Hi,
Do you have pictures of Martin S. Dawson and Emily Dawson's monuments?
If you do not you can type in www.rootsweb.com
Click on websites; click of United States or is it North America? The states will come up. Click on Illinois; then the counties of Illinois will come up. Click on Jefferson county. Then click on cemeteries. The cemetery is New Hope Cemetery in Jefferson county. Make sure you click on the little image in the right hand corner that enlarges the monument. It can be printed off. I copied the monuments for Martin S., Emily, Charles and his wife Nancy J.
Thanks for the info from the CW file. It is interesting what you can find in them.

I found where Martin S. Dawson purchased land in IL, 01 Sept. 1840. It looks like 40 acres in Sec 16, Township 04S, Range 05E, Vol. 818, pg 090, Illinois Public Purchase Records.

I finally found them in 1850 Illinois, Hamilton Co., Dist 10, 17 Oct. 1850
Martin S. Dawson 40 carpenter b. VA
Emily 39 b. PA
Lewis G or J 19 carpenter b. OH
Wm. W 17 laborer b. OH
Mildred H. 15 b. OH
James N. 11 b. OH
Elizabeth 8 b. OH
Mary 6 b. OH
Jane 4 b. IL
Charles A. 2 b. IL
As you know Martin S. died 1871. I tried to find Emily in 1880; could not find her. I found her in 1900.
1900 Jefferson Co. IL, Mt. Vernon
Francis Dawson 48 b. Dec. 1851 age 48 Married 8 years b. IL; Fa. b. VA; Mo. b. PA ; carpenter
Susan Dawson - wife age 33 - b. Mar 1867
Emily Dawson - mother age 87 b. 1812 widow; had 10 children - 7 are living; b. PA
I found a marriage listing in Jefferson Co. IL for Frank M. Dawson m. Susan Bigham Feb 1882
Bye now.
Helen