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Byron Fay Dawes

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Byron Fay Dawes

Birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Death
25 Jun 1963 (aged 71)
Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, New York, USA
Burial
Cremated, Ashes scattered. Specifically: Cremated at Gardner Earl Memorial Crematory, Troy NY. Cremains scattered at rural wooded family property near Cummington, Hampshire County, MA Add to Map
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Byron Fay Dawes' father died when Byron was age five. His mother never remarried. He graduated from Shaw HS in the Cleveland OH area in 1909.

He attended Virginia Military Institute (VMI). Records from the VMI archives suggest he had an active extracurricular off-campus lifestyle. There are numerous letters on file from his mother and from his uncle, Jesse Byron Fay. He was a member of the Junior year class that was expelled in its entirety (Richmond Times Dispatch Feb 28, 1911) and later re-admitted. He graduated in 1914 with a BS in Chemistry and a commission as an officer in the US Army. During WW I he served as Liason Officer and Aide to Brigadier General Frederick Perkins.

His life's occupation was primarily in sales, banking and investments in Ohio, France, Connecticut and New York.

He married Mary Alice Corey and they had children Faye and Edward. He later married Myrtle Aberdeen (Patricia) Preston and their children were Preston, Byron Jr. and Dianna.

His obituary notices were published in the Albany Times Union in June and July 1963.
Byron Fay Dawes' father died when Byron was age five. His mother never remarried. He graduated from Shaw HS in the Cleveland OH area in 1909.

He attended Virginia Military Institute (VMI). Records from the VMI archives suggest he had an active extracurricular off-campus lifestyle. There are numerous letters on file from his mother and from his uncle, Jesse Byron Fay. He was a member of the Junior year class that was expelled in its entirety (Richmond Times Dispatch Feb 28, 1911) and later re-admitted. He graduated in 1914 with a BS in Chemistry and a commission as an officer in the US Army. During WW I he served as Liason Officer and Aide to Brigadier General Frederick Perkins.

His life's occupation was primarily in sales, banking and investments in Ohio, France, Connecticut and New York.

He married Mary Alice Corey and they had children Faye and Edward. He later married Myrtle Aberdeen (Patricia) Preston and their children were Preston, Byron Jr. and Dianna.

His obituary notices were published in the Albany Times Union in June and July 1963.


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