Brief Life History of Candace Rodan
When Candace Rodan Dunn was born about 1801, in North Carolina, United States, her father, Hardyman Dunn, was 42 and her mother, Lucy Polly Barham, was 42. She married Strickland Perry on 11 December 1824, in Wake, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in DeSoto, Mississippi, United States in 1850. She died in February 1860, in Prairie, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 60.
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- Candis Perry in household of Strickland Perry, "United States Census, 1850"
- Candace R Dunn, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Ancestry.com - U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885
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1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1804 · Walton War
The Walton War was a border dispute between Georgia and North Carolina, when Georgia established Walton County. The main piece of land being fought over was called the Orphan Strip and was located between North Carolina and Georgia. It started in 1804 and became part of the War of 1812 and lasted until 1818.
1817
Mississippi is the 20th state.
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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Will of Hardyman Dunn dated 1822
Will of Hardyman Dunn http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hlglkg/Dunnwillsandestates.htm#Will%20of. Will of Hardyman Dunn; Wake County, North Carolina, Oct. 21, 1822. In the name of G …
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