Picture on left: Preacher David Dawson (son of Preacher Elijah and Margaret McCoy Dawson) and his wife Elizabeth Heflin Dawson, married November 2, 1849. According to the Polk County, Iowa, 1880 census, David and Elizabeth were living there. David lived, without his wife, in Red Lodge Montana with his son George Washington Dawson , and died and was buried in Red Lodge in 1905. Elizabeth apparently lived with her first son, William Henry Dawson in Meeker, Oklahoma and passed away some time after 1905. I cannot find proof of that. Accordingly, she might have been buried in Shawnee, Oklahoma. David and Elizabeth's last child was born in 1875
Elijah and Margaret McCoy Dawson, parents of David Dawson were also living in Marion County, Iowa according to the 1880 census. Elijah is buried at the Spurgeon Cemetery, Pleasantville, Iowa
The daughter of David and Elizabeth, Olive Dawson Cleveland, lived in Sac City, Iowa, where this picture was taken.
From left to right: George W. Proffitt, James Marion Dawson, Rachel
Proffitt Dawson, and baby Orvin Dawson
Taken in Red Lodge, Montana
Edna Eleanor Dawson, daughter of George W. and Elizabeth Heflin Dawson, with twins, George M. and Rachel M. Gilson who were born in 1904. Edna was born Dec 15, 1877 and died Dec. 25, 1928. She Married Everett Gilson in 1903
John "Jake" Dawson, brother of George W. Dawson, with his mother, Elizabeth Heflin Dawson, according to William Winton Dawson. It could be that it is John's wife, because the lady looks about the age of John. A statement on the back of the picture says, "To bad you were in the shadow, will try again"
John Dawson, brother of George W. Dawson, was born Dec 31, 1859 in IA and married Emily. He died July 20, 1939 in Clarkston, WA
Most likely taken in Iowa. From right to left: George Washington Dawson, George W. Proffitt, Rachel Proffitt Dawson and the oldest of the Dawson children
Charlotte Smith and George W. Proffitt with son William Dudley Proffitt, born 12 April 1863, Marion Co. Ia. Son passed away August 20, 1880, in Iowa. He is buried at the Spurgeon Cemetery, Pleasantville, Iowa, next to his parents
Charlotte and George Proffitt
Charlotte Smith Proffitt - taken just before her death
Daughters of George W. and Charlotte Smith Proffitt. Top from left to right: Dicey (born 1878), Melissa (born 1867), Prudy (born 1871), Eunice (born 1876).
Bottom, from left to right: Christina (we think) (born 1859), Sarah (born 1860), Rachel Malinda (born 1858), Mary Frances (we think) (born 1865), amd Ida, born 1873 (identification of the sisters by Dee Secher-Jensen)
These ladies have not been identified. They were part of the Proffitt/Dawson pictures in possession of William Winton Dawson, son of George Washington and Rachel Proffitt Dawson. On the back is written "Edna and (?)". Edna was born to George Washington and Rachel Malinda Proffitt December 15, 1877 in Marion County, Iowa.
