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| 1 | Martin Dawson |
| Born: 1722 | |
| Married: 1742 Priscilla Sorrell | |
| Died: 1796 |
| 2 | 1st John Sorrell Dawson |
| Born: 1737 | |
| Married: Sarah Carroll | |
| Lived: until 1757 on Carroll Creek. | |
| Lived: 1757 Moved to Nelson VA, then called Amherst. | |
| They lived in Nelson County VA not far from Faber's Mills. |
| 3 | 1st Capt. John Sorrel Dawson |
| Married: February 11, 1786 Jane Lyoh (or Lyon) | |
| Lived: Nelson County Virginia. | |
| Job: He was a prosperous farmer. | |
| Fought in the Revolutionary War with his brothers Pleasant and Benjamin |
| 4 | 1st (or 3rd )Nelson Dawson |
| Born: March 5, 1787 | |
| Married: January 4, 1816 (or 1810)Sally White | |
| Died: February 16 (or 10), 1836 |
| 5 | 1st Priscella Dawson |
| Born: October 9, 1810 | |
| Died: June 3, 1811 |
| 5 | 2nd Mary (Polly) Dawson |
| Born: March 6, 1812 | |
| Married: 1829 John D. Bailey |
| 5 | 3rd Virginia Dawson |
| Born: January 3, 1814 | |
| Died: March 9, 1817 |
| 5 | 4th Elizabeth Dawson |
| Born: February 28, 1816 | |
| Married (1): Christopher Faber | |
| Married (2): __________ Graves |
| 5 | 5th Sally Dawson |
| Born: March 7, 1818 | |
| Married: 1838 William G. Smith | |
| Died: October 9, 1839 |
| 5 | 6th John Dawson |
| Born: January 30, 1820 | |
| Married: Sally R.W. Smith in 1839 (or 1840) |
| 6 | 1st Juel Dawson |
| 1840 |
| 5 | 7th Jenetta Dawson |
| Born: May 24, 1825 | |
| Married: 1841 Wilson N. Smith |
| 5 | 8th Alfa Martin Dawson |
| Born: September 3, 1827 | |
| Died: June 8, 1828 |
| 5 | 9th Martha Dawson |
| Born: May 25, 1829 | |
| Married: John W. Gentry |
| 5 | 10th Nelson Dawson Jr. |
| Born: August 9, 1831 | |
| Married: Anne E. Neese |
| 6 | 1st George Lewis Dawson |
| 6 | 2nd Ann Smith Dawson |
| Married: John White |
| 6 | 3rd Nelson Edward Dawson |
| 6 | 4th John Willard Dawson |
| 6 | 5th Mary Elizabeth Dawson |
| Married: William White |
| 6 | 6th Henry Maxcy Dawson |
| 6 | 7th Samuel Huff Dawson |
| Postmaster Cruzet VA | |
| Only one alive in 1948 |
| 5 | 11th Jane Dawson |
| Born: January 4 (or 9), 1833 |
| 5 | 12th Priscella Margaret Dawson |
| Born: January 10, 1836 |
| 4 | 2nd (or 1st )Pleasant S. Dawson |
| Born: 1800 | |
| Married: 1820 Mahala White (See Below) | |
| Died: 1834 | |
| He married his first cousin. |
| 5 | 1st John Dawson |
| Married: Annie Hopkins | |
| Job: Farmer, ran a mill, rented farm machinery to other farmers. | |
| Adopted nephew was Frank Dawson. |
| 5 | 2nd George Washington Dawson |
| Born: March 13, 1827 | |
| Job: Farmer | |
| Lived: Scottsville, Virginia | |
| Married: October 27, 1853 Sarah Sadonia May | |
| Died: July 25, 1909 | |
| Buried: Scottsville, Virginia |
| 6 | 1st Mary B. Dawson |
| Born: October 23, 1855 | |
| Died: in infancy |
| 6 | 2nd George Luther Dawson |
| Born: June 11,1859 | |
| Job: Luther was a lawyer in Richmond Virginia | |
| Married: Susanna Stark | |
| Died: 1906 |
| 7 | 1st Patrick Henry Stark Dawson |
| Died: In early adulthood | |
| Lawyer in Richmond |
| 6 | 3rd William P. Dawson |
| Born: June 11, 1859 | |
| Died: in infancy |
| 6 | 4th John Wyatt Dawson |
| Born: March 24, 1863 | |
| Married: Lydia Power | |
| Died: July 18, 1924 (or 1934) | |
| John was a businessman in Coal, real estate and railroads |
| 7 | 1st Joseph Power Dawson |
| Died as a soldier from flu in World War I |
| 7 | 2nd Catherine May Dawson |
| Married: Irvine C. Hess |
| 6 | 5th Marion Lindsey Dawson |
| Born: December 22, 1867 | |
| Lived: Brooksville | |
| Married: September 8, 1902 Alice Taylor | |
| Died: May 4, 1935 (or 1906) | |
| He was a lawyer and state equalizer of taxes for Florida |
| 7 | 1st Elizabeth Dawson |
| Born: May 30, 1903 | |
| Died: young |
| 7 | 2nd Major General Marion Lindsay Dawson Jr. |
| Born: September 5, 1905 in Huntington, Long Island, New York | |
| Graduated: Hernando High School, Brooksville, FL in 1922 | |
| Graduated: US Naval Academy: June 2, 1927 | |
| Lived: Brooksville, FL | |
| Lived: 1114 G. Street,Coronado California 92118 (619) 435-9439 | |
| Married: August 19, 1927 Mary Sally Petteway | |
| Married: Francis (She is a Christian) | |
| After he graduated High School, he entered the U. S. Naval Academy,
where he competed in track and water polo. He was commisioned
a Marine second lieutenant, June 2, 1927, upon graduation from
the Academy. | |
| That August, after further training at Annapolis, Lieutenant
Dawson entered the Marine Officers' Basic School at the Philadelphia
Navy Yard. Completing the Basic School in February 1928, he
sailed a month later for Nicaragua, where he served with the 2nd
Marine Brigade. He returned from that country in October 1929,
and was a company officer at the Marine Barracks, Naval Air
Station, Pensacola, Florida, until he entered flight training there
in March 1930. | |
| Lieutenant Dawson was designated a Naval Aviator in November
1930, and in January 1931 reported to the Naval Air Station, San
Diego, California. He remained there until October 1931, when he
joined Scouting Squadron 14-M. The following month that squadron
boarded the carrier SARATOGA, and Scouting Squadron 15-M went
aboard the LEXINGTON, to become the first Marine squardron
ever based on Navy flattops. He was promoted to first lieutenant
in March 1934. | |
| Detached from the SARATOGA in June 1934, Lieutenant Dawson
served two more years at San Diego. He was promoted to Captain
in July 1936, and assigned to the Marine Corps Air Station,
Quantico, Virginia. | |
| Two years later, Captain Dawson entered the Junior Course,
Marine Corps School, Quantico. On completing the course in
May 1939, he was assigned the following month to the Bureau of
Aeronautics at the Navy Department, Washington DC. He
remained there until he took command of the Marine parachute
detachment at Lakehurst, New Jersey, in December 1940. He
also served as advisor to the Commandant of the Marine Corps
on parachute teaining and material development. He was promoted
to Major in May 1941. | |
| Shortly after the United States' entry in World War II, Major Dawson
left Lakehurst in April 1942 to command the Parachute
Training School in San Diego. He was promoted to Lieutenant
Colonel in August 1942. | |
| In September 1942, Lieutenant Colonel Dawson departed for
Midway Island, where he commanded Marine Aircraft Group 22
until June 1943. He then served as Operations Officer of the
1st Marine Aircraft Wing and Marine Aircraft, South Pacific, on
the Solomon and New Hebrides Islands. He was promoted to
Colonel in November 1943. | |
| In January 1944, Colonel Dawson was named Commanding
Officer of the Fighter Command, Aircraft, Green Island. Later
he headed the Fighter Command, Aircraft, Solomon Islands.
His citation for the Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V", covering
the period from January to May 1944, states in part: "His
excellant direction of fighter plane activities enabled our bombers
to carry out many damaging strikes against Japanese installations
and suppy and bivouac areas on Bougainville, New Ireland, and New Britain." | |
| On his return to the United States in June 1944, Colonel Dawson
became Deputy Chief of Staff of the Naval Air Training Command
at Pensacola. Leaving Pensacola in February 1945, he served
briefly as Chief of Staff, Marine Corps Air Bases, Cherry Point,
North Carolina. He embarked for the Pacific area again in
September 1945, to become Executive Officer of the U. S.
Strategic Bombing Survey party assigned to the Marshall and
Gilbert Islands and Rabaul. | |
| Colonel Dawson served in that capacity until November 1945,
and for a short time as Chief of Staff of the 3rd Marine Aircraft
Wing. In January 1946, he took command of Marine Aircraft
Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, at Peiping, China. That
April he was named Commander of Marine Aircraft Group 24, 1st
Marine Aircraft Wing, at Peiping. He moved with that group to
Guam in April 1947, and returned to the United States the
following month. | |
| From June 1947 until August 1949, Colonel Dawson headed the
Plans, Operations and Training Branch, Division of Aviation,at
Headquarters Marine Corps, Washington, DC. He then entered
the National War College in Washington, graduating in June 1950.
The following month, he reported to the Marine Corps Air Station,
Cherry Point, as Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3(Operations), of
Aircraft, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic, and the 2nd Marine
Aircraft Wing. | |
| In March 1951, Colonel Dawson became Director of the Junior
School, Marine Corps Educational Center, Quantico. He served
in that capacity until he returned to Cherry Point in June 1952,
as Assistant Commander of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing. In
March 1953, he returned to Headquarters Marine Corps and was
named Assistant Director of the Division of Aviation. He was
promoted to Brigadier General in February 1954. | |
| Leaving Washington in July 1954, Genearal Dawson took command
of the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing in Korea the following month.
He returned from overseas in September 1955. In October he
became Commanding General, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, at the
Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, California. While there, he
was promoted to his present rank of Major General in January 1956. | |
| In April 1957, General Dawson assumed duties as Commanding
General, Aircraft, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic, at Norfolk,
Virginia. Following three years' service in this capacity, he was
ordered to the Far East where, in May 1960, he bacame senior member
Military Armistice Commission, United Nations
Command, Korea. On completing this assignment, he assumed
his final command at El Toro in December 1960. | |
| Major General Marion Lindsay Dawson, a Naval Aviator, retired
from active duty in the Marine Corps on July 1, 1962. General
Dawson served as Commander, Marine Corps Air Bases, Western
Area, and Commanding General, Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro,
California, from December 1960 until his retirement. | |
| The General's medals and decorations include: | |
| - the Bronze Star Medal with combat "V" | |
| - the Second Nicaraguan Campaign Medal | |
| - the American Defense Service Medal | |
| - the American Campaign Medal | |
| - the Asian-Pacific Campaign Medal with three Bronze stars | |
| - the World War II Victory Medal | |
| - the China Service Medal | |
| - the National Defense Service Medal | |
| - the Chinese Order of the Cloud and Banner | |
| - the Nicaraguan Medal of MNerit with Silver Star | |
| Biography from the USMC | |
| Revised July 1962 |
| 8 | 1st Thomas N. Dawson |
| Born: February 25, 1948 |
| 7 | 3rd Taylor Dawson |
| Married: 1911 Clara Quinn |
| 8 | 1st James Taylor Dawson |
| Born: February 24, 1936 |
| 7 | 4th John Dawson |
| 7 | 5th Thomas Raven Dawson |
| Born: June 1925 |
| 7 | 6th G. Kirby Dawson |
| Born: April 22, 1929 |
| 6 | 6th Annie M. Dawson |
| Born: April 26, 1870 | |
| Married (1): George Frederich Hinchelwood | |
| Married (2): Fitshugh Frye | |
| Died: November 14, 1962 |
| 6 | 7th Edgar Dawson |
| Born: December 22, 1872 | |
| Married: Ann King McKemy | |
| College Professor mostly at Hunter College NYC | |
| They had no children | |
| Died: April 30, 1946 |
| 6 | 8th Somerville Daisy Dawson |
| Born: May 14 (or 12), 1877 | |
| Job: Teacher with her own school | |
| Married: John Hamilton Wallace | |
| Died: April 17, 1954 |
| 6 | 9th Nellie Gray Dawson |
| Born: June 16, 1881 Scottsville VA | |
| Married: August 16, 1904 Clifton Todd Yeomans | |
| Died: March 1972 Los Angeles | |
| SSN: 555-21-1688 | |
| Verified with SS Death records. Those records list date of Birth as June 16, 1880. |
| 5 | 3rd Jane Dawson |
| Married: Dr. Issac Forbes |
| 5 | 4th Pleasant Silas Dawson |
| Married: Mary Henriest Garland |
| 6 | 1st Frank Garland Dawson |
| Born: 1869 | |
| Frank was adopted by his uncle John S. when his father went west. | |
| Married: Overle Elaine Brockenbrough | |
| Died: 1938/9 |
| 7 | 1st Jean Dawson |
| Lived Newport News VA | |
| Married: ________ Arnott |
| 7 | 2nd Billy Dawson |
| Married: ________Watts |
| 7 | 3rd Anne Dawson |
| Married: ________ Mayers |
| 7 | 4th Alice Dawson |
| 7 | 5th ________ Dawson |
| Lived Copperhill Tennessee | |
| Married: J.G.Simpson Jr |
| 7 | 6th ________ Dawson |
| Lived Profit VA | |
| Married: John N (or H). Clark |
| 4 | 3rd (or 2nd )Benjamin Dawson |
| Alive in 1835 | |
| Married: Dorothy Childress |
| 5 | 1st Benjamin H. Dawson |
| Born: Stillborn in Still Mountain VA |
| 5 | 2nd Andrew Dawson |
| 5 | 3rd Agnes Childress Dawson |
| Married: Peter Porter Turner |
| 4 | 4th Mary Dawson |
| Boys College Loray VA | |
| Married: ________Hargrove |
| 4 | 5th Girl Dawson |
| 4 | 6th Girl Dawson |
| 4 | 7th Martin Dawson |
| Born: 1772 | |
| Died: 1835 |
| 3 | 2nd Pleasant L. Dawson |
| Died: 1826 | |
| Unmarried | |
| Fought in the Revolutionary War with his brothers John and Benjamin. |
| 3 | 3rd Benjamin Dawson |
| Married: 1785 Mary Martin | |
| Lived: Moved to Kentucky | |
| Fought in the Revolutionary War with his brothers John and Pleasant. |
| 4 | 1st Benjamin Dawson |
| Born: 1785 | |
| Married: ________ McCann | |
| Died: 1848 |
| 5 | 1st Joseph Dawson |
| Born: 1810 (or 1811) | |
| Died: 1868 |
| 5 | 2nd James Dawson |
| Born: 1816 | |
| Died: 1858 |
| 4 | 2nd Gabriel Dawson |
| 4 | 3rd Armstrong Dawson |
| 4 | 4th James Dawson |
| 4 | 5th Thomas Dawson |
| 3 | 4th Susanna Dawson |
| Alive in 1833 | |
| Married: ________ Adams |
| 3 | 5th Mary Dawson |
| Married: ________ Adams |
| 3 | 6th Prescillah Dawson |
| Married: Joseph White | |
| Died: Before 1833 |
| 3 | 7th Nancy Fanny Dawson |
| Married: Rev. Hugh White |
| 3 | 8th Martin Dawson |
| Born: 1772 | |
| Lived: in Milton on the Rivanna River Albermarle County Virginia | |
| Unmarried | |
| Died: 1835 | |
| Left his estate to the University of Virginia | |
| Scholarship in perpetuity for Dawson decendants. | |
| He was a well known merchant and farmer and friend of Thomas Jefferson. |
| 3 | 9th Elizabeth Dawson |
| Alive in 1833 | |
| Married: Abner Ford |
| 2 | 2nd Rev. Martin Dawson |
| Born: 1744 Albemarle Co. | |
| Job: Baptist Minister | |
| Married(1): Elizabeth Carter | |
| Married(2): Mildred?????? | |
| Merchant in 1789 | |
| Died: 1821 | |
| Reference: Page 58 |
| 3 | 1st Martin Dawson |
| Married: Louisa Carr (or Gare) | |
| Moved to Gallia County Ohio |
| 3 | 2nd William Dawson |
| Married: Sarah Jopling |
| 3 | 3rd John Dawson |
| Born: November 5, 1799 (one of these is wrong) | |
| Moved to Mississippi Tennessee | |
| Married: November 5, 1799Nancy Martin |
| 3 | 4th Elijah Dawson |
| Moved to Missouri | |
| Married: Martha Patricia Gentry |
| 3 | 5th Rand Dawson |
| 3 | 6th Allen Dawson |
| Married: Lucy Wingfield |
| 3 | 7th Hudson Dawson |
| 3 | 8th Patsey Dawson |
| Married: Ambrose Rucker |
| 3 | 9th Martha Dawson |
| Married: Bart Haggard |
| 3 | 10th Nancy Dawson |
| Married: David Haggard |
| 3 | 11th Mildred Dawson |
| Married: Nat Bowles |
| 3 | 12th Siekey Dawson |
| Married: ______ Pierce (or Price) |
| 3 | 13th Elizabeth Carter Dawson |
| Born: 1776 | |
| Married: Ruben Elsom or Ruben Rucker | |
| Died: 1825 |
| 2 | 3rd Thomas Dawson |
| Married: Mary Carter |
| 3 | 1st Martha Dawson |
| Born: January 1, 1758 |
| 3 | 2nd Susannah Dawson |
| Born: March 3, 1759 |
| 3 | 3rd William Dawson |
| Born: December 3, 1760 |
| 3 | 4th John Dawson |
| Born: April 16, 1762 | |
| Married: Ann Martin |
| 3 | 5th Martin Dawson |
| Born: March 15, 1764 |
| 3 | 6th Elizabeth Dawson |
| Born: March 26, 1766 |
| 2 | 4th Mildred Dawson |
| Married (1): Jonas Reid | |
| Married (2) 1758 Samuel Hancock III |
| 2 | 5th Nancy Dawson |
| Married: 1772 Valentine Cox |
| 2 | 6th Mary Dawson |
| Married: William Park |
| 2 | 7th Margaret Dawson |
| Married: ______ Franklin |
| 2 | 8th William Dawson |
| 2 | 9th Nelson Carter Dawson |
| Married (1): Mary Burton | |
| Married (2): Francis Woodruff |
| 2 | 10th Jessie Dawson |
| December 15, 1741 probably the marriage date | |
| Married: Sally Turner |
| 2 | 11th Elizabeth Dawson |
| Married: Reuben Turner |
| 2 | 12th Susanna Dawson |
| Married: George Tinsley |
| 2 | 13th Zachariah Dawson |
| Married: June (or January) 18, 1786 Lucy Rucker |
| Dawson 2 |
| 1 | Henry Dawson |
| 2 | Cam Dawson |
| Married: Ida Hargrove |
| Notes |
| There is probably a connection between these two families, but it is unknown. |
| There is a note that George Dawson gave 55 2 1/2d to Pres Church on March 29, 1747 Page 363 |
| Last Updated: April 29, 2004 |