No Marriage Record, No Problem: Proving the Marriage of John Dawson and Elizabeth “Betsy” Cessna
When a marriage record cannot be found, how do you connect two individuals in the early years of the 19th century? In researching and writing about Thomas Beverly Royston and his family connections, I discovered more about his half-sister, Elizabeth “Betsy” Cessna. I had seen the name John Dawson connected with the Royston and Cessna records, but it wasn’t until I wrote my case study on Thomas that I finally formed a solid conclusion about […]
