Co 61 IL Infantry-Civil War; b: OH; s/of Stephen Ludlow Dawson (4 Mar 1806 OH-11 Jun 1883) & Nancy Jane Bumpus (ca 1805 NY-1892 Decatur IL); m: 21 May 1868 Wabash Ellen [Nellie] Solomon (26 Nov 1851 PA-18 Nov 1900 Posey Co IN); res: 1850 Wabash 1860-70 Coffee 1880 Keensburg; ch: Effie (17 Aug 1869 IL-Feb 1955 m: Albert Hastings) & Catherine (13 Nov 1872 Keensburg- 11 Dec 1944 Edgar Co IL m: Charles Howell) & Carson (24 Jul 1877) & Fanny Belle (12 Aug 1879/80 Keensburg-13 Aug 1946 Edgar Co IL m: John Coogan); pension filed 19 May 1883; siblings: William Henry (1830 OH-1910 IN) & Stephen* (1837) & Delilah (ca 1838 OH-10 Jan 1889 m1: John Rigg; m2: Frank Baird) & Lurinda (27 Feb 1841 North Bend-Hamilton Co OH-12 Mar 1924 Edwards Co IL m: Cornelius Gray) & Margaret Ann (25 May 1843 OH-11 Aug 1915 m1: James Black; m2: 1875 Charles Bare both buried Bethel Cem in Bellmont)
DAWSON, Sarah J (Bruce) Crackel 18 Mar 1846 - 28 Dec 1929 ()
b: Wabash; d: Albion - Edwards Co IL; d/of James Bruce* & Nancy Phar; m1: Stephen Dawson*; m2: 9 Sep 1885 Wabash S Crackel; res: 1900-20 Albion Edwards Co IL
DAWSON, Stephen Wood 1837 - 16 Feb 1881 ()
age 44; b: OH; d: Coffee; s/of Ludlow Dawson (ca 1808 OH) & Nancy (ca 1805 NY); m1: 16 Aug 1866 Wabash Elizabeth Bruce (ca 1843); m2: 28 Mar 1872 Wabash Sarah J Bruce*; res: 1850 Wabash 1860-80 Coffee; ch: Curtis* (1868 IL) & Augustus* (1871 IL) & William (Jan 1873 IL m: ca 1896 Minnie) & Charles C (Jan 1875 IL m: ca 1898 Ora J Goodrich)
