Edward Franklin Dawn and his 2nd wife, Mary Elizabeth (Hardwick) Hope Dawn, the parents of Emma C. Dawn, migrated to Knox Co., TN from Virginia between 1847 and 1850 determined by the fact that their son, Samuel M. Dawn, was their last child born in VA, about 1847, and their first child born in TN was Joannah Dawn in Aug 1850, four months prior to the December 1850 US Census.
The 06 Dec 1850 US Census of Subdivision 15, Knox Co., TN enumerated the household of 44 Y/O Edward J. Dunn, an enumeration error. His correct name was Edward Franklin Dawn, a farmer born in VA. Edward had married his deceased first wife, Alias (Alice) Connally, on 05 Dec 1831 at Campbell Co., VA and she died there before 1840. Also living in Edward's 1850 household was his 38 Y/O 2nd wife, Mary Elizabeth (Hardwick) Hope Dawn, born in VA. Her deceased first husband was Willis B. Hope whom she had married on 28 Jul 1828 at Lynchburg, VA. Their children were: James Willis Hope, born Abt. 1829 and John Hope, born about 1832. Mary Elizabeth (Hardwick) Hope married secondly Edward Franklin Dawn on 21 May 1840 in Lynchburg, Virginia. Also living in their 1850 Knox Co., Tennessee household was a mixture of children from Edward's two marriages: 17 Y/O Mary J. Dawn, born in VA; 13 Y/O Martha A. Dawn, born in VA; 11 Y/O Ann E. Dawn, born in VA; 9 Y/O Edward Franklin Dawn, Jr., born in VA; 7 Y/O William H. Dawn, born in VA; 5 Y/O Ferdinand F. Dawn, born in VA; 4 Y/O Emma C. Dawn, born in VA; 3 Y/O Samuel M. Dawn, born in VA, and 4 months old Johanna Dawn, born in TN.
An aside, the 1850 US Census of Richmond (Independent City) Virginia enumerated the household of 67 Y/O Joseph Venable Hardwicke, a retired tailor born in VA, and his 60 Y/O wife, Nancy Ann (Johnson) Hardwicke, born in VA. Also living in the household were their 22 Y/O son, George Willis Hardwick, a printer, and their 21 Y/O grandson, James Willis Hope, a tailor born in VA, who had apprenticed with his grandfather. James Willis Hope was the oldest son of Willis B. Hope and his wife, Mary Elizabeth (Hardwick) Hope, the 2nd wife of Edward Franklin Dawn. The 1850 US Census of Nashville, Davidson Co., TN enumerated the unmarried 19 Y/O John Hope, born in VA. He was the youngest son of Mary Elizabeth (Hardwick) Hope Dawn by her deceased first husband, Willis B. Hope and was the brother of James Willis Hope, the tailor, mentioned above.
The 1860 US Census of District 9, Bradley Co., TN enumerated the household of 28 Y/O John Hope, mis-enumerated as "John Hopper", a farmer born in VA, and his 22 Y/O wife, Mary Hope. Also living in the household were their two daughters: 4 Y/O Martha E. Hope and 1 Y/O Margaret Hope, indicating John and Mary Hope were probably married about 1855 in TN. Other residents of the household were John Hope's remarried mother, 48 Y/O Mary Elizabeth (Hardwick) Hope Dawn, and her second husband, 56 Y/O Edward Franklin Dawn (The Dawn name in the census was also mis-enumerated as "Dows"). The Dawn children living in John Hope's household were still a mixture from Edward Franklin Dawn's two marriages: 23 Y/O Martha A. Dawn (Note: Martha A. Dawn was probably a daughter from Edward Franklin Dawn's first wife, Alis Connally Dawn); 20 Y/O Ann E. Dawn; 17 Y/O William H. Dawn; 16 Y/O Ferdinand Finney Dawn; 13 Y/O Emma C. Dawn; 12 Y/O Samuel M. Dawn; 9 Y/O Ivard Dawn; 7 Y/O George V. Dawn; 6 Y/O Charles H. Dawn; 4 Y/O Rosalind Virginia S. Dawn and 2 Y/O Lariston B. Dawn.
Edward Franklin Dawn was listed on a Bradley Co., TN tax record in 1862 and by 05 Jul 1867, he had moved with his family to Whitfield Co., GA as he was registered there as a qualified voter post Civil War.
Emma C. Dawn married Gideon T. Lane in Whitfield Co., GA on 26 Aug 1869 (see attached marriage record).
The 28 Jun 1870 US Census of Poplar Bluff, Butler Co., Missouri enumerated 25 Y/O Gideon T. Lane, a farmer born in TN, and his 22 Y/O wife, Emma C. (Dawn) Lane, born in VA.
By 1880, the Lane family had moved to Hilburn, Madison Co., AR. The 1880 US Census enumerated the household of 34 Y/O Gideon Lane, a farmer born in TN, and his 32 Y/O wife, Emma C. (Dawn) Lane, born in VA. Living in the household were their children: 8 Y/O Ada F. Lane born in AR; 6 Y/O Edward C. Lane born in GA; 4 Y/O Franklin S. Lane born in GA; 2 Y/O Mary H. Lane born in AR and 3 months old Rose Anna Lane born in AR. NOTE: They were living two households away from Emma's brother George V. Dawn and his first wife, Martha E. (Thurman) Dawn. NOTE: Emma's parents, Edward Franklin and Mary Elizabeth (Hardwick) Dawn, had recently moved from Whitfield Co., GA and were living in the household of Emma's sister, Joannah (Dawn) Williams, three households away. All three families were farmers.
The 1900 US Census of Baldwin, Madison Co., Arkansas enumerated the household of 53 Y/O Gideon T. Lane, a farmer born in TN, and his 54 Y/O wife, Emma C. (Dawn) Lane, born in VA. Living in the household were their children: 15 Y/O James W. Lane; 13 Y/O Charles H. Lane and 11 Y/O Fanny E. Lane. All of these children were born in Arkansas.
Following the death of his wife, Emma, on 29 Dec 1909 at Madison Co., AR, 64 Y/O Gideon moved to East Pagosa, Archuleta Co., Colorado and was enumerated there in the 01 May 1910 US Census living alone in the adjacent household to his 21 Y/O daughter, Fannie (Lane) Coats. Fannie had married Austen Wayne Coats, of AR, on 02 Sep 1906 at Madison Co., AR. Gideon was working as a stableman in a logging camp and, for some reason, had moved back to Madison Co., AR by 03 Sep 1910, date of his sudden death.
Gideon T. Lane, prior to his marriage to Emma C. Dawn, had enlisted on 10 Mar 1862 in Georgia as a private in Company "C", Georgia 39th Infantry Regiment. He was 19 Y/O and was described as 5' 7" tall with blue eyes and straight hair. Gideon was captured near Nashville, TN on 16 Dec 1864 by troops attached to Major General Henry Thomas, commanding Department of the Cumberland. Gideon was a Corporal in Company "H", 36 Regiment, Georgia Infantry when captured. He was received as a POW in Military Prison, Louisville, KY on 02 Jan 1865 and was transferred and received at Camp Chase, Ohio from Louisville, KY on 04 Jan 1965. He subscribed and swore an Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America at Camp Chase, Ohio on 12 Jun 1865.
Gideon applied for a Civil War pension in 1905 while living in Madison Co., AR which was approved.
The children of Gideon T. and Emma C. (Dawn) Lane were:
1) Ada F. Lane b. Abt. 1872 AR
2) Edward C. Lane b. Abt. 1874 GA
3) Franklin S. Lane b. Abt. 1876 GA
4) Mary W. Lane b. Abt. 1878 AR
5) Rose Anna b. March 1880 AR
6) James W. Lane b. July 1884, AR
7) Charles S. Lane b. December 1886, AR
8) Fannie Elizabeth Lane b. January 1889, AR, d. 1967 OK, m. Austen Wayne Coats on 02 Sep 1906 at Madison Co., AR.
(Sources: 1880 and 1900 US Censuses)
Emma C. (Dawn) Lane is proven to be the 4th cousin 1x removed of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (aka Mark Twain) through her mother, Mary Elizabeth (Hardwick) Dawn. (See Find A Grave Memorials Mark Twain and Mark Twain.)
Bio by Gresham Farrar.
The 06 Dec 1850 US Census of Subdivision 15, Knox Co., TN enumerated the household of 44 Y/O Edward J. Dunn, an enumeration error. His correct name was Edward Franklin Dawn, a farmer born in VA. Edward had married his deceased first wife, Alias (Alice) Connally, on 05 Dec 1831 at Campbell Co., VA and she died there before 1840. Also living in Edward's 1850 household was his 38 Y/O 2nd wife, Mary Elizabeth (Hardwick) Hope Dawn, born in VA. Her deceased first husband was Willis B. Hope whom she had married on 28 Jul 1828 at Lynchburg, VA. Their children were: James Willis Hope, born Abt. 1829 and John Hope, born about 1832. Mary Elizabeth (Hardwick) Hope married secondly Edward Franklin Dawn on 21 May 1840 in Lynchburg, Virginia. Also living in their 1850 Knox Co., Tennessee household was a mixture of children from Edward's two marriages: 17 Y/O Mary J. Dawn, born in VA; 13 Y/O Martha A. Dawn, born in VA; 11 Y/O Ann E. Dawn, born in VA; 9 Y/O Edward Franklin Dawn, Jr., born in VA; 7 Y/O William H. Dawn, born in VA; 5 Y/O Ferdinand F. Dawn, born in VA; 4 Y/O Emma C. Dawn, born in VA; 3 Y/O Samuel M. Dawn, born in VA, and 4 months old Johanna Dawn, born in TN.
An aside, the 1850 US Census of Richmond (Independent City) Virginia enumerated the household of 67 Y/O Joseph Venable Hardwicke, a retired tailor born in VA, and his 60 Y/O wife, Nancy Ann (Johnson) Hardwicke, born in VA. Also living in the household were their 22 Y/O son, George Willis Hardwick, a printer, and their 21 Y/O grandson, James Willis Hope, a tailor born in VA, who had apprenticed with his grandfather. James Willis Hope was the oldest son of Willis B. Hope and his wife, Mary Elizabeth (Hardwick) Hope, the 2nd wife of Edward Franklin Dawn. The 1850 US Census of Nashville, Davidson Co., TN enumerated the unmarried 19 Y/O John Hope, born in VA. He was the youngest son of Mary Elizabeth (Hardwick) Hope Dawn by her deceased first husband, Willis B. Hope and was the brother of James Willis Hope, the tailor, mentioned above.
The 1860 US Census of District 9, Bradley Co., TN enumerated the household of 28 Y/O John Hope, mis-enumerated as "John Hopper", a farmer born in VA, and his 22 Y/O wife, Mary Hope. Also living in the household were their two daughters: 4 Y/O Martha E. Hope and 1 Y/O Margaret Hope, indicating John and Mary Hope were probably married about 1855 in TN. Other residents of the household were John Hope's remarried mother, 48 Y/O Mary Elizabeth (Hardwick) Hope Dawn, and her second husband, 56 Y/O Edward Franklin Dawn (The Dawn name in the census was also mis-enumerated as "Dows"). The Dawn children living in John Hope's household were still a mixture from Edward Franklin Dawn's two marriages: 23 Y/O Martha A. Dawn (Note: Martha A. Dawn was probably a daughter from Edward Franklin Dawn's first wife, Alis Connally Dawn); 20 Y/O Ann E. Dawn; 17 Y/O William H. Dawn; 16 Y/O Ferdinand Finney Dawn; 13 Y/O Emma C. Dawn; 12 Y/O Samuel M. Dawn; 9 Y/O Ivard Dawn; 7 Y/O George V. Dawn; 6 Y/O Charles H. Dawn; 4 Y/O Rosalind Virginia S. Dawn and 2 Y/O Lariston B. Dawn.
Edward Franklin Dawn was listed on a Bradley Co., TN tax record in 1862 and by 05 Jul 1867, he had moved with his family to Whitfield Co., GA as he was registered there as a qualified voter post Civil War.
Emma C. Dawn married Gideon T. Lane in Whitfield Co., GA on 26 Aug 1869 (see attached marriage record).
The 28 Jun 1870 US Census of Poplar Bluff, Butler Co., Missouri enumerated 25 Y/O Gideon T. Lane, a farmer born in TN, and his 22 Y/O wife, Emma C. (Dawn) Lane, born in VA.
By 1880, the Lane family had moved to Hilburn, Madison Co., AR. The 1880 US Census enumerated the household of 34 Y/O Gideon Lane, a farmer born in TN, and his 32 Y/O wife, Emma C. (Dawn) Lane, born in VA. Living in the household were their children: 8 Y/O Ada F. Lane born in AR; 6 Y/O Edward C. Lane born in GA; 4 Y/O Franklin S. Lane born in GA; 2 Y/O Mary H. Lane born in AR and 3 months old Rose Anna Lane born in AR. NOTE: They were living two households away from Emma's brother George V. Dawn and his first wife, Martha E. (Thurman) Dawn. NOTE: Emma's parents, Edward Franklin and Mary Elizabeth (Hardwick) Dawn, had recently moved from Whitfield Co., GA and were living in the household of Emma's sister, Joannah (Dawn) Williams, three households away. All three families were farmers.
The 1900 US Census of Baldwin, Madison Co., Arkansas enumerated the household of 53 Y/O Gideon T. Lane, a farmer born in TN, and his 54 Y/O wife, Emma C. (Dawn) Lane, born in VA. Living in the household were their children: 15 Y/O James W. Lane; 13 Y/O Charles H. Lane and 11 Y/O Fanny E. Lane. All of these children were born in Arkansas.
Following the death of his wife, Emma, on 29 Dec 1909 at Madison Co., AR, 64 Y/O Gideon moved to East Pagosa, Archuleta Co., Colorado and was enumerated there in the 01 May 1910 US Census living alone in the adjacent household to his 21 Y/O daughter, Fannie (Lane) Coats. Fannie had married Austen Wayne Coats, of AR, on 02 Sep 1906 at Madison Co., AR. Gideon was working as a stableman in a logging camp and, for some reason, had moved back to Madison Co., AR by 03 Sep 1910, date of his sudden death.
Gideon T. Lane, prior to his marriage to Emma C. Dawn, had enlisted on 10 Mar 1862 in Georgia as a private in Company "C", Georgia 39th Infantry Regiment. He was 19 Y/O and was described as 5' 7" tall with blue eyes and straight hair. Gideon was captured near Nashville, TN on 16 Dec 1864 by troops attached to Major General Henry Thomas, commanding Department of the Cumberland. Gideon was a Corporal in Company "H", 36 Regiment, Georgia Infantry when captured. He was received as a POW in Military Prison, Louisville, KY on 02 Jan 1865 and was transferred and received at Camp Chase, Ohio from Louisville, KY on 04 Jan 1965. He subscribed and swore an Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America at Camp Chase, Ohio on 12 Jun 1865.
Gideon applied for a Civil War pension in 1905 while living in Madison Co., AR which was approved.
The children of Gideon T. and Emma C. (Dawn) Lane were:
1) Ada F. Lane b. Abt. 1872 AR
2) Edward C. Lane b. Abt. 1874 GA
3) Franklin S. Lane b. Abt. 1876 GA
4) Mary W. Lane b. Abt. 1878 AR
5) Rose Anna b. March 1880 AR
6) James W. Lane b. July 1884, AR
7) Charles S. Lane b. December 1886, AR
8) Fannie Elizabeth Lane b. January 1889, AR, d. 1967 OK, m. Austen Wayne Coats on 02 Sep 1906 at Madison Co., AR.
(Sources: 1880 and 1900 US Censuses)
Emma C. (Dawn) Lane is proven to be the 4th cousin 1x removed of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (aka Mark Twain) through her mother, Mary Elizabeth (Hardwick) Dawn. (See Find A Grave Memorials Mark Twain and Mark Twain.)
Bio by Gresham Farrar.
Edward Franklin Dawn and his 2nd wife, Mary Elizabeth (Hardwick) Hope Dawn, the parents of Emma C. Dawn, migrated to Knox Co., TN from Virginia between 1847 and 1850 determined by the fact that their son, Samuel M. Dawn, was their last child born in VA, about 1847, and their first child born in TN was Joannah Dawn in Aug 1850, four months prior to the December 1850 US Census.
The 06 Dec 1850 US Census of Subdivision 15, Knox Co., TN enumerated the household of 44 Y/O Edward J. Dunn, an enumeration error. His correct name was Edward Franklin Dawn, a farmer born in VA. Edward had married his deceased first wife, Alias (Alice) Connally, on 05 Dec 1831 at Campbell Co., VA and she died there before 1840. Also living in Edward's 1850 household was his 38 Y/O 2nd wife, Mary Elizabeth (Hardwick) Hope Dawn, born in VA. Her deceased first husband was Willis B. Hope whom she had married on 28 Jul 1828 at Lynchburg, VA. Their children were: James Willis Hope, born Abt. 1829 and John Hope, born about 1832. Mary Elizabeth (Hardwick) Hope married secondly Edward Franklin Dawn on 21 May 1840 in Lynchburg, Virginia. Also living in their 1850 Knox Co., Tennessee household was a mixture of children from Edward's two marriages: 17 Y/O Mary J. Dawn, born in VA; 13 Y/O Martha A. Dawn, born in VA; 11 Y/O Ann E. Dawn, born in VA; 9 Y/O Edward Franklin Dawn, Jr., born in VA; 7 Y/O William H. Dawn, born in VA; 5 Y/O Ferdinand F. Dawn, born in VA; 4 Y/O Emma C. Dawn, born in VA; 3 Y/O Samuel M. Dawn, born in VA, and 4 months old Johanna Dawn, born in TN.
An aside, the 1850 US Census of Richmond (Independent City) Virginia enumerated the household of 67 Y/O Joseph Venable Hardwicke, a retired tailor born in VA, and his 60 Y/O wife, Nancy Ann (Johnson) Hardwicke, born in VA. Also living in the household were their 22 Y/O son, George Willis Hardwick, a printer, and their 21 Y/O grandson, James Willis Hope, a tailor born in VA, who had apprenticed with his grandfather. James Willis Hope was the oldest son of Willis B. Hope and his wife, Mary Elizabeth (Hardwick) Hope, the 2nd wife of Edward Franklin Dawn. The 1850 US Census of Nashville, Davidson Co., TN enumerated the unmarried 19 Y/O John Hope, born in VA. He was the youngest son of Mary Elizabeth (Hardwick) Hope Dawn by her deceased first husband, Willis B. Hope and was the brother of James Willis Hope, the tailor, mentioned above.
The 1860 US Census of District 9, Bradley Co., TN enumerated the household of 28 Y/O John Hope, mis-enumerated as "John Hopper", a farmer born in VA, and his 22 Y/O wife, Mary Hope. Also living in the household were their two daughters: 4 Y/O Martha E. Hope and 1 Y/O Margaret Hope, indicating John and Mary Hope were probably married about 1855 in TN. Other residents of the household were John Hope's remarried mother, 48 Y/O Mary Elizabeth (Hardwick) Hope Dawn, and her second husband, 56 Y/O Edward Franklin Dawn (The Dawn name in the census was also mis-enumerated as "Dows"). The Dawn children living in John Hope's household were still a mixture from Edward Franklin Dawn's two marriages: 23 Y/O Martha A. Dawn (Note: Martha A. Dawn was probably a daughter from Edward Franklin Dawn's first wife, Alis Connally Dawn); 20 Y/O Ann E. Dawn; 17 Y/O William H. Dawn; 16 Y/O Ferdinand Finney Dawn; 13 Y/O Emma C. Dawn; 12 Y/O Samuel M. Dawn; 9 Y/O Ivard Dawn; 7 Y/O George V. Dawn; 6 Y/O Charles H. Dawn; 4 Y/O Rosalind Virginia S. Dawn and 2 Y/O Lariston B. Dawn.
Edward Franklin Dawn was listed on a Bradley Co., TN tax record in 1862 and by 05 Jul 1867, he had moved with his family to Whitfield Co., GA as he was registered there as a qualified voter post Civil War.
Emma C. Dawn married Gideon T. Lane in Whitfield Co., GA on 26 Aug 1869 (see attached marriage record).
The 28 Jun 1870 US Census of Poplar Bluff, Butler Co., Missouri enumerated 25 Y/O Gideon T. Lane, a farmer born in TN, and his 22 Y/O wife, Emma C. (Dawn) Lane, born in VA.
By 1880, the Lane family had moved to Hilburn, Madison Co., AR. The 1880 US Census enumerated the household of 34 Y/O Gideon Lane, a farmer born in TN, and his 32 Y/O wife, Emma C. (Dawn) Lane, born in VA. Living in the household were their children: 8 Y/O Ada F. Lane born in AR; 6 Y/O Edward C. Lane born in GA; 4 Y/O Franklin S. Lane born in GA; 2 Y/O Mary H. Lane born in AR and 3 months old Rose Anna Lane born in AR. NOTE: They were living two households away from Emma's brother George V. Dawn and his first wife, Martha E. (Thurman) Dawn. NOTE: Emma's parents, Edward Franklin and Mary Elizabeth (Hardwick) Dawn, had recently moved from Whitfield Co., GA and were living in the household of Emma's sister, Joannah (Dawn) Williams, three households away. All three families were farmers.
The 1900 US Census of Baldwin, Madison Co., Arkansas enumerated the household of 53 Y/O Gideon T. Lane, a farmer born in TN, and his 54 Y/O wife, Emma C. (Dawn) Lane, born in VA. Living in the household were their children: 15 Y/O James W. Lane; 13 Y/O Charles H. Lane and 11 Y/O Fanny E. Lane. All of these children were born in Arkansas.
Following the death of his wife, Emma, on 29 Dec 1909 at Madison Co., AR, 64 Y/O Gideon moved to East Pagosa, Archuleta Co., Colorado and was enumerated there in the 01 May 1910 US Census living alone in the adjacent household to his 21 Y/O daughter, Fannie (Lane) Coats. Fannie had married Austen Wayne Coats, of AR, on 02 Sep 1906 at Madison Co., AR. Gideon was working as a stableman in a logging camp and, for some reason, had moved back to Madison Co., AR by 03 Sep 1910, date of his sudden death.
Gideon T. Lane, prior to his marriage to Emma C. Dawn, had enlisted on 10 Mar 1862 in Georgia as a private in Company "C", Georgia 39th Infantry Regiment. He was 19 Y/O and was described as 5' 7" tall with blue eyes and straight hair. Gideon was captured near Nashville, TN on 16 Dec 1864 by troops attached to Major General Henry Thomas, commanding Department of the Cumberland. Gideon was a Corporal in Company "H", 36 Regiment, Georgia Infantry when captured. He was received as a POW in Military Prison, Louisville, KY on 02 Jan 1865 and was transferred and received at Camp Chase, Ohio from Louisville, KY on 04 Jan 1965. He subscribed and swore an Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America at Camp Chase, Ohio on 12 Jun 1865.
Gideon applied for a Civil War pension in 1905 while living in Madison Co., AR which was approved.
The children of Gideon T. and Emma C. (Dawn) Lane were:
1) Ada F. Lane b. Abt. 1872 AR
2) Edward C. Lane b. Abt. 1874 GA
3) Franklin S. Lane b. Abt. 1876 GA
4) Mary W. Lane b. Abt. 1878 AR
5) Rose Anna b. March 1880 AR
6) James W. Lane b. July 1884, AR
7) Charles S. Lane b. December 1886, AR
8) Fannie Elizabeth Lane b. January 1889, AR, d. 1967 OK, m. Austen Wayne Coats on 02 Sep 1906 at Madison Co., AR.
(Sources: 1880 and 1900 US Censuses)
Emma C. (Dawn) Lane is proven to be the 4th cousin 1x removed of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (aka Mark Twain) through her mother, Mary Elizabeth (Hardwick) Dawn. (See Find A Grave Memorials Mark Twain and Mark Twain.)
Bio by Gresham Farrar.
The 06 Dec 1850 US Census of Subdivision 15, Knox Co., TN enumerated the household of 44 Y/O Edward J. Dunn, an enumeration error. His correct name was Edward Franklin Dawn, a farmer born in VA. Edward had married his deceased first wife, Alias (Alice) Connally, on 05 Dec 1831 at Campbell Co., VA and she died there before 1840. Also living in Edward's 1850 household was his 38 Y/O 2nd wife, Mary Elizabeth (Hardwick) Hope Dawn, born in VA. Her deceased first husband was Willis B. Hope whom she had married on 28 Jul 1828 at Lynchburg, VA. Their children were: James Willis Hope, born Abt. 1829 and John Hope, born about 1832. Mary Elizabeth (Hardwick) Hope married secondly Edward Franklin Dawn on 21 May 1840 in Lynchburg, Virginia. Also living in their 1850 Knox Co., Tennessee household was a mixture of children from Edward's two marriages: 17 Y/O Mary J. Dawn, born in VA; 13 Y/O Martha A. Dawn, born in VA; 11 Y/O Ann E. Dawn, born in VA; 9 Y/O Edward Franklin Dawn, Jr., born in VA; 7 Y/O William H. Dawn, born in VA; 5 Y/O Ferdinand F. Dawn, born in VA; 4 Y/O Emma C. Dawn, born in VA; 3 Y/O Samuel M. Dawn, born in VA, and 4 months old Johanna Dawn, born in TN.
An aside, the 1850 US Census of Richmond (Independent City) Virginia enumerated the household of 67 Y/O Joseph Venable Hardwicke, a retired tailor born in VA, and his 60 Y/O wife, Nancy Ann (Johnson) Hardwicke, born in VA. Also living in the household were their 22 Y/O son, George Willis Hardwick, a printer, and their 21 Y/O grandson, James Willis Hope, a tailor born in VA, who had apprenticed with his grandfather. James Willis Hope was the oldest son of Willis B. Hope and his wife, Mary Elizabeth (Hardwick) Hope, the 2nd wife of Edward Franklin Dawn. The 1850 US Census of Nashville, Davidson Co., TN enumerated the unmarried 19 Y/O John Hope, born in VA. He was the youngest son of Mary Elizabeth (Hardwick) Hope Dawn by her deceased first husband, Willis B. Hope and was the brother of James Willis Hope, the tailor, mentioned above.
The 1860 US Census of District 9, Bradley Co., TN enumerated the household of 28 Y/O John Hope, mis-enumerated as "John Hopper", a farmer born in VA, and his 22 Y/O wife, Mary Hope. Also living in the household were their two daughters: 4 Y/O Martha E. Hope and 1 Y/O Margaret Hope, indicating John and Mary Hope were probably married about 1855 in TN. Other residents of the household were John Hope's remarried mother, 48 Y/O Mary Elizabeth (Hardwick) Hope Dawn, and her second husband, 56 Y/O Edward Franklin Dawn (The Dawn name in the census was also mis-enumerated as "Dows"). The Dawn children living in John Hope's household were still a mixture from Edward Franklin Dawn's two marriages: 23 Y/O Martha A. Dawn (Note: Martha A. Dawn was probably a daughter from Edward Franklin Dawn's first wife, Alis Connally Dawn); 20 Y/O Ann E. Dawn; 17 Y/O William H. Dawn; 16 Y/O Ferdinand Finney Dawn; 13 Y/O Emma C. Dawn; 12 Y/O Samuel M. Dawn; 9 Y/O Ivard Dawn; 7 Y/O George V. Dawn; 6 Y/O Charles H. Dawn; 4 Y/O Rosalind Virginia S. Dawn and 2 Y/O Lariston B. Dawn.
Edward Franklin Dawn was listed on a Bradley Co., TN tax record in 1862 and by 05 Jul 1867, he had moved with his family to Whitfield Co., GA as he was registered there as a qualified voter post Civil War.
Emma C. Dawn married Gideon T. Lane in Whitfield Co., GA on 26 Aug 1869 (see attached marriage record).
The 28 Jun 1870 US Census of Poplar Bluff, Butler Co., Missouri enumerated 25 Y/O Gideon T. Lane, a farmer born in TN, and his 22 Y/O wife, Emma C. (Dawn) Lane, born in VA.
By 1880, the Lane family had moved to Hilburn, Madison Co., AR. The 1880 US Census enumerated the household of 34 Y/O Gideon Lane, a farmer born in TN, and his 32 Y/O wife, Emma C. (Dawn) Lane, born in VA. Living in the household were their children: 8 Y/O Ada F. Lane born in AR; 6 Y/O Edward C. Lane born in GA; 4 Y/O Franklin S. Lane born in GA; 2 Y/O Mary H. Lane born in AR and 3 months old Rose Anna Lane born in AR. NOTE: They were living two households away from Emma's brother George V. Dawn and his first wife, Martha E. (Thurman) Dawn. NOTE: Emma's parents, Edward Franklin and Mary Elizabeth (Hardwick) Dawn, had recently moved from Whitfield Co., GA and were living in the household of Emma's sister, Joannah (Dawn) Williams, three households away. All three families were farmers.
The 1900 US Census of Baldwin, Madison Co., Arkansas enumerated the household of 53 Y/O Gideon T. Lane, a farmer born in TN, and his 54 Y/O wife, Emma C. (Dawn) Lane, born in VA. Living in the household were their children: 15 Y/O James W. Lane; 13 Y/O Charles H. Lane and 11 Y/O Fanny E. Lane. All of these children were born in Arkansas.
Following the death of his wife, Emma, on 29 Dec 1909 at Madison Co., AR, 64 Y/O Gideon moved to East Pagosa, Archuleta Co., Colorado and was enumerated there in the 01 May 1910 US Census living alone in the adjacent household to his 21 Y/O daughter, Fannie (Lane) Coats. Fannie had married Austen Wayne Coats, of AR, on 02 Sep 1906 at Madison Co., AR. Gideon was working as a stableman in a logging camp and, for some reason, had moved back to Madison Co., AR by 03 Sep 1910, date of his sudden death.
Gideon T. Lane, prior to his marriage to Emma C. Dawn, had enlisted on 10 Mar 1862 in Georgia as a private in Company "C", Georgia 39th Infantry Regiment. He was 19 Y/O and was described as 5' 7" tall with blue eyes and straight hair. Gideon was captured near Nashville, TN on 16 Dec 1864 by troops attached to Major General Henry Thomas, commanding Department of the Cumberland. Gideon was a Corporal in Company "H", 36 Regiment, Georgia Infantry when captured. He was received as a POW in Military Prison, Louisville, KY on 02 Jan 1865 and was transferred and received at Camp Chase, Ohio from Louisville, KY on 04 Jan 1965. He subscribed and swore an Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America at Camp Chase, Ohio on 12 Jun 1865.
Gideon applied for a Civil War pension in 1905 while living in Madison Co., AR which was approved.
The children of Gideon T. and Emma C. (Dawn) Lane were:
1) Ada F. Lane b. Abt. 1872 AR
2) Edward C. Lane b. Abt. 1874 GA
3) Franklin S. Lane b. Abt. 1876 GA
4) Mary W. Lane b. Abt. 1878 AR
5) Rose Anna b. March 1880 AR
6) James W. Lane b. July 1884, AR
7) Charles S. Lane b. December 1886, AR
8) Fannie Elizabeth Lane b. January 1889, AR, d. 1967 OK, m. Austen Wayne Coats on 02 Sep 1906 at Madison Co., AR.
(Sources: 1880 and 1900 US Censuses)
Emma C. (Dawn) Lane is proven to be the 4th cousin 1x removed of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (aka Mark Twain) through her mother, Mary Elizabeth (Hardwick) Dawn. (See Find A Grave Memorials Mark Twain and Mark Twain.)
Bio by Gresham Farrar.
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