1.0South Carolina Encyclopediahttps://www.scencyclopedia.org/sceMatthew Simmonshttps://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/author/sceditor/Dawson, Francis Warrington - South Carolina Encyclopediarich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="KqaYnc5iNS"><a href="https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/dawson-francis-warrington/">Dawson, Francis Warrington</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/dawson-francis-warrington/embed/#?secret=KqaYnc5iNS" width="600" height="338" title="“Dawson, Francis Warrington” — South Carolina Encyclopedia" data-secret="KqaYnc5iNS" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Journalist. Born Austin John Reeks in London, England, on May 17, 1840, Dawson was the son of Austin Reeks and Mary Perkins. He changed his name in adulthood. Dawson was educated in London schools. He was first married to Virginia Fourgeaud of Charleston, a Frenchwoman, in 1867. On January 27, 1874, he married Sarah Morgan, […]