William Mears Dawes
BIRTH
1771
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
DEATH
September 21, 1855
Ripon, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
FAMILY
FATHER:
William Dawes
(1745-1799)
MOTHER:
Mehitable May
(1751-1793)
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Dawes, William Mears
(1771-1855)
William Mears Dawes was a historical figure. This record preserves the person's place within the political, military, religious, cultural, or family networks represented by HistoryGPS. The entry is included to connect the individual with the people, institutions, events, and historic places that shaped the eighteenth-century Atlantic world and the era of the American Revolution.
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