E. S. Dawson, 82, Dies at Hospital. Accident to Aged Man Last Month is Fatal.
E. S. Dawson, aged 82 years, for the past forty years, a resident of Michigan City, Ind., died at St. Anthony's Hospital last evening at 7:10 o'clock. Death followed the breaking and dislocation of Mr. Dawson's hip, when he fell on a slippery sidewalk, December 23, in front of his home at 1107 East Michigan Street.
Mr. Dawson was born May 24, 1839, in Quebec, Canada. Before coming to Michigan City in the eighties, Mr. Dawson lived in Lowell, Mich., for many years, where he enlisted with the Michigan volunteers for service in the Civil War. Thirty-three years ago Mr. Dawson and August Peo of Michigan City were united in marriage in Michigan City. Mr. Dawson was for many years employed as a guard at the Indiana State Prison.
Besides the widow the deceased is survived by five children, Floyd Dawson, 128 Dewey Street; Mrs. Ernest (Ethel Dawson) Vergane, 1004 1/2 East Michigan Street; and, Raymond, Herbert, and Miss Ruth Dawson, residing at home.
The decedent also leaves three sisters, Mrs. Mary Moore and Mrs. Carlton Austin of Grand Rapids, Mich., and Mrs. Clossian Knessin of Lowell, Mich. A brother, Herbert F. Dawson, resides at Lowell.
Mr. Dawson was a member of the G.A.R. and was well known throughout the city by the older residents. He was a kind husband and a good father and his life was rich in friendship and kindness.
Funeral arrangements later.
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E. S. Dawson, aged 82 years, for the past forty years, a resident of Michigan City, Ind., died at St. Anthony's Hospital last evening at 7:10 o'clock. Death followed the breaking and dislocation of Mr. Dawson's hip, when he fell on a slippery sidewalk, December 23, in front of his home at 1107 East Michigan Street.
Mr. Dawson was born May 24, 1839, in Quebec, Canada. Before coming to Michigan City in the eighties, Mr. Dawson lived in Lowell, Mich., for many years, where he enlisted with the Michigan volunteers for service in the Civil War. Thirty-three years ago Mr. Dawson and August Peo of Michigan City were united in marriage in Michigan City. Mr. Dawson was for many years employed as a guard at the Indiana State Prison.
Besides the widow the deceased is survived by five children, Floyd Dawson, 128 Dewey Street; Mrs. Ernest (Ethel Dawson) Vergane, 1004 1/2 East Michigan Street; and, Raymond, Herbert, and Miss Ruth Dawson, residing at home.
The decedent also leaves three sisters, Mrs. Mary Moore and Mrs. Carlton Austin of Grand Rapids, Mich., and Mrs. Clossian Knessin of Lowell, Mich. A brother, Herbert F. Dawson, resides at Lowell.
Mr. Dawson was a member of the G.A.R. and was well known throughout the city by the older residents. He was a kind husband and a good father and his life was rich in friendship and kindness.
Funeral arrangements later.
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E. S. Dawson, 82, Dies at Hospital. Accident to Aged Man Last Month is Fatal.
E. S. Dawson, aged 82 years, for the past forty years, a resident of Michigan City, Ind., died at St. Anthony's Hospital last evening at 7:10 o'clock. Death followed the breaking and dislocation of Mr. Dawson's hip, when he fell on a slippery sidewalk, December 23, in front of his home at 1107 East Michigan Street.
Mr. Dawson was born May 24, 1839, in Quebec, Canada. Before coming to Michigan City in the eighties, Mr. Dawson lived in Lowell, Mich., for many years, where he enlisted with the Michigan volunteers for service in the Civil War. Thirty-three years ago Mr. Dawson and August Peo of Michigan City were united in marriage in Michigan City. Mr. Dawson was for many years employed as a guard at the Indiana State Prison.
Besides the widow the deceased is survived by five children, Floyd Dawson, 128 Dewey Street; Mrs. Ernest (Ethel Dawson) Vergane, 1004 1/2 East Michigan Street; and, Raymond, Herbert, and Miss Ruth Dawson, residing at home.
The decedent also leaves three sisters, Mrs. Mary Moore and Mrs. Carlton Austin of Grand Rapids, Mich., and Mrs. Clossian Knessin of Lowell, Mich. A brother, Herbert F. Dawson, resides at Lowell.
Mr. Dawson was a member of the G.A.R. and was well known throughout the city by the older residents. He was a kind husband and a good father and his life was rich in friendship and kindness.
Funeral arrangements later.
[newspaper source not noted]
E. S. Dawson, aged 82 years, for the past forty years, a resident of Michigan City, Ind., died at St. Anthony's Hospital last evening at 7:10 o'clock. Death followed the breaking and dislocation of Mr. Dawson's hip, when he fell on a slippery sidewalk, December 23, in front of his home at 1107 East Michigan Street.
Mr. Dawson was born May 24, 1839, in Quebec, Canada. Before coming to Michigan City in the eighties, Mr. Dawson lived in Lowell, Mich., for many years, where he enlisted with the Michigan volunteers for service in the Civil War. Thirty-three years ago Mr. Dawson and August Peo of Michigan City were united in marriage in Michigan City. Mr. Dawson was for many years employed as a guard at the Indiana State Prison.
Besides the widow the deceased is survived by five children, Floyd Dawson, 128 Dewey Street; Mrs. Ernest (Ethel Dawson) Vergane, 1004 1/2 East Michigan Street; and, Raymond, Herbert, and Miss Ruth Dawson, residing at home.
The decedent also leaves three sisters, Mrs. Mary Moore and Mrs. Carlton Austin of Grand Rapids, Mich., and Mrs. Clossian Knessin of Lowell, Mich. A brother, Herbert F. Dawson, resides at Lowell.
Mr. Dawson was a member of the G.A.R. and was well known throughout the city by the older residents. He was a kind husband and a good father and his life was rich in friendship and kindness.
Funeral arrangements later.
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