City: Medina
DAWS, George B., minister of the gospel, publisher; born Madison Co., Tenn., May 20, 1848; English descent; son of James and Martha (ALSOP) DAWS; father’s occupation, farmer and mechanic; paternal grandparents Starky and Katie (FAIRLESS) DAWS; maternal grandparents Thomas and Martha (HICKS) ALSOP; educated at Masonic College, Henderson, Tenn.; in early life worked on a farm, later taught school about fifteen years; married Mollie E. Bell, Jan. 28, 1875; member Farmers’ Educational and Co-operative Union of America; Independent Statewide Democrat; census enumerator, and justice of the peace, 1880-1893; member of Missionary Baptist church; has preached to various Baptist churches; publisher of the “Medina Herald,” Medina, Tenn.; lecturer.
