| John A. Dunham - Half-Brother of Z.T. Dunham | |||||||||
| The following exerpt is taken from the History of Crawford County, Iowa, A record of Settlement, Organization and Achievement, Illustrated, Volume II by F.W. Meyers (Chicago: The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1911), pg. 98 (it is exerpted from S.C. Dunham's biography): | |||||||||
| [John A. Dunham], a native of Fulton county, Illinois, was a son of Cornelius Dunham [,Sr.]. The other children of that marriage were Louisa, Cornelius and Sophronia. For his second wife Cornelius Dunham, the paternal grandfather of [P.C. Dunham], chose Mrs. Margaret Miller nee Scott, by whom he had five children, namely Margaret, who is a resident of Dunlap, Iowa; Samuel S. and Flora, who are deceased; and Martha and Z. T., both living in Dunlap, Iowa. Mrs. Margaret Miller was the widow of Samuel Miller, by whom she had four children, as follows: James, who has passed away; Elizabeth, who is a resident of Rapid City, South Dakota; and Mary Jane and George, both of whom are deceased. On leaving his native county John A. Dunham, the father of S.C. Dunham, moved to Jackson county, Iowa, where he was married in 1848. Three years later, in 1851, he took up his abode in Clinton county, Iowa, while subsequently he went to Blackhawk county locating on the present site of Cedar Falls. In 1854 he came to Crawford county, locating near Dunham's Grove, where he passed away the same year. He was the father of three children, namely: Alice, who is deceased; S. C, of this review; and Mrs. Elsie Brink, who makes her home in Nebraska. In 1856 Mrs. Celinda H. Dunham gave her hand in marriage to Tracy Chapman, by whom she had nine children, as follows: Lois, who has passed away; Mrs. Phoebe Mason, who is a resident of Vail, Iowa; Mrs. Hulda Martin, living in Omaha, Nebraska; Harlow R., who follows farming in East Boyer township; Delia, who is deceased; Mrs. Salinda North, who makes her home in Milford township; Rhoda, a resident of Vail, Iowa; Tracy, an agriculturalist of East Boyer township; and one who died in infancy. The mother of these children was called to her final rest on the 27th of May, 1897, her demise being the occasion of deep and widespread regret. |
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