Rufus Dawes

Rufus Dawes
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 15th district
In office
March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883
Preceded byGeorge W. Geddes
Succeeded byAdoniram J. Warner
Personal details
Born(1838-07-04)July 4, 1838
Malta, Ohio
DiedAugust 1, 1899(1899-08-01) (aged 61)
Marietta, Ohio
Resting placeOak Grove Cemetery
Marietta, Ohio
Political partyRepublican
SpouseMary Beman Gates
Children
RelativesEphraim C. Dawes (brother)
Alma materMarietta College
Military service
AllegianceUnited States of America
Union
Branch/serviceUnited States Army
Union Army
Years of service1861–1864
Rank
Commands6th Reg. Wis. Vol. Infantry
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War

Rufus R. Dawes (July 4, 1838 – August 1, 1899) was a military officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He used the middle initial "R" but had no middle name. He was noted for his service in the famed Iron Brigade, particularly during the Battle of Gettysburg. He was a post-war businessman, Congressman, and author, and the father of four nationally known sons, one of whom, Charles G. Dawes, won the Nobel Peace Prize and served as Vice President of the United States, and of two daughters. He was himself a great-grandson of William Dawes, who alerted colonial minutemen of the approach of the British Army prior to the Battles of Lexington and Concord at the outset of the American Revolution, and a maternal great-grandson of the Rev. Manasseh Cutler, who was instrumental in adoption of the Northwest ordinance of 1787, led the formation of the Ohio Company of Associates, and became "Father of Ohio University".[1]

  1. ^ Ferris, Mary Walton. "Dawes – Gates Ancestral Lines, Vol. I and II", privately printed 1943.