Jasper N Dodge before the factory

1856: Jasper marries Charlotte A. Wright in Watertown, New York.

1860: Jasper N Dodge is living in Lenox, Madison, New York, not with his wife, yet in a boarding house of some sort.  He is 26 and is a hired hand at the residence.

1870: Jasper N Dodge is living in Kalamazoo, MI with his wife Charlotte in 1870.  He is working in a retail store there.   Two kids: Charles 7 and Lena 12.

1880:  The family has moved to Wayne, Detroit, Michigan and Jasper becomes a clerk at a local retail store.  The residence is 81 Pine Street in Wayne Michigan.   Charles is 17 and Lena is 22.  There is also a girl by the name of Danelle who is living at the residence, she is 16.
Charlotte dies soon after they arrive in Detroit while bearing her third child in the residence.  She is 43 at the time of death, it is December.

1884: Jasper starts his decoy factory at 278 Division Street in Detroit Michigan.