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Biographies
Source:
History of Trumbull
& Mahoning Counties
with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches
Vols. I & 2 -
Publ. Cleveland: H. Z. Williams & Bro.
1882
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WILLIAM
B. DAWSON He was born in West Union, now Calcutta,
Columbiana County, Ohio, June 6, 1831. His parents were
Augustine and Maria (Bever) Dawson. He attended the
academy in his native village, studying Latin and Greek and the
higher branches under different teachers, then read law at Canfield,
Ohio, with S. W. Gilson and afterwards with D. M. Wilson and
John W. Church, and was admitted to the bar at Canfield in
May, 1853, and commenced practice and still resides there.
He was married in Canfield, October, 1853, to Miss
Maria C. Wadsworth, who was born in that place. She was a
daughter of Colonel George Wadsworth, and granddaughter
of Major General Elijah Wadsworth, who acquired distinction
on the northern frontier in the War of 1812, and was one of the
proprietors and first settlers of Canfield.
Source 3 - History of Trumbull
& Mahoning Counties
with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches -
Vols. I & 2 -
Publ. Cleveland: H. Z. Williams & Bro.
1882 - Page 237 |
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