FRANK ALDEN DAWSON, b: 1909 -

^{1929 The Great Depression begins}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}

^{1898 Spanish-American War}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1908 Ford produces Model T}
^{1913 Edison invents movies w/sound}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}

^{1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired}
^{1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South}
^{1867 Alaska Territory purchased}
^{1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete}
^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}


		^JOHN DAWSON^{b.1842 ILLINOIS d.1890 COOPER, TEXAS}

	^{GEORGE C. DAWSON}^{b.1866 DELTA COUNTY, TEXAS d.1929 CHILDRESS, TEXAS}	^{MARTHA A. UNKNOWN}^{b.1842 d.1889}

^{FRANK ALDEN DAWSON}^{b.1909 d.1991 AMARILLO, TEXAS}

	^{NETTIE ANN WHITE}^{b.1873 STOCKTO, CALIFORNIA d.1948 CHILDRESSS, TEXAS}





^{VIRGINIA UNKNOWN}^{b. d.}