Rebecca (Fore) Dawson (1796 - 1867)

Born 8 Jan 1796 in Prince Edward, Virginia, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Richard P Dawson — married 19 Dec 1819 in Shelby, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died 30 Mar 1867 at age 71 in Trigg, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Research Notes

Trigg County, 1850: Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

1. Richard J Dawson Male 58 Kentucky
2. Rebecca Dawson Female 54 Virginia
3. Thomas H Dawson Male 24 Kentucky
4. Reason Dawson Male 22 Kentucky
5. Algernon S Dawson Male 20 Kentucky
6. Elizabeth Dawson Female 18 Kentucky
7. Henrietta Dawson Female 16 Kentucky
8. Richard Dawson Male 11 Kentucky

Rebecca was the daughter of Joseph and Ann Gividen Foree and married Richard P. Dawson in 1819 in Shelby Co., KY. She had 11 known children.

Family links:

Parents:

Joseph Foree (1744 - 1835)

Elizabeth Ann Gividen Foree (1754 - 1834)

Spouse:

Richard P. Dawson (1791 - 1866)

Children:

Thomas H Dawson (1826 - 1914)*

Rezin G. Dawson (1827 - 1867)*

Algernon Sidney Dawson (1830 - 1909)*

Elizabeth Dawson Wilson (1832 - 1857)*

Henrietta Dawson Dawson (1833 - 1932)*

*Calculated relationship

Note: Relationship links: son Thomas Henry 11165843daughter Martha 49854668

Burial:

Dawson Cemetery

LaFayette

Christian County

Kentucky, USA

Created by: Julia Maddox Mortenson

Record added: Oct 31, 2006

Find A Grave Memorial# 16403797

Sources

• "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QD-S4HZ : 26 September 2018), Richard P. Dawson and Rebecca Fore, 19 Dec 1819; citing Marriage, , Shelby, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 259,273.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVD-44PS : 16 July 2020), Rebecca Foree Dawson, 1867; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 21 November 2020), memorial page for Rebecca Foree Dawson (8 Jan 1796–30 Mar 1867), Find A Grave: Memorial #16403797, citing Dawson Cemetery, LaFayette, Christian County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by Julia M. (contributor 46842436) .
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M65G-2WV : 4 April 2020), Rebecca Dawson in household of Richard J Dawson, Trigg county, Trigg, Kentucky, United States; citing family 135, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Terry Duncan for creating WikiTree profile Foree-36 through the import of TDuncan.ged on Apr 15, 2013.

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Sources

• D,A,R,
• "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4ST-6M5 : 12 January 2020), Jos. Flore in entry for Richard P. Dawson, 1819.