John
W.
Dawson
Born in Cambridge City, Jackson Township, Wayne, Indiana, United States
Ancestors 
Son of John Charles Dawson
and Susanna (Jackson) Dawson
Brother of
Elizabeth (Dawson) Walker, Ruth (Dawson) Spencer, Christiana Teny (Dawson) Dills, Harrison Dawson, Hulda (Dawson) Johnson and Henry Clay Dawson [half]
Husband of
Amanda Melvina (Thornton) Dawson
— married
4 Nov 1855 in Allen, Indiana, United States
Died
at age 56
in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 1 Feb 2016
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| Preceded by 2nd Territorial Governor Alfred Cumming |
John W. Dawson 3rd Governor of Utah Territory  |
Succeeded by 4th Territorial Governor Stephen S. Harding |
Biography
John Dawson is Notable.
John W. Dawson was Governor of Utah Territory in 1861. In Cambridge, Indiana he was a lawyer, a farmer and a newspaper editor before he entered politics. He was appointed governor of Utah Territory.
Sources
- "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVM1-D7HP : 10 February 2018), John W Dawson and Amanda M Thornton, 04 Nov 1855; citing Allen, Indiana, United States, Marriage Registration, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 004165033.
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4F8-FL2 : 10 November 2020), John W Dawson, 1860.
- Find A Grave Memorial# 7116828
- John W. Dawson on Wikipedia
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~3.12%
~25.00%
Richard Green 
:
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Joan (Boyd) Davidson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A634424 [compare], Ancestry member dobiedobias
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