Columbiana County OhArchives Obituaries.....Dawson, Thomas March 21 1894 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sheila Fritts sfritts101@hotmail.com June 14, 2004, 3:51 pm East Liverpool Crisis 21 Mar 1894 pg 4 Ben R. Little, of this city, received word today of the sudden death, this morning, of Mrs. Little’s father, Thomas Dawson, at his home at Bellvue, Pa. Mr. Dawson was a pioneer in the oil boom at Island Run many years ago, having owned at the beginning of the excitement practically all of the land in that vicinity, which was subsequently developed as oil producing territory. Mr. Dawson realized a handsome fortune, and died worth probably $150,000. He was twice married, three children having been born from the first union, and five from the latter – Mrs. Little, of this city, one son at home, and another who lives on the old homestead on Island Run being the three elder children. Mr. Dawson retired some twenty years since to Bellvue where he has since resided. Soon after this time he lost a leg in a railroad accident in the vicinity of his home. No character in the Island Run speculation possibly was better known than Mr. Dawson. He was aged eighty years. His second wife survives him. No arrangements have been announced in regard to the funeral. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb