Doddridge County Roots

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William R. DAWSON

William R. DAWSON

Male 1856 - 1880  (23 years)

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  • Name William R. DAWSON 
    Born 31 Dec 1856  Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Census 1880  Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 27 Sep 1880  [1
    Cause: consumption 
    Buried Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I88923  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 24 Jan 2015 

    Father John Thomas DAWSON,   b. 12 Mar 1824, Allegany Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jun 1882, Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years) 
    Mother Emma Onile MYERS,   b. Feb 1828, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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). [3, 4]
    Family ID F37989  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nancy Isabelle WEEKLEY,   b. 21 Feb 1858, Camp, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Aug 1940, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 29 May 1878  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Family ID F8030  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Headstone.

    2. [S1793] West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990)).

    3. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.

    4. [S1590] Death record of daughter.

    5. [S2293] Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV.