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Frances Dodge (November 27, 1914 – January 24, 1971) was an American horsewoman and racehorse owner. She was the daughter of John Francis Dodge, co-founder of Dodge Motor Company.
A famed horsewoman, Frances Dodge Johnson Van Lennep founded the Dodge Stable. It was in the early 1940s that she became interested in harness racing and in 1945 purchased Castleton Farm in Kentucky. She operated the farm with the help of her husband, Frederick Van Lennep, whom she married in 1949.
Frances Matilda Dodge Van Lennep. Daughter of Auto Baron John F. Dodge. Mrs. Van Lennep was owner along with her husband Frederick Van Lennep of Castleton Farms in Lexington, Kentucky. Frances married Frederick in 1949. She passed away on January 24, 1971 in Delray, Beach Florida.
Jan 17, 2023 · Birthplace: Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States. Death: January 24, 1971 (56) Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. Immediate Family: Daughter of John Francis Dodge and Matilda Wilson. Wife of Frederick Leas Van Lennep. Ex-wife of James Johnson.
- Detroit, Michigan
- Frederick Leas Van Lennep
- Michigan
- November 27, 1914
Jun 28, 2020 · Her grandparents, Fredrick and Frances Dodge Van Lennep, owned the legendary Castleton Farms in Kentucky, home of many storied champions. The Van Lenneps also inaugurated Pompano Park Racetrack, the initial Winter Capital of Harness Racing in the early 1960s.
Obituary - Frances Matilda Dodge Van Lennep. View Newspaper. Search the largest online newspaper archive. Detroit Free Press. Detroit, Michigan • Mon, Jan 25, 1971. CLIPPED BY. ldodge181 •....
When Frances Matilda Dodge was born on 27 November 1914, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States, her father, John Francis Dodge, was 50 and her mother, Matilda Glinz Rausch, was 31. She married James B Johnson Jr on 1 July 1938, in Avon Township, Oakland, Michigan, United States.
