When Flora J. Dunton was born on 7 September 1843, in Plainwell, Allegan, Michigan, United States, her father, William Dunton, was 30 and her mother, Mahala Adams Dunton, was 26. She married Hiram Jerome Dunwell on 3 March 1864, in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. She lived in Watson, Watson Township, Allegan, Michigan, United States in 1860 and Hopkins, Hopkins Township, Allegan, Michigan, United States in 1880. She died on 11 January 1927, in Wayland, Allegan, Michigan, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Maplewood Cemetery, Hopkins, Hopkins Township, Allegan, Michigan, United States.
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English: either a habitational or topographic name from Dunton in Norfolk or Dunton Bassett in Leicestershire, from Middle English doun(e), dun(e) ‘hill’ (Old English dūn) + Middle English toun ‘settlement’ (Old English tūn). The name may also arise from Dunton in Bedfordshire or Buckinghamshire, the first element of which is the Old English personal name Dud(d)a, Dod(d)a. See also Downton .
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