Eugene Fenton Dawson (1873 - 1945)

Born 1 Jan 1873 in Roaring Spring, Trigg, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Grace (Crenshaw) Dawson — married 16 Mar 1897 in Trigg, Kentucky, United States

Husband of Mary Belle (Magraw) Dawson — married 1899 in Trigg County, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died 9 Aug 1945 at age 72 in Kentucky

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Biography

Eugene Fenton Dawson was born on January 1, 1873 in Roaring Spring, Trigg, Kentucky, United States. His parents were Almont Dawson (1847 - 1935) and Elizabeth (Wilson) Dawson (1857 - 1932).

His siblings were...

1. Julia Grace (Dawson) Ledford (1875 - 1940)
2. Emma (Dawson) Crenshaw (1877 - 1946)
3. Betty Ethel Dawson (1880 - 1893)
4. Susan Calloway (Dawson) Moore (1881 - 1953)

Eugene married Mary Belle Magraw (1878 - 1977).

Their child was Greenup Edwin Dawson (1910s - 1940s).

Eugene died on August 9, 1945 in Kentucky aged 72.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCZB-513 : 19 February 2021), Fenton Dawson in household of Almonte Dawson, Rouring Spring, Trigg, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district ED 149, sheet 341C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,443.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M26R-FSV : accessed 3 October 2021), Eugene F Dawson, Magisterial District 5, Trigg, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 154, sheet 14A, family 275, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 501; FHL microfilm 1,374,514.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHPJ-94Y : 1 February 2021), Fent E Dawson, 1920.
• "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2QHG-Z9F : 27 September 2021), Eugene P Dawson in entry for Eugene F Dawson and Florence Marie Miller, 1928.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7B9-9L8 : 9 January 2021), E F Dawson, Magisterial District 5, Trigg, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 111-11, sheet 2B, line 78, family 43, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1358.
• "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSS3-L14 : 2 March 2021), Eugene Fenton Dawson, 1945; citing Death, Cadiz, Trigg, Kentucky, United States, certificate , Office of Vital Statistics, Frankfort; FHL microfilm 1,913,401.
• "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSZV-M7X : 1 March 2021), E. F. Dawson in entry for Greenup Edwin Dawson, 13 Jul 1949; Death, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.
• "Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2SK-R6H : 30 June 2021), Dawson in entry for Eugene Fenton Dawson, 2001.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29972996/eugene-fenton-dawson: accessed 01 April 2023), memorial page for Eugene Fenton “Fent” Dawson (1 Jan 1873–9 Aug 1945), Find A Grave: Memorial #29972996, citing Dawson Cemetery, Roaring Spring, Trigg County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Julia M. (contributor 46842436).

See also:

• Family Search Profile

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Terry Duncan for creating WikiTree profile Dawson-1428 through the import of TDuncan.ged on Apr 15, 2013.