EDNA DUNHAM WILLARD, daughter of Samuel E. & granddaughter of Francis S. Dunham, proudly displays a fish caught on vacation ca. 1916
DUNHAM BIBLE, CONT’D.
Sylvester C. Dunham & Minnie Austin (date illegible, but may be 1879). Charles S. Dunham and Elizabeth Derque, June 29, year torn out.
DEATHS... Josiah C. Dunham, Dec. 23, 1825. Sarah M. Hyde, dau, of R & M Dunham, Jy. 27, 1845, age 34. Elisa, wife of R.C.Dunham, Apr. 1849. Henrietta Loomise, July 17, 1853.
Melinda H. Dunham, Feb. 28, 1855. Francis S. Dunham, Mar.23, l856. Mary Ann Dunham, Mar. 5, 1871. Jonathan L. Dunham, Feb. 21, 1886. Ralph Clark Dunham, 1896. Charlotte R. Dunham, July 1910. Abigail H. Dunham, Feb. 5, 1911 aged 94. Sylvester C. Dunham,
Oct. 26, 1915, age 69. Charles Scott Dunham, March 23, 1917, age 45. Annie G. Dunham, Dec.17, 1928, age 77. Edwin L. Dunham, Jan. 2i, 1929, age 83."
% P. S. Kitson
711 Kensington Ave.
Flint, Mich. 48503
It [was] through one of those happy accidents that Phyllis Kitson, genea1ogy freak, happened to locate the family Bible of Ralph & Melinda Hyde Dunham. From the Greeley, Colo. obituary of Edwin L. Dunham (DD, May '77) she had learned that Edwin’s son, Charles Scott Dunham, a dentist,
pre-deceased his father, & that the son’s widow had lived in Crystal Springs, Mo. An inquiry to the library there eventually netted a letter from a Mrs. White, of Festus, Mo., who is a descendant of Charles S. Dunham’s widow, by her 2nd husband. It developed that Mrs. White is the present owner of the Bible which had orginally belonged to Ralph and
Melinda, & later on she sent xerox copies of the pages of family information that it contains. The copies are not 100% [legible], but here they are:
"BIRTHS...Sarah mariah Dunham, Feb. 24, 1811. Francis Sylvester Dunham, Nov. 30, 1812. Jonathan Lynan Dunham, Nov. 15, 1814. Cornelia Matilda Dunham, April 24, 1816.
Henrietta Dunhan, Nov. 18,1818. Edwin Hyde Dunham, Dec. 26, 1820. Olive Hyde Dunham, May 31,1823. Josiah Clark Dunham, March 15, 1825. Ralph Clark Dunham,Sep. 20, 1826. Mary Ann Dunham, Feb. 18,1829.---Edwin Lyman Dunham, son of J. L., April 3, 1845. Sylvester Clark, son of J.L., April 24, 1846.---Charles Scott, son of E.L., Dec. 29, 1871. Donald A.
Dunham, son of S.C., Mar. 22, 1881.
MARRIAGES: Ralph Dunham & Melinda Hyde, married 1810. John M. Hyde & Sarah M. Dunham,1855. Lucius B. Loomis & Cornelia M. Dunham, 1812. Francis S. Dunham & Anna W. Handy, 1843. Zenas Loomis & Henrietta Dunham, 1845. Francis L. Barrows & Olive Dunham1844. Jonathan L. Dunham & Abigail H. Eldridge, 1844. Edwin H. Dunham & Betsey C. Hall, 1846. Ralph C. Dunham & Eliza Crocker, 1847. Ralph C. Dunham & Charlotte Rumrill, 1854. Edwin L. Dunham & Annie G Scott, Mar. 8, 1871. (cont'd col 2)
As promised, here are the identifications of the people shown on the front page of our Christmas issue.
Across the top row were:
Sue Spaulding Andersen; Edna Dunham Willard holding Phyllis Barclay (presently DD’s editor); Donald Austin Dunham, Jr.; Miriam Dunham Ferriss; Samuel E. Dunham with his grandson, Edward Sims, on his lap;
Middle- Dr. Frederick S. Hulse;
Rosa Dunham Sims & Edna Dunham [Willard] on either side of their aunt, Cornelia (Nee) Dunham; Dan, Maureen, & Jay Kitson, children of Phyllis Kitson.
Lowest row-
Phyllis Kitson; Greg Taylor, Phyllis’ grandson; Edward & Rosa Sims; and Tommy Massengale, the grandson of Donald A.Dunham, Jr in the [top] row.
So now you know.
INFORMATION NEEDED!!!
Two of Ralph & Melinda’s daughters--Cornelia & Henrietta--married Loomises, who probably were brothers. Lucius & Cornelia B. Loomis lived in Coventry, Conn. & had two children,
Willian Hyde Loomis (b. 1839) and Malinda Loomis (b. 1841). Zenas & Henrietta also lived in Coventry, but no further information is known about them. Did anyone ever hear of any
distant cousins named LOOMIS?
Could someone send DD the address for Dorothy Dunham Curtis?
DUNHAM SPACED OUT
The DISPATCH goes to Dunham descendants in Arizona, CalifOrnia,
ConnectIcut, Georgia, Illinois, South Carolina & Texas, but we are looking for more people to add to our mailing list. If you know of someone who is not receiving DD, please let us know.