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Bible of Levi Dawson Family of
Washington
County, Pennsylvania, transcribed
and submitted by Kristy Rowley who adds: I received these copies
25 years ago from a very elderly great aunt who did not know what the
connection with the Combs family was.
Mary Combs died February
26th, 1856
William Combs died February
11, 1858
Cuthbert Combs died April
3rd, 1858
Margaret Dawson died December 6th, 1871
Levi Dawson died July 18, 1894
Kristy notes:
- Cuthbert, William, and Mary Combs are all listed in the 1850
U.S. Census, East Bethlehem, Washington County, Pennsylvania. I
believe Cuthbert is the Cuthbert Combs of Allegany County, MD.
His age is listed as 85, which would put his birth at 1765. Right next
to them in the census is my ancestor, Levi Dawson and wife Sarah
(Patterson) Dawson.
- I believe the Margaret Dawson in the bible listing is
Cuthbert's daughter (or niece?) Margaret Combs who married Thomas
Dawson in Allegany County in 1820. Thomas and Margaret Dawson
moved to Monongalia County, WV
after 1830 and lived with their 12
children, Levi, John Franklin, Mary Jane, Fielding Shepard, William H.,
Eliza Ann, Ruth Ann, Elias H., Martha Ann, Buckner F., Joseph H., and
Alfred Y. Levi was born in 1821, and by 1844 was in
Washington County, PA. At the end of her life, presumably after
Thomas' death, Margaret Combs Dawson came to East Bethlehem and
lived in a little house on Levi's farm that he had built for her.
- By the 1860 census, the Combs family is no longer listed, but
Levi, Sarah, and their young children are. However, Levi's
property is now worth $8700, and his personal estate is $2389. I
am assuming he inherited the Combs farm.
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