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Posted by: Marilyn Roth (ID *****9310) Date: February 05, 2009 at 18:42:27
In Reply to: Dunham Family Centeral USA by Matthew Dunham of 3244

Jeff DUNHAM was born in Dallas, TX, in 1960, an only child. He has a wife Paige and three children. Unfortunately, I cannot find anything about his parents.

RootsWeb has a family for David DUNHAM (29 Aug. 1836, Fayette Co., OH - 3 Dec. 1909, Havana, Montgomery Co., KS) son of Jacob DUNHAM (1 Je. 1795, Berkeley, VA - 20 July 1865, Tipton, Tipton, IN) whose line goes back to Deacon John DUNHAM of Plymouth Colony.

David was the youngest child listed & the only one born in Ohio for Jacob DUNHAM & Catherine GOOD[K]NIGHT, married 21 Oct. 1819, Berkeley, VA. They had in Berkeley

Daughter __
Jacob Mackey DUNHAM, b. 7 May 1824
Amos, 1828/9
Samuel G., 27 Sep. 1830
Mary Ellen, 28 July 1834.

Tipton P. O., Tipton Co., IN, 1860, DUNHAM

Jacob, 66, b. VA, & Catharine, 67, b. PA {?}.
Jacob, 36; Louisa, 22; David H., 6; Leptha, 3; Catharine, 5 mos.
Samuel, 30; Eliza M., 30; Wm. R., 4*; Margaret C., 2.
David, 23, & Livona, 18
Ellen, 26; Margaret, 5; & James, 3, in household of Owen REESE
Jenne, 21, with HAWKLEY & BATTEN.

*USGenWeb > IN > Tipton Co., says there are 1883 biographies of W. R. DUNHAM & David & Samuel GOODKNIGHT. They're not on the site, but you can contact the administrators.

RootsWeb says they were of Berkeley, James Co., VA, but Ancestry database of censuses, 1820 & 1830, has them in Berkeley Co., VA (now WV).

Caney Chronicle, 22 May 1969. David DUNHAM, his wife, and seven children arrived in Cherryvale on the train from Indiana in 1873 {?}. They stopped at a farm north of Havana for a drink of water. They liked the location, purchased the farm, and spent the rest of their lives there. Part of their farm became city lots, and the Havana Cemetery is in the northwest corner of the farm.

Caney, Montgomery Co., KS, 1880, DUNHAM
David, 45, OH VA VA {?}; wf. Lavonia, 37, OH PA PA. Ch. b. IN:
Emma J., 18; Nancy C., 17; John L., 15; David S., 13; Alsina, 10; Hattie L., 8; Margaret E., 6 {?}
Ch. b. KS: Charles F., 4; Albert I., 2.

Montgomery Co., KS, 1900, DUNHAM
David, 63; Lavona, 56; John, 35; Sherman {David?}, 33; Hattie, 29; Maggie {Margaret?}, 27; Frank {Charles?}, 24; Albert, 21; Roy E., 15
Alfina DUNHAM/EARHART, 31.
Ed, 28; Earnest E., 6; Lucia E., 2.

Montgomery Co., KS, 1910, DUNHAM
Lavona, 67; Sherman, 42; Hattie, 38; Edith DUNHAM/EARHART, 17 {?}.
Albert, 28; Maude, 20; Maud E. A., under a year.
Frank, 33; Susie, 16.
Bernard, 25; Clopratisa, 21, with Jessie ROBINSON, 30.
Earnest, 16, with CALENDER.
Roy E., 45 {25?]; Frank L., 21; Frank Opal, 1; unnamed, under one.

Montgomery Co., KS, 1920, (households not shown on database) DUNHAM
Lavona, 76; Sherman, 52; Albert, 40; Hattie L., 48; Alberta, 10; Roxie M., 8
Charles F., 42; Susie, 26; Edna, 10; David, 8; Sarah, 6; Eva, 1; Lee, 2
Sarah E., 65; David/Daviae D., 51; Harriet, 46.

The 1930 database for Montgomery Co. has spouses named for some individuals, but households are not in age order. Here are the names. DUNHAM

Robert E., 32; Gertrude S., 29; M. Robert, 6.
C. F., 51; Susie, 38; Edna, 19; David, 17; Sarah, 15; Eva, 13; Lee, 12; Charles, 8; Mary, 6; Inez, 5; Johnny, 3; Billy, 11/12.
Edward A., 39; Alice K., 37; Shorleen J., 1.
Albert G., 52, no spouse listed
Roxy, 18
Hattie, 59, no spouse listed
Henry, 20.

Social Security Death Index has these whose SSN were issued in Kansas and last residence Montgomery Co., KS, DUNHAM:
Susie (19 Sep. 1891 - June 1974, Havana)
Edgar C. (16 July 1927 - 9 Apr. 2002, Havana)
Forrest (4 Apr. 1910 - Nov. 1972, Elk City)
Charles (20 July 1921 - 2 Oct. 1992, Elk City)
Wm. D. (10 Apr. 1929 - 30 Jan. 2003, Independence)
George B. (10 July 1931 - 16 Sep. 1999, Elk City).

I do not see the names you listed in the Montgomery Co., KS, records. Are they more recent? Check with your family members to see whether you can find more details. Do you see any familiar names above? If so, you can probably get obituaries.



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