John William Dawson

 
Name John William Dawson53
Birth 19 Jan 1835, Mammoth Cave, Hart County, Kentucky54
Death 4 Feb 1907, Salem, Arkansas54 Age: 72
Burial Shady Grove Cemetery, Shady Grove, Fulton County, Arkansas54
Father James Dawson (~1800-)
Mother Martha Staples
Notes
Enlisted 30 May 1864, Co. "D" First Regiment, Kentucky Capital Guard, or militia of Kentucky, at Frankfort, KY, under command of Alexander Bolton. Discharged 10 Jan 1865. Mustered into service 3 Jul 1864. 1 Dec, 1864, ordered by Col. Hawkins to take 80 prisoners to Lexington, KY. At 55 (1890), was 5'5" tall, with fair complexion, light hair, blue eyes.54
Spouses
1 Mary Jane Jacobs53
Birth 25 Jan 1855, Iowa54
Death 28 May 1940, Shady Grove, Fulton County, Arkansas54 Age: 85
Burial Shady Grove Cemetery, Shady Grove, Fulton County, Arkansas54
Occupation Midwife. (See Stella and Hazel Dawson’s book).53
Father John Jacobs
Mother Sara Unknown
Marriage 1 Jan 1873, Lebanon, LaClede County, Missouri
Children Mary Elizabeth (~1874-)
  Rose (~1875-)
  Martha Alice (~1878-)
  Samuel Wesley (1879-1960)
  William M. (1885-1974)
  James Hiram (1887-1969)

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