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DODD, H. W., publisher of the Knight’s Sword and Helmet; was born at Marysville, Union Co., Ohio, in the year 1847; when 5 years of age, in the fall of 1853, he removed with his parents to Oskaloosa, Iowa, where he was educated; he read law in the office of the late Hon. John R. Needham; was admitted to the bar, and engaged in the practice of law for nearly five years. On the 6th day of June, 1871, he married Ada M., eldest daughter of Dr. B. G. Neal, of Columbus City, Iowa; in January, 1873, he removed to the city of Fort Madison, and was with the firm of George H. Schafer & Co., wholesale druggists and manufacturing pharmacists; he was editor of the Fort Madison Plaindealer, and is the founder of the Knight’s Sword and Helmet; he became associated with the Knights of Pythias in the autumn of 1874, and is a member of Gem City Lodge, No. 21, K. of P. of Iowa; he served as Deputy Grand Chancellor of the Grand Jurisdiction of Iowa, and assisted in organizing six lodges; at the seventh annual session of the Grand Lodge of Iowa, held in the city of Mount Pleasant, Iowa, on the 8th and 9th days of February, 1876, he was duly elected Special Deputy Grand Chancellor, and he takes a deep interest in all that pertains to the welfare of this Order.