Nickname: Fannie
Susan Frances was the first of our family to be buried in the Church of the Brethren Cemetery where the Dawson family has four plots. Buried beside her in 1934 was an infant grandson (Baby Boy Dawson), then in 1935 an infant great-grandson (Baby Boy Harbin) was buried in the next plot, and lastly, her son, Samuel Bryant Dawson who died in 1938 was buried in the last remaining plot. All four graves are marked.
Her husband, John Anderson Dawson, died 3 years earlier (in 1925) and is buried in Pleasant Point Cemetery in Johnson Co. TX. They had 9 children, two daughters, one who was stillborn and one who died shortly after birth, and they had seven sons, six of whom lived to adulthood. The eldest son, William Dawson only lived to be 9 years old. Born in 1891, he died of pneumonia in 1900 in Hill Co. TX. The location of his grave is unknown.
As noted above, her son Samuel Bryant is buried near her; two sons, John Robert and Hosey Virgle are buried in Lawnview Cemetery in Cordell, OK; one son, Ira Odle, is buried in Garden of Memory Cemetery in Colbert, OK; and the remaining two sons, Elmer Hubert and Aaron Buford, are buried in Mead Cemetery in Mead, OK.
Fannie's death certificate lists the cause of death as T.B. Knowing that T.B. is highly contagious, and that none of the other family members ever had it, I wonder about the diagnosis. And knowing our family's history of asthma makes one wonder if she might have had a severe asthma attack which could have ruptured lung tissue causing massive bleeding from her mouth, and leading to her death.
The neighbor women who came to sit with her knew the end was near and sent my father out of the house so he would not have to watch his mother die. Being her youngest child, Hosey was very close to his mother and he was heartbroken. The ladies later told him she "hemorrhaged to death" which is consistent with T.B. but is also possible with an acute asthma attack.
Daddy always said his mother talked to him a lot, about everything. He was a somewhat sickly small child and was at home with her a lot. He thought she missed not having a daughter to confide in, so she just talked to him instead. He loved her deeply and missed her always. After I was grown and driving my own car (which would have been 35 years after her death), I discovered that Daddy put wildflowers on her grave on Memorial Day and special days, and had done so for years.
At the time of her death, Susan Frances and her teenaged sons lived with her eldest son, Robert, and his family on a farm NW of Cordell. Since the Brethren Cemetery is SE of Cordell I'm unsure why they chose to bury her there. Of course, another adult married son, Bryant, could have lived nearby and may have selected her burial location. The cemetery was behind the Church of the Brethren and some family members might have attended services there.
Susan Frances was the first of our family to be buried in the Church of the Brethren Cemetery where the Dawson family has four plots. Buried beside her in 1934 was an infant grandson (Baby Boy Dawson), then in 1935 an infant great-grandson (Baby Boy Harbin) was buried in the next plot, and lastly, her son, Samuel Bryant Dawson who died in 1938 was buried in the last remaining plot. All four graves are marked.
Her husband, John Anderson Dawson, died 3 years earlier (in 1925) and is buried in Pleasant Point Cemetery in Johnson Co. TX. They had 9 children, two daughters, one who was stillborn and one who died shortly after birth, and they had seven sons, six of whom lived to adulthood. The eldest son, William Dawson only lived to be 9 years old. Born in 1891, he died of pneumonia in 1900 in Hill Co. TX. The location of his grave is unknown.
As noted above, her son Samuel Bryant is buried near her; two sons, John Robert and Hosey Virgle are buried in Lawnview Cemetery in Cordell, OK; one son, Ira Odle, is buried in Garden of Memory Cemetery in Colbert, OK; and the remaining two sons, Elmer Hubert and Aaron Buford, are buried in Mead Cemetery in Mead, OK.
Fannie's death certificate lists the cause of death as T.B. Knowing that T.B. is highly contagious, and that none of the other family members ever had it, I wonder about the diagnosis. And knowing our family's history of asthma makes one wonder if she might have had a severe asthma attack which could have ruptured lung tissue causing massive bleeding from her mouth, and leading to her death.
The neighbor women who came to sit with her knew the end was near and sent my father out of the house so he would not have to watch his mother die. Being her youngest child, Hosey was very close to his mother and he was heartbroken. The ladies later told him she "hemorrhaged to death" which is consistent with T.B. but is also possible with an acute asthma attack.
Daddy always said his mother talked to him a lot, about everything. He was a somewhat sickly small child and was at home with her a lot. He thought she missed not having a daughter to confide in, so she just talked to him instead. He loved her deeply and missed her always. After I was grown and driving my own car (which would have been 35 years after her death), I discovered that Daddy put wildflowers on her grave on Memorial Day and special days, and had done so for years.
At the time of her death, Susan Frances and her teenaged sons lived with her eldest son, Robert, and his family on a farm NW of Cordell. Since the Brethren Cemetery is SE of Cordell I'm unsure why they chose to bury her there. Of course, another adult married son, Bryant, could have lived nearby and may have selected her burial location. The cemetery was behind the Church of the Brethren and some family members might have attended services there.
Nickname: Fannie
Susan Frances was the first of our family to be buried in the Church of the Brethren Cemetery where the Dawson family has four plots. Buried beside her in 1934 was an infant grandson (Baby Boy Dawson), then in 1935 an infant great-grandson (Baby Boy Harbin) was buried in the next plot, and lastly, her son, Samuel Bryant Dawson who died in 1938 was buried in the last remaining plot. All four graves are marked.
Her husband, John Anderson Dawson, died 3 years earlier (in 1925) and is buried in Pleasant Point Cemetery in Johnson Co. TX. They had 9 children, two daughters, one who was stillborn and one who died shortly after birth, and they had seven sons, six of whom lived to adulthood. The eldest son, William Dawson only lived to be 9 years old. Born in 1891, he died of pneumonia in 1900 in Hill Co. TX. The location of his grave is unknown.
As noted above, her son Samuel Bryant is buried near her; two sons, John Robert and Hosey Virgle are buried in Lawnview Cemetery in Cordell, OK; one son, Ira Odle, is buried in Garden of Memory Cemetery in Colbert, OK; and the remaining two sons, Elmer Hubert and Aaron Buford, are buried in Mead Cemetery in Mead, OK.
Fannie's death certificate lists the cause of death as T.B. Knowing that T.B. is highly contagious, and that none of the other family members ever had it, I wonder about the diagnosis. And knowing our family's history of asthma makes one wonder if she might have had a severe asthma attack which could have ruptured lung tissue causing massive bleeding from her mouth, and leading to her death.
The neighbor women who came to sit with her knew the end was near and sent my father out of the house so he would not have to watch his mother die. Being her youngest child, Hosey was very close to his mother and he was heartbroken. The ladies later told him she "hemorrhaged to death" which is consistent with T.B. but is also possible with an acute asthma attack.
Daddy always said his mother talked to him a lot, about everything. He was a somewhat sickly small child and was at home with her a lot. He thought she missed not having a daughter to confide in, so she just talked to him instead. He loved her deeply and missed her always. After I was grown and driving my own car (which would have been 35 years after her death), I discovered that Daddy put wildflowers on her grave on Memorial Day and special days, and had done so for years.
At the time of her death, Susan Frances and her teenaged sons lived with her eldest son, Robert, and his family on a farm NW of Cordell. Since the Brethren Cemetery is SE of Cordell I'm unsure why they chose to bury her there. Of course, another adult married son, Bryant, could have lived nearby and may have selected her burial location. The cemetery was behind the Church of the Brethren and some family members might have attended services there.
Susan Frances was the first of our family to be buried in the Church of the Brethren Cemetery where the Dawson family has four plots. Buried beside her in 1934 was an infant grandson (Baby Boy Dawson), then in 1935 an infant great-grandson (Baby Boy Harbin) was buried in the next plot, and lastly, her son, Samuel Bryant Dawson who died in 1938 was buried in the last remaining plot. All four graves are marked.
Her husband, John Anderson Dawson, died 3 years earlier (in 1925) and is buried in Pleasant Point Cemetery in Johnson Co. TX. They had 9 children, two daughters, one who was stillborn and one who died shortly after birth, and they had seven sons, six of whom lived to adulthood. The eldest son, William Dawson only lived to be 9 years old. Born in 1891, he died of pneumonia in 1900 in Hill Co. TX. The location of his grave is unknown.
As noted above, her son Samuel Bryant is buried near her; two sons, John Robert and Hosey Virgle are buried in Lawnview Cemetery in Cordell, OK; one son, Ira Odle, is buried in Garden of Memory Cemetery in Colbert, OK; and the remaining two sons, Elmer Hubert and Aaron Buford, are buried in Mead Cemetery in Mead, OK.
Fannie's death certificate lists the cause of death as T.B. Knowing that T.B. is highly contagious, and that none of the other family members ever had it, I wonder about the diagnosis. And knowing our family's history of asthma makes one wonder if she might have had a severe asthma attack which could have ruptured lung tissue causing massive bleeding from her mouth, and leading to her death.
The neighbor women who came to sit with her knew the end was near and sent my father out of the house so he would not have to watch his mother die. Being her youngest child, Hosey was very close to his mother and he was heartbroken. The ladies later told him she "hemorrhaged to death" which is consistent with T.B. but is also possible with an acute asthma attack.
Daddy always said his mother talked to him a lot, about everything. He was a somewhat sickly small child and was at home with her a lot. He thought she missed not having a daughter to confide in, so she just talked to him instead. He loved her deeply and missed her always. After I was grown and driving my own car (which would have been 35 years after her death), I discovered that Daddy put wildflowers on her grave on Memorial Day and special days, and had done so for years.
At the time of her death, Susan Frances and her teenaged sons lived with her eldest son, Robert, and his family on a farm NW of Cordell. Since the Brethren Cemetery is SE of Cordell I'm unsure why they chose to bury her there. Of course, another adult married son, Bryant, could have lived nearby and may have selected her burial location. The cemetery was behind the Church of the Brethren and some family members might have attended services there.
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