Asa Dunn

Brief Life History of Asa

When Asa Dunn was born about 1851, in Tennessee, United States, his father, Larkin Dunn, was 41 and his mother, Catherine Jackson, was 35. He lived in Johnson, Tennessee, United States for about 10 years.

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Family Time Line

Larkin Dunn
1811–1880
Catherine Jackson
1817–1900
Susan Ann Dunn
1834–1920
Rachael Dunn
1843–1923
Martha Dunn
1848–
Asa Dunn
1851–
Laurina Dunn
1853–
Mary Dunn
1837–1903
Rebecca Dunn
1839–
Malinda Caroline Dunn
1840–1919
Umberson Dunn
1844–1916
Lanisa Dunn
1856–
Louvenia Dunn
1857–
James E Dunn
1857–1912

Sources (2)

  • Asa Dunn in household of Larkin Dunn, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Asa Dunn in household of Larkin Dunn, "United States Census, 1860"

World Events (8)

1862 · Battle of Shiloh

The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.

1863

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

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

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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