Cook County IL Archives Biographies.....Dawson, Talmage Edward October 9, 1894 - May 1, 1974
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Brian Paul Kaess bkaess@outlook.com April 23, 2018, 2:50 pm

Source: Kaess Family from the Neckar Valley
Author: Brian Paul Kaess

PFC Talmage Edward Dawson, b. Oct 9, 1894 in Topeka, Kansas, d. May 1 1974,
Northbrook, IL. Married many times. 1st marriage to Mabel Lillian Atchinson
(1895- 1983), divorced from Mabel on March 20 1924, 2nd marriage to Sadie
Huseman (1902-1936?), one daughter: Wanda Lou Dawson. Widower in 1935. 3rd & 4th
marriage to Margaret Jane Swartz - one of these on Dec 11 1952 in Cook County,
Illinois. This may have been their 2nd marriage. One Daughter: Marie Ellen
Dawson. Margaret Jane Swartz says she married Talmage Dawson twice and divorced
him twice. Talmage was a native of Kansas. Worked as a Typographer for the 
Pittsburg Kansan, a Kansas newspaper. He is also mentioned as a linotype
operator in other sources. Jeanene M Forshey jokingly says that Wanda Lou
Dawson, her Mother, thought Talmage looked like the ‘Duke of Windsor.’
Registered for the Draft for WW1 in Crawford County, Kansas, on June 5 1917.
Served in the U.S.Army in WW1 on the West Front in France. Enlisted in the U.S.
Army in May 28 1918 and was Honorably discharged on Jun 8 1919. Served in HQ's
Co, 351st Inf Reg, 176th inf Brgd, 88th Infantry Division. Talmage name appears
on a roster of the 88th Infantry Division. Saw action in Haute Alsace Sector.
His regiment was attacked at Schonholz Woods at night (during Fog). Entitled
to wear a gold war service decoration. Margaret Jane Swartz said he suffered
from ’shell-shock.’ He died on May 1 1974. The funeral home was Hanekamp Funeral
Home in Glenview, Illinois. Also, Talmage’ middle name was confirmed as Edward
by a 1942 WWII Draft Registration. Brian Kaess’ Maternal Grandfather. On May 3
1974, Talmage E Dawson was buried in Archer Woods Cemetery in Willow Springs,
Illinois.

Additional Comments:
His Bounty Claim record (listing his unit in WWI) was obtained at the Kansas
State Historical Society. 

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