James Edward b. 17July 1864, d. 6 May 1942, bur. Cape Traverse Church of Scotland Cem., son of Thomas Dawson and Ellen Howatt, m. Annie Marie Peake, b. 1867, d. 10 Jan 1958, bur. Cape Traverse Church of Scotland Cem., daughter of John and Betsy Peake.

James Edward and Annie first lived where Minnie Thomson lives in 1992, then where Stephen Thomson now lives, and later in a double house built by their son, Arthur. James Edward was a farmer and fox breeder. They were members of the Cape Traverse Free Church of

Scotland.

James Edward Dawson and Annie Peake had 2 children:

+Thomas Arthur b. 14 Apr 1886. Infant daughter b. 1888, d. 1888.

Thomas Arthur b. 14 Apr 1886, d. 27 Nov 1977, bur. Cape Traverse Church of Scotland Cem., son of James Edward Dawson and Annie Peake, m. 15July 1908 Winnifred Laura Muttart, b. 13 Aug 1885, d. 6 Apr 1976, bur. Cape Traverse Church of Scotland Cem., daughter of Montague Muttart and Matilda Clark Callbeck.

Arthur Dawson and Winnifred Muttart had no children. Winnie was a Charter Member of the North Tryon Women’s Institute. Winnie and Arthur built a double house in 1923 for themselves and Arthur’s parents,James Edward and Annie. This was the second house built by Arthur. The first house was destroyed by a grass fire just as it was completed. The wind carried live ashes from the fire to Archie Thom— son’s woods where they burned a ten acre area. This became known as the backfield on the Thomson farm. Glen and Arthur Thomson live in the Dawson house in 1992.

Arthur’s obitu- ary: . The death of T. _ Arthur Dawson oc- ‘ curred at his home in North Tryon on Sun- day, Nov. 27. The late Mr. Dawson was born April 14, 1886, in North Tryon, the son of james E. Dawson and Annie Winnie and T. Arthur Dawson. Glen Thomson Collection. M Peake, and here he

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