Dawson, John Edmonds, Dd

Dawson, John Edmonds, D.D.

a Baptist minister, was born in Washington County, Georgia, March 7, 1805. He united with the Church in 1827; was ordained January 14, 1835; and died November 18, 1860. His ministerial life was spent chiefly in the middle and western parts of the state, and he rose to the highest rank as a preacher. See Cathcart, Baptist Encyclop. page 1298. (J.C.S.)