Ward Erwin Dawley
1880 - 1951 (70 years)-
Name Ward Erwin Dawley [1, 2, 3] Birth 13 Oct 1880 New York 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Male Death 25 Aug 1951 [1] Burial Pulaski, Oswego County, New York, USA [1] Person ID I36694 Stewartsny Last Modified 2 Dec 2025
Father Joseph Charles Dawley, b. 25 Nov 1856, Daysville, Oswego County, New York d. 23 Jan 1921 (Age 64 years) Relationship natural Mother Mary Elizabeth Price, b. 25 Mar 1864, Richland Twp., Oswego County, New York d. 27 Mar 1913, Richland Twp., Oswego County, New York (Age 49 years) Relationship natural Marriage 28 Dec 1879 Family ID F13633 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Leah M. Orvis, b. 23 May 1887, United States d. Oct 1977, Mexico, Oswego, New York, USA (Age 90 years) Children 1. Harold Orvis Dawley, b. 12 Apr 1908, United States d. 7 May 1979 (Age 71 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F11888 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Dec 2025
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Notes - Newspaper Obituary - Thursday, August 30, 1951 Mexico Independent - Mexico, New York - Ward Dawley, 70, Dies Suddenly In Fort Leazier Home - Ward Irwin Dawley, 70, died suddenly Saturday morning at his farm in the Fort Leazier district, where he had lived for many years. Born in the Town of Richland on October 13, 1880, he was the son of Joseph and Mary Price Dawley. He was a farmer by occupation. Survivors include his wife, Leah Orvis Dawley; a son, Harold Dawley, a brother Orley Dawley of Mexico; two sisters, Mrs. Ben Ewart of Albion and Mrs. Earl Wood of Port Ontario. Private funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Karl W. Gibbs Funeral Home, Mexico, with the Rev. Harold Barnhard, pastor of the Carthage Methodist church officiating. Bearers were Claude Minckler, Arthur Marten, George Rogers, Albert Rogers, Glenn Buck, all of Mexico and William Haig of Oswego. Burial was in Willis cemetery, Town of Richland.
- Newspaper Obituary - Thursday, August 30, 1951 Mexico Independent - Mexico, New York - Ward Dawley, 70, Dies Suddenly In Fort Leazier Home - Ward Irwin Dawley, 70, died suddenly Saturday morning at his farm in the Fort Leazier district, where he had lived for many years. Born in the Town of Richland on October 13, 1880, he was the son of Joseph and Mary Price Dawley. He was a farmer by occupation. Survivors include his wife, Leah Orvis Dawley; a son, Harold Dawley, a brother Orley Dawley of Mexico; two sisters, Mrs. Ben Ewart of Albion and Mrs. Earl Wood of Port Ontario. Private funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Karl W. Gibbs Funeral Home, Mexico, with the Rev. Harold Barnhard, pastor of the Carthage Methodist church officiating. Bearers were Claude Minckler, Arthur Marten, George Rogers, Albert Rogers, Glenn Buck, all of Mexico and William Haig of Oswego. Burial was in Willis cemetery, Town of Richland.
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