Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-02-12
DAWES FAMILY
ONCE RESIDED
AT k|LB0URN
Kindred of Vice-Pres-
idential Candidate
Once Lived At Old
Newport

Probably many of those who are
! familiar with the later history OF
Hell and Maria otherwise Gen.
Chas. G. Dawes, Republican vice
presidential candidate, and who are
familiar with the fact that the an
cestors of the famous collaboration
with Owen d. Young, in what is
known as the Dawes plan and pres
ent vice-presidentia candidate,
were once residents of the state Of
Wisconsin, and in a neighborins
county at that" says Kilbourn
Weekly Events.
"A closer touch with the Dawes
family for KilbouSn, however is
| found in the fact that in the early
days of Newport, the family of DR..
Edward Dawes lived there. The
| family of DR.. Dawes was also OF
| Buckeye state origin and were coH-
sins of the Dawes family who were
| living near Mansion. J. G. Muir.
ray knew the sons of DR.. Edward
Dawes and went to school to one
of them in the Town of Delton, and
Mrs. Jennie Corning knew the fam.
| lily from her girlhood and has kept
track of them, in the manner oil
friends, turnout life.
There were four boys and one
girl in the family of DR., Edward
Dawes, the sons names being Ben
jamin, Winchester, James and Ed
ward, while the daughters name
was Charlotte. The parents, Dr.
| Edward and his wife, removed to
their farm from the village of old
Newport. The farm is now known
as the Conway farm. Two of the
boys, Jim and Win, went to Crete
Neb., in the early days prior t.
which time Mr.. Murray had gone to
school to Win in the Town of Del
| ton.
Games Dawes became prominent
in public affairs in Nebraska and
served as governor Of that common
wealth. Mrs. Corning was not
sure as to the exact relationship OF
| the Dawes family at Newport and
the one near Mauston, but that the
relationship might have been quite
/ close is seen in the coincidental
fact that James Dawes was Cover.
nor of Nebraska about the time that
| the present vice-presidential candi
date was trying to get his feet on
| the first rung of the ladder of sue.
cess, at Lincoln, the capital of that
state. 1t was at Lincoln, it will
be remembered that the vice-presi-
Dental candidate formed the ac-
quaintance and friendship with
Gen. John j Pershing, himself the
son of small town merchant i'll
north Missouri, that subsequently
meant so much for both of them, in
the big offairs of nations, during
the world war
James Dawes, the former COVER
nor, used to visit Kilbourn quite
frequently during the summer. but
his death occurred about three
years ago. Following his career
as governor he was paymaster gen
eral of the ny and it was on a
| trip to At "a, Ga, in connection
with business that the death of his
wife occurred, he bringing her re-
mains to Milwaukee for interment.
Governor Dawes own death occur
red in Milwaukee shortly after he
had completed his last visit to Kill
bourn. He was enroute to Cali
fornia, where he had been making
his home from the time of his wife's
death. He was buried at Milwau-
kee beside his wife. Only one
of the sons of DR.. Edward Dawes
still lives, that being Winchester,
who lives with his son, Frank
Dawes at Kansas City. He has
another son, Herbert Dawes living
at La Grange, who calls upon Mrs.
Corning when she visits her daugll-
ter at that place. The Badger
state certainly looms large in con-
nection with the presidential cam
paign.
Gen. Dawes grandfather and
father lived in Juneau county and
other relatives lived near here,
Robert NJ. La Toilette was born in
Dane county, and Fhos. ]. Walsh,