Frank was a young father who vanished without a trace.
Frank was the son of Albert Gilmore and Ermina (Loney) Dawson in Spencer County, Ind. He married Hazel Koenig June 10, 1914 in Evansville, Ind. The next April they had a daughter.
Frances Mina Dawson was born on Easter Sunday. The family lived at 1512 E Michigan Street in Evansville when Frances was born at 2:55 p.m. on April 4, 1915. Her first name likely was drawn from her father's Frank and her middle name came from Frank's mother, Ermina.
At some point when Frances was quite young, Frank Dawson left for the store and never came back. The family never knew what became of him. "It was rumored that Frank Dawson joined the army during WW I,'' wrote Frances' cousin, Jim Myers, in a 1999 letter. "Letters to the War Department was (sic) to no avail. No one as far as we know ever heard from him."
Frank was the son of Albert Gilmore and Ermina (Loney) Dawson in Spencer County, Ind. He married Hazel Koenig June 10, 1914 in Evansville, Ind. The next April they had a daughter.
Frances Mina Dawson was born on Easter Sunday. The family lived at 1512 E Michigan Street in Evansville when Frances was born at 2:55 p.m. on April 4, 1915. Her first name likely was drawn from her father's Frank and her middle name came from Frank's mother, Ermina.
At some point when Frances was quite young, Frank Dawson left for the store and never came back. The family never knew what became of him. "It was rumored that Frank Dawson joined the army during WW I,'' wrote Frances' cousin, Jim Myers, in a 1999 letter. "Letters to the War Department was (sic) to no avail. No one as far as we know ever heard from him."
Frank was a young father who vanished without a trace.
Frank was the son of Albert Gilmore and Ermina (Loney) Dawson in Spencer County, Ind. He married Hazel Koenig June 10, 1914 in Evansville, Ind. The next April they had a daughter.
Frances Mina Dawson was born on Easter Sunday. The family lived at 1512 E Michigan Street in Evansville when Frances was born at 2:55 p.m. on April 4, 1915. Her first name likely was drawn from her father's Frank and her middle name came from Frank's mother, Ermina.
At some point when Frances was quite young, Frank Dawson left for the store and never came back. The family never knew what became of him. "It was rumored that Frank Dawson joined the army during WW I,'' wrote Frances' cousin, Jim Myers, in a 1999 letter. "Letters to the War Department was (sic) to no avail. No one as far as we know ever heard from him."
Frank was the son of Albert Gilmore and Ermina (Loney) Dawson in Spencer County, Ind. He married Hazel Koenig June 10, 1914 in Evansville, Ind. The next April they had a daughter.
Frances Mina Dawson was born on Easter Sunday. The family lived at 1512 E Michigan Street in Evansville when Frances was born at 2:55 p.m. on April 4, 1915. Her first name likely was drawn from her father's Frank and her middle name came from Frank's mother, Ermina.
At some point when Frances was quite young, Frank Dawson left for the store and never came back. The family never knew what became of him. "It was rumored that Frank Dawson joined the army during WW I,'' wrote Frances' cousin, Jim Myers, in a 1999 letter. "Letters to the War Department was (sic) to no avail. No one as far as we know ever heard from him."
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