Isaac E Dawley (1850 - 1935)

Born 24 Jul 1850 in Franklin Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Died 7 May 1935 at age 84 in Santa Paula, Ventura, California, United States

Biography

Isaac was born in 1850. He was the son of John Dawley and Mercy Bebee.

He was living with his family in Franklin township, Erie, Pennsylvania in 1860.^[1]

He married Augusta Albina Alvord on 24 Dec 1872 in Franklin township, Erie county, Pennsylvania.^[2] They had children.

They were in Franklin township in 1880.^[3]

They were in Santa Paula, Ventura, California in 1900.^[4] According to the Alvord genealogy, he was a ranchman.

Augusta died in 1901.

He was in his own household in Santa Paula in 1920 and 1930^[5][6] He was listed as married in 1920 (no wife in household) and divorced in 1930. According to early 1920s news articles, he had a divorce suit from a Celinda (Unknown), likely Mrs. Celinda (Foskett) Potter, who was also living in Ventura county in 1920, in her daughter's household under the name of Dawley.^[7]

He passed away in 1935 at Santa Paula.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXR1-946 : 13 December 2017), Isaac Dawley in entry for J W Dawley, 1860.
2. ↑ A genealogy of the descendants of Alexander Alvord, an early settler of Windsor, Conn. and Northampton, Mass, Samuel Morgan Alvord, published 1908, p 857, lists his parents as John Wesley Dawley and Mercy S. Beebe.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWFH-LMY : 15 July 2017), J Dawley, Franklin, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 159, sheet 10A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,128.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9GY-TMS : accessed 6 March 2020), Isaac Dawley, Santa Paula Township, Ventura, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 166, sheet 2B, family 43, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,116.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHH7-XRB : accessed 6 March 2020), Isaac Dawley, Santa Paula, Ventura, California, United States; citing ED 269, sheet 7A, line 31, family 140, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 154; FHL microfilm 1,820,154.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCJF-JRH : accessed 6 March 2020), Isaac Dawley, Santa Paula, Ventura, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 16, sheet 1A, line 32, family 10, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 228; FHL microfilm 2,339,963.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHH7-GWG : accessed 6 March 2020), Celinda Dawley in household of Dwight B Graham, Santa Susana, Ventura, California, United States; citing ED 272, sheet 16A, line 35, family 127, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 154; FHL microfilm 1,820,154.
8. ↑ Obituary, Isaac Dawley, The Ventura County Star and the Ventura County Post and Weekly Democrat, Tuesday, May 7, 1935, page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46192358/obituary-for-isaac-dawley-aged-84/