Sterling Silver 1938 Dodge Rockefeller Dog Trophy Bowl

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Marcellus Hartley Dodge, Jr. ( 1908 - August 29 , 1930 ) was the heir to the Remington-Rockefeller fortune who died in a car accident in France. He was the son of Ethel Geraldine Rockefeller (1882-1973) and her husband, Marcellus Hartley Dodge, Sr. (1881-1963).He was a grandson of William Rockefeller , co-founder of Standard Oil , great-grandson of Remington Arms Company founder Marcellus Hartley , and grandnephew of Standard Oil's other co-founder, John D. Rockefeller . Dodge was often referred to as "Hartley." Dodge was instantly killed in an automobile accident on August 29, 1930, when his automobile struck a tree on the Bayonne-Bordeaux road in Mogesca, France shortly after his graduation from Princeton University in June 1930 , w he played football. The car then caught fire and two passing motorists, Henri Dupin, and Paul Theau, pulled the dead body of Dodge out, and the still living Ralph Applegate. Dodges carotid artery had been severed, and the car engine was pushed against the back seat. Marcellus Hartley Dodge, Sr. went to the site of the accident and looked at the car and talked to the two men who pulled the bodies out of the wreck. His mother, Geraldine, had sent him t as a diversion from his hobby of aviation , which she felt was too dangerous. They owned and ran the Morris & Essex Kennel Club in Madison NJ, Giralda read more

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