Umberson Dunn

Brief Life History of Umberson

When Umberson Dunn was born on 5 November 1844, in Tennessee, United States, his father, Larkin Dunn, was 32 and his mother, Catherine Jackson, was 27. He married Josephine Wilson in 1866. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 12 daughters. He lived in District 4, Grainger, Tennessee, United States in 1880 and Civil District 1, Johnson, Tennessee, United States for about 10 years. He died on 22 March 1916, in Laurel Bloomery, Johnson, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Johnson, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Umberson Dunn
1844–1916
Josephine Wilson
1853–1924
Marriage: 1866
James Wiley Dunn
1869–1944
Valara Frances "Fannie" Dunn
1871–1949
Malisy F Dunn
1873–
Martha Dunn
1875–1974
Pollie Dunn
1879–
Catherine Josephene Dunn
1880–1951
Rebecca Evelyn Dunn
1881–1951
Emma Dunn
1882–1957
Emma Dunn
1885–
Belle Dunn
1887–1963
Maggie Josephine Dunn
1889–1972
Charlie McDaniel Dunn
1895–1956
Amberson Dunn
1896–
Lyda Dunn
1896–
Lyda Dunn
1915–
Lester Dunn
1920–

Sources (26)

  • Umberson Dunn in household of Larkin Dunn, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Umbuson Dunn, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • Umberson Dunn, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"

World Events (8)

1846

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

1846

Tennessee was known as the Volunteer State because during the Mexican War the government asked Tennessee for 3,000 volunteer soldiers and 30,000 joined.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Duinn, Ó Doinn ‘descendant of Donn’, a byname meaning ‘brown-haired’ or ‘chieftain’. Compare Dunne . This name has sometimes been Anglicized as Brown .

English: nickname for a dark complexioned or swarthy man, from Middle English dun ‘dun, dark’ (Old English dunn ‘dull brown’).

Scottish: habitational name from Dun in Angus, named with Gaelic dùn ‘fort’. Compare Dun .

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

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