Mary Ann Herring b. 29 Oct 1820 , Albemarle, Virginia, USA d. 24 Jun 1906 Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA: Albemarle to Callaway, a Herring Family Journey

1820 - 1906

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Birth 29 Oct 1820 , Albemarle, Virginia, USA

Gender Female

Obituary Jun 1906 Auxvasse, Callaway, Missouri, USA

Auxvasse Review

Mrs. M.A. Dawson Dead
Mrs. Mary ann Dawson, born in Albemarle county, Virginia, October 29, 1820, died in Fulton, June 24, 1906.
These words chronicle the passing away of one of the oldest residents of Callaway county, one of the pioneers who passed through the varied experience of frontier life when the six-horse wagon, the log house, the well sweep, the tallow-dip, and the ready rifle were familiar to all, and and lived on into that period marked by the frame or brick house, the electric light, the palace car, the telephone and all the necessities of today which in that older day would have been deemed pure luxuries.
Mrs. Dawson was the daughter of John B. Herring and Maria, his wife. With her parents she made the overland journey from Virginia to this county in 1832, being at that time about twelve years of age. Fulton then extended from Stinson Creek to the court house square. The family made their first home in what is now the old Gerhardt residence, south of the creek. Later they moved to a farm north of the John Maloney farm, a few miles northwest of town.
On October 20, 1842, she married Robert M. Dawson. Their children numbered nine, three of whom died very young. Five children survive: William H. Dawson of this city, Mrs. Elizabeth Baskett of St. Louis, Mrs. Martha G. Franklin, of Fulton, at whose home the aged mother spent her declining years, James Allen Dawson, and Benjamin Y. Dawson, of this county. Mrs. Susan J. Nichols, one of the daughters, died in 1889.
Mrs. Dawson united with the Richland Baptist church under the ministration of Rev. Noah Flood, about sixty years ago, and ever lived a consistent and earnest Christian life.
At the residence of Mrs. M.G. Franklin, on Court street on Monday afternoon at 3:00, funeral services were conducted by Rev. G.H. Swift, pastor of the Baptist church, assisted by Rev. W.W. Stoddard, of the Presbyterian church, and Rev. C.W. Collett, of the Methodist church. The remains were laid to rest in the new cemetery. One by one the pioneers are crossing over to the other side.

Died 24 Jun 1906 Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA

Buried Hillcrest Cemetery, Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA

Person ID I3111 Herring Family of Callaway County, Missouri

Last Modified 29 Dec 2007

Father John B. Herring, b. Abt 1798, , Albemarle, Virginia, USA , d. 1841, , Callaway, Missouri, USA

Mother Mariah Hill, b. 1796, , Albemarle, Virginia, USA , d. 25 Jan 1879, , Callaway, Missouri, USA

Married 11 Nov 1819 , Albemarle, Virginia, USA

Family ID F37 Group Sheet

Family Robert H. Dawson, b. 1810, , Nelson, Virginia, USA , d. 2 Apr 1872, , Callaway, Missouri, USA

Married 3 Nov 1842 , Callaway, Missouri, USA

Children

	1. William Holland Dawson, b. 3 Aug 1843, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. 5 Apr 1926, Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA
>	2. Elizabeth Ann Dawson, b. Abt 1847, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. Yes, date unknown
>	3. Susan J. Dawson, b. Abt 1849, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. 1883
>	4. Martha Gentry Dawson, b. 20 Apr 1851, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. 29 May 1930, Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA
>	5. James Allen Dawson, b. 1 May 1854, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. 1 Feb 1925, Fulton Twp, , Callaway, Missouri, USA
>	6. Benjamin Y. Dawson, b. 22 Aug 1859, Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. 10 Oct 1934, Auxvasse Twp, , Callaway, Missouri, USA

Last Modified 21 Aug 2005

Family ID F14345806 Group Sheet

Headstones		Mary Ann Herring Dawson Dawson, Mary Ann wife of Robert H. Dawson 1820 - 1906. Resting in hope of a glorious resurection. Mary Ann Herring was born Oct 29, 1820 in Albemarle Co. Virginia and died June 24, 1906 in Fulton, Callaway Co. Missouri. On Nov 3, 1842 she married Robert H. Dawson in Callaway Co. Missouri. She was a daughter of John B. Herring and Mariah Hill. She…

Notes	Mrs. Mary Ann Dawson 29 Oct 1820 24 Jun 1906 Auxvasse Review (Callaway Co.) On the 1840 census there were two daughters born between 1820 and 1825, to John B and Mariah. On the marriage list I found Herring, Mary Dawson, Robert Nov 3 1842. When i started searching the other census years, i found Mary Dawson living with Hills (her mother's family) on one side and Nathan Herring on the other. She also named a son Benjamin, and a daughter Mariah Susan. 1900 census, living with daughter Martha Franklin and family.

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Event

	Birth - 29 Oct 1820 - , Albemarle, Virginia, USA
	Married - 3 Nov 1842 - , Callaway, Missouri, USA
	Obituary - Auxvasse Review - Jun 1906 - Auxvasse, Callaway, Missouri, USA
	Died - 24 Jun 1906 - Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA
	Buried - - Hillcrest Cemetery, Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA

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