Son of James Dunn and Jane Miller

• Married Elizabeth Fleming, 2 Oct 1837 in Prestwich, Lancashire, England
• Married Sarah Bradshaw, 25 Nov 1852 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
• Married Emma Roberts, 30 Oct 1890 in Utah

Obituary. William Gallimore Dunn died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Stubbs, in Provo City, Utah County, at 8:30 p.m. December 25, 1894. Deceased was born February 16, 1812, a Village called Team(sic), in Staffordshire, England, he being 82 years and 10 months old when he passed away.

He was married three times, first to Elizabeth Howells, the mother of James Dunn of Provo, Mrs. Elizabeth Stubbs of Provo and Mrs. Hannah Dunkley of American Fork. Second to Mrs. Sarah Bradshaw, the mother of William B. Dunn of American Fork, and Joseph W. Dunn of Frisco, Beaver County, and thirdly to Mrs. Emma Roberts, who survives him.

He leaves three sons and two daughters, 38 grandchildren and 39 great-grandchildren. Father Dunn was baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on July 7, 1944, by his brother, John Dunn; was ordained an Elder in May 1847, by Elder M. Serrine, in Manchester, England. He preached the Gospel in Lancashire, Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Cheshire; presided over branches at Ratcliffe, Whitefield, and Eccles, organized a branch of the church at Mosley Common, near Manchester, ordaining John Owen, John Stone, Richard Greenhalgh, William Stone and William Mort as Priests and Teachers, and baptizing among others William Greenhalgh, John Parr and Elizabeth Clare. He baptized Mary Hindley of American Fork on the 3rd of March 1848, and her husband, John Hindley the following September, besides many others whose names do not appear.

In 1850 he emigrated to Utah, leaving Liverpool on the 9th of November, 1850 and arrived in Salt Lake City on June 5, 1851; having driven a team of ten mules for Phelps & Childs from Independence, Mo. to Salt Lake City, which he considered quite a feat for one who had never before attempted anything of the kind.

Soon after arriving in Salt Lake, he was called to go with President Brigham Young and company on an expedition to the southern country to look out and locate places of settlement for the Saints who were called to make homes in the counties of Millard, Beaver, and Iron. The company left Salt Lake City in March 1852, and returned on the 21st of May, having visited all the principal streams and settlements in Utah south of Salt Lake City. Father Dunn always spoke of that trip as being one of the most pleasant and profitable of his life, for he was daily in the company of such men as President Brigham Young, Heber C, Kimball, Geo. A. Smith, Orson Pratt, Wilford Woodruff, and others, and heard daily a continual feast of good things pertaining to the Gospel and the plan of salvation and the counsels given to the people pertaining to their temporal welfare.

He was a member of the Old Nauvoo Brass Band, with William Pitt, James Smithies, Horace Whitney, Phil Margetts, Robert Pixton, Seth Rigby, and others; was an orderly sergeant in a regiment of the cavalry of the Nauvoo Legion.

In 1860 he moved to American Fork and has resided there up to within a short time of his death. In 1866 he organized a brass band in American Fork and was an active member for some years. Since coming to Utah he has, like many others, followed many avocations, being in turn a teamster, a hedger and ditcher, an adobe maker, clerk, and farmer.

Father Dunn suffered most intensely for about a month before his death from kidney trouble, and at last succumbed and expressed a desire to go to rest. He died in full faith, believing in the eternal love and justice of the Creator, and looked forward to that great day when all will be required to give an account of the deeds done in the body. He wished the services over his remains to be quiet and simple, and desired that we should inscribe on his tombstone the following lines: Come all good mortals, lend an ear; Let all my faults be buried here.

Death notice from Deseret News January 12, 1895