____________________________
                                               |                            
                       _John DAWSON ___________|
                      | (1802 - ....)          |
                      |                        |____________________________
                      |                                                     
 _John Thomas DAWSON _|
| (1878 - 1963)       |
|                     |                         ____________________________
|                     |                        |                            
|                     |_Mary UNKNOWN __________|
|                       (1863 - ....)          |
|                                              |____________________________
|                                                                           
|
|--John Sherman DAWSON 
|  (1909 - 1998)
|                                               _William Riley MAJORS ______+
|                                              | (1817 - 1881)              
|                      _William Andrew MAJORS _|
|                     |                        |
|                     |                        |_Mary Icophena FARMER ______
|                     |                          (1828 - 1859)              
|_Etta Bell MAJORS ___|
  (1882 - 1973)       |
                      |                         _Clark Thomas BLACK ________+
                      |                        | (1824 - 1895) m 1855       
                      |_Louise Emmaline BLACK _|
                        (1851 - 1887)          |
                                               |_Sarah Ann Elizabeth FUDGE _+
                                                 (1834 - 1877) m 1855