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Richardson Hensley Dawson
Birth: Aug. 28, 1828
Nelson County
Virginia, USA
Death: Jan. 20, 1920
Widen
Clay County
West Virginia, USA
Civil War Veteran
"Grandfather Richardson was a man among men. His middle name is spelled HENSLEY. He left his family and went to Virginia to fight in the war. He fought with General Lee in one of the first skirmishes to arise.
He enlisted 3 times, the first two he served with no pay, the third time he accepted money to join in another man's place. He fought until the end of the war, then went home to his wife and chidren."
"My father Meade told me one Grandfather Richardson was an outstanding, unusual individual and that one day he was seen cutting corn with his sword. Another time we had been travling by train an as we were climing off the train my Mother had two babies in her arms and some people were sitting off to one side laughing at her, My grandfather still having his rifle pulled it out and marched back and fourth chanting some disgraceful poem and frightened the low class away."
"My Father Meade lived in Eckle, just down the river from Clay, all the children were born there. Dad had the only Grocery Store in this tiny mining town. Dad said before I was born Grandfather Richardson lived with him for many years. One day when as the mine was blasting close to the store we were warned to stay inside. But Grandfather went out anyway. He said "I'm not afraid, during the war I had mini balls falling all around me."
Harold said "Mini balls were great Lead Balls, used in cannons"
Source: Harold Dawson, (son of Meade, Grandson of Richardson) Oct. 15, 1995.
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Parents:
Alexander Barnett Dawson (1806 - 1865)
Barbary Lee Allen Dawson (1808 - 1832)
Spouse:
Eve Ann Miller Dawson (1828 - 1900)*
Children:
Susan Elizabeth Dawson (1850 - 1931)*
Peter Samuel Dawson (1851 - 1929)*
Jilson H Dawson (1853 - 1925)*
Jilson H Dawson (1853 - 1925)*
Levi Dawson (1854 - 1856)*
Alexander Baronet Dawson (1855 - 1900)*
Sarah Jane Dawson Murphy (1855 - 1932)*
Margaret E Dawson (1856 - 1856)*
Richardson L Dawson (1858 - 1858)*
Isabella Dawson (1859 - 1859)*
Jefferson Davis Dawson (1863 - 1947)*
Mary Virginia Dawson (1865 - 1942)*
William Wyatt "Bill" Dawson (1868 - 1945)*
Morgan Mosby Dawson (1873 - 1917)*
Meade M Dawson (1873 - 1952)*
Marion Monroe Dawson (1873 - 1952)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Unknown
Created by: Vanilla Heart
Record added: May 24, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 52815249
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West Virginia Pioneers
1828 - 1920 (91 years)
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