Married Lucille Rowan on November 9, 1935 in Harris County, Texas.
Brother of Dr. Curtis Dawson and George Waller Dawson, Jr.
Father of Robbin Rowan Dawson and John Coleman Dawson, Jr.
Attended University of Wisconsin–Madison
Obituary:
Houston Chronicle (TX) - Wednesday, January 13, 1988
Services were held Monday for John Coleman Dawson, 84, a well-known Houston attorney who wrote a book describing early life in the Texas Panhandle area.
Dawson, who died Friday, was a senior partner with Liddell, Dawson, Sapp, and Zivley, now known as Liddell, Sapp, Zivley, and Hill, until his retirement in 1969. He was a graduate of Northwestern University in Evanston and the University of Texas in Austin law schools.
The son of a doctor, Dawson was born in Stanley, Ky., in 1903, and moved with his family to Channing, Texas, in 1907 and to Dalhart, Texas, in 1912. He became a Houston resident in 1929.
In his book, ''High Plains Yesterdays,'' Dawson discusses the famous XIT ranch and the lifestyle of the people of the northern Texas Panhandle. He wrote of the twin disasters of the region - drought and depression.
Dawson leaves his wife, Lucille Rowan Dawson; sons John C. Dawson Jr. and Robbin R. Dawson; and five grandchildren.
Contributor: JMW (47184656) • [email protected]
Brother of Dr. Curtis Dawson and George Waller Dawson, Jr.
Father of Robbin Rowan Dawson and John Coleman Dawson, Jr.
Attended University of Wisconsin–Madison
Obituary:
Houston Chronicle (TX) - Wednesday, January 13, 1988
Services were held Monday for John Coleman Dawson, 84, a well-known Houston attorney who wrote a book describing early life in the Texas Panhandle area.
Dawson, who died Friday, was a senior partner with Liddell, Dawson, Sapp, and Zivley, now known as Liddell, Sapp, Zivley, and Hill, until his retirement in 1969. He was a graduate of Northwestern University in Evanston and the University of Texas in Austin law schools.
The son of a doctor, Dawson was born in Stanley, Ky., in 1903, and moved with his family to Channing, Texas, in 1907 and to Dalhart, Texas, in 1912. He became a Houston resident in 1929.
In his book, ''High Plains Yesterdays,'' Dawson discusses the famous XIT ranch and the lifestyle of the people of the northern Texas Panhandle. He wrote of the twin disasters of the region - drought and depression.
Dawson leaves his wife, Lucille Rowan Dawson; sons John C. Dawson Jr. and Robbin R. Dawson; and five grandchildren.
Contributor: JMW (47184656) • [email protected]
Married Lucille Rowan on November 9, 1935 in Harris County, Texas.
Brother of Dr. Curtis Dawson and George Waller Dawson, Jr.
Father of Robbin Rowan Dawson and John Coleman Dawson, Jr.
Attended University of Wisconsin–Madison
Obituary:
Houston Chronicle (TX) - Wednesday, January 13, 1988
Services were held Monday for John Coleman Dawson, 84, a well-known Houston attorney who wrote a book describing early life in the Texas Panhandle area.
Dawson, who died Friday, was a senior partner with Liddell, Dawson, Sapp, and Zivley, now known as Liddell, Sapp, Zivley, and Hill, until his retirement in 1969. He was a graduate of Northwestern University in Evanston and the University of Texas in Austin law schools.
The son of a doctor, Dawson was born in Stanley, Ky., in 1903, and moved with his family to Channing, Texas, in 1907 and to Dalhart, Texas, in 1912. He became a Houston resident in 1929.
In his book, ''High Plains Yesterdays,'' Dawson discusses the famous XIT ranch and the lifestyle of the people of the northern Texas Panhandle. He wrote of the twin disasters of the region - drought and depression.
Dawson leaves his wife, Lucille Rowan Dawson; sons John C. Dawson Jr. and Robbin R. Dawson; and five grandchildren.
Contributor: JMW (47184656) • [email protected]
Brother of Dr. Curtis Dawson and George Waller Dawson, Jr.
Father of Robbin Rowan Dawson and John Coleman Dawson, Jr.
Attended University of Wisconsin–Madison
Obituary:
Houston Chronicle (TX) - Wednesday, January 13, 1988
Services were held Monday for John Coleman Dawson, 84, a well-known Houston attorney who wrote a book describing early life in the Texas Panhandle area.
Dawson, who died Friday, was a senior partner with Liddell, Dawson, Sapp, and Zivley, now known as Liddell, Sapp, Zivley, and Hill, until his retirement in 1969. He was a graduate of Northwestern University in Evanston and the University of Texas in Austin law schools.
The son of a doctor, Dawson was born in Stanley, Ky., in 1903, and moved with his family to Channing, Texas, in 1907 and to Dalhart, Texas, in 1912. He became a Houston resident in 1929.
In his book, ''High Plains Yesterdays,'' Dawson discusses the famous XIT ranch and the lifestyle of the people of the northern Texas Panhandle. He wrote of the twin disasters of the region - drought and depression.
Dawson leaves his wife, Lucille Rowan Dawson; sons John C. Dawson Jr. and Robbin R. Dawson; and five grandchildren.
Contributor: JMW (47184656) • [email protected]
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