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Claude Sinclair Dawley
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Born: Sept 19, 1883 in Springfield, MO
Died: May 11, 1970 in Dallas, TX | 86 years old
Buried: Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park (Find-a-grave)
Parents: Caleb W. Dawley (1859-1935) and Lulu S. Boyer Dawley (Feb 1, 1862 OH – Mar 27, 1953 PA) | Stepmom: Fannie Fern Failor
Siblings: Lester W. Dawley (1885-1959) and Eula D. Dawley Smith (1890-1978)
Spouse: Barbara A (1886 OK-) (married Aug of 1909?)
Children: Theresa Sue (1920-) Jim Thomas Nicols (1921-1999) daughter Suzanne Austin Nichols (1943-1998), Elizabeth A. (1922-) Paschall Campbell (-2003) son Bow Campbell (-1998)
Key notes
1893 – Claude had perfect attendance
1900 Census – 313 McKinney Ave, Dallas, TX | listed as “at school” w/ parents Caleb W and Fannie F and bro Lester W (listed as “at school”), servants Will and Laura and son Odel Huller (or Fuller?) | Caleb Ice and Coal Dealer
1907 Virginia Military Institute Alumni notes: Claude Dawley, ’04, is in the coal business at South McAllister, Okla (Dec 31, 1907 VMI Cadet)
Dec 1909 Kappa Alpha Journal – Claude Dawley, Beta, ’04, is with the Okmulgee Ice & Light Co., Okmulgee, Okla.
1910 Census (27 yrs old) – 304 3rd St, Okmulgee, OK (rent) | w/ wife | manager ice co
1911 Muskogee Newspaper – Claude and Barbara had visitors in Okmulgee from Muskogee (Ila Gill and Theresa Allen)
1913 – Lulu lived in Okmulgee and got passport to travel to Rome
1918 WWI Draft card – tall, slender, gray eyes, brown hair | Southern Ice and Utilities 709 Sumpter Bldg, Dallas (shared office with father) at 1604 Main Street, Dallas, TX | Barbara 3818 1/2 Cedar Springs Ave, Dallas, TX
1920 Census – 3818 Cedar Springs, Dallas, TX (owned) | w/ wife and servant Texanna Wright | manager ice plant
1930 Census – 3724 Potomac Ave, Dallas, TX (home val $25K) | w/ wife, 2 daughters, lodger Stella Goode | president ice plant
1940 Census – 3724 Potomac Ave, Dallas, TX (home val $15K)| w/ wife, 2 daughters, lodger Stella Goode | proprietor ice plant
March 5 1940 – listed as vice-chairmen of executive committee for VMI student recruitment
1941 City Directory – C S Dawley pres water dealers Central Service Co, 810 Santa Fe Bldg & Prairie Icing Co pres ice mfrs, same address (link2)
1950 Census – Claude and Barbara at 3920 Marquette Ave, Dallas, TX | proprietor water and sewage utilities | neighbors with Thomas Henry Seltzer and Margaret B (Margarethe Burgemann) at 3904 Marquette – they have grandson named David)
1950 City Directory – Claude and Barbara living with Betsy Dawley at 3920 Marquette Ave, Dallas, TX also lists Jos W jr and Frances Dawley at 3517 Princeton Ave Jos as dist mgr Sou Ice
Caleb W. Dawley (father)
Born: Apr 2, 1859 in Gallatin, Kentucky
Died: Sep 25, 1935 in Houston, TX | Residence was Brownsville, TX
Buried: Grove Hill, Dallas, TX (Find-a-grave)
Parents: James Sinclair Dawley and Nancy ‘Nannie’ Hathoway Dawley
Spouses:
Lulu S. Boyer Dawley
Fannie Dawley (Feb 18, 1876 – Dec 2, 1953) married Jul 13, 1897 in Howell, MO
(listed on death cert) (marriage cert)
CW Dawley real estate in Brownsville
Lulu S Boyer Dawley (mother)
Birth: Feb 1, 1862 in Waterloo, Indiana
Died: Mar 27, 1953 in Crafton, PA
Parents: Josiah Boyer and Charlotte Stough
Death cert lists she was a widow, but Claude was still alive and she still had his name
1880 census – live with parents Joshua P Boyer and Charlotte in Jackson, MO
Fannie Fern Failor Dawley (stepmom)
Born: Feb 18, 1876
Died: Dec 2, 1953
Buried: Grove Hill Memorial Park, Dallas, TX (Find-a-grave)
Eula D. Dawley Smith (sister)
Born: Mar 2, 1890 Denison, TX
Died: Nov 21, 1978 Scott Township, PA
When parents divorced, it looks like Eula probably went with mom and Claude and Lester stayed with dad.
Lester William Dawley (brother)
Born: Oct 16, 1885 OH on death cert, AK on 1910 census
Died: Sep 22, 1969 Highlands, NC
Buried: Lakewood Memorial Park, Jackson, MS
Spouse: Florence E Struble Dawley (1885-1987) married Oct 16, 1909 (daughter of Charles W Struble and Eva B Marsh) from Pierre, S. Dakota, living in Wauseon, OH at time of wedding
Married in OH, lived in McAlester, OK at time of marriage
Children: Lester Jr., Florence
1910 census – Texarkana, TX bookkeeper Ice Plant, married 6 months, MIL Eva Struble lives with them
1918 WWI draft | Paris, TX Gen Mgr Ic Plan for Southern Ice and Utilities co
1930 census – Sales manager, Ice mfg in Dallas | 3901 University Blvd, Dallas, TX
1940 census – President of Ice company in Jackson, MS