William White Dawson and Elizabeth Ewing

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Husband William White Dawson ¹

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           Born: 27 May 1833 - Fairview (later Pughtown), WV 2
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           Died: 9 Feb 1908 - Beaver Co, PA 2
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         Father: Dr. James Dawson (1804-1846/1847) 3 4 5
         Mother: Mertilla White (1807-1833) 1

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       Marriage: 27 May 1858 2

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Wife Elizabeth Ewing ²

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           Born: 1 Jun 1835 2
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           Died: Aft 1914
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         Father: Alexander Ewing (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Christina Knight (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 M James Alexander Dawson ²

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2 M Benoni White Dawson ²

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           Died: 24 Nov 1898 - Honolulu, HI 2
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3 M Harry Grant Dawson ²

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           Died: in infancy
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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4 F Margaret Mertilla Dawson ²

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         Spouse: John W. Ramsey (      -      ) 2

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5 M William Riley Dawson ²

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           Died: when four years old
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - William White Dawson

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In graded instruction he never advanced further than the public schools, but being of a naturally studious nature, he read much of the world's best literature and in every way that presented itself improved his store of general knowledge.
His mother dying when he was an infant in arms, he spent his early life under the care of his two maiden aunts and an uncle, living on their farm of one hundred and forty acres. His life with these relatives was of the happiest, all the refining and uplifting influences of a Christian home were his. At the death of his aunts and uncle he inherited the farm on which he had been reared, and there spent the remainder of his life. The operations that he conducted upon his farm were general in character, and his stables were well-filled with stock of excellent grade. His generosity and liberality were proverbial throughout the neighborhood. He was a Republican in politics, and was chosen by his neighbors to fill nearly every township office, holding office during the greater part of his long, active and well-spent life.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 802.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 803.

3 Editor, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 202.

4 Editor, Book of Biographies, Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 376.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 798, 802.