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Pioneer in Elyria Telephone Field Samuel B. Rawson
Samuel B. Rawson an early Elyria and northern Ohio telephone pioneer was born October 19, 1848 in Elyria. He founded Rawson Manufacturing Company later Dean Electric Company and Rawson Electric Company. He helped establish Elyria Memorial Hospital and held leadership roles in multiple fraternal and charitable groups. He married Mary A. Roe in 1870 and Faustina Biggers in 1872. his daughter Helen Doris married Paul H. White in 1914. Rawson died April 9, 1908.
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Samuel B. Rawson
Elyria
Ohio
Bela
Harriet Nichols Rawson
Watertown
New York
Lorain County
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Boston
Rawson
Pittsfield Township
Bela Rawson
Rawson Manufacturing Company
Dean Electric Company
General Industries Company
Rawson Electric Company
New York State
Elyria Memorial Hospital
First Congregational Church
King Solomon's Lodge
William A. Roe
Mr. Rawson
Faustina Biggers
Miss Biggers
William
Helen Payson Biggers
Fairview
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
Eastern Star Order
Women's Relief Corps
Twelfth District
Daughters of Rebekah
1.D. G.F
White Shrine of Jerusalem
Cleveland
Ladies of the Maccabees
Helen
Doris
Paul H. White