1875 A. T. Andreas Atlas
1880 Dubuque County History
Honorable William B. Allison
Eugene Anderson
Sanford A. Atherton
Honorable Isaac W. Baldwin
Dickson Beatty
F. E. Behrens
Henry Bockenstedt
John Bomacke
General Caleb Hoskins Booth
Nicholas Bray, M. D.
William Bray, M. D.
Edward Brown
John D. Bush
Edward Butler
Cascade Biographies
Dr. Rodolphus Clark
Bernhard Claus, Jr.
Frank W. Coates
Honorable Dennis Nelson Cooley
Reverend Mark Cooney
Hugh Corrance
Patrick F. Cunningham
Mell H. Cushing
Peter Dawson
John Driscoll
Charles Henry Eighmey
Jesse P. Farley
George Fengler
Mrs. Catherine Fries
Albert Gasser
Henry Gehrig
A. P. Gibbs
Theodor Goerdt
John R. Goldthorp
Honorable Julius Graves
Charles H. Gregoire
Ezra Gregory
Daniel Hallahan
Nicholas Hansen
Honorable Thomas Hardie
Henry Henkels
Rev. James Hill
Nancy R. Hill, M. D.
Asa Horr, M. D.
James Howie
Edward R. Jackson, M. D.
Francis Jaeger
Henry J. Jecklin
Reverend Clement Johannes
Evan E. Jones
General George Wallace Jones
John Kantlehner
Joseph K. Kaufmann
James Kelly
John Kleinschmidt
F. H. Klostermann
A. R. Knight
Honorable Frederick M. Knoll
Paul Lattner
Honorable Wendelin Lattner
Thomas Lochner
Christian Loetscher
Norton J. Loomis
Delos E. Lyon
J. E. Maguire, M. D.
W. A. Manhart
George Marshall
M. H. Martin
Honorable James McCann
Benjamin McCluer, M. D.
Susan Ann McCraney
A. S. McDermott
James and Martha McGee
James McGrath
M. F. McNamara
Jacob Michel
Charles Miller
Adam Mink
George Mollart
William J. Morgans
James Mullin
Dorrance Dixon Myers
Nicholas P. Nicks
Frederick R. Nitzsche, M. D.
J. J. E. Norman
Honorable Peter Olinger
Bernard J. O'Neill
John P. Page
Frank Paley
John Palmer
Rev. Frederick William Pape
Thomas Phillips
Joseph Platz
Andrew Rahe
Honorable James Rowan
Reverend Roger Ryan
George Salot
Colonel C. J. W. Saunders
John Sauser, Jr.
Joseph Schemmel
George Schmitt
Short Biographies
Joseph Simones
John F. Sloan
Charles F. Smyth
Johanna (Baker) Specht
Ralph Spensley
Daniel Stallard
J. Peter Stendebach
Honorable William W. Stewart
Oren Stuart, M. D.
James Sweeney
John Tibey
Paul Traut
Matthew Tschirgi
Hon. Christian Anton Voelker
Chester H. Walker
William Watson, M. D.
F. W. Wieland
Louis Witter
Jacob Zollicoffer

 

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PETER DAWSON, a retired farmer who now makes his home in Dubuque, claims New York as the state of his nativity. He was born in West Point in the year 1836, and is of Irish descent. His parents, Nicholas and Catherine (Quinn) Dawson, were both natives of the Emerald Isle, and on crossing the Atlantic to America, took up their residence in New York, whence they emigrated to Dubuque at an early day in the history of this locality.

Our subject was a child of only two summers at that time. He was reared to manhood under the parental roof and in the common schools acquired his education. To his father he gave the benefit of his services for some time, but at length made a claim, entering the land from the Government, and began farming. His land was all wild and uncultivated, not a furrow having been turned or an improvement made thereon, but with characteristic energy he began its development and in course of time the once barren tract was made to bloom and blossom as the rose. He successfully continued farming for many years, and became the owner of one of the fine country homes of this county, but in 1888 he decided to lay aside business cares and came to Dubuque, where he has since made his home.

In 1856 Mr. Dawson was united in marriage with Miss Margaret Carroll, a native of Schuylkill County, Pa., and to them was born eight children, three sons and five daughters. The parents are both members of the Catholic Church. They occupy a pleasant home at No. 592 Cleveland Street, where they are surrounded by the comfort, of life.

While living on the farm Mr. Dawson took quite all-active interest in the work of public improvement and advancement in the community in which he lived, and did all in his power to aid in the promotion of educational interests. In politics he is a Democrat, and warmly advocates the principles of that party, but has never sought or desired public office, preferring to give his entire time and attention to his business interest, in which he has met with good success. He started out in life empty-handed but has steadily worked his way upward, and is now the possessor of a comfortable competence, so that he is enabled to lay aside business cares and enjoy the rest which he has so truly earned and richly deserves.