When John Dunn was born in 1809, in South Carolina, United States, his father, John Willis Dunn, was 27 and his mother, Mary "Polly" Hays, was 24. He married Nancy Hatfield in 1843, in Grayson, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Breckinridge, Kentucky, United States in 1840 and Troy, Troy Township, Perry, Indiana, United States in 1850. He registered for military service in 1846. He died in March 1859, in Spencer, Indiana, United States, at the age of 50.
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Historical Boundaries: 1809: Knox, Indiana Territory, United States 1814: Perry, Indiana Territory, United States 1816: Perry, Indiana, United States
Indiana is the 19th state.
The state capital was moved from Corydon to Indianapolis on January 10, 1825.
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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