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Allen Dodds was born in Georgia, in 1827. His father, James Dodds, also a native of that State, was born in Elbert County, in 1785, and there grew to manhood and married Sarah Thomason, who lived but a short time after her marriage. He chose for his second wife Winnie Berden, also a Georgian, whose grandfather Penn was an officer in the Revolutionary army. James Dodds gave his entire time to agricultural pursuits. Both he and wife were members of the Baptist Church, and they reared a family of twelve children, six boys and six girls. Allen Dodds was reared on his father’s farm, receiving his education at the county schools. He married Julia Saye, who was born in Georgia in 1826, and moved to Arkansas in 1855. Of this union six children have been the issue. Mr. Dodds entered the Confederate service in 1861, his first engagement, which lasted almost a day, being at Belmont, Mo. There he was slightly wounded in the left arm, and afterward in the right shoulder. He was discharged from Jacksonport, in 1865, and then returned home and began teaching School. Later he turned his attention to farming, at which he has made a decided success. He owns about 318 acres of land, and 100 acres are in a good state of cultivation. He has also, in connection with his farm, a grist-mill and a cotton gin. Politically he is a Democrat, and fraternally a Mason. Both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Church, of which denomination he is also a minister.