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Ebenez Dawson Son of John P. Dawson and Nancy Harper, Dawson |
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EBENEZER H.2 DAWSON (JOHN P1) was born December 24,
1838 in Zanesville, Ohio, Muskingum County, and died February 12, 1920 in
Cowden, Oklahoma. He married ELIZA CATHERINE BOHRER February 08, 1866 in Mt. Zion, Illinois, daughter of PETER BOHRER and ELIZA BELL. She was born July 13,
1846 in Illinois, and died February 11, 1927 in Cowden, Oklahoma. EBENEZER H. DAWSON: Burial:
Sappington Chapel Cemetery, Cowden, Oklahoma. Cause of Death:
Pneumonia American Civil
War Muster: Enlisted Union Army:
September 03, 1861, Enlisted in The Union Army as a private in Decatur,
Illinois Mustered In Union Army
Cavalry: September 20, 1861, as a private at Camp Butler, Illinois under
Captain Pitcher. During the civil war between the state's,
Ebenezer furnished his own horse. Ebenezer's education often kept him at camp
doing book work. October 15, 1864 Mustered out of the Union Army as a First
Sergeant at Fort Sumner, Springfield, Illinois. Occupation: Ebenezer made
a meek living as a teacher. He believed that everyone needed to be educated.
Most of his children contributed to the educational systems by teaching,
founding & volunteering their manual labor building schools in the places
they lived, serving as educational board officers, and more. Notes for ELIZA CATHERINE BOHRER: Nickname: Lydia More About ELIZA CATHERINE BOHRER: Burial: Unknown,
Buried: Sappington Chapel Cemetery Children of EBENEZER DAWSON and ELIZA BOHRER are: 1. INFANT SON3
DAWSON, b. 1866. 2. ELMER ELSWORTH DAWSON, b. October 26, 1868, Mt. Zion,
Illinois; d. October 11, 1952, Bethany, Oklahoma.. 3. NANCY
ELIZABETH DAWSON, b. August 20, 1871. 4. OKE DAWSON,
b. December 16, 1873. 5. JAMES OSCAR
DAWSON, b. July 01, 1877. 6. MAE DAWSON, b. September 03, 1880. 7. JOSEPH DAWSON, b. December 12, 1886. ...where
the West begins in Texas
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...wives of Hiram L. May from census records listing children. |
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