John Thomas DAWSON

1824 - 1882  (58 years)

• Name	John Thomas DAWSON
  Born	12 Mar 1824	Allegany Co, MD   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1870, 1880	Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV
  Occupation	farmer  [3]
  Died	16 Jun 1882	Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV   [1, 2]
  	Cause: consumption
  Buried	Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV   [4]
  Person ID	I88409	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	7 Jun 2015

  
  

  Father	Noah Hillary DAWSON,   b. 17 Jul 1795, Allegany Co, MD ,   d. 8 Aug 1829, Tyler Co, (W)VA  (Age 34 years)
  Mother	Charlotte POTTER,   b. 11 Jun 1797, Maryland ,   d. 6 Oct 1880  (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F7596	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emma Onile MYERS,   b. Feb 1828, Maryland
  Notes	1870 Census, Tyler Co, WV (Centerville District), enumerated on Jul 22 1870: John Dawson, 46, b. Md, farmer; Emma, 41, b. Md; Alonzo, 19, b. Va; Simeon, 17; William, 12; Rosena, 8; Lakin, 3. 1880 Census, Tyler Co, WV (Centerville District), enumerated on Jun 22 1880: Thomas Dawson, 56, b. Md (both parents b. Md), farmer; wife Emma O, 52, b. Md (both parents b. Md); dau Elizabeth, 31, b. Md, single; son William R, 23, b. WVa, occupation "at home," medical conditon "consumpted," married; dau-in-law Nancy I, 20; dau Rosena B, 20; son Lakin E, 14; dau Charlotte, 10. (Note: All surnames given as Dawson, including daughter Elizabeth, who was married to Thomas J. Pratt and who was enumerated in this census with her husband and children in McElroy District of Tyler County.) 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Jun 14 1900: Emma O. Dawson, 72, b. Feb 1828 in Md, widowed, mother of 7 children (2 still living); son-in-law Merideth G. Pratt, 31, b. Mar 1869, farm laborer, married 7 yrs; dau Charlotte T. Pratt, 29, b. Dec 1870, married 7 yrs, mother of 2 children (1 still living); grandson Harry D. Pratt, 1, b. Dec 1898. 1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on May 3 1910: Meredith G. Pratt, 41, farmer, married 16 yrs; wife Charlotte T, 39, mother of 3 children (2 still living); son Harry D, 11; dau Lois O, 6; mother-in-law Emma O. Dawson, 82, b. Md, widowed, mother of 7 children (2 still living). [5, 6]
  Children	1. Elizabeth N. DAWSON,   b. 19 Mar 1849, Allegany Co, MD ,   d. 6 May 1931, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  (Age 82 years)   2. Alonzo DAWSON,   b. 24 Jan 1851, Virginia (now West Virginia) ,   d. 20 Mar 1877  (Age 26 years)   3. Simeon DAWSON,   b. 7 Jun 1852,   d. 7 Mar 1886  (Age 33 years)   4. William R. DAWSON,   b. 31 Dec 1856, Tyler Co, (W)VA ,   d. 27 Sep 1880  (Age 23 years)   5. Rosena B. DAWSON,   b. CA 1860   6. Lakin E. DAWSON,   b. 20 Aug 1866, Centerville, Tyler Co, WV ,   d. 1 Feb 1892, Doddridge Co, WV  (Age 25 years)   7. Charlotte T. "Lottie" DAWSON,   b. Dec 1870, Tyler Co, WV
  Family ID	F37989	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Buried - - Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S2294] Tyler County Death Records, Middlebourne, WV. [S5] Headstone. [S2126] 1880 Census, Tyler County, WV. [S1793] West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990)). [S1583] Marriage record of daughter. [S1590] Death record of daughter.