James M. Dawson, p. 1129

JAMES M. DAWSON The family of which this gentleman is a prominent member has for many yers been closely identified with the interest and progress of Union township, the grandfather (James) having settled here in an early day. The latter was born in Ireland, and on arriving in America came to Pensylvlania. He located on a farm near Pigeon Creek church, in Washington county, where the following children were born to him: John, Mary, Thomas, Matthew, James, Sarah, Jane, Margaret, Elizabeth, Catherine, and William.

William Dawson, youngest child of James Dawson, the pioneer, was born October 4, 1800, in the old cabin on Pigeon creek, Washington county, Penn., and his youth was passed amid the hardships and dangers inseparable from the life of a frontiersman. In 1835 he married Martha Kennedy, a native of Mingo, Washington county. After their marriage the young people resided on Pigeon creek until 1847, when they settled on a tract of seventy-five acres in Union township, same county. William Dawson pased away September 1, 1887, having been preceded by his wife, who died June 30, 1883, leaving three children, viz.: Mary J., James M. and Martha A., all of whom are living on the home place.

Text taken from page 1129 of:
Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893).

Transcribed January 1997 by Bobbi Steele of Indianapolis, IN as part of the Beers Project.
Published January 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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