From "A Collection of…Individuals bearing the name Dawson," compiled by Charles C. Dawson, written in 1874.
"George Francis Dawson passed several years of his childhood in New Zealand, but returned to England as soon as old enough to enter the Royal Naval School at Greenwich, where he spent three years, completing the course of study, but choosing not to remain the regulation term of four years, without which a certificate of graduation is not granted. After leaving the Naval School, Mr. Dawson spent a few years at sea in the merchant service, and has been, in the course of his life, three times around the world.
He came to the United States from China in March, 1852, landing at San Francisco, California, a youth of 17, eager for adventure, whereof he had a large experience in the few years following, during which he engaged in a great variety of occupations, including mining. In 1856, while in Nevada City, California, he entered the office of Hon. A.A. Sargent, now United States Senator from California, as a student of law, and in the following year became connected with the press of San Francisco, first as law reporter for the Evening Argus, afterwards, editorially and otherwise, with the Bulletin Call and Aha Californian. He has also been connected with the Sacramento Union and Record, of which latter he is now the regular Washington correspondent.
About 1864, Mr. Dawson was engaged as superintendent of some American mining operations in Sinaloa, Mexico, in which he was employed about eighteen months, suffering finally the loss of his property there through the spoilations of the French army. Shortly after returning from Mexico he went to the state of Nevada, where, as conductor of the Virginia City Enterprise, then and now its leading paper, he was successfully engaged in the great struggle for the admission, under the enabling act, of that state into the Union. He went to New York city in January, 1865…."
In the 1870 U.S. Census, George was boarding in New York County, New York, with the family of his future father-in-law, Thomas Richardson (born c.1800), and George was an "editor." George married Thomas' daughter, Rosalie Ann (Richardson) Dawson (c.1848 - 16 Sept 1925), on 28 Dec 1870 in Manhattan, New York.
In 1872, George was appointed assistant clerk of the House of Representatives in Washington, DC. In the 1880 U.S. Census, George and Rosalie lived in Washington, DC, and he was a "journalist."
George donated the land for St. James Episcopal Church in Washington, DC, and paid for the parish house.
"On Monday, May 22, 1893, at his residence, 217 A street southeast, George Francis Dawson, beloved husband of Rosalie Ann Dawson. Funeral Thursday, May 25, at 5 p.m. from St. James' Church. [New York and Chicago papers please copy.]"
The Evening Star
23 May 1893
A Well-Known Citizen of East Washington Passes Away
Geo. Francis Dawson, one of the leading citizens of the city, died yesterday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at his home, 227 A street southeast, of apoplexy. About three weeks ago he was taken ill with the grip and when he recovered was in a very weak condition. Last Friday a week the doctor told him that he might go down stairs for the first time. While he was dressing for breakfast he fell with a stroke of apoplexy. His wife, hearing the fall and fearing something had happened, hastened upstairs and found him stretched upon the floor. The doctor was summoned, and it was found that Mr. Dawson had been paralyzed on the left side, his brain in part affected. He lingered ten days, with occasional returns to consciousness, and yesterday afternoon passed quietly away. He was in the fifty-ninth year of his age and leaves a family of a wife and three children. The funeral will take place from St. James' Church next Thursday.
His Late Colleagues
On learning of the death of Mr. Dawson the assessor and board of revision met this morning in the office of the assessor and unanimously adopted a resolution setting forth that in the sudden demise of Mr. Dawson this city is deprived of a citizen conscientious in the discharge of his official duties, and whose sterling qualities commanded the admiration of his friends, and tendering to his family sincere condolence in their sad affliction.
His Life
Mr. Dawson was one of the best known of Washington citizens and his death will be deeply regretted. By birth Mr. Dawson was an Englishman, but his early arrival in this country and entire sympathy with American ideas rendered him as truly a citizen of the United States as if his ancestors had lived here for generations. Early in his career in this country Mr. Dawson did journalistic work on the Pacific coast. Afterward coming to this city he was employed for many years under the Senate. Always interested in politics the deceased has rendered efficient services in the party with which he affiliated. For several campaigns he acted as editor for the national republican committee's campaign text book. Mr. Dawson has been an energetic and able exponent of the greater Washington, and his time and abilities were always at the service of the city of his adoption. East Washington especially owes a debt of gratitude to the dead man. Since its formation he has been an active and useful member of the East Washington Citizens' Association, of which for many years he was president, resigning only because his sense of fitness pointed to that action, at the time he was appointed a member of the board of assessors to make the recent new assessment of real estate. Mr. Dawson was appointed to this board in May, 1891, and served as a member until the new assessment was completed not long ago.
"George Francis Dawson passed several years of his childhood in New Zealand, but returned to England as soon as old enough to enter the Royal Naval School at Greenwich, where he spent three years, completing the course of study, but choosing not to remain the regulation term of four years, without which a certificate of graduation is not granted. After leaving the Naval School, Mr. Dawson spent a few years at sea in the merchant service, and has been, in the course of his life, three times around the world.
He came to the United States from China in March, 1852, landing at San Francisco, California, a youth of 17, eager for adventure, whereof he had a large experience in the few years following, during which he engaged in a great variety of occupations, including mining. In 1856, while in Nevada City, California, he entered the office of Hon. A.A. Sargent, now United States Senator from California, as a student of law, and in the following year became connected with the press of San Francisco, first as law reporter for the Evening Argus, afterwards, editorially and otherwise, with the Bulletin Call and Aha Californian. He has also been connected with the Sacramento Union and Record, of which latter he is now the regular Washington correspondent.
About 1864, Mr. Dawson was engaged as superintendent of some American mining operations in Sinaloa, Mexico, in which he was employed about eighteen months, suffering finally the loss of his property there through the spoilations of the French army. Shortly after returning from Mexico he went to the state of Nevada, where, as conductor of the Virginia City Enterprise, then and now its leading paper, he was successfully engaged in the great struggle for the admission, under the enabling act, of that state into the Union. He went to New York city in January, 1865…."
In the 1870 U.S. Census, George was boarding in New York County, New York, with the family of his future father-in-law, Thomas Richardson (born c.1800), and George was an "editor." George married Thomas' daughter, Rosalie Ann (Richardson) Dawson (c.1848 - 16 Sept 1925), on 28 Dec 1870 in Manhattan, New York.
In 1872, George was appointed assistant clerk of the House of Representatives in Washington, DC. In the 1880 U.S. Census, George and Rosalie lived in Washington, DC, and he was a "journalist."
George donated the land for St. James Episcopal Church in Washington, DC, and paid for the parish house.
"On Monday, May 22, 1893, at his residence, 217 A street southeast, George Francis Dawson, beloved husband of Rosalie Ann Dawson. Funeral Thursday, May 25, at 5 p.m. from St. James' Church. [New York and Chicago papers please copy.]"
The Evening Star
23 May 1893
A Well-Known Citizen of East Washington Passes Away
Geo. Francis Dawson, one of the leading citizens of the city, died yesterday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at his home, 227 A street southeast, of apoplexy. About three weeks ago he was taken ill with the grip and when he recovered was in a very weak condition. Last Friday a week the doctor told him that he might go down stairs for the first time. While he was dressing for breakfast he fell with a stroke of apoplexy. His wife, hearing the fall and fearing something had happened, hastened upstairs and found him stretched upon the floor. The doctor was summoned, and it was found that Mr. Dawson had been paralyzed on the left side, his brain in part affected. He lingered ten days, with occasional returns to consciousness, and yesterday afternoon passed quietly away. He was in the fifty-ninth year of his age and leaves a family of a wife and three children. The funeral will take place from St. James' Church next Thursday.
His Late Colleagues
On learning of the death of Mr. Dawson the assessor and board of revision met this morning in the office of the assessor and unanimously adopted a resolution setting forth that in the sudden demise of Mr. Dawson this city is deprived of a citizen conscientious in the discharge of his official duties, and whose sterling qualities commanded the admiration of his friends, and tendering to his family sincere condolence in their sad affliction.
His Life
Mr. Dawson was one of the best known of Washington citizens and his death will be deeply regretted. By birth Mr. Dawson was an Englishman, but his early arrival in this country and entire sympathy with American ideas rendered him as truly a citizen of the United States as if his ancestors had lived here for generations. Early in his career in this country Mr. Dawson did journalistic work on the Pacific coast. Afterward coming to this city he was employed for many years under the Senate. Always interested in politics the deceased has rendered efficient services in the party with which he affiliated. For several campaigns he acted as editor for the national republican committee's campaign text book. Mr. Dawson has been an energetic and able exponent of the greater Washington, and his time and abilities were always at the service of the city of his adoption. East Washington especially owes a debt of gratitude to the dead man. Since its formation he has been an active and useful member of the East Washington Citizens' Association, of which for many years he was president, resigning only because his sense of fitness pointed to that action, at the time he was appointed a member of the board of assessors to make the recent new assessment of real estate. Mr. Dawson was appointed to this board in May, 1891, and served as a member until the new assessment was completed not long ago.
From "A Collection of…Individuals bearing the name Dawson," compiled by Charles C. Dawson, written in 1874.
"George Francis Dawson passed several years of his childhood in New Zealand, but returned to England as soon as old enough to enter the Royal Naval School at Greenwich, where he spent three years, completing the course of study, but choosing not to remain the regulation term of four years, without which a certificate of graduation is not granted. After leaving the Naval School, Mr. Dawson spent a few years at sea in the merchant service, and has been, in the course of his life, three times around the world.
He came to the United States from China in March, 1852, landing at San Francisco, California, a youth of 17, eager for adventure, whereof he had a large experience in the few years following, during which he engaged in a great variety of occupations, including mining. In 1856, while in Nevada City, California, he entered the office of Hon. A.A. Sargent, now United States Senator from California, as a student of law, and in the following year became connected with the press of San Francisco, first as law reporter for the Evening Argus, afterwards, editorially and otherwise, with the Bulletin Call and Aha Californian. He has also been connected with the Sacramento Union and Record, of which latter he is now the regular Washington correspondent.
About 1864, Mr. Dawson was engaged as superintendent of some American mining operations in Sinaloa, Mexico, in which he was employed about eighteen months, suffering finally the loss of his property there through the spoilations of the French army. Shortly after returning from Mexico he went to the state of Nevada, where, as conductor of the Virginia City Enterprise, then and now its leading paper, he was successfully engaged in the great struggle for the admission, under the enabling act, of that state into the Union. He went to New York city in January, 1865…."
In the 1870 U.S. Census, George was boarding in New York County, New York, with the family of his future father-in-law, Thomas Richardson (born c.1800), and George was an "editor." George married Thomas' daughter, Rosalie Ann (Richardson) Dawson (c.1848 - 16 Sept 1925), on 28 Dec 1870 in Manhattan, New York.
In 1872, George was appointed assistant clerk of the House of Representatives in Washington, DC. In the 1880 U.S. Census, George and Rosalie lived in Washington, DC, and he was a "journalist."
George donated the land for St. James Episcopal Church in Washington, DC, and paid for the parish house.
"On Monday, May 22, 1893, at his residence, 217 A street southeast, George Francis Dawson, beloved husband of Rosalie Ann Dawson. Funeral Thursday, May 25, at 5 p.m. from St. James' Church. [New York and Chicago papers please copy.]"
The Evening Star
23 May 1893
A Well-Known Citizen of East Washington Passes Away
Geo. Francis Dawson, one of the leading citizens of the city, died yesterday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at his home, 227 A street southeast, of apoplexy. About three weeks ago he was taken ill with the grip and when he recovered was in a very weak condition. Last Friday a week the doctor told him that he might go down stairs for the first time. While he was dressing for breakfast he fell with a stroke of apoplexy. His wife, hearing the fall and fearing something had happened, hastened upstairs and found him stretched upon the floor. The doctor was summoned, and it was found that Mr. Dawson had been paralyzed on the left side, his brain in part affected. He lingered ten days, with occasional returns to consciousness, and yesterday afternoon passed quietly away. He was in the fifty-ninth year of his age and leaves a family of a wife and three children. The funeral will take place from St. James' Church next Thursday.
His Late Colleagues
On learning of the death of Mr. Dawson the assessor and board of revision met this morning in the office of the assessor and unanimously adopted a resolution setting forth that in the sudden demise of Mr. Dawson this city is deprived of a citizen conscientious in the discharge of his official duties, and whose sterling qualities commanded the admiration of his friends, and tendering to his family sincere condolence in their sad affliction.
His Life
Mr. Dawson was one of the best known of Washington citizens and his death will be deeply regretted. By birth Mr. Dawson was an Englishman, but his early arrival in this country and entire sympathy with American ideas rendered him as truly a citizen of the United States as if his ancestors had lived here for generations. Early in his career in this country Mr. Dawson did journalistic work on the Pacific coast. Afterward coming to this city he was employed for many years under the Senate. Always interested in politics the deceased has rendered efficient services in the party with which he affiliated. For several campaigns he acted as editor for the national republican committee's campaign text book. Mr. Dawson has been an energetic and able exponent of the greater Washington, and his time and abilities were always at the service of the city of his adoption. East Washington especially owes a debt of gratitude to the dead man. Since its formation he has been an active and useful member of the East Washington Citizens' Association, of which for many years he was president, resigning only because his sense of fitness pointed to that action, at the time he was appointed a member of the board of assessors to make the recent new assessment of real estate. Mr. Dawson was appointed to this board in May, 1891, and served as a member until the new assessment was completed not long ago.
"George Francis Dawson passed several years of his childhood in New Zealand, but returned to England as soon as old enough to enter the Royal Naval School at Greenwich, where he spent three years, completing the course of study, but choosing not to remain the regulation term of four years, without which a certificate of graduation is not granted. After leaving the Naval School, Mr. Dawson spent a few years at sea in the merchant service, and has been, in the course of his life, three times around the world.
He came to the United States from China in March, 1852, landing at San Francisco, California, a youth of 17, eager for adventure, whereof he had a large experience in the few years following, during which he engaged in a great variety of occupations, including mining. In 1856, while in Nevada City, California, he entered the office of Hon. A.A. Sargent, now United States Senator from California, as a student of law, and in the following year became connected with the press of San Francisco, first as law reporter for the Evening Argus, afterwards, editorially and otherwise, with the Bulletin Call and Aha Californian. He has also been connected with the Sacramento Union and Record, of which latter he is now the regular Washington correspondent.
About 1864, Mr. Dawson was engaged as superintendent of some American mining operations in Sinaloa, Mexico, in which he was employed about eighteen months, suffering finally the loss of his property there through the spoilations of the French army. Shortly after returning from Mexico he went to the state of Nevada, where, as conductor of the Virginia City Enterprise, then and now its leading paper, he was successfully engaged in the great struggle for the admission, under the enabling act, of that state into the Union. He went to New York city in January, 1865…."
In the 1870 U.S. Census, George was boarding in New York County, New York, with the family of his future father-in-law, Thomas Richardson (born c.1800), and George was an "editor." George married Thomas' daughter, Rosalie Ann (Richardson) Dawson (c.1848 - 16 Sept 1925), on 28 Dec 1870 in Manhattan, New York.
In 1872, George was appointed assistant clerk of the House of Representatives in Washington, DC. In the 1880 U.S. Census, George and Rosalie lived in Washington, DC, and he was a "journalist."
George donated the land for St. James Episcopal Church in Washington, DC, and paid for the parish house.
"On Monday, May 22, 1893, at his residence, 217 A street southeast, George Francis Dawson, beloved husband of Rosalie Ann Dawson. Funeral Thursday, May 25, at 5 p.m. from St. James' Church. [New York and Chicago papers please copy.]"
The Evening Star
23 May 1893
A Well-Known Citizen of East Washington Passes Away
Geo. Francis Dawson, one of the leading citizens of the city, died yesterday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at his home, 227 A street southeast, of apoplexy. About three weeks ago he was taken ill with the grip and when he recovered was in a very weak condition. Last Friday a week the doctor told him that he might go down stairs for the first time. While he was dressing for breakfast he fell with a stroke of apoplexy. His wife, hearing the fall and fearing something had happened, hastened upstairs and found him stretched upon the floor. The doctor was summoned, and it was found that Mr. Dawson had been paralyzed on the left side, his brain in part affected. He lingered ten days, with occasional returns to consciousness, and yesterday afternoon passed quietly away. He was in the fifty-ninth year of his age and leaves a family of a wife and three children. The funeral will take place from St. James' Church next Thursday.
His Late Colleagues
On learning of the death of Mr. Dawson the assessor and board of revision met this morning in the office of the assessor and unanimously adopted a resolution setting forth that in the sudden demise of Mr. Dawson this city is deprived of a citizen conscientious in the discharge of his official duties, and whose sterling qualities commanded the admiration of his friends, and tendering to his family sincere condolence in their sad affliction.
His Life
Mr. Dawson was one of the best known of Washington citizens and his death will be deeply regretted. By birth Mr. Dawson was an Englishman, but his early arrival in this country and entire sympathy with American ideas rendered him as truly a citizen of the United States as if his ancestors had lived here for generations. Early in his career in this country Mr. Dawson did journalistic work on the Pacific coast. Afterward coming to this city he was employed for many years under the Senate. Always interested in politics the deceased has rendered efficient services in the party with which he affiliated. For several campaigns he acted as editor for the national republican committee's campaign text book. Mr. Dawson has been an energetic and able exponent of the greater Washington, and his time and abilities were always at the service of the city of his adoption. East Washington especially owes a debt of gratitude to the dead man. Since its formation he has been an active and useful member of the East Washington Citizens' Association, of which for many years he was president, resigning only because his sense of fitness pointed to that action, at the time he was appointed a member of the board of assessors to make the recent new assessment of real estate. Mr. Dawson was appointed to this board in May, 1891, and served as a member until the new assessment was completed not long ago.
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