Background
He was born in Killyman, Company Tyrone, on 29 July 1816.
He was born in Killyman, Company Tyrone, on 29 July 1816.
He was based in a variety of locations throughout Ireland, including Knockmanaul, Turin, Athlone, Manorhamilton, Sligo, Strabane and Newtownstewart, before emigrating to Canada West in 1864. He had about twelve children, including George Walker Wesley Dawson, who became an Member of Parliament. He was the Grand Chaplain of the Grand Orange Lodge of Canada in 1874. He died on 12 May 1884 in Plevna, Ontario.