Henry Laurens Dawes, B.A. 1884.
Born January 5, 1863, in North Adams, Mass
Died March 12, 1928, in Florence, Italy
Father, Henry Laurens Dawes (B A 1839, MA 1849,
LL D. 1889 and Williams 1869), a lawyer, member of Congress 1857-1875, and U S senator 1875-1893, chairman of U. S. Commission of Five Tribes, son of Mitchell and Mercy
(Burgess) Dawes, descendant of William Dawes, who came from England to Braintree, Mass., in 1635 and settled in Boston in 1652.
Mother, Electa Allen (Sanderson) Dawes, daughter of Chester and Anna (Alhs) Sanderson, descendant of Robert Sanderson, who came from England in 1637 and settled in Hampton, N. H., in 1638, in Watertown, Mass , in 1642, and in Boston in 1652 as master of the Mint (made the pine-tree shilling).
Yale relatives include. Chester M Dawes,
'76 (brother); Howland Dawes (B A. 1835) (great-uncle); Edward K. Rawson, '68, Howard H. Williams, '89, Charles Dickerman Williams, '22, and Howard H. Williams, '30 (cousins).
Phillips-Exeter Member Freshman Football Team; president of Freshman Football Association and '84 Football Team, member Delta Kappa, He Boule, and Psi Upsilon Studied law m Boston University School of Law in 1886 and 1887, admitted to Suffolk County (Mass.) Bar in 1887;
with firm of Hyde, Dickinson & Howes in Boston for a time and subsequently practiced law in Chicago; member of law firm of Pingree, Dawes & Burke and its successor, Dawes & Burke, in Pittsfield, Mass., from 1890 until his retirement in 1910; had since resided in Ipswich, Mass , but had also spent a great deal of time in Florence, Italy; member Berkshire
(Mass) Bar Association and First Congregational Parish, Pittsfield
Married September 29, 1897, in Pittsfield, Catherine, daughter of Thomas Perkins Pingree (LL.B. Cumberland University 1854) and Catherine (Colt) Pingree. One son, Henry Laurens, 3rd (died in 1910).
Death due to nephritis and cirrhosis of the liver.
Cremation took place in Florence.
Survived by wife and a sister, Miss Anna Laurens Dawes, of Pittsfield.
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1927-28.pdf
Born January 5, 1863, in North Adams, Mass
Died March 12, 1928, in Florence, Italy
Father, Henry Laurens Dawes (B A 1839, MA 1849,
LL D. 1889 and Williams 1869), a lawyer, member of Congress 1857-1875, and U S senator 1875-1893, chairman of U. S. Commission of Five Tribes, son of Mitchell and Mercy
(Burgess) Dawes, descendant of William Dawes, who came from England to Braintree, Mass., in 1635 and settled in Boston in 1652.
Mother, Electa Allen (Sanderson) Dawes, daughter of Chester and Anna (Alhs) Sanderson, descendant of Robert Sanderson, who came from England in 1637 and settled in Hampton, N. H., in 1638, in Watertown, Mass , in 1642, and in Boston in 1652 as master of the Mint (made the pine-tree shilling).
Yale relatives include. Chester M Dawes,
'76 (brother); Howland Dawes (B A. 1835) (great-uncle); Edward K. Rawson, '68, Howard H. Williams, '89, Charles Dickerman Williams, '22, and Howard H. Williams, '30 (cousins).
Phillips-Exeter Member Freshman Football Team; president of Freshman Football Association and '84 Football Team, member Delta Kappa, He Boule, and Psi Upsilon Studied law m Boston University School of Law in 1886 and 1887, admitted to Suffolk County (Mass.) Bar in 1887;
with firm of Hyde, Dickinson & Howes in Boston for a time and subsequently practiced law in Chicago; member of law firm of Pingree, Dawes & Burke and its successor, Dawes & Burke, in Pittsfield, Mass., from 1890 until his retirement in 1910; had since resided in Ipswich, Mass , but had also spent a great deal of time in Florence, Italy; member Berkshire
(Mass) Bar Association and First Congregational Parish, Pittsfield
Married September 29, 1897, in Pittsfield, Catherine, daughter of Thomas Perkins Pingree (LL.B. Cumberland University 1854) and Catherine (Colt) Pingree. One son, Henry Laurens, 3rd (died in 1910).
Death due to nephritis and cirrhosis of the liver.
Cremation took place in Florence.
Survived by wife and a sister, Miss Anna Laurens Dawes, of Pittsfield.
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1927-28.pdf
Henry Laurens Dawes, B.A. 1884.
Born January 5, 1863, in North Adams, Mass
Died March 12, 1928, in Florence, Italy
Father, Henry Laurens Dawes (B A 1839, MA 1849,
LL D. 1889 and Williams 1869), a lawyer, member of Congress 1857-1875, and U S senator 1875-1893, chairman of U. S. Commission of Five Tribes, son of Mitchell and Mercy
(Burgess) Dawes, descendant of William Dawes, who came from England to Braintree, Mass., in 1635 and settled in Boston in 1652.
Mother, Electa Allen (Sanderson) Dawes, daughter of Chester and Anna (Alhs) Sanderson, descendant of Robert Sanderson, who came from England in 1637 and settled in Hampton, N. H., in 1638, in Watertown, Mass , in 1642, and in Boston in 1652 as master of the Mint (made the pine-tree shilling).
Yale relatives include. Chester M Dawes,
'76 (brother); Howland Dawes (B A. 1835) (great-uncle); Edward K. Rawson, '68, Howard H. Williams, '89, Charles Dickerman Williams, '22, and Howard H. Williams, '30 (cousins).
Phillips-Exeter Member Freshman Football Team; president of Freshman Football Association and '84 Football Team, member Delta Kappa, He Boule, and Psi Upsilon Studied law m Boston University School of Law in 1886 and 1887, admitted to Suffolk County (Mass.) Bar in 1887;
with firm of Hyde, Dickinson & Howes in Boston for a time and subsequently practiced law in Chicago; member of law firm of Pingree, Dawes & Burke and its successor, Dawes & Burke, in Pittsfield, Mass., from 1890 until his retirement in 1910; had since resided in Ipswich, Mass , but had also spent a great deal of time in Florence, Italy; member Berkshire
(Mass) Bar Association and First Congregational Parish, Pittsfield
Married September 29, 1897, in Pittsfield, Catherine, daughter of Thomas Perkins Pingree (LL.B. Cumberland University 1854) and Catherine (Colt) Pingree. One son, Henry Laurens, 3rd (died in 1910).
Death due to nephritis and cirrhosis of the liver.
Cremation took place in Florence.
Survived by wife and a sister, Miss Anna Laurens Dawes, of Pittsfield.
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1927-28.pdf
Born January 5, 1863, in North Adams, Mass
Died March 12, 1928, in Florence, Italy
Father, Henry Laurens Dawes (B A 1839, MA 1849,
LL D. 1889 and Williams 1869), a lawyer, member of Congress 1857-1875, and U S senator 1875-1893, chairman of U. S. Commission of Five Tribes, son of Mitchell and Mercy
(Burgess) Dawes, descendant of William Dawes, who came from England to Braintree, Mass., in 1635 and settled in Boston in 1652.
Mother, Electa Allen (Sanderson) Dawes, daughter of Chester and Anna (Alhs) Sanderson, descendant of Robert Sanderson, who came from England in 1637 and settled in Hampton, N. H., in 1638, in Watertown, Mass , in 1642, and in Boston in 1652 as master of the Mint (made the pine-tree shilling).
Yale relatives include. Chester M Dawes,
'76 (brother); Howland Dawes (B A. 1835) (great-uncle); Edward K. Rawson, '68, Howard H. Williams, '89, Charles Dickerman Williams, '22, and Howard H. Williams, '30 (cousins).
Phillips-Exeter Member Freshman Football Team; president of Freshman Football Association and '84 Football Team, member Delta Kappa, He Boule, and Psi Upsilon Studied law m Boston University School of Law in 1886 and 1887, admitted to Suffolk County (Mass.) Bar in 1887;
with firm of Hyde, Dickinson & Howes in Boston for a time and subsequently practiced law in Chicago; member of law firm of Pingree, Dawes & Burke and its successor, Dawes & Burke, in Pittsfield, Mass., from 1890 until his retirement in 1910; had since resided in Ipswich, Mass , but had also spent a great deal of time in Florence, Italy; member Berkshire
(Mass) Bar Association and First Congregational Parish, Pittsfield
Married September 29, 1897, in Pittsfield, Catherine, daughter of Thomas Perkins Pingree (LL.B. Cumberland University 1854) and Catherine (Colt) Pingree. One son, Henry Laurens, 3rd (died in 1910).
Death due to nephritis and cirrhosis of the liver.
Cremation took place in Florence.
Survived by wife and a sister, Miss Anna Laurens Dawes, of Pittsfield.
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1927-28.pdf
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