This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DcB.2ACE/3811.1 Message Board Post: Hi Jim, Below is an excerpt from a book entitled "A Collection of Family Records with Biographical Sketchs and other memoranda of various families and individuals bearing the name Dawson" COMPILED BY CHARLES C. DAWSON. ALBANY, N. Y.: JOEL MUNSELL, 82 STATE STREET. 1874. It claims that Daniel is the son of Edward and Molly (although the book calls her Mary Ostheimer) I don't see any mention of Abraham. Do you have any info on Daniel's wife Maria or Mary Keim or Edwards wife Molly? Thanks, Kevin Page 500 FAMILY OF JOHN DAWSON, OF NORTHUMBERLAND CO., PA., b. about 1750. >From W. F. Corbit, Esq., of Philadelphia, the following:1 1. JOHN DAWSON, b. about 1750, lived in Northumberland Co., Pa., m. Prudence Martin, and had children: 2-1. Edward, b. 1779, d. 1848; m. 2-2. Daniel, b. 1780, d. 1821 (drowned in Susquehanna river, at Selinsgrove), m. 1810, Christiana Brown; no issue. 2-3. Mary, b. 1782, d. 1852; unm. 2-1. EDWARD DAWSON, b. 1779, d. 1848, m. 1805, Mary r. Ostheimer. (According to Egles it is Molly Yoxheimer - KB) They had thirteen children: 3-1. Jacob, b. 1807, d. 1872; m. 3-2. Henry, b. 1809, d. 1852; m. 3-3. Huldah, b. 1811, d. 1834. MANN. 3-4. Daniel, b. 1813, d. 1850; m. 3-5. Catharine, b. 1815, res. Sunbury, Pa. FOULKE. 3-6. Thomas, b. 1817, d. 1843; m. 3-7. Sarah, b. 1818, d. 1848; unm. 3-8. Mary, b. 1820, d. 1828. 3-9. Isaac, b. 1822, res. Warren, O.; m. 3-10. Margaret, b. 1823, d. 1829. 3-11. Edward, b. 1825, res. St. Louis, Mo.; m. 3-12. Joseph, b. 1827, res. Peru, S. Am.; m. 3-13. Mary, b. 1829, res. Iowa. OBERDORF. 3-1. JACOB DAWSON, b. 1807, d. 1872, m. Anna Martin, who res. 1873, in Philadelphia. Eight children: 4-1. Wilbur Fisk, b. June 27, 1840, res. Philadelphia, bookkeeper in office of Evening Telegraph; five children. 4-2. William Henry. 4-3. Charles Wesley, d. 4-4. Erastus Buck, d. 4-5. Samuel Martin. 4-6. Margaret Elizabeth, m. EDWARD BRYSON, res. Phila.; three chn. 4-7. Walter Scott, d. young. 4-8. (???), d. young. 1 The materials for this record were gathered by Mr. C. while in pursuit of information concerning the family of John Dawson, of Abington. (See preceding record). The personal history of John Dawson, of Northumberland Co., is, unfortunately, almost a blank. The account of his descendants was furnished chiefly by Mr. Uriah Foulkc, of Sunbury, Pa. Page 500 Page 501 3-2. HENRY DAWSON, b. 1809, d. 1852, m. 1829, Jane Walters. Six children, all res. in Illinois: 4-9. Mary Ann, b. 1830. 4-10. Rachel, b. 1831. 4-11. Alice, b. 1833. 4-12. Jane, b. 1835. 4-13. Sarah, b. 1837. 4-14. Maggie, b. 1841. 3-3. Huldah Dawson, b. 1811, d. 1834, m. 1832, SAMUEL MANN, who res. 1873, in Lancaster, Pa. One child: 4-15. Mary Ann, b. 1835. 3-4. DANIEL DAWSON, b. 1813, d. 1850, m. 1839, Maria Keim, res. Northumberland Co., Pa. Children: 4-16. Lucy Ann, b. 1840. 4-17. John, b. 1843, d. 1864. 4-18. Isaiah, b. 1845. 4-19. Jackson, b. 1849. 3-5. Catharine Dawson, b. 1815, m. 1835, HENRY FOULKE, son of Joseph and Margaret Foulke, of Bucks Co., Pa. They res. 1873, in Sunbury, Pa. Four children: 4-20. Lucetta, b. 1836, d. 1871. 4-21. Isaiah, b. 1838, d. 1865. 4-22. Uriah, b. 1840, res. Sunbury. 4-23. Harietta, b. 1842. 3-6. THOMAS DAWSON, b. 1817, d. 1843, m. 1838, Jerusha Trayer. Two children: 4-24. Mary Ann, b. 1841, m. HIRAM CONRAD, preacher of Evangelical Association. 4-25. Isaac, b. 1842; unm. 3-9. ISAAC DAWSON, b. 1822, m. 1854, Nancy Laurel Reeves. Res. 1873, Warren, Ohio. Three children: 4-26. William, b. 1855. 4-27. Levis, b. 1856. 4-28. Lizzie, b. 1858. 3-11. EDWARD DAWSON, b. 1825, m. 1848, Hester Harlocher. Res. 1873, St. Louis, Mo. Three children: 4-29. William, b. 1849. 4-30. Alice, b. 1850. 4-31. Elmira, b. 1858. 3-12. JOSEPH DAWSON, b. 1827, m. 1856, Nelly Kitchen. Res. 1873, Peru, South America. One child: 4-32. William, b. 1858. Page 501 Page 502 3-13. Mary Dawson, b. 1829, m. 1849, PHILIP OBERDORF, Res. 1873, Iowa. Four children: 4-33. Mary Alice, b. 1850. 4-34. Lewis, b. 1852. 4-35. Daniel, b. 1854. 4-36. Rosa, b. 1856. 4-1. WILBUR FISK DAWSON, b. June 27, 1840, m. Res. in Philadelphia, bookkeeper in office of Evening Telegraph. Five children: 5-1. 5-2. 5-3. 5-4. 5-5. 4-6. Margaret Elizabeth Dawson, m. EDWARD BRYSON, printer. Res. Philadelphia. Three children: 5-6. 5-7. 5-8. NOTES. I. GEORGE B. DAWSON, said to have been an officer in the British army during the Revolutionary war, a member of Tarleton's Legion, resided in Philadelphia after the close of the struggle. Among his descendants is understood to be DAWSON COLEMAN, Esq., a well known public man of Pa. (See pp. 147 and 368.) II. Prior to the Revolution, JOHN DAWSON BUSCH, a native of Germany (perhaps of mixed English and German parentage), emigrated to this country, and settled in Gloucester Co., N. J. He was known here as JOHN DAWSON, and numerous children and grand children claim the family name of Dawson; but a brother, who settled in Pa., retained the name of Busch, which is still borne by his descendants. John Dawson (Busch) served as a soldier in the Am. army. (See p. 186, note.) He was twice m., and had by 1st wife, a son William, whose son, of same name, now res. near Glassboro, N. J. By second wife he had, besides daughters, Aaron, hatter, who res. 1873, Washington, D. C., and has a family, and Job, b. about 1800, dry-goods merchant, 422 South Second street, Philadelphia (1873). The last named has sons John C. and George Dawson, of the banking house of Brown Brothers, 211 Chestnut street, Philadelphia (1873). III. PAUL DAWSON, tailor, Philadelphia (1873), b. in Ireland, 1826, came to America, 1848. He m. Mary Anstis, and has had ten children, of whom three are living. He is the youngest son of John (d. about 1861), and Mary Dawson Dawson, cousins; grandson of Paul Dawson, who m. (???) Whelply, and d. at an advanced age, about 1829. Page 502