... a native of Oldham county, Kentucky, in which county his father, Daniel Dawson, had located when a boy, having followed the Tanner family there from Virginia, and later married the daughter of Josiah Tanner, ... Daniel Dawson devoted his life to farming in Kentucky and his death occurred in that state. His family consisted of the following children: Lucy, John W., Irametta [sic], Creede and Martha, all of whom later in life located in Indiana and Illinois. ...