Editing William Dawes (section)

===Descendants===
William Dawes' great-grandson, [[Rufus Dawes]], was a [[American Civil War|Civil War]] military officer and congressman; Rufus Dawes' children included [[Charles G. Dawes]], who served as [[Vice President of the United States]] under [[Calvin Coolidge]], [[Rufus C. Dawes]], a businessman, [[Beman Gates Dawes]], a businessman and congressman, and [[Henry M. Dawes]], a businessman and banker. A brother of Congressman Rufus Dawes was Major [[Ephraim C. Dawes]]. Television personality [[Bill Schulz (television personality)|Bill Schulz]] (William Dawes Schulz) is another descendant of Dawes, as the grandson of Henry M. Dawes' daughter Mary.<ref>{{cite web | title=Mary Dawes is Wed in Ceremony at Parents' Home | last=Cass | first=Judith | work=Chicago Sunday Tribune | date=September 24, 1933 | url=http://archive.lib.msu.edu/DMC/tribune/trib09241933/trib09241933003.pdf }}</ref>

William Dawes was also a first cousin of [[Thomas Dawes]], who was a Revolutionary War colonel, a noted architect/builder, and held numerous government positions; another cousin<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FM8UAAAAYAAJ&q=William+dawes+born+1730&pg=PA2110|title=Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts|first=William Richard|last=Cutter|date=September 22, 1910|publisher=Lewis historical Publishing Company|via=Google Books}}</ref> twice removed was Congressman [[Henry L. Dawes]] (1812–1903).