Cadwallader Dungan

Brief Life History of Cadwallader

When Cadwallader Dungan was born on 5 January 1795, in Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Benjamin Dungan, was 35 and his mother, Mary Lukens, was 28. He married Hannah Pennell Grissell in May 1826, in Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Steubenville, Jefferson, Ohio, United States in 1850 and Hopedale, Harrison, Ohio, United States in 1860. He died on 3 September 1878, in Emerson, Mount Pleasant Township, Jefferson, Ohio, United States, at the age of 83.

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Family Time Line

Cadwallader Dungan
1795–1878
Hannah Pennell Grissell
1803–1873
Marriage: May 1826
Mary Jane Dungan
1828–1906
Benjamin Ellis Dungan
1830–1856
Sarah Anna Dungan
1833–1899
William Dungan
1835–1862
Jesse Hicks Dungan
1838–1908
Hannah Maria Dungan
1841–1868
Nathan Cadwallader Dungan
1843–1864
Emma S Dungan
1847–

Sources (4)

  • Cadwalade Durigan, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Cadwallader Dungan, "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001"
  • C. L. Dungan in entry for Mary Jane Dungan, "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001"

World Events (7)

1803

Ohio was the first state admitted to the Union from the Northwest Territory.

1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital

Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution. 

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

Name Meaning

Irish (Dublin and Westmeath): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Donnagáin ‘descendant of Donnagán’ (see Donegan ).

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

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