Jul-28-2018
Husband: Jonathan Dunn
Born: 1833 in Ohio 1,2 (see note 1) Died: May- 5-1868 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 3 Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA (see note 2) Census: 1850 in Washington Co, OH Occupation: farmer 2 Military: Pvt, Co C, 25th Ohio Infantry, Civil War (wounded in action) 3,4,5 (see note 3) Father: Mother:
Wife: Mary E. Stephens Marriage license: Apr-17-1858 in Washington Co, OH 6 Married: Apr-25-1858 in Washington Co, OH 6
Born: Sep-28-1837 in Marion Co, (W)VA 7,8 Died: Oct- 2-1912 in Lawton, Comanche Co, OK 7,9 Buried: in Highland Cemetery, Lawton, Comanche Co, OK 9 Census: 1870, 1880 in Mannington District, Marion Co, WV Resided: 1870 in Doddridge Co, WV 8 Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Father: Thomas Jackson Stephens (1809 - 1895) Mother: Mahala Amos (1816 - 1905) Other spouse 2
F Child 1: Rachel Lucinda Dunn Born: Apr-30-1859 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 10 Census: 1870 in Mannington District, Marion Co, WV Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
F Child 2: Matilda E. Dunn Census name: Matilda E. Davis Born: May-18-1864 10 Census: 1870, 1880
M Child 3: Simeon Stacey Dunn Born: Sep- -1866 9,11,10,12 (see note 4) Died: Apr-10-1956 in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV 11,12 Buried: in Mannington Memorial Park Cemetery, Marion Co, WV 11,9 Cause of death: self-inflicted shotgun wound to head (suicide) 11 Resided: in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV 11 Census: 1870 in Mannington District, Marion Co, WV
M Child 4: John Franklin "Frank" Dunn Born: May-17-1868 in Doddridge Co, WV 9 Died: Mar- 5-1953 in Mannington, Marion Co, WV 9 Buried: in Jones Cemetery, Dents Run, Bellview, Marion Co, WV Census: 1870 in Mannington District, Marion Co, WV
Sources: (1) 1850 Census. (2) 1860 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA. (3) Historical Military Records, www.fold3.com. (4) U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (5) U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. (6) Ohio Marriage Records, 1774-1993 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (7) Headstone. (8) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (9) Findagrave.com. (10) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) (11) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1287656&Type=Death. (12) Headstone (year only) Event Notes Note (1) He was age 17 in the 1850 Census and age 27 in the 1860 Census. Note (2) Jonathan Dunn in the 1860 United States Federal Census Name: Jonathan Dunn Age: 27 Birth Year: abt 1833 Gender: Male Birth Place: O Home in 1860: Ritchie, Virginia Post Office: Ritchie Court House Dwelling Number: 718 Family Number: 683 Occupation: Farmer Personal Estate Value: 224 Household Members: Name Age Jonathan Dunn 27 Mary Dunn 22 Rachel L Dunn 1 Note (3) Military records, including unit muster rolls and widow's pension application, show that Jonathan Dunn enlisted in Co. C, 25th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, on 10 June 1861. While skirmishing with the enemy at Camp Alleghany, Virginia on 13 December 1861, under command of General Milroy, he was wounded on his left side by an enemy musket ball. He was taken to hospital at Huttonsville, stayed there four weeks, then sent home on furlough for three months. But the wound left him seriously disabled and led to him being honorably discharged on 14 Apr 1863 at Brookes Station, Virginia. He filed for an invalid's pension on 29 October 1866. The effects of his wounds led to his death on 5 May 1868 at Oxford, Doddridge County, W.Va. There is no death record on file for him, and the place of his burial is not known. His wife Mary filed for a widow's pension on 6 August 1868. Having remarried in March 1870, she filed for a minor's pension on 7 April 1870. Note (4) Birth dates of 6 Sep and 9 Sep 1866 have been reported. His headstone has only the year 1866.Name Index