Minnie was born September 19, 1869 in Vermont, the daughter of Cyrus B. Leach and Laura Jackson Jenks. She died January 12, 1947 in Wisconsin.

Minnie married Harper Lavert Dodge, brother of noted botanist Bernard Ogilvie Dodge. They lived in Wisconsin. Their daughter Virginia married George Leroy Brown.

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