James Kemper Dawson Sr (1873 - 1948)

Born 22 Nov 1873 in Dawsonville, Greene, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Died 3 Dec 1948 at age 75 in Hinton, Summers, West Virginia, United States

Biography

James Dawson Sr has English ancestors.

James was born on 22 Nov 1873.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]} He married Merle Thomas on 13 Oct 1915.^[8] James died on 3 Dec 1948.^[9][10][11]

• Fact: Residence (1880) Ruckersville, Greene, Virginia, United States
• Fact: Residence (1900) Ruckersville District, Greene, Virginia, United States
• Fact: Residence (1910) Clifton Forge Ward 2, Clifton Forge (Independent City), Virginia, United States
• Fact: Military Draft Registration (1917-1918) Alleghany County, Virginia, United States
• Fact: Residence (1920) Clifton Forge Ward 2, Clifton Forge (Independent City), Virginia, United States
• Fact: Residence (1930) Hinton, Summers, West Virginia, United States
• Fact: Residence (1935) Same House
• Fact: Residence (1940) Ward 3, Hinton, Greenbrier Magisterial District, Summers, West Virginia, United States
• Fact: Burial (5 December 1948) Crown Hill, Kanawha, Virginia, United States

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC5W-27S : 15 July 2017), Kemper Dawson in household of J M Dawson, Ruckersville, Greene, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 60, sheet 502D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,368.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMNW-8NP : accessed 20 October 2019), Kemper Dawson in household of John Dawson, Ruckersville District, Greene, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 32, sheet 6A, family 95, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,711.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPLL-G6Y : accessed 20 October 2019), James K Dawson in household of Atice N Gillespie, Clifton Forge Ward 2, Clifton Forge (Independent City), Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 72, sheet 16B, family 319, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1625; FHL microfilm 1,375,638.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJJL-16N : accessed 20 October 2019), James K Dawson, Clifton Forge Ward 2, Clifton Forge (Independent City), Virginia, United States; citing ED 76, sheet 27A, line 38, family 404, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1886; FHL microfilm 1,821,886.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMC7-D8J : accessed 20 October 2019), James K Dawson, Hinton, Summers, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 4, sheet 7A, line 24, family 147, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2555; FHL microfilm 2,342,289.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7ZB-NZM : 28 July 2019), James K Dawson, Ward 3, Hinton, Greenbrier Magisterial District, Summers, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 45-4, sheet 8B, line 76, family 168, 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 4446.
7. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6CT-KVD : 24 August 2019), James Kemper Dawson, 1917-1918.
8. ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRQ3-NXS : 11 February 2018), Jas. Kemper Dawson and Merle Beatrice Thomas, 13 Oct 1915; citing Clifton Forge, Virginia, reference rn33; FHL microfilm 2,048,487.
9. ↑ "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMC3-BZH : 10 March 2018), James Kemper Dawson, 03 Dec 1948; citing Summers, West Virginia, County Records, 16980, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,984,023.
10. ↑ "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N975-RBJ : 11 February 2018), James Kemper Dawson, 03 Dec 1948; citing Hinton, Summers, West Virginia, County Records, v 3 p 45, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 589,345.
11. ↑ James Kemper Dawson, 1948; Burial, Clifton Forge, Alleghany, Virginia, United States of America, Crown Hill Cemetery; Find A Grave: Memorial #65997428

See also:

• "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVB1-DHBY : 10 January 2019), James K Dawson in entry for Loran Vesco Ward and Alice Caroline Dawson, 26 Mar 1948; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing , Clifton Forge, Virginia, United States, certificate 5133, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.

• "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9Z-BXMS : 10 January 2019), Lynn B Hayes in entry for Loran Vesco Ward and Anita Hayes Adams, 18 Mar 1988; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Fairfax, , Virginia, United States, certificate 88-009826, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 20 October 2019, 01:57), entry for James Kemper Dawson Sr(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:MQCC-GVT); contributed by various users.

DNA

• MRCA: John Dunlap Brown/Lucy Doggett

Paternal relationship is suggested with an Ancestry test match between Jennifer (Cox) Reich and Erin Dawson sixth cousins: Predicted relationship reported by AncestryDNA: 5th - 8th cousins based on sharing 15 cM across 1 segment