~~1900 Census, Whitesville, Daviess Co, KY
Grandmother: Elizabeth Dawson born Dec 1814 KY Widowed
11 children, 8 still alive
~~1880 Census, Masonville, Daviess, KY
Mother: Elizabeth Dawson Age 65 (1815) KY Widowed
(Parents b in Virginia)
Son and famiily: Joseph P Dawson Age 36
~~Joseph McCann Dawson died Masonville, KY in Feb 1868
~~1860 Census, Owensboro, Daviess, KY
J M Dawson Age 49 and Elizabeth Age 45
James E; WM H; Joseph P; Sarah J; Mary K; Martha P; Emma J
Ira W; Elizabeth A
~~1850 Census, Henry Co, KY
Joseph M Dawson Age 39 (1811) KY Farmer
Elizabeth Age 36 (1814) KY
Benj (1837); James E (1839); William (1841); Joseph (1844); Sarah (1846; Twins Mary and Martha (1849)
~~History of Daviess County, Kentucky, Inter-State Publishing Co., Chicago, 1883.
Reprinted by McDowell Publications, Utica, KY, 1980.
Page 448 Owensboro (from his son's (Benjamin Thomas Dawson) Narrative):
…was born in Fayette County, Ky., and, when a young man, in 1834, came to Daviess County and soon after married. His wife was born in Shelby County, Ky. They settled in Masonville Precinct where he died in February 1868. She is still living. She is a member of Sugar Grove Baptist Church and, with her husband, were charter members of this church. They had a family of 11 children. Benjamin F was the eldest.
~~History of Daviess County, Kentucky, Inter-State Publishing Co., Chicago, 1883.
Reprinted by McDowell Publications, Utica, KY, 1980.
Page 448 – 449 Owensboro (from his son's (James Ellis Dawson) Narrative):
… Joseph McCann and Elizabeth (Miller) Dawson, natives of Fayette and Shelby Counties, Ky., respectively. (Father of Joseph) Benjamin Dawson, was a native of Virginia, and settled in Fayette County, Ky., about 1800.
Joseph Dawson came to Daviess County in 1833, and was married here in 1835. At the death of his father, December, 1849, he sold his farm here and moved on to his father's farm in Henry County. In March, 1852, he sold the farm and returned to Daviess County, buying a farm near Masonville, where he lived till his death in 1868.
~~1900 Census, Whitesville, Daviess Co, KY
Grandmother: Elizabeth Dawson born Dec 1814 KY Widowed
11 children, 8 still alive
~~1880 Census, Masonville, Daviess, KY
Mother: Elizabeth Dawson Age 65 (1815) KY Widowed
(Parents b in Virginia)
Son and famiily: Joseph P Dawson Age 36
~~Joseph McCann Dawson died Masonville, KY in Feb 1868
~~1860 Census, Owensboro, Daviess, KY
J M Dawson Age 49 and Elizabeth Age 45
James E; WM H; Joseph P; Sarah J; Mary K; Martha P; Emma J
Ira W; Elizabeth A
~~1850 Census, Henry Co, KY
Joseph M Dawson Age 39 (1811) KY Farmer
Elizabeth Age 36 (1814) KY
Benj (1837); James E (1839); William (1841); Joseph (1844); Sarah (1846; Twins Mary and Martha (1849)
~~History of Daviess County, Kentucky, Inter-State Publishing Co., Chicago, 1883.
Reprinted by McDowell Publications, Utica, KY, 1980.
Page 448 Owensboro (from his son's (Benjamin Thomas Dawson) Narrative):
…was born in Fayette County, Ky., and, when a young man, in 1834, came to Daviess County and soon after married. His wife was born in Shelby County, Ky. They settled in Masonville Precinct where he died in February 1868. She is still living. She is a member of Sugar Grove Baptist Church and, with her husband, were charter members of this church. They had a family of 11 children. Benjamin F was the eldest.
~~History of Daviess County, Kentucky, Inter-State Publishing Co., Chicago, 1883.
Reprinted by McDowell Publications, Utica, KY, 1980.
Page 448 – 449 Owensboro (from his son's (James Ellis Dawson) Narrative):
… Joseph McCann and Elizabeth (Miller) Dawson, natives of Fayette and Shelby Counties, Ky., respectively. (Father of Joseph) Benjamin Dawson, was a native of Virginia, and settled in Fayette County, Ky., about 1800.
Joseph Dawson came to Daviess County in 1833, and was married here in 1835. At the death of his father, December, 1849, he sold his farm here and moved on to his father's farm in Henry County. In March, 1852, he sold the farm and returned to Daviess County, buying a farm near Masonville, where he lived till his death in 1868.
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