Jacob Dawson Biography - Grant County Wisconsin

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Submitted by David W. Taft, dtaft @ cowtown.net

History of Grant County Wisconsin
Western Historical Publishing, Chicago, July 1881
Town of Potosi, Biographical Sketches, Page 939-940

JACOB DAWSON, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Rockville.  Has 400 acres and some mineral 
land.  Born Jan. 1, 1823, in Clark Co., Ky., son of John and Drusilla (Judy) 
Dawson; came here in 1847, from Rollo Co., Mo., and, in 1852, settled on this 
section; followed mining some years.  Married, May 11. 1852, by Esq. Lord, to 
Lydia, daughter of John and Lydia (Stephenson) Fuqua.  Had eleven children - 
John H., born Aug. 23, 1854; married Etta Ashhart, and is in California; has one 
son, Willie, born Nov. 11, 1850.  Sophia C., born Oct. 18, 1855; Lizzie J., Feb. 
11, 1857; Abbie, April 1,1858, (teaching school at Rockville); Martha E., March 
16,1862; Lucy A., Dec. 11, 1866; Mahala, July 2,1868; Effie U., Sept. 28, 1873.  
Libbie Ann, born March 10, 1853; died Dec. 9, 1853.  Mary, born Jan. 24 1860; 
died Oct. 17, 1864.  Jacob Grant, born Jan. 12, 1864; died April 16, 1865.  Mr. 
Dawson is not an office-seeker, but has held several offices in the county.  Is 
a Democrat. His father was a soldier in 1812.