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John Francis Dodge (October 25, 1864 – January 14, 1920) was an American automobile manufacturing pioneer and co-founder of Dodge Brothers Company.
- Founding Dodge Brothers Company which became present-day Dodge
- Horace Elgin Dodge (brother)
Nov 13, 2009 · John Dodge, who with his brother Horace co-founded the Dodge Brothers Company, which was once America’s third-largest automaker and later became part of Chrysler, dies at the age of 55.
- Missy Sullivan
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Horace E. Dodge and John F. Dodge were American brothers and automobile manufacturers who invented one of the first all-steel cars in America. Bicycles were the first vehicles produced by the Dodge brothers. In 1901 they opened a machine shop in Detroit, making stove parts and, later, auto parts.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
John Francis Dodge was an automotive pioneer who founded the Dodge automobile brand along with his brother Horace Dodge. Dodge was born in Niles, Michigan in 1864. With his younger brother, he learned the trade of machining, working after school on marine engines in their father’s shop.
John Francis Dodge was an American automobile manufacturing pioneer and co-founder of Dodge Brothers Company. Dodge was born in Niles, Michigan, where his father ran a foundry and machine shop. John and his younger brother, Horace, were inseparable as children and as adults.
- Niles, Michigan
- Ivy S Dodge, Matilda Wilson
- Michigan
- October 25, 1864
Dodge Brothers. The Dodge brothers, John Francis (1864-1920) and Horace Elgin (1868-1920), were among the earliest and most successful automotive pioneers of the twentieth century.
Horace E. Dodge and John F. Dodge (respectively, born May 17, 1868, Niles, Michigan, U.S.—died December 10, 1920, Palm Beach, Florida; born October 25, 1864, Niles—died January 14, 1920, New York, New York) were American brothers and automobile manufacturers who invented one of the first all-steel cars in America.
