J. N. DUNBAR

DUNBAR, WOLDREGE, TAYLOR

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Date: 5/24/2009 at 08:54:55

Source: The History of Appanoose County, Iowa, Containing A History of the County, its Cities, Towns, etc., A Biographical Directory of Citizens, War Records of its Volunteers in the late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of the Northwest, History of Iowa, Map of Appanoose County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, etc.; illustrated; Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878.

J. N. DUNBAR, far., Sec. 36; P.O. Orleans; born in Russell Co., Ky., in 1824; removed to Davis Co., Ind. in 1846; thence to this county in 1848; owns 110 acres of land, valued at $30 per acre. Married Margaret Woldrege in 1845; whe was born in Russell Co., Ky., in 1822; died in 1869, leaving eight children - Elizabeth, Samuel C. (a conductor on the railroad), Eliza A., James M., Fidelia, Oliver C., Julia and Lewis Baxter. He then married Mrs. Lucy Taylor, widow of the late Holland Taylor, in 1871; she had one daughter - Allie - by her former husband. They are members of the Christian Church at Orleans.