Marshall Green Dunning

Brief Life History of Marshall Green

When Marshall Green Dunning was born on 5 January 1828, in Wallonia, Trigg, Kentucky, United States, his father, Shadrack Dunning Jr, was 33 and his mother, Adah Morris, was 27. He married Amanda Read on 10 March 1848, in Henry, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Grand River Township, Henry, Missouri, United States in 1850 and Osage Township, Henry, Missouri, United States in 1860. He died on 20 November 1876, in Henry, Missouri, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Deepwater, Henry, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Marshall Green Dunning
1828–1876
Amanda Read
1829–1873
Marriage: 10 March 1848
Mary A. Dunning
1849–
Herbert Dunning
1853–
Ed Dunning
1855–
George W. Dunning
1865–1919
George Dunning
1852–1860
Cordelia Dunning
1853–1948
John H. Dunning
1856–
Noah Alexander Dunning
1859–1919
Marshall Greer Dunning Jr.
1861–1955
Edward Dunning
1869–1963
Charles Herbert Dunning
1871–1966
Amanda Dunning
1873–1873

Sources (6)

  • Marshall Denning, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Marchall G Duning, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
  • Marshall Greer Dunning, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1838

Historical Boundaries 1838: Trigg, Kentucky, United States

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

Scottish: habitational name from a place called Dunning in Lower Strathearn (Perthshire), recorded in 1200 as Dunine and later as Dunyn, from Gaelic dùnan, a diminutive of dùn ‘fort’.

English: variant of Downing .

Irish: variant of Dineen .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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