James L. Dawson

James L. Dawson, son of Andrew and Mary (Little) Dawson, was born in Ross county, O., in 1826. His father was born near Pittsburgh Pa., where he married Miss Little, of the same county. In the fall of '43 the family moved to Chillicothe, Ill., and thence to Stark county in '47-8. Here both of them died as recorded in the sketch of the cemeteries—Mr. Dawson dying in '64. Of their nine children, three are living. James L. resided with his parents— working on the farm or attending school in his youth. In '47 he came to this county, and two years later purchased his farm here. Owing to the fact that the notes on his family history were returned without corrections and with complaint of inaccuracies, the greater part is omitted rather than knowingly publish what is alleged to be incorrect.