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Re: DUNN-GRIMES BALDWIN COUNTY GEORGIA
Posted by: PAMELA VERBEL (ID *****0309) Date: October 26, 2008 at 16:12:34
In Reply to: Re: DUNN-GRIMES BALDWIN COUNTY GEORGIA by linda stringer of 443

Linda,
This is the only information I have on Augustus Dunn. I do not know his first name. His tombstone only has Augustus "Gus" Dunn.

AUGUSTUS “GUS” DUNN
b. 10-03-1843 BALDWIN CO., GA
d. 6-19-1922 BALDWIN CO., GA
FATHER: JOHN E. DUNN
MOTHER: MALINDA GRIMES
SPOUSE: SALLIE LEE
CHILDREN:
1.       OSCAR DUNN b. BALDWIN COUNTY, GA d. bef 12-24-1907 BIBB COUNTY, GA (see obit below)

DEATH AND OBITUARY NOTICE BALDWIN COUNTY, MILLEDGEVILLE, GA
AUGUSTUS DUNN 6-22-1922 DIED AT THE HOME OF C.E. BONNER HERE AT NOON MONDAY, JUNE 19TH. HE WAS 79 YEARS OF AGE, AND ONE OF THE OLDEST OF THE CONFEDERATE VETERANS OF BALDWIN COUNTY. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIDOW AND ONE SISTER MRS. SIMPSON, OF SOUTH GEORGIA. THE BODY WAS BURIED IN THE CITY CEMETERY.
SOURCE: usgennet.org/usa/ga/county/Baldwin/obitsbaldwin.html
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TUESDAY 3-09-1886 UNION RECORDER
MARRIED, MARCH 7TH AT THE RESIDENCE OF THE BRIDE'S FATHER, IN THIS COUNTY, ON SUNDAY LAST, MR. AUGUSTUS DUNN AND MISS JULIA DUNN, DAUGHTER OF MR. GREENBURY DUNN, E.K. CHAMPION, J.P., OFFICIATING. (THIS COULD BE AUGUSTUS DUNN'S 2ND WIFE MENTIONED IN THE OBIT.)
SOURCE: "BALDWIN CO, GA NEWSPAPER CLIPPING (UNION RECORDER) VOL XII 1833-1887" PAGE 253 BY TAD EVANS
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*OBIT OF SALLIE LEE DUNN
TUESDAY 3-31-1885 UNION RECORDER
MRS. AUGUSTUS DUNN DIED LAST SATURDAY. SHE HAD BEEN IN FEEBLE HEALTH FOR A LONG TIME, HER DISEASE BEING CONSUMPTION. HER FUNERAL TOOK PLACE FROM THE RESIDENCE OF HER HUSBAND SUNDAY AFTERNOON, REV. R.W. BIGHAM OFFICIATING.
SOURCE: "BALDWIN CO, GA NEWSPAPER CLIPPING (UNION RECORDER) VOL XII 1833-1887" PAGE 180 BY TAD EVANS
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*OBIT OF OSCAR DUNN 12-24-1907
MR. OSCAR DUNN DIED AT HIS HOME IN MACON LAST SATURDAY AFTER AN ILLNESS OF ONLY A FEW DAYS. HIS REMAINS WERE BROUGHT TO THIS CITY SUNDAY MORNING. THE FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED AT THE METHODIST CHURCH BY REV. FORD McREE. THE BURIAL TOOK PLACE IN THE CITY CEMETERY. THE ODD FELLOWS TOOK PART IN THE BURIAL SERVICES. MR. DUNN WAS THE ONLY SON OF MR. AUGUSTUS DUNN OF THIS CITY AND WAS NEARLY 42 YEARS OF AGE. HE WAS REARED IN THIS CITY AND WAS A MACHINIST. HE WAS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS EMPLOYED AT THE STATE SANITARIUM, BUT A FEW YEARS AGO, HE WENT TO MACON WHERE HE RESIDED UNTIL JUST A FEW DAYS BEFORE HIS DEATH WHEN HE WENT TO ATLANTA. MR. DUNN WAS AN INDUSTRIOUS AND RELIABLE YOUNG MAN AND HAD MANY FRIENDS WHO SINCERELY REGRET HIS DEATH. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS FATHER, WIFE AND 5 CHILDREN.
SOURCE: “MILLEDGEVILLE, GA METHODISM 1905-1909” PAGE 144 ABSTRACTED FROM LOCAL NEWSPAPERS

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MEMORY HILL CEMETERY MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA
WESTSIDE, SECTION H, LOT 18
SALLIE LEE DUNN b. 1841 d. 03-29-1885, 1ST WIFE OF GUS DUNN, PERSON 1 (DEATH DATE FROM OBIT UNION RECORDER 3-31-1885)
OSCAR DUNN b. 0 d. 0, SON OF GUS AND SALLIE LEE DUNN,PERSON 2 (OSCAR WAS THE ONLY SON OF AUGUSTUS DUNN AND SALLIE LEE DUNN SEE OBIT)
AUGUSTUS (GUS) DUNN b. 10-03-1843 d. 06-19-1922, CSA CO C 54TH GA REG, HUSBAND OF SALLIE LEE DUNN , (SON OF JOHN E. AND MELINDA GRIMES DUNN), PERSON 3
IDA LITTLETON DUNN 10-29-1868 d. 9-01-1932, WIFE OF S. GROVANE DUNN PERSON 4
DAWS. DUNN b. 06-14-1850 d.06-16-1916(SON OF JOHN E AND MELINDA GRIMES DUNN) PERSON 5
WM. TRACEY b. 03-01-1850 d. 12-03-1924 MASONIC EMBLEM, HUSBAND OF JOSEPHINE DUNN TRACEY, PERSON 6
JOSEPHINE DUNN TRACEY b. 06-22-1848 d. 12-26-1938 WIFE OF WM. TRACEY, PERSON 7
S. GROVANE DUNN b. 09-22-1868 d.05-06-1938 HUSBAND OF IDA LITTLETON DUNN, PERSON 8 (THE SON OF GREENBERRY DUNN).
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December 6, 1924
Atlanta Constitution
TRACY FUNERAL HELD IN MILLEDGEVILLE
Milledgeville, Ga., December 5- The funeral of William Tracy, 65, who died at Lumber City, his body being brought here for intement, was held at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Bonner today at 11 o'clock. Rev. H. C. Emery, officiating, assisted by the Benevolent Lodge of Masons.
Source:

CLARENCE E. BONNER b. 04-26-1888 d. 01-03-1951
SPOUSE:
IRENE FARRAR BONNER b. 09-09-1874 d. 02-18-1953
BURIED: FARRAR-LANE FINNEY FAMILY BURIAL GROUND BALDWIN CO., GA

CHARLES H. BONNER 1857-1930
SPOUSE:
JULIA DUNN BONNER 1859-1956
BURIED: MEMORY HILL CEMETERY BALDWIN CO., GA
(THIS MAY BE THE SAME JULIA DUNN, DAU OF GREENBERRY DUNN WHO MARRIED AUGUSTUS DUNN IN 1886 AFTER THE DEATH OF SALLIE LEE IN 1885. AUGUSTUS DIED AT THE HOME OF C.H. BONNER IN 1922.

Good luck in your research.
Pamela


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