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Arphaxad R Dawson

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Arphaxad R Dawson

Birth
Oglethorpe County, Georgia, USA
Death
19 Oct 1862 (aged 56–57)
Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas, USA
Burial
Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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His first name is spelled several different ways depending on source.

Son of George Dawson. His occupation is listed as shoemaker in the 1860 federal census.

Married (1) Mary Horn about 1824 in Tennessee.
Their Children :
Allen Dawson
Rebecca Jane Dawson
William Dawson
Judith Dawson
Samuel J. Dawson
Ephriam A. Dawson
Mary Ann Dawson (in 1861 married Rama Edward Dye who also was hung at Gainsville)
Nancy Catherine Dawson
George W. Dawson
Canzada Dawson

Married (2) Jane Caroline Stalcup about 1857. She was the widow of William P. Bland, with two sons, John and James
Bland. John and James Bland and the five youngest children from his first marriage are listed in A. R and Jane C. Dawson's household along with their first two children in the 1860 census living in Sherman, Grayson County, Texas.

Their children:
A. R. Dawson
America Jane Dawson
Parthenia T. Dawson (born 1861)

Jane married the widower Creed T. Walthall on 25 Jan 1864 in Sherman, Grayson County, Texas. C. T. had 8 children from his first marriage. They had two more sons, Thomas and Milton Walthall.

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Arphaxad Dawson is found in the 1840 and 1850 Franklin County, Illinois census records, and A.R. Dawson is found in the 1860 Grayson County, Texas census. Arphaxad Dawson purchased land from Jacob M. Huffaker in Grayson County on April 1859. His brand and ear marks are registered in Cooke County. His farm lied near the county line approximately about half way between Sherman and Denton.
His first name is spelled several different ways depending on source.

Son of George Dawson. His occupation is listed as shoemaker in the 1860 federal census.

Married (1) Mary Horn about 1824 in Tennessee.
Their Children :
Allen Dawson
Rebecca Jane Dawson
William Dawson
Judith Dawson
Samuel J. Dawson
Ephriam A. Dawson
Mary Ann Dawson (in 1861 married Rama Edward Dye who also was hung at Gainsville)
Nancy Catherine Dawson
George W. Dawson
Canzada Dawson

Married (2) Jane Caroline Stalcup about 1857. She was the widow of William P. Bland, with two sons, John and James
Bland. John and James Bland and the five youngest children from his first marriage are listed in A. R and Jane C. Dawson's household along with their first two children in the 1860 census living in Sherman, Grayson County, Texas.

Their children:
A. R. Dawson
America Jane Dawson
Parthenia T. Dawson (born 1861)

Jane married the widower Creed T. Walthall on 25 Jan 1864 in Sherman, Grayson County, Texas. C. T. had 8 children from his first marriage. They had two more sons, Thomas and Milton Walthall.

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Arphaxad Dawson is found in the 1840 and 1850 Franklin County, Illinois census records, and A.R. Dawson is found in the 1860 Grayson County, Texas census. Arphaxad Dawson purchased land from Jacob M. Huffaker in Grayson County on April 1859. His brand and ear marks are registered in Cooke County. His farm lied near the county line approximately about half way between Sherman and Denton.


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