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S. N. Dawson
S
N DAWSON - This substantial and reliable young farmer is a resident of
Cedar Township, Cherokee County, where he located in 1880. He
was
born in Green County, Wisconsin, October 21, 1854 and is a son of John
J and Mary A (Parrot) Dawson. John J Dawson was a native of
West
Virginia and settled in Green County in 1839, being one of the earliest
pioneers of Southern Wisconsin. He was twice married and had fourteen
children, six daughters and eight sons. S. N. Dawson, the
subject
of this brief biography, was reared in the county of his birth and
obtained his education in the public schools and in the Broadhead
Academy. He was united in marriage May 27, 1880 to Miss Kate
M.
Fleek, a daughter of Jerome B. and Margaret Fleek and the same year
settled in Cedar Township. In 1883, he returned to Wisconsin
and
remained there three years and then in 1886 he came back to Cedar
Township, and located on his present farm; it contains 440 acres, 400
of which are under cultivation. He has made many valuable
improvements on the place and today it is considered one of the best in
the county. Mr. Dawson devotes his time exclusively to
farming
and stock-raising and has met with marked success in his undertakings.
Two children have been born to Mr and Mrs Dawson:
Jerome B.
and Maggie May. In political thought and action Mr. Dawson
affiliates with the Republican party. Although a young man he
has
attained an enviable position in the county, both from a social and
financial point of view, and has the confidence and respect of all who
know him.
Source: Biographical History of Cherokee
County, IA, W. W. Dunbar & Co Publishers, 1889
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