THOMAS SIMPSON DAWSON

DAWSON, PRICKETT, EVANS, PALMER

Posted By: David (email)
Date: 12/13/2004 at 13:24:12

The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa
Thursday, February 21, 1907

THOMAS SIMPSON DAWSON was born May 17, 1819, and when a child moved with his
parents to Marion County, Indiana, where on Oct. 11, 1842, he was married to
MISS ELIZABETH PRICKETT, who passed to the Spirit world sixteen years ago
last September. to them were born ten children, two girls and eight boys;
four of whom survive to mourn the loss of both parents -- WILLIAM, JOHN and
AUSTIN, of Chariton; and HENRY R. DAWSON, of Burlington.

He served three years in the defense of his country during the rebellion and
was honorably discharged at the close of the war. He was a man of firm
character and bore a citizen's part well. One by one the old guard answer
to the roll call and are ushered into the great beyond but time can never
entirely obliterate the part they bore in the struggle.

MR. DAWSON died at the Soldier's Home, at Marshalltown, Sunday, of no
particular disease except that peculiar to old age. His remains reached
here on Monday evening, the funeral occurring from the home Wednesday
afternoon at 2:30, conducted by Rev. Nathan Evans, assisted by Rev. Fred
Palmer, the G.A.R. comrades paying befitting tribute by their presence.

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*Posted in another column of the same date:

A very unpleasant circumstance happened, Tuesday, in connection with the
funeral of THOMAS DAWSON. The funeral was to have occurred in the afternoon
but there was an abrasion on the dead man's face and some member of the
family concluded that he had been the victim of foul play, and that the
deceased had come to his death by other than fair means. This meant
postponement and a slight local sensation. Conference was held by telephone
with the authorities of the Soldier's Home at Marshalltown, and the
suspicion was entirely set aside. Thus the funeral was held on Wednesday
instead of Tuesday.
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