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1 NOTE "The Descendants of Robert Burdick of Rhode Island"; by NellieW. Johnson; The Syracuse Typesetting Co., Syracuse, NY; 1937, p392, 766. | Martha Lucetta DAVIS
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RESIDENCES: Hyndman, Pa. | Mary DAVIS
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Mary Rogness's - Spouse of fourth cousin 5 times removed | Mary F. DAVIS
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1 NOTE "Elder John Crandall of Rhode Island and His Descendants"; byJohn Cortland Crandall; Higginson Book Co.; 1949, p 115, 238.
He was killed while lunbering
"First Alfred Seventh Day Baptist Church Membership Records,Alfred, NewYork", by Ilou M. Sanford; Heritage Books, Inc.;1995, p 33.
Admitted abt 1840 | Matthew G. DAVIS
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At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Michael DAVIS
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Ancestral File Number: 1CJT-WJ | Miriam Amelia DAVIS
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MARRIAGE: MOSES DAVIS
Marriages:
Spouse: NELLIE FOSTER Family
Marriage: 07 SEP 1863 , Cuyahoga, Ohio
Source Information: FamilySearch™ International Genealogical Index v5.0
Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type:
M514234 1859 - 1866 0877915 V. 10-12 Film NONE
Sheet: 00
OCCUPATION: Carpenter | Moses F. DAVIS
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Ancestral File Number: 8ZMD-PH | Myram DAVIS
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HP006, Rockville Cemetery
1 NOTE Cemetery transcription gived dd as 1841 | Nancy Mary DAVIS
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If you should find any information you feel is incorrect, please feel free to e-mail me at : wyliecoyote1@comcast.net
This info has been compiled from many sources, such as family bibles, birth & death certificates, obits., other family trees, and e-mails from many helpful family members.
Internet sources : 'LDS'FamilySearch.com, Rootsweb.com, Lineage.com, and contacts from Genforum.com. Books : "Descendants of William McIntyre" by Robert H. McIntire, 1984. And I do apologize in advance of any errors made in data entry.
Enjoy!
'Cousin'Bob
Copyright©2003-REWylie | Orissa Ethlyn DAVIS
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"The Portrait and Biographical Album of Rock County, Wis.",1889, p 719, 720.
P. F. DAVIS, deceased, was an early settler of this county andwas for several years a leading business man of Edgerton, buthad resided in Milton a few years prior to his death. He wasborn in Madison County, N.Y., on the 25th day of July,1831, ason of Evan and Ann (DAVIS) DAVIS. When a child, he removedwith his parents to New Jersey, residing in that State until hisremoval to the West in 1851. Deciding to try his fortune inWisconsin, he settled in Walworth County, where he remainedabout one year, when attracted by the discovery of gold inCalifornia, he crossed the plains to the Pacific slope andengaged in mining in the Sacramento Valley until 1853.Returning to Wisconsin in that year, he became a resident ofRock County and began business in Edgerton, embarking in themercantile trade, in which he was very successful. He became aprominent business man of that town, and was one of the companywho established the brickyard at that place.The same year, Mr.DAVIS married Miss H. L. NASH, the ceremony being performedonthe 25th day of January. The lady was a native of Rhode Island,born in Westerly, and is a daughter of Jonathan and Sarah(GAVIT) NASH. Unto Mr. and Mrs. DAVIS were born three children,two sons and a daughter. Percival W., who was born November 28,1853, and now makes his home in Nevada, is superintendent of theSouthwestern Mining Company; F. A. M., born September, 4, 1855,is living with her mother in Milton; Evan, born January 24,1858, married Ida E. RANSOM of Emerald Grove, Wis., and is nowresiding in Milton, where he has one of the most elegantresidences in the town. He is president of the Imperial MiningCompany of Michigan, and is a prominent business man. Mr. DAVISwas the owner of a one-halfinterest in the southwestern MiningCompany of Eldorado Canyon, Nevada, at the time of his death,which occurred at that place. He was a member of the SeventhDay Baptist Church, to which his wife also belongs, and hisdeath was mourned bya large circle of acquaintances andfriends, by whom he was held in high regardas an upright,honorable man.
"Rock County, Wisconsin", 1908, p 652.
Edgerton
Ferdinand DAVIS, who sold the first stock of goods, came at thistime. He had a wife and two sons, Percy and Evan, who were sentto Milton College to complete their education begun in thevillage schools. Mr. DAVIS and wife were from New Jersey. In1853 they went to California, where he died, leavingconsiderablewealth in silver mines. They were Seventh DayBaptist people. | Percival Ferdinand DAVIS
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1889 - now makes his home in Nevada, is superintendent of theSouthwestern Mining Company | Percival W. DAVIS
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OBIT: Name: Davis, Robert Chase
Date: May 10 1933
Source: Cemetery record; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #019.
Notes: Davis: Robert Chase, son of Mr. and Mrs. Weldon M. Davis, brother of Dr. Gordon B. Davis, 3100 Archwood Ave., suddenly at Monroe, Mich. Friday, May 12. Funeral from Brooklyn Memorial M. E. Church, Archwood Ave. and W. 25th St., Tuesday at 2 p. m. 1897 - 1933. Riverside Cemetery Cleveland, Ohio. | Robert Chase DAVIS
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Robert's grandchildren Neil Robert Jones and his sister Margie put together some of the history of the Davis Family in 1975. Some of the information they provided through their writing has been added to, or was used to confirm information in this family tree.
Davis, Robert H., farmer, became a resident of this county at the same time as his parents, as above stated. His farm embraces one hundred and twenty-seven acres, the residence standing on section 34. This is part of the claim taken in 1855. His birth occurred January 2, 1833, in St. Martin's parish, New Brunswick. The various removals of his father's family since that time describe his own. In April, 1858, he married Maria, relict of Charles Armstrong, and daughter of Benjamin and Sarah Corcer;
she was born in Linden, Vermont, in 1827. In February, 1864, Mr. Davis enlisted in the United States service and was assigned to Brackett's cavalry battalion, serving on the plains until May, 1866. The youngest three of his children are at home, the others as below noted: Walter, born November 5, 1848, Atkinson, Nebraska; Sarah, February, 1859, now wife of Thomas Jones, Cavalier, Dakota; Frederick, December, 1861, same place; Mary, April, 1864, wife of Philemon Irwin, at Dunville, Wisconsin; Gladys, March, 1867; Frank, March, 1869; Georgiana, August, 1871. | Robert H. DAVIS
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Mary Rogness's - Spouse of first cousin 8 times removed | Samuel DAVIS
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Name Suffix: Dr. | Samuel R. DAVIS, Dr.
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REFN: 5002 | Sarah DAVIS
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Cystic Fibrosis. | Shelly DAVIS
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No Children. | Thankful DAVIS
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RESIDENCES: Corriganville | Thomas DAVIS
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Mary Rogness's - Spouse of fourth cousin 5 times removed | Thomas Rufus E. DAVIS
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OBIT: Name: Davis, Walter
Date: Oct 10 1948
Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #019.
Notes: Davis: Walter, beloved father of Mrs. Pearl Puls, Mrs. June Ward, Walter and Dorothy, son of Emil and Frieda Van Dorne. Now at Mather's Parlors, 3227 W. 25th st., where services will be held Monday, Oct. 11, at 1:30 p. m. | Walter DAVIS
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OBIT: Name: Davis, Weldon M.
Date: Apr 5 1946
Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #019.
Notes: Davis: Weldon M., beloved husband of Mattie C. (nee Chase), father of Dr. Gordon B. and the late Robert C.; brother of Lewis E. Davis; passed away Thursday a. m., residence 3100 Archwood Ave. Friends received at the Spaulding Funeral Home, 2704 Denison Ave., until 11 a. m. Saturday, then at the Brooklyn Memorial M. E. Church, Archwood and W. 25th St., where services will be held at 2:30 p. m. | Weldon Mower DAVIS
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Ancestral File Number: 8ZMD-QN | Wells DAVIS
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In 1851 William Davis left Canada with his family, and followed his son James south to the United States of America. The first part of the journey was made by boat to Baltimore, Maryland. They traveled in a wagon pulled by oxen to Princeton Illinois where they stayed for about 4 years. In late 1854 or early 1855 William and his family joined a wagon train headed west. In June of 1855 they settled in Bear Valley, Wabasha County, Minnesota where William acquire land and built his family a home. It was here on this Minnesota farm that William raised his children until his death 9 years later.
Obituary of William Davis as taken from the Wabasha County history; HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY 1884
"Davis, William (deceased) was one of the pioneer settlers of Chester township, taking a quarter of section 33 as his claim, in June, 1855, and leaving it to his family at his death, May 20, 1864. The birth of William Davis and his wife, formerly Amelia H. Bishop, took place in Horton, Kings County, Nova Scotia, the former in August, 1796, and the latter February 4, 1799. They were married December 8, 1818, and shortly moved to New Brunswick and settled on a farm. In 1851 went to Princeton, Illinois, and four years later came here. Mrs. Davis is still living with her youngest son on the original claim. Mr. Davis affiliated with the republicans during his brief citizenship in the United States. The family is of Presbyterian training. Five of the twelve children are now living, as follows: James A., Atkinson, Nebraska; Amy A., Mrs. Alfred J. Miller, Zumbrota township; Robert H., noted below; Sarah J., wife of Samuel Augur, Atkinson; Miner, on old homestead."
William's son Robert's grandchildren Neil Robert Jones and his sister Margie put together some history of the Davis Family in 1975. Some of the information they provided through their writing has been added to, or was used to confirm information in this family tree. Copies of the papers were provided to me by by my second cousin Bruce Spicer, son of Robert and Betty Spicer
From the book about Wabasha Co. Minnesota
"HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1884 | William DAVIS
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Was in the contracting business, and in 1815 he came East on a two-yearcontract, to Polk, Venango County, PA, where he constructed additionalbuildings for the asylum for the insane. This as per Series 4. | William P. DAVIS
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Ancestral File Number: 1Q69-P1 | Zina Maud DAVIS
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Albany Road Cemetery
1 NOTE remarried | Charles Henry DAVISON
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NOTE: Much of the information in this database was not done by me, and has not been verified. I have posted some of it as "speculation only" in the hope that someone may have the correct information, and notify me with corrections. | Eliza DAVISON
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Name Prefix: Reverend | Thomas DAVISON
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DAWES, Beman Gates, (son of Rufus Dawes and brother of Vice President Charles Gates Dawes), a Representative from Ohio; born in Marietta, Washington County, Ohio, January 14, 1870; attended the common schools and Marietta Academy a?d College, Marietta, Ohio; engaged in agricultural pursuits and engineering and became interested in public utilities; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth Congresses (March 4, 1905-March 3, 1909); after his retirement from Congress became interested in the production of oil and the building of electric railways; founder of the Dawes Arboretum, an endowed institution dedicated to the education of youth; in 1914 was elected president and chairman of the board of directors of the Pure Oil Co., and was a member of the executive committee at time of death; died in Newark, Ohio, May 15, 1953; interment in Dawes Mausoleum, Dawes Arboretum, Newark, Ohio. | Beman Gates DAWES, U.S. Representative from Ohio
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CHARLES G. DAWES
Biography
Charles ?ates Dawes, (1865-1951), doz, American financier and diplomat, who was VICE PRESIDENT of the United States in 1925-1929. He was born in Marietta, Ohio, on Aug. 27, 1865, the son of Gen. Rufus R. Dawes, a Civil War veteran, and Mary Beman (Gates) Dawes, both of New England ancestry. A graduate of Marietta College (1884) and the Cincinnati Law School (1886), Dawes practiced law in Lincoln, Nebr., from 1887 to 1894 and won acclaim for attacking unfair rate practices of the railroads.
Dawes' strong business instincts soon overpowered his interest in the law. Before he left Lincoln he was a bank director and had written a book on banking. He had also acquired stock in gaslight and coke companies in La Crosse, Wis., and Evanston, Ill. He moved to Chicago in 1895.
Politics and War
Politics came as naturally to Dawes as business. He managed William MCKINLEY 's presidential campaign of 1896 in Illinois, and after the election he was appointed comptroller of the currency. He resigned to run unsuccessfully for the U.S. SENATE . In 1902 he organized the Central Trust Company of Illinois and became its president. After the panic of 1907 his advice was sought and freely given in the formulation of the Aldrich--Vreeland Currency Act.
On U.S. entrance into World War I, Dawes obtained a commission as major of engineers, but in September 1917 Gen. John J. Pershing made him general purchasing agent of the American Expeditionary Forces in France. In this capacity he got the supplies the Army needed, eliminated waste, and held down prices. Later, as American member of the military board of Allied supply, he successfully coordinated purchases for all the Allied armies, a major contribution toward the winning of the war. When it ended, he was a brigadier general.
Dawes returned to public life in 1921 when President HARDING made him the first director of the budget. In this office he set important precedents, and in his single year of service he spectacularly reduced government expenditures.
Dawes Plan
His next assignment was in Paris, where he joined with European representatives to work out the Dawes Plan (1924) for solving the problem of collecting German reparations and fixing the amount. The German currency was stabilized by a loan of 800 million gold marks from abroad, by raising 11 billion gold marks by mortgaging the German railways, and by realizing another 5 billion gold marks as a mortgage on German industries. For this plan Dawes was a co-winner of the 1925 Nobel Peace Prize.
Vice President and Diplomat
In 1924, Dawes was elected vice president on the Republican ticket with Calvin COOLIDGE . He tried vigorously but unsuccessfully to change the Senate rule permitting filibustering. He visited the Dominican Republic in 1929 to advise its president on financial affairs, after which President Hoover made him ambassador to Britain, where he helped draft the London Naval Treaty of 1930. As chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) in 1932 he sought to keep the nation's banks and railroads solvent, despite the depression. The RFC made loans of federal funds to banks and other key enterprises. Dawes permitted his own bank, now called the Central Republic, to receive an RFC loan only after he had left government service.
Personal Interests
Dawes loved music, taught himself to play the flute and the piano, composed a dozen pieces that were published, and gave generous support to the Chicago Grand Opera Company. He remained active in business until his death in Evanston, Ill., on April 23, 1951. A compulsive diarist, he published several volumes from his journals.
John D. Hicks
University of California | Charles Gates DAWES, Vice President of the United States
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DAWES, Rufus, (father of Vice President Charles Gates Dawes and Beman Gates Dawes), a Representative from Ohio; born in Malta, Morgan County, Ohio, July 4, 1838; attended the common schools, and was graduated from Marietta College, Ohio, in 1860; during the Civil War volunteered on April 25, 1861, and was chosen captain of Company K, Sixth Wisconsin Regiment, in the Army of the Potomac; appointed major June 21, 1862, lieutenant colonel March 24, 1863, colonel on July 6, 1864, and brevet brigadier general March 13, 1865; after the close of the war engaged in the wholesale lumber business in Marietta, Ohio; elected as a Republican to the Forty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1881-March 3, 1883); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress; resumed the wholesale lumber business in Marietta, Washington County, Ohio, and died there August 2, 1899; interment in Oak Grove Cemetery. | Rufus R DAWES
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RESIDENCES:
1936 - 3758 W.14th St., Cleveland, Ohio | John DAWIK, (Davik)
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If you should find any information you feel is incorrect, please feel free to e-mail me at : wyliecoyote1@comcast.net
This info has been compiled from many sources, such as family bibles, birth & death certificates, obits., other family trees, and e-mails from many helpful family members.
Internet sources : 'LDS'FamilySearch.com, Rootsweb.com, Lineage.com, and contacts from Genforum.com. Books : "Descendants of William McIntyre" by Robert H. McIntire, 1984. And I do apologize in advance of any errors made in data entry.
Enjoy!
'Cousin'Bob
Copyright©2003-REWylie | Anne DAWS
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Deathdate shown as July 30, 1877 in Oct. 3, 2002 letter from Leota Aronson to Susie Dent. | Ada Irma DAWSON
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"Clarence Andrew Dawson arrived in Marked Tree, Arkansas by train at 7 a.m. on September 10, 1903. Virgie Lena Waskom Dawson arrived June 15, 1905."
"Before I write about Clarence and Virgie Dawson, I must write about what was going on in this area prior to their arrival on the scene.
"Mr. Ernest Ritter came to this area in 1886 to work for his uncle, Mr. Markhardt, who had charge of the Oliver Davis Mill, the first industry in this area (Marked Tree, Arkansas). There was nothing but wilderness here, with a few men--practically no women or children--hunting, fishing, clearing land and logging.
"In Nov. 1890, Mr. Ritter opened a mercantile business and in 1893 he was appointed postmaster and moved the post office into his store. Clarence's older brother, Clyde, was keeping books for Mr. Ritter and in 1903 became ill with typhoid fever. Needing help while Clyde was ill, Mr. Ritter sent for Clarence who had completed nine grades of school and a business course. He was 19 at the time having been born Aug. 1, 1884. He was born in Anson, Clark Co., MO, which is near the Iowa line. His parents were Wm. Nelson (Dawson) and Cynthia Ann Poe Dawson. He had a twin sister, Clara, four older sisters, Ada, Marie, Emma and Sarah and two brothers, Clyde who was older and Frank who was younger. His father was a half-brother of Mrs. Anna Ritter's mother.
"Clarence was made secretary-treasurer of E. Ritter & Co. when it was incorporated June 10, 1907, and worked for the company in that capacity until he was 85, a period of 65 years. He was secretary-treasurer of the Marked Tree Methodist Church from 1910-1970, keeping books, paying the bills, the whole lot.
"Virgie Lena Waskom arrived in Marked Tree from Sturgis, KY, with her widowed mother, Mary Lee Hazel Waskom, at age 14 having been born April 14, 1891. Her mother had four brothers who had settled here and they came here to be with them. They were Jack and Crockett Hazel, farmers, Marion Hazel, a lawyer, and Noah Hazel, Marked Tree's first public school principal and later cashier of the bank.
"Soon after Virgie arrived, she went to Harrisburg, the county seat and took the county teacher's examination and won a two year license to teach. She taught the first five grades when she was 15 and 16 and her uncle Noah Hazel, principal, taught the sixth, seventh and eigth grades. The school was a three-room frame structure located on Liberty Street at Locust.
"Clarence and Virgie were married in the Marked Tree Methodist Church on Dec. 12, 1909, and resided in a home that Clarence had built for them on Home Street at Central. They lived there until 1929 when they moved to a larger home at 301 Dawson Street which is the family homeplace today. To them were born seven children: Helen Gertrude Oct. 5, 1910; Clarence Alston, Aug. 14, 1912; Marion, Aug. 30, 1915; Frances, Jan. 8, 1917; Howard Waskom, April 25, 1922; Martha Virginia, Nov. 13, 1925; and Cynthia Ann, May 14, 1934.
"Clarence died of heart failure June 21, 1975, and Virgie died of heart failure June 13, 1984. They are buried in Marked Tree Cemetery on the family plot." Submitted by Marion Dawson.
SOURCE: Clarence Dawson, William A. Poe, Harry Vredingburgh. Virgie Waskom Dawson, "Poinsett County, Histories and Families", Turner Publishing Co., 2002, page 301. | Clarence Andrew DAWSON
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OBIT: Name: Dawson, Robert
Date: Aug 3 1950
Source: Cleveland Press; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #019.
Notes: Dawson, Robert, husband of the late Bernice, father of Mrs. Harriett Schneider, Mrs. Margaret Goltz, Harold A., the late Mrs. Hazel Smith, grandfather and great-grandfather, gassed away Tuesday, Aug. 1, at the residence, 2006 Natchez Ave. Friends may call at the G. H. Busch & Son Funeral Home, 4334 Pearl Rd., where services will be held Friday, Aug. 4, at 3 p. m. | Robert DAWSON
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No children were born to Sadie and Ira Thompson. | Sarah Edith DAWSON
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1. 1880 census Farmington, Van Buren, Iowa, p 480:
William DAWSON Self M Male W 30 OH Farmer ENG PA
Cynthia DAWSON Wife M Female W 34 IA Keeping House OH OH
Ada DAWSON Dau S Female W 8 MO At Home OH IA
Sarah DAWSON Dau S Female W 4 IA At Home OH IA
William C. DAWSON Son S Male W 3 IA At Home OH IA
Mary DAWSON Dau S Female W 3M IA At Home OH IA
Cynthia DAWSON Mother W Female W 63 PA At Home IRE GER
2. William and sister Harriet are found on the 1850 census in Jolly Township, Ohio with their mother in the household of Edward Dawson. The census shows that William's birthplace is Ohio. Willam and Harriet's surname on this census is Heddleston, not Dawson. Cynthia Ann's surname is also shown as Heddleston. (note by Susie Dent, Sept. 14, 2002)
3. Obituary for William Nelson Dawson
William Dawson was born in Washington County, Ohio, August 19, 1848, and departed this life July 10, 1910, age 61 years, 10 months and 21 days. He came with his mother and two sisters to Farmington, Iowa during the summer of 1851 and continuously lived near here during life.
He was united in marriage to Cynthia Ann Poe, Sept. 25, 1870. To this union were born nine children as follows, Mr. Ada Woods of Bonaparte, Mrs. Sarah Thompson, of Mt. Hamil, Clyde and Mrs. Clara Robertson, of Lepanto, Ark., Clarence of Marked Tree., Mrs. Emma Livingston, Pierre,S.D., Mrs. Mary Hickman, Wentworth, S.D., and Frank who resides at home, one daughter Eva having preceded him to the great beyond. These, with his wife, two sistes, two grandchildren and numerous relatives and friends are left to mourn his departure.
Deceased united with the Congregational Church in the fall of 1885 and lived a faithful Christian life. His death casts a gloom over the entire community.
Funeral services were conducted at the Anson church at 10:30 Wednesday, July 13 by Rev. Barnett, after which the remains were laid to rest in the adjoining cemetery.
******Correction to above, Robertson should read Roberson. I am directly related to William Dawson. Please feel free to contact me if you have any interest in this Dawson family. (made by Denice Quenon)
Obituary posted to the www.genforum.com Dawson surname website by Denice Quenon on Nov. 24, 2002.
Keokuk County, Iowa
4. A Brief History
The following county history summary was adapted from Project Completion Report Volume 16, Number 52. It was written by Marlin R. Ingalls, Project
Architectural Historian for the Highway Archaeology Program at The University of Iowa.
Setting
The Iowa 149 alignment runs south to north through Steady Run (T74N-R12W), West Lancaster (T75N-R12W), and Sigourney (T76N-R12W) Townships respectively. These three townships include the drainages of the North and South Skunk Rivers which meet in Richland Township. The area south of the rivers is level and rolling. The land between the rivers is hilly and interspersed with wide floodplains and sloughs. The topography north of the rivers is fairly flat and level.
Part of the area of Keokuk County was ceded by the Sauk and Mesquakie Indians early in 1838. This first area included "all of the southeastern township, half of the township above it, and a small part of the second township north of it" (Andreas 1971:453). Whites were entitled to settle on this strip in the fall of 1838. Consequently most of the very early settlement of Keokuk County occurred in this area which became Richland Township (Keokuk Historical Society 1969:2-3).
A second treaty ratified at Agency City, Wapello County, in 1842 ceded all the territory east of Red Rock, in what is now Marion County, and the balance of Keokuk County was opened to settlement in the spring of 1843. The boundaries of Keokuk County were formally established in 1843 and it was attached to Washington County. The principal chief who represented the Indians in making the treaty was Keokuk, in whose honor the county was named (Andreas 1971:453; Union Historical 1880:262).
The earliest settlement was in the "Old Strip," in the present townships of Richland and Clear Creek in 1838. Many of the Richland Township settlers were from the same area of Indiana. Settlers in the "Old Strip" section filed their claims in the land office at Fairfield while those in the new section had to file in Iowa City. Only one public land sale was held in 1846 (Union Historical 1880:324).
Near Sigourney, in what used to be Stillman's Grove, Jacob Shaver located in 1843. The first flour mill in the county was constructed on South Skunk in 1842. The first saw mill was built by Jacob Winer on the South Skunk, just above its confluence with the north branch, in early 1843 (Andreas 1971:284).
At the time of first settlement approximately 15% of the county was timbered according to the county history (Union Historical 1880:260). Most of the timber was along the major river drainages, with the stands along the North English River being the smallest. The rest of the county was interspersed with upland and lowland
prairies. Timber distribution did play a role in early settlement and industrialization.
Early Settlement
Early Keokuk County settlement follows the traditional settlement pattern of much of Iowa and the Midwest with the earliest settlement occurring along the prairie-timber margins. The open prairies between groves were often not settled until later, especially the northern tier of townships in Keokuk County. The two early roads shown on the 1845 GLO map (General Land Office 1845) indicate that these roads kept to the bluff tops along the rivers frequently passing next to or between timber groves, and descended into the valleys only to ford the rivers. In addition, the topography between the two branches of the Skunks made the early crossing perilous so that few of the early roads traverse this rolling section of the county. The early site selections of families near the Iowa 149 alignment was determined by the location of the early roads with respect to the prairie/timber margins. Only after 1874 did the roadways approach the present day system.
West Lancaster Township
West Lancaster Township was originally part of Lancaster Township. It is bounded on the north and south by the two branches of the Skunk River. Its interior topography is unlike that of the rest of the county, being comprised of rolling hills, bluffs, and floodplains which at the time of settlement were heavily timbered.
Lancaster Township was originally called Ridge Precinct. In 1846 it was briefly organized as Lafayette Township. Its named was later changed to Lancaster after the principal town of the same name.
Settlement between the Skunk River branches intensified after the land surveys of 1843 to 1845. Settlers who homesteaded Lancaster Township were primarily from Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Germany (Union Historical 1880:569).
Sigourney Township
Bounding West Lancaster Township on the north, Sigourney Township was separated from German Township in 1844 (Union Historical 1880:569). The town of Sigourney was platted that same year as the county seat but grew only gradually before the Civil War. In 1848 a petition to move the county seat to the town of Lancaster was successful and the county government was relocated there for nearly eight years. A court decision of 1856 moved the county seat back to Sigourney in 1856 ending a dispute which had lasted eleven years (Union Historical 1880:375-378).
The area around the Pennington Cemetery was closely tied to Sigourney after the county seat was moved from the defunct town of Lancaster. Between 1850 and 1860 the population of Keokuk County grew from 4,822 to 13,211 respectively, and by 1890 had reached 20,288 (Union Historical 1880:189). The rapid increase in population in predominantly rural Keokuk County dramatized the needs locally, and in Iowa and the Midwest in general, for affordable housing.
Early Roads
The earliest settlements are either directly along the river near the mills or along the major east/west roadways. The east/west roads at that time were full of pioneer traffic while the north/south roads, which in this instance had to cross a major valley and drainage, were limited to a few fords (Barnes 1861). It was along these
two roads that most of the rural settlement occurred in Lancaster Township prior to the 1870s.
There are two original sections of the south road alignment remaining. Prior to the construction of the modern road south out of Sigourney in 1930 there was only a singly north/south local road which serviced that area. Present Iowa 149 follows a segment of the route of the post-1861 north/south road to Sigourney. This segment consists of a 2 mile (3.2 kin) section in West Lancaster Township running from the north edge of Section 26 to the south edge of Section 35 (General Land Office 1848; Henn and Williams 1851; Barnes 1861; Andreas 1970; Foot 1887; Bishop 1895; Iowa Publishing 1912).
No houses prior to 1861 are shown in the immediate area because the location of most area farmsteads depended on the road already being established (James 1861). With the failure of Lancaster as both county seat and town in 1856, the county's orientation was redirected towards Sigourney as its central place. The south road out of Sigourney was established after 1861 and before 1874.
References Cited
Andreas, A.T.
1970 Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Iowa. Reprinted. State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City. Originally published 1875, Andreas Atlas,
Chicago.
Barnes, R.L.
1861 Map of Keokuk County, Iowa. Published by R.L. Barnes, Philadelphia.
Bishop, H.G.
1895 Atlas of Keokuk County, Iowa. H.G. Bishop, Sigourney, Iowa.
Foote, C.M.
1887 Plat Book of Keokuk County, Iowa. C.M. Foote, Minneapolis.
General Land Office
1845 General Land Office Survey Plat of T74N-RI2W. Microfilm on file, Office of State Archaeologist, Iowa City.
1845 General Land Office Survey Plat of T75N-R12W. Microfilm on file, Office of State Archaeologist, Iowa City.
1845 General Land Office Survey Plat of T76N-R12W. Microfilm on file, Office of State Archaeologist, Iowa City.
Henn and Williams
1851 A Township Map of Iowa. Published by J. F. Abrahams, Fairfield, Iowa.
Iowa Publishing Company
1912 Huebinger's Automobile and Good Road Atlas of Iowa. The Iowa Publishing Company, Des Moines.
James, S.A.
1861 Map of Keokuk County, Iowa. Published by R.L. Barnes, Philadelphia.
Keokuk County Historical Society
1969 Our Place in History: 1844-1969. Published by the Keokuk County Historical Society, Sigourney, Iowa.
Union Historical Company
1880 History of Keokuk County, Iowa. Union Historical Company, Des Moines.
United States Geological Survey
1980 Sigourney 7.5' series quadrangle map.
5. The county is named for the famous Sac Indian chief. The name means "Watchful Fox," or "He Who Has Been Everywhere."
In May of 1843 the entire county was opened up for settlement. Before this time the county was attached to Washington County. Like most counties, Keokuk County had its share of problems with the location of the county seat. Some wanted to locate the county seat in the geographical center of the county; others wanted to located it in the population center of the county. This argument was finally settled with the location of the county seat at Sigourney, the geographical center of the county, in 1844. The town was named after the author and poet Lydia Huntley Sigourney. She showed her appreciation by providing the trees which were planted on the courthouse grounds, and presenting 50 volumes to the town library.
Before the county seat was located at Sigourney, county business was completed at Western City (or Newton Village). County offices consisted of a log cabin and a log schoolhouse.
The first courthouse owned by the county was erected at Sigourney in 1845. The small building was made from hewn logs at a cost of $218. This building not only functioned as the courthouse but also the schoolhouse, church, jail, meeting room, and a hotel for travelers. This building served the county until the county seat was removed to Lancaster the following year.
Lancaster won the county seat by a vote in a special election held on August 7, 1846. The county seat was removed to Lancaster, because it was closer to the population center of the county. In 1848 a two-story frame courthouse was constructed at a cost of $699. It did not serve the county long, because the county seat was again moved back to Sigourney by election on April 12, 1856.
Even though Sigourney was declared the county seat, a courthouse was not built in Sigourney for quite some time. Residents thought it wise not to construct a building until the county seat question was answered. When the Iowa Supreme Court finally declared Sigourney the county seat, the third courthouse for Keokuk was begun.
This two-story brick courthouse was completed in 1858, at a cost of $17,200. Improvements and later additions were made at a cost $3,980.
In 1909 this building was leveled and replaced by the existing courthouse. Construction began with the laying of the cornerstone on June 8, 1909 and ended with a dedication ceremony on September 19, 1910. Architects for the building were Wetherell and Gage. It was constructed by J.L. Simmons.
Taken from History of County Governments in Iowa, published in 1992 by the Iowa State Association of Counties, Des Moines, Iowa
Originally prepared by Patti Streicher. Last updated, September 4, 1999, by hml.
http://www.uiowa.edu/~osa/regions/seast/keokuk.htm | William Nelson DAWSON, Jr
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Cause of Death: 97 years old
Ancestral File Number: 17
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Sketch of the Life of: ALMEDA DAY McCLELLAN
Prepared by her grand daughter Zitelle McClellan Snar
r ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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I'm no artist, don't know anything about painting. But I
'm going to present a word picture of my little paternal gr
andmother, Almeda Day McClellan, who lived to be nearly 10
2 years old.
Some of this information was obtained from actual contac
t with grandmother. Parts from her children, my father, Ge
orge A. McClellan, his youngest brother-Professor Charles E
. McClellan of Logan, Utah and other Aunts, Uncles and cous
ins. After grandfather McClellan died in 1916, grandmothe
r lived in our home at times, and she used to dwell in th
e past a great deal in memory. I can picture her now, stan
ding with her arms folded across her back...her shoulders h
eld erectwith a slight rocking motion...she talked to me a
s she ironed. She spoke ofthings that were important to h
er in days gone by. I wish now that I had been more attenti
ve then, and had been wise enough to question her along cer
tain lines. I was a member of the Pioneer Stake Sunday Sch
ool Board at the time, and was trying to think out a lesso
n I had to present. Sometimes I becamea bit irked with he
r for interrupting my train of thought, even though I didw
rite down many of the things she told me during those years.
"If Youth could know what age would crave full man
y a penny youth would save" It is an oldadage & I would pa
raphrase it to read:
"If youth, the wisdom of age would crave,
More patience with the aged, youth must have."
After I was married in 1925, I became the corresponding S
ecretary for the Salt Lake County Board of the Daughters o
f Utah Pioneers, and began to realize the importance of rec
ording more of the experiences in grandmother's life. Bu
t if she ever saw me writing things down as she talked, sh
e would stop immediately and move away, saying; "What do yo
u want to write it down for? I might be wrong."
She was atiny woman, physically, but she never asked any
one else to lift the heavy endof the load. She passed thr
ough the hardships of pioneer life, of relativepoverty, al
l of her days. Guy C. Wilson said of her passing: "I'm sur
e therenever was a soul who could do that with more grac
e and courage than Almeda McClellan. She bore the burden
s of life without complaint. She was a patientGod-fearin
g woman."
Toward the end of her days, her youngest son Charlesonc
e asked her what was the greatest trial she had endured i
n the course of her long life. "Trials," she mused, "neve
r had any." Uncle Charles recalled some of her experiences
... she was a frail, delicate baby. Only weighed 21/2lbs
. at birth. As a child, she crossed the St. Lawrence Rive
r on the ice.Lived with her in-laws for a while after mar
riage to William C. McClellan who had just returned from th
e long trek with the Mormon Battalion. They started acros
s the plains for the west by ox team with a 5 week old baby
. Theyspent about 4 years in the United Order up at the s
aw mill at Sunset, Arizona. They pioneered Payson, Utah; B
righam City, Arizona; and Colonia Juarez inold Mexico at t
he age of 81 years.
"Wasn't that hardship and trials?" he asked. "Humph!" sh
e responded "all in a day's work!". Grandfather added.."Wh
at we did was just ordinary. Just what there was to do. Y
ou do what you have to do in this life, and that's just wha
t we did. We just happened to livein that time." --------
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------------- 1920 census- 1930 Census- Almeda died of Pneu
monia @ 1933
Almeda Day was born to Hugh Day and Rhoda Ann Nichols on November 28, 1831newar whis is now Brockville, Canada, about 50 m | Almeda DAY
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Copyright©2003-REWylie | Andrew DAY
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| 9843 |
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Copyright©2003-REWylie | Aurelia M. DAY
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| 9844 |
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Copyright©2003-REWylie | Bertha DAY
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| 9845 |
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Copyright©2003-REWylie | Charles DAY
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| 9846 |
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Copyright©2003-REWylie | Chester W. DAY
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Also Known As:<_AKA> /Betsy/ | Elizabeth DAY
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Enjoy!
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Copyright©2003-REWylie | Elizabeth DAY
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REFN: 11627 | Elizabeth (Betsey) DAY
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Enjoy!
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Copyright©2003-REWylie | Emma DAY
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