Seventh Generation (Continued)
Family of John Roy DAWES (78) & Rachel WALDORF

115. Flavius Leroy DAWES. Born on 22 September 1840 in Pymatuning, Mercer Co., PA.52,53 Flavius Leroy died in Petersburg, VA on 30 July 1864; he was 23.52,53 Occupation: farmer/teacher.52

Flavius Dawes enlisted 19 February 1864 in the 7th Regiment of the Wisconsin Volunteers. He was a corporal. He was in the Battle of Laurel Hill when his cousin William P. Dawes was killed. Flavius was killed on a reconnaissance mission at the siege of Petersburg, 30 July 1864.52

On 8 September 1861 when Flavius Leroy was 20, he married Mary J. HALLOWELL.52,53 Mary J. died on 20 July 1863.52,53

116. Gustavus Adolphus DAWES. Born on 25 November 1841 in Pymatuning Township, Mercer Co., PA.54,55 Gustavus Adolphus died in Athelston, Taylor Co., IA on 19 August 1926; he was 84.56 Buried in Athelston, Taylor Co., IA. Occupation: musician/physician.56 Education: MD - Iowa College of Physicians and Surgeons, Des Moines, IA.56 Religion: Atheist.

Gustavaus Adolphus Dawes enlisted in the 5th Wisconsin Volunteers 10 May 1861. He was wounded at Williamsburg, 5 May 1862, and mustered out 21 July 1865. He practiced medicine at Auroraville, Waushara Co., Wisonsin, in 1870. Later, he practiced at Peculiar, Cass Co., Missouri.56

On 10 January 1866 when Gustavus Adolphus was 24, he first married Mary VIDAL.56,55 Mary died on 21 February 1881.56,55

They had the following children:
181 i. John Henry (1868-1868)
182 ii. Mary Josephine (1869-1885)
183 iii. Joseph Vidal (1871-1961)

Gustavus Adolphus second married Sarah QUINN. Born on 11 July 1844.56 Sarah died on 23 September 1908; she was 64.56

They had one child:
184 i. Emma Elizabeth (1885-1965)

Gustavus Adolphus third married Maria Kimery GARTSIDE. Maria Kimery died in November 1938 in Athelston, Taylor Co., IA.56

117. William Adrian DAWES. Born on 25 February 1843 in Pymatuning, Mercer Co., PA.56 William Adrian died in LaCrosse, WI on 16 April 1916; he was 73.56 Buried in Onalaska, WI.56

William Adrian Dawes, third child of John Roy, was born 25 February 1843 in Pymatuning Township, Mercer Co., Pennsylvania. He developed paralysis in his legs when about six years old and used crutches the remainder of his life. He moved with his family to Wisconsin in 1850. After his mother's death, he ran away from home in August 1862. He worked as a shoemaker's apprentice. He married Mary Jane Haskins Ciperlie, 30 May 1866 probably in Wisconsin, and shortly afterwards moved to Poy Sipi, Waushara Co., Wisconsin. Their first son, Flavius died at four months of age of pneumonia. In the fall of 1867, they moved to Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Mary Ellen Dawes was born there on 26 February 1872. Her mother died of consumption (tuberculosis) on 2 June 1872. William Adrian Dawes worked as a shoemaker in various places in Wisconsin over the years. On 2 July 1873 he married Clara Almira Bates and had seven more children. He farmed from 1875 until 1877. In the fall of 1877, they moved to Pine River, Waushara Co., Wisconsin. In 1883, he went to Oshkosh; then Fond DuLac; then in 1885 Pittsville, starting a small shoe factory. By 1899, he became involved in a shoe factory scheme with several unscrupulous businessmen in Greenwood, Wisconsin. After this fiasco, he returned to Pittsville, then Stoughton, finally settling in LaCrosse,Wisconsin. He died there on 16 April 1916 and is buried a short distance away in Onalaska. His wife Clara Almira Bates died 9 February 1940.

On 31 May 1866 when William Adrian was 23, he first married Mary Jane HASKINS, daughter of Thatcher Isaac Ferris HASKINS & Harriet E. DAVIS, in Wisconsin ?56 Born about 1844 in Ohio.57 Mary Jane died on 2 June 1872 in Oshkosh, WI ?56

They had the following children:
185 i. Flavius (1867-1867)
186 ii. Ida May (1869-1910)
187 iii. Mary Ellen (1872-1969)

On 2 July 1873 when William Adrian was 30, he second married Clara Almira BATES.56 Born on 6 June 1856 in Whitewater, Walworth Co., WI.56 Clara Almira died in LaCrosse, WI on 9 February 1940; she was 83.56 Buried in Onalaska, WI.56

They had the following children:
188 i. Mildred Marion (1874-1950)
189 ii. Lydia Belle (1877-1961)
190 iii. William Henry (1879-1913)
191 iv. Emma Jane (1881-1976)
192 v. George Francis (1884-)
193 vi. Clara Jessie (1888-1983)
194 vii. Byron Halder (1889-1970)

118. Cornelius Mirzy DAWES. Born on 29 September 1844 in Pymatuning Township, Mercer Co., PA.56,39 Cornelius Mirzy died on 19 April 1848; he was 3.56,39

119. Emma Jane DAWES. Born on 8 November 1846 in Pymatuning Township, Mercer Co., PA.56,39 Emma Jane died on 22 March 1896; she was 49.56

On 14 October 1869 when Emma Jane was 22, she married Melvin J. ARMON.56 Melvin J. died in 1927.56

They had the following children:
195 i. Jessie (1870-)
196 ii. Maud (1872-)
197 iii. Elma (1875-)
198 iv. Joseph (1881-)

120. Joseph Eugene DAWES. Born on 23 September 1848 in Pymatuning Township, Mercer Co., PA.56 Joseph Eugene died in Pittsville, WI on 23 November 1880; he was 32.56,55 Buried in Pittsville, WI.56

Joseph Eugene Dawes enlisted in the 7th Wisconsin Volunteers 19 February 1864. He was wounded at the Battle of the Wilderness 5 May 1864; mustered out 3 July 1865.

Birth date "11, 25, 1848" in the Fell Genealogy (1891).56, 55

On 28 January 1866 when Joseph Eugene was 17, he married Olive E. HASKINS, daughter of Thatcher Isaac Ferris HASKINS & Harriet E. DAVIS.56,55 Born on 31 December 1849 in Dartford, Green Lake Co., WI.58 Olive E. died after 1920 in Amherst, WI.58 Buried in Sheridan Cemetery, Sheridan, WI.58

They had the following children:
199 i. Rachel M. (1871-1872)
200 ii. Elmer (Eleanor T.) (1873-)
201 iii. Frank (1879-)

121. Mary Melinda DAWES. Born on 23 December 1853 in Leon, Waushara Co., WI.56,55 Mary Melinda died in Arpin, Wood Co., WI on 20 June 1935; she was 81.56

On 26 March 1872 when Mary Melinda was 18, she married Stephen BRIGHAM.56,55 Born on 11 March 1849.56 Stephen died in Arpin, Wood Co., WI on 11 December 1933; he was 84.56

They had the following children:
202 i. Chester Roy (1873-1939)
203 ii. Flavius Stephen (1875-1922)
204 iii. George Adolphus (1882-1929)
205 iv. Emma May (1885-1979)

122. George Henry DAWES. Born on 8 January 1857 in Leon, Waushara Co., WI.56,55 George Henry died on 20 January 1937; he was 80.59 Buried in Sandy Creek, Oswego, NY.59 Occupation: farmer/teacher/agricultural technician.56

George H. Dawes wrote the following for the Pittsville (Wisconsin) Record, 2 April 1931:

The person who has never lived in a pioneer country knows very little of the real joys of living. They certainly have missed much of the real spice of life.

There were hardships to endure, many privations to meet, but men and women of those days had the courage and stamina to go through with that kind of life.

The writer remembers when nearly all of Wisconsin north of the Fox River was pioneer country. I remember when the farmers near Plainfield hauled their wheat with ox teams to Berlin to sell. And there are people yet living who remember when the farmers around Berlin and Ripon hauled their wheat to Milwaukee, a distance of 90 miles, with ox teams to get a market.

Hardships, of course, but the love of home was deeper, more intense, then than now. There was a thrill in going into the wilderness and carving out a farm. Few of the younger people of today can realize what pioneer life meant at the time when people settled in the unbroken woods miles from railroads and markets. But every family wanted a home of its own and that was the only way homes could be had by men without money - get homesteads or other very cheap lands.

By 1875, Waushara County had practically passed through the pioneer stage, so my father sold his farm and moved to Wood County. He located about three miles northeast of Pittsville. At that time there was quite an exodus from Waushara County, and Wood County, with the locality around Pittsville as their object. Along with my father, there was my brother Joseph, who has now lain in the old cemetery at Pittsville for fifty years, my brother-in-law, M. J. Armon,Charlie Dawes and several others.

At the time I was working on the farm near Brandon and when the season's work was finished, I of course followed in the wake of the immigrants from Waushara.

At that time there was no lawyers, and therefore, no lawsuits. There were no doctors, and therefore, very little sickness and fewer deaths. When I first saw Pittsville, if my memory serves me right, there were only two graves in the old cemetery.

There was no church, and consequently, no church dissensions, but the people had their practical religion of "loving their neighbors as themselves."

My father, who has rested in the cemetery at Pittsville for more than 39 years, was the first minister to locate there. But he was a sinner's preacher. He had no creed nor any place of torment to frighten the wayward to repentance. With him the kingdom of heaven was within you.38

On 22 September 1882 when George Henry was 25, he married Eva Jane HINK, in Maysville, MO.56,55 Born on 17 March 1860 in East Paris, MN.56 Eva Jane died in Mannsville, NY on 27 February 1940; she was 79.56

They had the following children:
206 i. Inez Grace (1884-1966)
207 ii. Leland Henry (1887-1966)
208 iii. Roy Oliphant (1899-)

123. Sarah DAWES. Born on 18 December 1861.59 Sarah died on 18 December 1861.59

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