His death certificate records Benjiman F. Dawson, age 66 years 7 months 22 days, born 23 Feb 1880 in Carter Co., Ky, died 15 Oct 1946 at King’s Daughters Hospital, Ashland, Boyd Co., Ky, residence 3594 Winchester Ave, occupation custodian Coles Jr. High School, widowed, late wife Kittie Purvis Dawson, father Thurston Dawson, born in Carter Co., Ky, mother’s maiden name Elizabeth Whitley, born in Ky, cause of death pulmonary embolism, informant C. E. Dawson, Ashland, Ky, burial in Ashland Cem.

Her death certificate records Kittie Dawson, age 44 years 1 month 6 days, born 8 April 1883 in Kentucky, died 14 May 1927 in Ashland, Boyd Co., Ky, married, residence 3138 Bath, father Alvin Purvis, mother’s maiden name Mary Robinson, cause of death carcinoma of stomach, informant Ben F. Dawson, Ashland, Ky, burial in Ashland Cemetery.

1910 census of Boyd Co., Ky, Ashland ward 3, enumerated 16 April, lists on p. 3A as family #56, at 209 Winchester Ave:
Dawson, Ben F., 30, second marriage, married 2 years, Kate, wife, 28, first marriage, married 2 years, mother of 3 children, 0 living.