| John Dawson & Mary Mote |
| John Nelson Dawson was born 1823 in OH possibly to Thomas Dawson and Dianna Carpenter. About 1845 in Indiana he married Mary A. Mote who was born February 1830 in OH. John and Mary can be found on the 1860 Census in Mineral Twp, Barton Co., MO, and in the 1870 Census in E. Lark, Barton Co., MO. |
| Both John and Mary met untimely deaths. The following articles explain: DIED - THE YEAR 1878: At his home in Ozark township, Barton county, Missouri, on Monday, September 16, inst., Mr. John N. Dawson, aged 55 years. Mr. Dawson was one of the oldest and most respected citizens of our county. As many of our readers are aware he come to his death in consequence of a painful and somewhat peculiar accident. Last Friday while engaged in grinding sugar cane with a span of young wild horses, his team took fright from some cause and began to run at full speed. Mr. Dawson was knocked down by the lever and thrown against the machine. His are was caught between the cylinders of the crusher and literally ground to a jelly from the finger's ends to the elbow. Hi reached the house after the accident with great difficulty, strewing the path with fragments of the mangled arm, and medical assistance was at once sent for, but the doctor who first arrived could neither amputate the arm nor do anything else to relieve the patient. Dr. Dye had to be sent for all the way from Lamar. By the time he arrived, nearly twenty hours had elapsed and Mr. Dawson had become so weakened from loss of blood and suffering as to make his recovery under any circumstance, extremely doubtful. His arm was amputated, but in consequence of the subsequent gross |
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| mismanagement of the local physician who had first been called in and who took charge of the sufferer after amputation had been performed, hemorrhage again set in, accompanied by other disturbing circumstances and death speedily followed. During the three days that intervened between the time of receiving his injuries and his death, in spite of the frightful character of his wounds and his intense sufferings, he exhibited a degree of fortitude and resignation rarely witnessed. No word or complaint, no expression of repining escaped his lips, but constantly expressing his submission to the will of Him that doeth all things well, and his reliance on the promise of salvation and eternal life in the world to come, he died as he had lived, a sincere Christian and a striking example of the blessings and joys known only to those whose faith is well founded and whose works have always been in strict accord with the principles of Divine inspiration. Mr. Dawsonwas a member of the United Baptist Church, a good neighbor, a kind husband and father and one of the most highly respected members of the community in which he lived. He had resided in this county ever since the year 1856 and but for the untimely accident which as hurried him into the presence of the Great Judge of all, might have enjoyed many more years of usefulness on earth. He leaves a widow and five children to mourn his loss, who, however have the hearty sympathy of sorrowing friends in their bereavement, and the satisfaction of feeling that he who was so dear to them is gone to a better and a happier land, where sickness and pain shall be unknown and death shall visit us no more. |
| Mary died December 3, 1906: NOTICE IN NEWSPAPER: DIES AFTER FALL FROM TRAIN Mrs. Mary A. Dawson Was Bound to Osawatomie From Washington Mrs. M. A. Dawson who was thrown to her death from the platform of a Missouri Pacific train, westbound out of Dodson, Missouri at midnight yesterday morning, was on route from Ephrata, Washington to visit Mrs. Bell Sutton, a granddaughter ( ? ) Osawatomie, Kansas. |
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| Children of John and Mary: Hiram C. Dawson, born 1846 in IL and died 1931 in Roseburg, OR. He married Martha Worthington. Phylindia Dawson, born 1849 in Lafayette, Fulton Co., IL and died Dec. 25, 1875 in Missouri. Phylindia died in childbirth. Diania Dawson was born 1852 in IL and died of cancer in 1902 Julious Dawson was born in 1854 Mariah Dawson was born in 1856 in Iowa. She married unknown Weaks. Mary Dawson born 1859 Irena Dawson born June 21, 1865 in MO, died March 26, 1916 in Kansas City, MO. She married Jacob Hiram Wortman, born Feb 28, 1856 in IL and died March 9, 1939 in Sapulpa, Creek Co., OK. Lieuary Bell Dawson was born 1866 in MO and died Aug 23, 1927 in Osawatomie, KS. She married Charlie Sutton. John "Jack" Albert Dawson was born June 24, 1871. He married Ona Eudora Hathaway in 1897. Ona was born March 11, 1874 in East Linn, MO and died in a influenza epidemic of 1920 in Corvallis, Benton Co., OR. |
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| Will of Mary A (Mote) Dawson I, Mary A. Dawson, of Liberal, Barton Cty., MO., of age of 74 years and being of a sound and disposing mind and memory do make public and declare this my last will and testament in the manner of folowing, that is to say: First: - I direst my executors herinafter name to pay out of my estate as soon as possible after my decease all my just debts together with the expenses of my last sickness and my funeral and testamentory expense. Second: - To give and bequeath to my granddaughters, Viola Tipton, Bertha Odell and Francis C. Gottfried each one ($1.00) dollar. Third: - I give and bequeath to my sons, Two Hundred ($200.00) Dollars, whose names are Hiram C. Dawson, Julius C. Dawson and John A. Dawson. Fourth: - To my four daughters whose names are Maria Weaks, Irene Workman, Lieuary Belle Sutton and Mary D. Boulware, I give and bequeath each Two Hundred ($200.00) Dollars. Fifth: - After the foregoing bequeaths have been made whatever may remain of my estate, I hereby give and bequeath to the daughters two thirds, to be shared equally by them. The sons the remaining one third to be shared equally by them. Sixth: - I hereby appoint Maria Weaks, the sole administrator at any time made. Signed: Mary A. Dawson - Dated at Liberal, MO, this 16th day of December 1904. The foregoing instrument was at the date thereof signed, sealed, published and delivered by the said testator, Mary A. Dawson, as and for her last will and testament, in the presence of us, who at her request, in her presence, and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses hereto. CJ Cameron, Witness: George Mellor, JR, Witness. Subscribed and sworn to before me a Notary Public in and for Baron Cty, MO this 16th day of December, 1904. Signed: Caleb Lipscomb, Notary Public. My commission expires July 10, 1908. Codicil to Will of Mary A. Dawson: - This codicil to will of Mary A. Dawson dated this 14th day of April 1905, being a part of will made on Dec., 16, 1904, is to appoint Lieuary Belle Sutton as Administrator in the event the administrator, Maria Weaks from any cause could not fulfill the duty required of her in the will named above. This codicil is to be attached to and made a part of the will above referred to Original will. Witnessed by CJ Camerson and George Kellor, Jr., this codicil is witnessed by the following, who have placed their name thereto on date first above was written. George Mellor, Jr. Witness, MP Leonare, Witness and Mary A. Dawson, Grantor. |
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