Columbiana County OhArchives Obituaries.....Dawson, William B. February 11, 1902 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sheila Fritts sfritts101@hotmail.com September 30, 2005, 10:06 am East Liverpool Daily Crisis - 14 Feb 1902 - pg 9 William B. Dawson, aged 71 years, died at the home of his son in Youngstown at 5 o’clock Tuesday evening after a lengthy illness. Deceased has resided in Youngstown for a number of years and up until last October occupied the position as editor of the Vindicator of that city. Mr. Dawson has a large number of relatives in this city and vicinity. He was born in the year 1831 in West Union, the village which is now known as Calcutta, four miles north of East Liverpool, his parents being Augustine and Maria Dawson. His mother’s maiden name was Bever, a family also known in this vicinity. He was married and practiced law at Canfield for a number of years but entered the journalistic field in 1856 during the campaign of John Buchannan. He was associated with the publication of the Vindicator, of Youngstown, before and since it was issued as a daily and continued this work until last fall when ill health compelled him to retire. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/columbiana/obits/dawson744ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb