[p. 834] chief engineer for the National Tube Company of Ellwood City, has many years of practical experience in his line of work behind him. He was born September 30, 1874, at Marysville, Ohio, and is a son of J. M. and Harriet (Snyder) Dunn.
The paternal grandfather, Henry Dunn, was formerly a resident of Knox County, Ohio. The father of Jerry J. Dunn is deceased, but the mother still survives. They had a family of three sons and two daughters, namely: Park Snyder, a railroad man, lives at Havre, Mont.; Florence, wife of Clyde C. Broiler, resides at Marion, Ohio; Bertha, wife of Walter Hyde, resides at Volmer, Idaho; Henry, a railroad man, lives at Devil's Lake, North Dakota, and Jerry J.
Jerry J. Dunn received his primary education in the schools of Mt. Gilead, Ohio, and later took the scientific course at the Ohio State University, which he completed in 1904. He then entered the employ of the Hydraulic Press Manufacturing Company at Mt. Gilead, as a machinist, remaining for four years and from that time on until he accepted his present responsible position with the National Tube Company at Ellwood City in 1905, he filled more or less important positions with the large concerns of the country. He worked as a machinist with G. A. Gray, at Cincinnati; as a tool maker with the Shelby Cycle Company at Shelby, Ohio, and with the Rib Manufacturing Company of Shelby; as draftsman with the Shelby Steel Tube Company at Shelby; as superintendent of the tube works at Greenville, Pa., and after two years of efficient service there came to Ellwood City. The position he now fills as chief engineer includes all the Shelby plants.
Mr. Dunn was united in marriage with Miss Martha Denman, who was born and reared at Mt. Gilead, Ohio. She is a daughter of John and Lillian (Horton) Denman. They have three children: Louise, John and Eric.
Mr. Dunn has been a member of the Masonic fraternity for many years and is identified with Lodge No, 206 at Mt. Gilead.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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