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    Otis Darwin Dawes

    Otis Darwin Dawes[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

    Male 1875 - 1956  (80 years)

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    • Name Otis Darwin Dawes  [6
      Born 11 Nov 1875  Pittsville, Wood, Wisconson U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Gender Male 
      Died 02 Jul 1956  Salem, Marion, Oregon U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Buried Fir Crest Cemetery, Monmouth, Oregon U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Notes 
      • EDUCATION: Attended school in Stephens Point, Wisconsin
        Normal School to be a teacher- taught for sometime.

        RESIDENCE: Born in Pittsville (Dawesville) Wisconsin
        Had a lumber yard and grocery store in Vincense Indiana
        Went to Huston, Texas around 1907 to 1910 had a truck garden . Lived in Huston for four years.
        Went to Bandon, Coos County, Oregon in 1915 via freight boat from Bay Area.
        Homestead at Two Mile Creek
        Went to Dallas Oregon in 1919. Was a school clerk. Mt. Pisgah Oregon (Miseltoe School).
        To Salem Oregon in 1925 or 1926 worked for Oregon Pulp and
        Paper Co. until retirement.

        NOTES: Met Irene at the St Louis World's Fair. Was dating her sister Stella at the time.


        Born at home in Pittsville, Wisconsin.
        Died at Oregon State Hospital in Salem, Oregon
      Person ID I1364  Devin Timber | David Devin Pedigree
      Last Modified 9 May 2014 

      Father James Campbell Dawes,   b. 02 Mar 1852, Cape Vincent, Jefferson, New York U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Mar 1930, Houston, Harris, Texas U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
      Mother Mary Abigail White,   b. 29 Mar 1855, Auroraville, Waushara, Wisconsin U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Sep 1933, Houston, Harris, Texas U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
      Married 05 Oct 1873  Auroraville, Waushara, Wisconsin U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Notes 
      • In the 1900 census, there is also the following people living in the James and Mary Dawes household:

        ++ Delia A. White, b: January 1856 Wisconsin, widow, sister-in-law to James C. Dawes.
        ++ Francis A. White, b: July 1883 Wisconsin, nephew to James C. Dawes.
        ++ Harry Dawes, b: November 1883 Wisconsin, nephew to James C. Dawes. [7]
      Family ID F1301  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family Irene Tharp,   b. 18 Sep 1882, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 May 1957, Salem, Marion, Oregon U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)  [8
      Married 05 Apr 1905  Vincennse, Knox, Indiana U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
      Notes 
      • Married at Aunt Lizzy's home in Vincennes, Indiana.
      Children 
       1. Robert Campbell Dawes,   b. 08 Aug 1907, Knox County, Indiana U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 05 Jan 1925  (Age 17 years)
      +2. Margruite Abigail Dawes,   b. 30 Nov 1910, Houston, Harris, Texas U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
      +3. Walter Arthur Dawes,   b. 08 Jun 1913, Houston, Harris, Texas U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 06 Oct 1989, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
      Last Modified 24 Apr 2012 
      Family ID F0393  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Photos
      Dawes, Otis Darwin (1955)
      Dawes, Otis Darwin (1955)
      Taken on his 50th wedding anniversary. Cropped from a photograph with his wife, Irene.

      Headstones
      Otis Darwin Dawes and Irene THARP Dawes
      Otis Darwin Dawes and Irene THARP Dawes

    • Sources 
      1. [S67806] U.S. Census 1920: Oregon, Polk county, Monmouth, Precinct 20 (ED:375); sheet 6A, 10 Jan 1920.

      2. [S67807] U.S. Census 1910: Texas, Harris county, Justice (ED:110); sheet 22, line 94, 29 Apr 1910.

      3. [S67808] U.S. Census 1900: Indiana, Knox county, Vincennes City (ED:58); sheet 2B, line 64.

      4. [S67810] U.S. Census 1880: Wisconsin, Wood county, Wood (ED:233); page 10, 17-19 June 1880.

      5. [S67831] Salem City Directory 1935.
        Dawes, Otis (Irene) RD6 box 446

      6. [S05433] Some of the Ancestors and Descendants of Samuel Converse, Jr., Charles Allen Converse, (Eben Putnam, Publisher, Boston, Mass. 1905), page 113.
        Otis D. Dawes, b. 11 Nov. 1875.

      7. [S67809] U.S. Census 1900: Wisconsin, Portage county, Stevens Point (ED:113); sheet 1, lines 73-75, 1 Jun 1900.

      8. [S67807] U.S. Census 1910: Texas, Harris county, Justice (ED:110); sheet 22, lines 94-96, 29 Apr 1910.

      9. [S04320] Dawes-Tharp : Marriage Certificate.