Fayette County PA Archives Biographies.....Dunn, Thomas April 7, 1824 - ????
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Source: Gresham and Wiley, 1889: Biographical & Portrait Cyclopedia, Fayette Co, PA, page 601
Author: John H. Gresham & Samuel T. Wiley

    Thomas Dunn of Franklin township was born April 7, 1824, of Scotch Irish
stock and was educated in the common schools.  He was married February 4,
1844, to Eleanor Scott of German township.  They have ten living children
and have lost one.  
    Thomas Dunn was born in the house in which he lives, and which was built
by his grandfather in 1796.  His entire life has been spent upon the farm
on which he now resides.  He, his wife, and nearly all of his children are
members of the United Presbyterian church.
    The children are: John A Dunn, married to Mary Junk; Agnes R Dunn,
married to John Junk; Thomas S Dunn, married to Jennie Murphy; Mary C
Dunn married to Bryson Gilchrist; Samuel W Dunn, married first to Ellen
Stoner, and again to Clarissa Hanshaw; Annie E Dunn married to Jacob
Cooper; William C Dunn, married to Mary E McClure; Harriet Dunn,
deceased, unmarried; Robert C Dunn; Major E Dunn, Harry G Dunn.
    Thomas Dunn's father, John Dunn, first married Mary Smith in 1815.  She
died June 5, 1835.  
    His second wife was Mary Oldham.  She died in 1843.  
    In 1844 he married Catherine Scott, who still survives him, an active
woman of eighty two years.  He was a farmer and lived upon the farm now
occupied by Thomas.  He was also a soldier in the War of 1812.  They had
eight children; Thomas Dunn was the fourth.  John Dunn died October 21, 1861.  
    Thomas Dunn, grandfather of the subject of this biography, was an Irish
man.  He married a Scotch woman, Mary Caldwell.  They came to Fayette
county about 1772.  Thomas patented the farm on which his grandson Thomas
now lives.  He was a Revolutionary soldier, and had twelve children, each
of whom raised a family.  They are scattered all over the United States.  
    Thomas Dunn Sr died in 1799, aged fifty five.  Mary Caldwell Dunn was
born January 20, 1746, and died in 1824.
    Mr Thomas Dunn is held in high esteem by his neighbors--an honest,
genial man; and it may properly be added that the Dunn family are noted
for their frankness and general good nature or affability.  Mr Dunn raised
a large family in a commendable manner, and like himself they are good
citizens. 

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