile. He was murdered by a Spaniard in 1848, and this Spaniard was the first person hanged in California under the laws of the United States. In 1851 or 1852 Mrs. Pile married J. T. Clarke. Their children are: Robert F., born in 1852, who is married and living at White River, Tulare County Cal; Mattie, born in 1854, and now the wife of P. Bequette, Jr., of Visalia: James Thomas, born in 1857; an infant, who died soon after birth; Belle, born in 1860, and died in 1871; Alexander R., born in 1865, and Daniel M., born in 1872. Mrs. M. A. Clarke's address is White River, Tulare County, California."
Mary Anna Graves was born on 1 November 1826 at Dearborn Co., Indiana. She was the daughter of Franklin Ward Graves and Elizabeth Cooper. As of 16 May 1847,her married name was Pyle. Mary Anna Graves married Edward Gant Pyle on 16 May 1847. As of 1851,her married name was Clarke. Mary Anna Graves married James Thomas Clarke, son of Robert T. Clarke and Sally Long, on 5 July 1851 at San Jose, Santa Clara County, CA. Mary Anna Graves appeared on the census of 10 August 1852 at Santa Clara County, CA. She died on 8 March 1891 at Traver, Tulare Co., CA, at age 64. She was buried on 12 March 1891 at Visalia Cemetery, Visalia, CA.

     James McDonald was the son of Archibald McDonald and Sarah (?). On April 26, 1780, Colonel Isaac, David, Benjamin and Joseph Cox, with Jacob Decker and James McDonald, who may have been members of the Cox party down the Ohio, were named in certificates issued by the Virginia Land Commission at St. Asaph (Stanford). Each of the six certificated referred to the preemption of one thousand acres lying along Cox's Creek that were marked and improved by Isaac Cox in the spring of 1776. It could probably be held that Cox's Station, the sixth and last of the series of Cox Forts in Virginia and the first settlement to be made in Nelson County, had its real beginning in April 1776. Thomas Polk, who accompanied Colonel Isaac in 1776, describes the improvement made on his claim of a thousand acres as "a small log'd wall about three or four logs high." Colonel Isaac may have used a similar marking to establish his claims. The site of Cox's Station would be currently placed about five miles northeast of Bardstown. ["Genealogies of Kentucky Families", from the Filson Club Quarterly, 1981, p. 454]
James McDonald was probably married about the same year (1780) to Elizabeth Piety, possibly before becoming to Kentucky. Elizabeth was a daughter of Austin Piety and Sarah Polk, sister of Thomas Polk.
On November 22, 1785, James sold 300 acres of his land in Nelson Co. to his father, Archibald Mcdonald, and another 200 acres to William Bruce, whose daughter Elizabeth married James' brother Joshua in 1788. [Nelson County, Kentucky, Deeds, Book 1, pp. 25-26]
In about 1796, James moved his family to the District of St. Andre, Upper Louisiana (later St. Louis County, Missouri). There James purchased 1600 arpens of land located in Bonnehomme Township, about thirteen miles from St. Louis on the main road from St. Louis to St. Charles.
James McDonald, claining three hundred and twenty arpents of land, situate at Maria des Liards (Cottonwood Swamp), district of St. Louis; Produces to the board a notice of said claim, entered with the recorder 27th May, 1808; also a copy of a plat of survey of one thousand six hundred arpents, said to be founded on a decree of the Lieutenant Governor, dated 8th December, 1796, made 25th March, 1787, for Louis Honore, certified by Silas Bent, deputy surveyor general, dated 25th July 1807, as copied from the records in his office; said McDonald claiming as assignee of Louis Honore.
Testimony takenm May 30, 1808. James Richardson, sworn, says that he surveyed said land, by directions from Antoine Soulard, Surveyor general, in the Spring of 1797; that he had the concession on which the said durvey was made several times in his hands before that time; that said concession was granted by Don Zenon Trudeau, Lieutenant Governor, to Louis Honore (father), for eight by forty arpents; to Francis (son) eight by forty arpents; to Baptiste, (son) eight by forty arpents; to Michel (son), eight by forty arpents; to Noel (son) eight by forty arpents; making the whole, forty arpents square; That he actually saw conveyances, in 1799 and 1800, from Louis Honore, Francis, Baptiste, Michel and Noel, for eight by forty arpents of land each, situate as aforsaid, to James McDonald, and that it appeared to be witnessed; The said parties acknowledged to him (the witness) to have signed a conveyance of their land to said McDonald some time after.
Louis Lebeaume, sworn, says that claimant put into his hands, about the year 1800 or 1801, a concession from Zenon Trudeau, Lieutenant Governor, to Louis Honore and sons, for one thousand six hundred arpents of land situate as aforesaid; that he took conveyance from Baptiste Honore, one of the sons, to the claimant, for his part in said concession; at the same time had in hs possession conveyances purporting to be from Louis Honore, and he thinks two of his sons, to the claimant.
Claimant, sworn, says that, in going fro the town of St. Louis, on horseback, to his house on said land, in 1805, having then his saddle-bags with him, all the papers, to wit, the concession and conveyances, relation to said claim, his horse ran away with him, threw him, and went off with said bags; that, in search after them, some days after, he found said bags, wthe bridle of his horse in them, but that they contained no papers, which were missing, together with some other articles; that he has never since had said papers in his possession, neither does he know where they are.
James Richardson says that he knows of neither inhabitation nor cultivation on said land prior to the sale by Honore; does not know of Louis Honore having any other claim, but Francis, Baptiste and Noel had other claims; that claimant settled on land in the fall of 1799, or spring of 1800, built a cabin, and has inhabited and cultivated the same to this day.
June 4, 1810: Present, Lucas, Penrose, and Bates, Commissioners. It is the opinion of the Board that this claim ought not to be confirmed. [Early Settlers of Missouri as Taken From Land Claims in the Missouri Territory]
(This claim was apparently later confirmed)

January 5, 1809; James McDonald claimed a concession of 800 arpents of land on the Missouri river, in the district of St. Louis. It was settled in favor of James McDonald, 600 arpents, Rufus Easton, 200 arpents. [Early Settlers of Missouri as taken from Land Claims] James McDonald married Elizabeth Piety, daughter of Austin Piety and Sarah Polk, circa 1780 at Kentucky (probably). James McDonald was owner of McDonald, James, 1,000 acres on Coxes Creek, surveyed, Book A, page 197, entry date 17 March 1781. ("Old Kentucky Entries and Deeds", by Willard Rouse Jilson) on 17 March 1781. He died in July 1821 at St. Louis Co., Missouri. His estate was probated on 9 August 1821 at St. Louis Co., Missouri; James McDonald. Will January 18, 1821, recorded August 9, 1821. Elizabeth McDonald, wife, Executor; John McDonald, son, Executor; Archibald and james McDonald, sons; Nancy Burckhardt, Elinor Willard, Elizabeth Walton and Christiana Dodge, daughters; ames Walton; Alexander Willard; Wm. R. Griffith, Ebenezer Orn, John Haff and Joseph Delaney, witnesses. [Will Book A, pp. 22-25]

     Israel Dodge was born on 22 May 1802. He was the son of Henry Dodge and Christiana McDonald. Israel Dodge died on 22 August 1804 at age 2.

     Her married name was Scott. Nancy Adeline Dodge married George W. Scott. Nancy Adeline Dodge was born on 22 November 1805. She was the daughter of Henry Dodge and Christiana McDonald. Nancy Adeline Dodge died in 1854 at Comptonville, CA.

     Her married name was Madden. Louisiana Dodge married William Israel Madden. Louisiana Dodge was born on 31 May 1808. She was the daughter of Henry Dodge and Christiana McDonald. Louisiana Dodge died on 14 September 1885 at age 77.

     Henry Lafayette Dodge was born on 1 April 1810 at Missouri. He was the son of Henry Dodge and Christiana McDonald. Henry Lafayette Dodge married Adelle Bequette, daughter of Jean Baptiste Bequette III and Marie Louise Mesplait, on 2 June 1836; Conflicting date of 1835. Henry Lafayette Dodge died on 15 November 1856 at New Mexico at age 46.

     Fort Dodge, IA; Dodgeville, IA; Dodge Street, Dubuque, IA; Dodge Street, Burlington, IA; are named after him. Augustus Caesar Dodge was born on 2 January 1812 at St. Genevieve, Missouri. He was the son of Henry Dodge and Christiana McDonald. Augustus Caesar Dodge married Clara Ann Hertich on 19 March 1837 at St. Genevieve, Missouri. Augustus Caesar Dodge was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, 27th Congress on 2 September 1841. He was U. S. Senator from Iowa between 1848 and 1855. He died on 20 November 1883 at Burlington, Iowa, at age 71.