■ who was born in Ireland in 1766. Frances married twice after the ■ iel's death, first to Corp. John MacDonald and then to a Mr. Stag- ill of Tryon . The family of Thomas and Frances Dawson was as follows: Eliza- Ann Margaret, Samuel Edward , Thomas Jr ., Frances, Richard, Mary Benjamin Chappell. Richard, from whom the " Cove Dawsons" are descended married Elizabeth Howatt and then Mary Pooley. Richard and his first vi had five children, namely: Thomas, Henry, John, Mary and Alex - M r. To his second wife nine children were born: Johnston, Warren, la ilton, Heartz, Alder, Martha, Mary, Fanny and Benjamin. Henry (one of Richard's first family), born 1830—died 1912, mar¬ 's Elizabeth Keough (1831-1919). They had a family of nine: Margaret, m ie, Libby, Gordon, Edwin, John A., Ida, Hannah May and Evageline. I JOHN A. DAWSON HISTORY John A. Dawson (1865-1940) son of Henry Dawson and Elizabeth igh married Eliza Wood (1868-1949) in the year 1886. John A. ac- ed eighty-six acres of land in Augustine Cove from Neil MacFadyen November 19, 1888. Here they raised a family of five boys. In time i 'oved to Central Bedeque and took charge of the Bedeque Fox Farm. Vw n the said farm was closed out he settled in Central Bedeque Village I e he and Eliza spent their last days. When John A. moved to Bede- « Elmer, the second son, took over the homestead farm. This property I ill in the Dawson name as Ralph, Elmer's grandson, lives in a new H e which is very near to the site of the old home. The five sons of John A. and Eliza were: Carl Addington , Henry er, Ulric Gathorne , Haddon Spurgeon and Ivan Barton Field , all born ugustine Cove . Carl was born in 1887. He attended school here and then went to »ce of Wales College; then studied theology at Acadia University and I ordalned as a Baptist minister. Subsequently he attended the Uni- ^ersaty of Chicago from which he received his Ph. D. During World War ht served as Transport Officer for the Canadian Army. He taught at McGill University from 1922-1952 and, after retire- ^#t, at the University of Texas, University of Tulane and at McMaster H1 Hamilton. He represented Canada at Oslo, Norway , when the World ■gress of Sociology was held there and at the time of his retirement *■ Dean of Sociology at McGill. After leaving Montreal, they bought a home in Whitby, Ontario , «ere Dr. Dawson passed away in 1963. His wife who was the former ■y Dixon passed away this year, 1973. oM They had a family of four, namely: Helen Margaret ( Mrs. A. J. tnl an) > Frances Elizabeth Tait , ( Mrs. J. K. Burrows ); John Adding- ^and William Dixon . 57