THE DUNN ~OURNALMAY 1998 VOL 1 ISSUE 8

the Dunn JournalPublished whenever, it'ssole purpose is to foster asense of family, our historyand traditions ...

Editor

Todd Dunn

Assistant Editor

Tommy Dunn

Correspondents

Janice Walsh, MarieWilcox, Tommy Dunn

Consultants

Howard Dunn, TeresaDecoteau,Lawrence Dunn,

Earl Dunn

Historical Consultant

Peggy Auger

Publisher

Tom Dunn

RRI Box 2415

East Hardwick, VT 05836(802)472-6840

e-mail:

tomdunn@together.net

ENCOURAGING A SENSE OF FAMILY

MARRIED 71YEARSFrank and Candis Langevin will celebrate 71 years of

marriage on 28 May 1998.

This couple lives in Westford, Vermont near their daughter and son-in-law,Janet and Frank Perrault. In the February issue of the Dunn Journal we ranan article featuring Frank.

Frank will be 97 years old the 10th of this month and Candis will be 91 inSeptember. Their health is good and are doing great. Occasionally, theyride to Newport and visit old friends.

I have visited Frank and Candis on two occasions and I can say withoutreservation they are truly fine folks. Truly gentle people who have livedwith dignity, a great deal of humility, and above all gentleness andpatience with each other.

Both of them are to be congratulated on their success in their marriage.This couple has made a difference and their family,friends, and communityare the better for having known them. May God continue to bless and smilefondly on this wonderful couple!!!

Frank and Candis would love to hear from us. Their address is:

1843 Vt., Rte 128 Westford, Vermont 05494

150 YE7\:RS IN AMERICAPart 1 [of a bunch]

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1998 will mark 150 years the descendants of Thomas #1 Dunn and MaryHiggins have been in America and nothing more fitting can be conceivedto honor our ancestors and ourselves than by reflecting on our heritage andkeeping alive our family story.

The Potato Famine of the mid-1800s in Ireland was one of the world'sworst human disasters and many Irishman saw fit to leave their homelandto survive. One such family was the Dunn family of Kilkenny, Ireland. Butfirst. .. History 101!

In the middle of the 17th century Britain invaded Ireland and broke the"

Meanwhile, in England, Trevellian became theExchequer for the Crown. A fiercely dedicatedloyalist, workaholic, who became obsessed withthe "Irish Question"; an idealist who saw the needbut was equally insistent that the Irish be made towork for their living and determined not to raise

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bac._ .of the Irish chieftains and immediately Britain and very quickly in Ireland was the Potato,forced upon the Irish their feudal system of imported initially from the Andes.government and forbid their Catholic religion. This root vegetable quickly found favor in the IrishHugh O'Neil, one of the displaced Irish leaders climate, was inexpensive to grow, withstood theattempted to militarily force the British out of damp climate, easy to store and could nourishIreland, was defeated and forced to escape to Italy. whole families throughout the year. Understand-(Becoming a legend revered for his loyalty to ably it quickly became, along with wheat andIreland and noted for his fierce strength.) barley, their primary sustenance. For the poor Irish,Within a few short years the Irish people had (3 million in number) it literally became theirbecome a wandering, homeless, poor, disposed breakfast, dinner and supper and was used even topeople within their own country no less, and feed their livestock. (It brings to mind even as Icommitted to an existence as tenants and servants write, watching my grandfather, Daniel Dunn,to their English conquerors who at best regarded feeding potatoes to his cattle in Troy, Vermont athem as lazy, drunken fools incapable of self hundred years later!)direction.[1650 or 1998?] On any given English The ritual cycle evolved over the years suggestedestate might be found as many as 10,000 of these the soil be prepared starting February 1st, potatoestenant farmers owing their dependence on British are planted on St Paddy's Day and all the cropsLords whose collection of taxes/levy's was persist- harvested starting on Halloween. Between plantingen!. and harvesting, the men were forced to leave homeImportant to remember that emigration from and find work either at the ports or in EnglandIreland began shortly after the British conquered itself to supplement their meager income.Ireland. Boatloads of emigrants were heading for In the fall of 1845 the Irish awoke on a rainy,the New World, America, even while the Irish foggy day to an overpowering stench that filled thepopulation tripled at home, to escape the tyranny air. Investigating they suddenly discovered to theirof their British conquerors. Equally important to shock the potato plant so vital for life turningnote here, that emigration was favored by Britain black and dying. One can only imagine theirto the point that often landlords would finance despair. Ireland was in crises.their travel. One landlord calculated that it costabout 7 pounds to keep a starving, indigent tenant The British had seen in the recent pasts, manyone year on welfare. The cost of a boat ticket to crop failures, and in fact reacted quite quickly toNew York about 4 pounds, to Quebec 3 pounds; this one, importing corn and barley into thehalf price for the children. It was officially seen as country and in reality they managed to save theone answer to the "Irish problem", an economical lives of millions of Irishman that year. As theway to downsize. disaster spread across Ireland and its magnitude

became known to the crown it was seized as anopportunity to "reform".

By 1846 the second potato crop failed, millions ofIrishman had died ... and emigration became areality for millions more, fueled by desperation fortheir lives ... no sense of adventure here.

Ironically, with the next 50-75 years the BritishLords found themselves in a unique position aswell. Out of regular contact with England andwith less and less influence in parliament; havingpurposely estranged themselves from their Irishsubjects, they became isolated themselves; findingthemselves alone in a country they really couldn'tcall home. As we shall see this will become aserious problem for the Irish poor in later years.

In the late 17th century and early 18th century theBritish trading companies were scouring the worldfor trade and one of the items surfacing first in

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generaL~:lls dependent on handouts. He establisheda plan of building roads across Ireland, putting theresponsibility for social refonn into the hands ofthe estate lords. "So much pay for so much stone".

Blinded by his idealism, shortsighted in hisenthusiasm, he failed to grasp the obvious. TheIrish were dying ... by the millions. A prolongedperiod of starvation had taken its toll. Nutritionallyincapable of doing the labor demanded of them,barefoot, unclothed, suffering from typhus, dysen-tery ... The solution became the problem. Millionsmore died on the rock piles struggling to eke out ameal.

As mentioned earlier, the estate lords, many ofthem incapable, incompetent buffoon's heretoforecontent to live off the taxes of their tenantsbecame increasingly indebted themselves and fran-tically sought relief from Britain. Others, mostnotably perhaps Lord Sligo of Sligo county,(northwest of Kilkenny) passionately pleaded onbehalf of their subject for relief but to no avail.These men for the most part had lost theirinfluence in Parliament, had no real politicalconstituency either locally or in Britain. Again,the real innocent victims were the Irish peoplethemselves.

In NovemberlDecember Ireland was hit by ablizzard, the worst ever recalled in history. 7weeks of blowing snow, drifting often to depths of50 feet! Imagine if you can millions of peoplehomeless, starving, living in caves, one room stonelean-to's ... The Irish began to believe they were"cursed altogether". Death became a blessing ...

Perhaps an even greater disaster affected our Irishancestors. Apathy. Historically an aggressive,fiercely pugnacious people, they suddenly becamesullen, withdrawn, passive ... almost indifferent totheir realization they were "cursed altogether".

In the mid 1800's a Famine ship left Sligo forQuebec with 500 people aboard bound for theNew World. Less than 12 could walk off the shipon arrival in Quebec! More than half died eitheron the voyage and were thrown over board at sea,or died in the infinnaries in Port.

They tell the story of a man and his wife with 2children sailing to New York and the baby dyingof the "fever". The mother is wailing with griefand not willing to part with her daughter. TheCaptain of the ship pulls the baby from her arms,throws the body over the side ... the mother jumpsover to be with her cherished daughter.

The weeping mother abandons ship,

To where her child has gone

The dry-eyed captain

Smokes his pipe

And the sailing ship

Sails on.

Author unknown

That is the way it was in 1848.

In October of 1848, a young 29-year-old Irishman,James C Dunn, left his family and sailed to NewYork City determined to create a home for hisfamily. Within weeks of his arrival he had settledin Newport Vermont. Within the very next fewyears 6 of his siblings were to follow and ourAmerican heritage begins.

Note: I \Vfote the above paragraph in October of1997 ... part of an introduction to publication of ourFamily History. Today it sounds trite ... almostsurreal ... suggesting a dream-like quality that couldnot have been further from their truth.

James Dunn left Ireland in October of 1848desperate, period. Frantic for his family, especiallyhis new wife and their very young daughter. .. prob-ably grieving over the possible loss of his parentswho more than likely would perish in the famineand be among the millions of unknown bodiesstrewn about the Irish country side in unmarked,hastily dug graves, worried sick about his 6siblings he left behind and scared to death of whatlay before him

James Dunn made it to Newport, Vermont, hiswifeand daughter followed, his siblings arrived and all

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the Dunn Tow:nal-Dunn. It was said he could make a dog smile.

92 years ago ...Eva E Dunn married Thomas WReeve on 26 May 1906. She was 21 at hermarriage. Eva was the first born of Adam/ChloeDunn. We know very little about this fami1y-..please write if you have information.

BENCHMARKS

A lonely Irishman

Boards a ship

of us , "e here today, beneficiaries of the strengthand determination of this one Irishman.

His sad eyes looking fro

A nothing-ness.

But in his heart

Hope-a glow!

Author unknown (maybe ... )

LEST WE FORGET135 years ago ...Simion Dunn, was born on May22, 1863, the ninth child of James/Ellen CroakeDunn, grandson of TomlMary Higgins Dunn. Simmarried Nellie Winslow in 1885 and they had twochildren, Bernard and Burleigh. Everett Dunn-Delworth, great grandson contributes alot to ourhistory and Eileen Dunn, a 2nd great grand-daughter is a recent "find" we are excited aboutknowing.

127 years ago ...Lawrence E Dunn, was born on 1Mav 1871 the 13th child of James/Ellen Dunn.. ,Lawrence died on 7 Jul 1877 of lung fever, theyoung age of 6 years. Lawrence's dad had died in1873. This must have been hard for Ellen.

113 years ago ...Ella Mitchell was born in May of1885 in Sheffield, Vt. She married Ernest RossDunn in 1899 and it is believed she died in 1900during childbirth, barely 15 years old.

101 years ago ...a baby was born to Adam/ChloeCoolbeth Dunn and died at birth. Adam andChloe had 19 children, 2 more would die at birth.Adam was the 7th born to James/Ellen Dunn,grandson of TomlMary Dunn

94 years ago ...James A Dunn married Myrtle JaneCutler. They had 3 children. It is unclear whenMyrtle died but James died in 1967 and is buriedin Morrisville, Vt. James was the son of ThomasHlLindy Lathe Dunn, grandson of JameslEllen

3 May ...an old Wheelock boy, Alfred R Hudson[Raymond Merl,Mattie Dunn,Adam,James C. Tom::1} will lift a you know what. Close to the big 50

4 May ...Verla Berry can vote as of today! !Verlamarried Melvin Hudson [Mattie Dunn, Ad-am,James C.Tom #:1] in 1941 and they had 4children. Melvin died in 1975. Have a Happy,Verla ..

Lisa Ann Dunn [Durwood, Vernard,Bernard,Simi-on,James, Tomri1} hits the ..[don't go there tom] andI'm sure she'll enjoy.

Donald L Lancey [Bonnie Parson, Virginia Dun-n,Richard F,Richard, Thomas, Thomas Oil hits thedreaded big --, but will have a ball anyway!

5 May ...nobody escapes ... not even Nancy Skeffin-gton who is married to R James Dunn [MorrisFrank,Daniel A1athew,James C.Thomas #llNancyand Jim have 3 children. Jimmy promised her aday at the Cape ..lobster and swordfish. HappyBirthday!

7 May ...Jean C Gionest has this day all to herself.[Hazel Dunn,Richard F,Richard, Thomas, Thomas::.1} Now whoop it up!!

8 May ...John Frazier, sitting on a yacht in NewBern. N.C. ...a long way from the Bronx. Johnmarried Patty Dunn [my sister! !][Arah E, Daniel1.\4, James C. Thomas #1}

9 May ...26 big candles for this southern [N.H.]lady.[Debbie Dunn, Thomas Wayne,Harry Edward,Richard, Thomas, Thomas #1} Thanks to Ron/JaneMarie for the Thomas line!

Angelique Mispel, musica1..is 9 today!Daughter ofFred/Barbara Rule, grand daughter of RichardlRuthDunn Rule. [Barbara Rule! Ruth Dunn/Harry/Richard/Thomas/Thomas #1}

10 May •••Crystal will do a jig [yeah right] in

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the Dunn loumal-Sturbl~~6epart of Mass. Crystal is a daughter ofValerie Dunn. [Lawrence,Daniel M,James C. Tho-mas ~IJFrank Langevin is 97 years old today and afiner gentleman one couldn't possibly meet.Frank and Candis live in in Westford, Vt. {EllaDunn,Michael,Thomas #1J As close to the top asit gets!!

11 May ...Jon Steppic might [a slim chance atleast]toast his day. John and Melody have 3daughters. Melody is a daughter of Lawrence/Audrey Dunn [Daniel M,James C.Thomas ~Ij.Melanie Hudson deserves this day off. She is adaughter of Roydon.{Kenneth,Mattie Dunn, Ad-am,James C, Thomas ti: 1JEric Hudson, a cousin not to be out-Dunn [yuk]has a May day too! Eric is a son of RansomHudson.{Kenneth,Mattie Dunn, Adam, James C,Thomas #IJ12 May ...Little Anthony Prause [comey..tom] hitsthe big #1 today!!Anthoney is a son of Michael/Pamela Dunn Prause.{Pamela, Leo, Lloyd,ErnestR.,Thomas H,James C.Thomas :xIJ14 May ...Sharon Edith Dunn celebrates her B-Day.Sharon is a daughter of Francis Kingsley/Shirley Walker Dunn.{Burleigh,Simion,James,Thomas #IJAlso this day is RJames.Dunn's moment [soundsclassic]Jim knows the cedars on the West Road inTroy and how to make a leather holster]WifeNancy, who celebrated earlier will boil extrapotato's tonight! !Jim is a son of Morris/RuthGriggs Dunn.{Daniel Af.,James C.,Thomas #IJ

My brother went into the breeding business-...crossed a rooster with a rooster...got a very crossrooster ..[ouch] Just needed the break..oh,well15 May ...Phillip K Dunn,Sharons brother, older by366 days could celebrate together but this is illadvised..story of two Irishmen..er..persons oh, well16 May ...a Saturday and can celebrate her day allweek end. Debra is a daughter of Lawrence/Vivian Dunn Home. [ViviarvVernard/Bernard!Simi01l1James C/Thomas #-1J

17 May ...Timothy Wilson should relax and enjoythis Sunday..Tim is married to Dianna Dunn,daughter of Francis/Pat Simino Dunn. [Francis!Richard FRichard!Thomas/Thomas #1JFratie L Dunn was born on this day..Fratie is adaughter of Melvin/Mary Duffy Dunn. [lvlelvin;Andrew/Thomas/Thomas #IJ We know very littleof Fratie..again if Fratie or someone that knows ofher would write us it would be appreciated.David M Dunn..c'mon down..bom on this date inthe old Heaton Hospital in Montpelier, Vt. A sonof Lorenzo/Jennie Mears Dunn. [Lorenzo/Edward/Adam/James/Thomas #IJ Edward had a largefamily. Would really enjoy hearing from hisdescendants. We know Lorenzo died in 1885 inWhite River Jet, Vt., a truck driver for many years.

Its a good thing they named me Tom...it's whateveryone calls me!?

19 May .•.Melanie Delworth ..have a greeatday!![you are in my computer twice..Melanie andMelanie J, so double up on the celebration!!] Sheis a daughter of EverettlBertha LeFevre Dunn-Del worth. [Everett/Vernard/Bernard/Simion/James/Thomas ti: 1J20 May ...Mitchell Dunn born in the great town ofHardwick, Vermont..in the greeat Hardwick hospi-tal with the greeat Dr. Warren [or was itDensmore]..boy that was a busy day,wasn't itAudrey? Son of Lawrence/Audrey Mosher Dunn.[Lawrence/Daniel M/James CThomas #IJ Iactually remember that day quite well!Cindy A Dunn a great nor'easter for you [nor'eastVermont Kingdom, and it is]Daughter of Randolphand the late Patricia Farrand Dunn. [Randolph/Harold/Timothy R/James C/Thomas #1J21 May .•.James A Dunn [now that's Irish], can lifta pint gently...son of AldenlElIzabeth Foster Dunnand nephew of Earl one of our contributors.[AldervLloyd!Ernest RlThomas H/James C/Thomas#-1]

22 May ...Judy Frazier..it's the big day..daughter ofRichard/Irene Dunn Frazier. [Irene/Harry/Richard!

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Leslie Rodgers ..from San Jose, Ca [have a song'bout that I bellieve] married to Deb Colburn,daughter of Marie Benoit Wilcox. [Lena DunnDaniel/vi/James CThomas ::;:I}

23 May ...ah ..yes! Our friend Everett Dunn-Delworth ..what a great guy! Married to a greatlady Sybil.:and provides a very useful publicservice by keeping Uncle Howard in check. Have aHaooy ... that was supposed to read Happy!! {Ver-nard/Bernard/Simion/James/Thomas ::i:I}

Oh boy ..little Alyssa Boyce is 1 year old!! What apretty name ..its special. Alyssa is the daughter ofDoug/Brandy Dunn Boyce, grand-daughter ofMitchel/Maxine Dunn. Maybe her and Dad can dosomething together. [Mitchel/Lawrence! Daniel lU/James CThomas ;iI}

Lisa Rule, the hour is upon you ...daughter ofRichard/Dorothy Paro Rule. [Ruth DunnHarryRichard/Thomas/Thomas =i: I}

24 May ..•Timothy Dunn [a fine Irishman] knowshow to celebrate this day. Son of Francis/PatDunn. [Francis/Richard PRichard/Thomas/ Tho-mas #IJLynn M Dunn married to husband EugeneMahon ...ah a faire Irish couple ... will do her thingon this her day. Lynn is the daughter of ArnoldDunn and the deceased Claire Lewis Dunn. [Ar-nold/Lloyd/ErnestR/ThomasH/James C Thomas == 1J25 May ...Young Jeremy Sherburne celebrates his10th year. He does birthday's real well. Jeremy isthe son of Michael/Jennifer Sherbume.[Michael/Ronald/Bertha HudSOn/Mattie Dunn/Adam/JamesCThomas 'J.I}

Mary I Dunn [Dunn's have such pretty names] wasborn on this date. Mary is the daughter ofWilliam/Mary Watkins Dunn. [William/Royce.James A/Thomas H/James CThomas #I} We arejust beginning to discover this branch of ourfamily and it's exciting for us.

Michael Auger has his 26th birthday and MomPeggy will read histories of both families to him[yuk] Mike is a son of Raymond/Peggy DecoteauAuger [Peggy/Teresa Dunn/Daniel MlJames C!

Thomas dI}

Lynn M Dunn married to husband EugeneMahon ...ah a faire Irish couple ... will do her thingon this her day. Lynn is the daughter of ArnoldDunn and the deceased Claire Lewis Dunn. [Ar-noldLloydErnestR/ThomasH!James CThomas #IJ26 May ...Cynthia Whitehill is honored not only forher birthday but she lives with not l..not2 ...but 3boxers!! Cynthia is married to Brian Colburn andher two sons are Golden Glove champs ..Dad justmanages [Actually Cynthia kicks the butt butdon't let this out] whew! this last sentence almostdid me in as a joumalist...[Brian/Marie Wilcox/Lena Dunn/Daniel/James/TJwmas #I}

Marlon Dunn hits the big 40 ...the secret's out!Marlon is the son of Lawrence/Audrey MosherDunn. [Lawrence/Daniel MlJames CThomas #IJLinda A Dunn will celebrate it in style with all heranimal friends at Seaworld ..she must own thatplace by now!! Say hi to San Diego. Daughter ofMorris/Ruth Griggs Dunn. Ruth died in1987.[Morris/Daniel iWJames CThomas #I}

28 May 1998 ...Karen LaMarre will modestlyacknowledge this day! !?Karen is the daughter ofNorman/Janet Hudson LaMarre.[Janet Hudson/Roberf/Mattie Dunn/AdamUamesCThomas riI}

Kelly Dunn is 8 years old and this is hermoment! !And proud she should be. Kelly is thedaughter of Michael/Nance Dacey Dunn, cherishedgrand-daughter of Earl Dunn and Gisela EitnerDunn. Bet she has it her way today!! [EarlNorman/Lloyd/Ernest R;Thomas H/James CTho-mas ==IJ30 May ...Kevin Dunn might toast a wee bit!Kevin is a son of Thomas/June McIntosh Dunn[and thats all Irish! ..well maybe some Scotch][Thomas W/Harry: Richard/Thomas/ Thomas #.1}

My wife called me. She said "There's water in thecarburator". I said "where's the car?' She said "Inthe lake".

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MILESTONES1 May ...Tammy Benoit and Dan Martin celebrate4 years of marriage {my how time flies]Tammy isa daughter of GordenJDenise Pouliot Benoit.[Gorden/LenaDunn/DanieIMlJames C/Thomas # I}

2 May ...Michelle Arnosky and Rodney Sherburnecelebrate 11,years of marriage. Rodney is a son ofRichardlPriscilla Clark Sherburne. [RichardBerthaHudSOn/Mattie Dunn/Adam/James CThomas #:I}

8 May...Seth and Hannah Delworth celebrate 1year of absolute bliss. Seth is a son of RaymondDelworth[Raymond/EverettDunn-Delworth/ Ver-nard Dunn/Barnard/SimiOnlJames CThomas :iI}

9 May ...Michael and Nance Dacey Dunn celebrate11 yeara of marriage on this day. Michael is a sonof Earl Dunn and Gisela Eitner Dunn[Earl/Lloyd/Earnest RlThomas H/James CThomas #I}

11 May ...Matthew and Angela Richards Dunnhonor their 2 years of marriage. Matthew is a sonof Gail/Denise Madelle Dunn.[Gail/Lawrence/D-aniel MlJames C/Thomas #I}

12 May ...Howard and Mabel Parsons CoombsDunn will honor 37 years of marriage. A greatcouple ..and as Howard said .."she was worth wait-ing for" ..[Daniel M/James CThomas #llHowardis one of the few 3rd generations Dunns.

Richard and Priscella Clark Sherburne celebrate 36years of marriage today. Richard is a son ofGeorge and Bertha Hudson Sherburne. [Bertha!Mattie Dunn/Adam/James C/Thomas #I}

18 May ...Jeff and Tammy Dunn Santaw tip to 13years of marriage. Tammy is a daughter ofRandolph Dunn and the late Patricia FarrandDunn. [RandolphiHaro1<JJTimothy/J amesC/Thomas#1]

21 May ...George and Marie Willette Kovacs,Jrcelebrate 21 years today. Marie is a daughter ofClarence/RoseDunn Willette. [Rose/Daisey/RichardF/Richard/Thomas/Thomas # 1]

25 May .•.Dale and Becky Burger Dunn do it upright on their 7th anniversary. Dale is a son ofLeo and Rosalie Alberti Dunn. [Leo/Lloyd/ErnestR/Thomas HlJ ames C/Thomas # 1]

There's only one thing that keeps her from being ahappily married woman ...him!

PROFILERICHARD E. DUNN

[Richard F.. Richard, Thomas, Thomas #: 1]

Richard was born in 1917 on the family land onLong Hill Rd. (which is now known as Cram HillRd.) West Swanzey, N. H. In later years the familymoved to what was known as Schoolhouse #8 atthe top left side of Mill Hill Rd. (which waschanged to Dunn Hill Rd. in 1996 because of thenew 911 service).

He went to school in a one-room schoolhouse inWestport, which is like a suburb of West Swanzey,with grades 1-6 & the teacher was MargaretFreeman. He quite school in about the 8th grade towork in the woolen mill in West Swanzey, N. H.to help the family with bills. His father could notwork much because he had heart problems.

Richard told me, his son Ronald, that while he wasin the Army he drove ammo trucks over inGermany. He said he was driving a truckload ofammo from storage to one of the gun sites whenbombs from enemy sites started hitting all aroundhim. He said they never hit close enough to hurthim. While he was in the Army he would sendmoney home to help the family with bills.

Richard was driving his father, brother (John), &sister (Leona) to town so they could go to bingowhile he went to the VFW. Richard picked themup after bingo & went to Gomarlo' s Grocery Storeto pick up a few things. Then they started home &when they were about 3 miles from home hisfather slumped over on to him. They thought thattheir father had fallen asleep. But when John triedto sit him up they realized he was not breathing.They drove the rest of the way home. When theygot there they called Dr. Fox who lived inWinchester N. H. (which is the next town over,kind of southwest). The Dr. pronounced him deadat the house.

On Nov. 18, 1950 he married Evelyn DeRosier.She had a daughter named Janice June Naylor. He

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treatel.. her like his own, but never adopted her.After they were married they lived on the comer ofArmory St. & Spruce St. in Keene, N. H. They hada son Ronald Richard Dunn on Jan. 13, 1953.They moved a short while after to 42 WinchesterCt. Keene, N. H. In Dec. 1962 a few days beforeChristmas they had a fire which burned the housedown. A faulty oil burner furnace caused it. Theyrebuilt in summer of 1963. In 1976 he & his wifewent to Alaska to visit their son Ronald & hisfamily who were stationed there in the Air Force.From there they went to California to visit wife'sbrother, Disney Land & other attractions. Fromthere they went to Nevada & did a little gambling.This was the first time that they had been furtherthan New York State. His wife Evelyn died onSept. 21,1989 of cancer.He remarried in 1990 & moved to Florida a fewmonths later. While in Florida he came homeseveral times to have yard sales of the stuff he hadleft behind so he could have money to do what hewanted to. His new wife had come back to Keeneon Oct. 8th, 1991 to see if I could care for himback here because she could not do it anymore. OnOct. 9th, 1991 I (his son) received a phone callfrom a Dr. in Florida stating that Richard wasgone. I asked what he meant by that. He stated thathe had died just a few hours before he got a holdof me. Dr. said that Richard had been admitted tothe hospital that morning not feeling well. Dr. saidthat he was in the room talking to him. The Dr.turned to leave the room, when he heard a noise.He turned to see Richard take his last breath &there was nothing he could do.He was a typical Dunn. He would fight with hisbrothers & sisters. He complained that everyonetook advantage of him. He liked to fish & hunt.There is a story about him hunting with his brotherJohn. John had him sit on a stone wall while he &a relative did a drive to get the deer movingtoward him. When John & the relative got back towere they had left him, he was gone. They foundhim back at the house having a coffee. They foundout that he had been there since about Y2 hour afterthey had left. He also liked to do wood working,such as windmills & animal statues.He worked at several different jobs throughout his

life. He worked in the Woolen Mill in WestSwanzey in his younger days, Lynwood Heel &International Narrow Fabric both in Keene in hismiddle years, W.T. Grants & NGM both in Keene& Troy Mills in Troy N. H. in later years. Had toretire because of a heart attack. He had a couple ofother jobs but it is not known where.Note: This article was graciously prepared andsubmitted by Leona [Richard's sister], Jane Marie[Richards niece] and by his son Ron. Jane andRon have made significant research into theThomas Dunn lineage. Weare grateful...

POST SCRIPTThe application for the Memorial of John Dunnhas been filed with the Veterans Administration. Iexpect to hear from them within a month.Documentation appears to be fine so...just waitand see now.Got an unbelievable call from Eileen Dunn in VanNuys, Ca. last week.[Durwood/Vernard/Bernard/SimiowJames/Tom :il] Eileen is very excitedabout our work and promises to be a very valuableresource..Yahoo!!

THE DUNN FAMILY REUNION IS IN

AUGUST

THIS PROMISES TO BE THE BEST ONEYET

ITS FREE AND WOULD MAKE A GREAT

VACATION

Peggy Auger is at it again!! Peggy is presentlyresearching the Whipple Family History. LindaWhipple Dunn, married Dan at the turn of thiscentury. Linda comes from an important family inthe early history of the Newport, Vermont area andthe clear signals are they were an important familyin the early history of this country. She has clearlyidentified scores of this ancestral tree and isworking on vital records needed from NewHampshire to link it all together. It looks realpromising! ! Maybe soon we will have a WhippleJournal!

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