Samuel and his brothers William and Robert camped along the Nodaway River the winter of 1851-52.
Samuel killed 105 deer that winter. He probably killed more deer than any other man in Iowa. He had more than 600 to his record.
In June, 1852, he and his brother Robert built the first log cabin, 16 ft x 18 ft. He could stand in the doorway of the cabin and shoot deer, wild turkeys, and prairie wolves.
Early in 1854, a larger log house was built by Samuel and Robert. It was 1 1/2 stories high. the main building was 18 ft. square with a shed on the north and a porch on the south.
The logs were of oak and walnut, hewn on both sides and almost as smooth as boards. they would average 21 inches in width. the floors, both up and down stairs were entirely of oak.
The house was vacant until 1872, then used as a granary until it was torn down.
Samuel acquired 120 acres in Section 8 of Jackson Township from his brother, Robert, in 1861. He hired David Findley to construct a new house and paid him with 160 acres of good farmland. Most of the house was built of native walnut, cut at a sawmill near the river, and planed entirely by hand. It took two years to complete the house, one of the finest in Montgomery county, Iowa at the time. It was known as the "black walnut mansion."
After Robert (Samuel's brother) died in 1868, Samuel traded the "black walnut mansion" and 80 acres of the tract upon which it stood to Robert's widow, Matilda Bowen Dunn, for her half interest in 320 acres in which he held the other half interest. Samuel sold that farm in 1893 and moved to Villisca to live.
Matilda Bowen Dunn married Anderville Winters the following year after the death of her husband, Robert. They continued to live here until their deaths-Winter's in 1904 and Matilda's in 1909
Damuel Dunn attended school only one week, yet he was fairly well educated and well read, having educated himself. during the first decade that he resides in the Nodaway Valley, he wrote all the legal papers and was able to give good legal advice when requested.
He was the first clerk of the District Court of Montgomery county, Iowa, and secretary of the school board of Jackson township, which at first included all of Montgomery County, for 22 years. He served several terms as County Commissioner and was County Surveyor, County a
Assessor, and Justice of the Peace.
He voted for John C. Fremont for President, the first candidate to run on the Republican ticket. He was a delegate to the state Republican convention at Iowa City, that helped nominate Abraham Lincoln for President in 1860.
He made his money raising cattle. All the prairie between his place and Red Oak was open range for cattle.
He owned 1400 acres at one time
Samuel and Martha Jane gave a home to Archibald and Margaret Baker, the orphan children of her sister, Mary Baker.
Also after Martha Jane's father, Samuel, died they took in the other two orphan children of Mary Baker, George and Andre.
When Rachel (Baker) Thayer and her husband William Thayer died, they took their two children, John Sherman and Anna.
OLD PIONEER GONE
Samuel C. Dunn, one of the most widely know and highly esteemed pioneers of this section, in fact the oldest settler of Montgomery County, passed to the life beyond his home in this city Monday morning at about three o'clock. He was confined to his bed with lung trouble for six months and was unable to eat anything during the last two weeks of his life.
Mr. Dunn was born June 23, 1822, in Guernsey County, Ohio, and at the age of 14 moved to Knox County, Illinois. In 1840, with his brother Robert, he came to Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa, (then a place of three houses), to find a location for the family, and he moved to this county June 17, 1852. He was married to Martha J. Baker, daughter of Judge Samuel Baker, first judge of Adams county, November 28, 1858, and to them were born seven children, five of whom are living. They are; R. J. Dunn of this place, Rachel Jane Winters (#40268260) and Samuel Baker Dunn of Lake Park, Minnesota (#40268339); Harry Fulton of Farmington, Iowa; and Charles Alexander of Dawson, Washington, (#40268317) , the wife, nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren also survive. Deceased was the last member of a family of five sons and two daughters. He was a grand old man and by his many acquaintances is mourned as more than a friend.
The funeral was held from the residence Tuesday afternoon and the remains were buried in the Arlington Cemetery, Rev. P. V. D. Vedder officiating. Those in attendance from a distance were; H. F. Dunn and son Willie of Farmington, Iowa; S. B. Dunn, Mrs. Rachel Winters, daughter Eva and grandson, Geo. Egar, of Lake Park, Minnesota; and Samuel Baker and wife of Lincoln, Nebraska.
Information found in the Villisca Review, Thursday, March 9, 1905
Samuel killed 105 deer that winter. He probably killed more deer than any other man in Iowa. He had more than 600 to his record.
In June, 1852, he and his brother Robert built the first log cabin, 16 ft x 18 ft. He could stand in the doorway of the cabin and shoot deer, wild turkeys, and prairie wolves.
Early in 1854, a larger log house was built by Samuel and Robert. It was 1 1/2 stories high. the main building was 18 ft. square with a shed on the north and a porch on the south.
The logs were of oak and walnut, hewn on both sides and almost as smooth as boards. they would average 21 inches in width. the floors, both up and down stairs were entirely of oak.
The house was vacant until 1872, then used as a granary until it was torn down.
Samuel acquired 120 acres in Section 8 of Jackson Township from his brother, Robert, in 1861. He hired David Findley to construct a new house and paid him with 160 acres of good farmland. Most of the house was built of native walnut, cut at a sawmill near the river, and planed entirely by hand. It took two years to complete the house, one of the finest in Montgomery county, Iowa at the time. It was known as the "black walnut mansion."
After Robert (Samuel's brother) died in 1868, Samuel traded the "black walnut mansion" and 80 acres of the tract upon which it stood to Robert's widow, Matilda Bowen Dunn, for her half interest in 320 acres in which he held the other half interest. Samuel sold that farm in 1893 and moved to Villisca to live.
Matilda Bowen Dunn married Anderville Winters the following year after the death of her husband, Robert. They continued to live here until their deaths-Winter's in 1904 and Matilda's in 1909
Damuel Dunn attended school only one week, yet he was fairly well educated and well read, having educated himself. during the first decade that he resides in the Nodaway Valley, he wrote all the legal papers and was able to give good legal advice when requested.
He was the first clerk of the District Court of Montgomery county, Iowa, and secretary of the school board of Jackson township, which at first included all of Montgomery County, for 22 years. He served several terms as County Commissioner and was County Surveyor, County a
Assessor, and Justice of the Peace.
He voted for John C. Fremont for President, the first candidate to run on the Republican ticket. He was a delegate to the state Republican convention at Iowa City, that helped nominate Abraham Lincoln for President in 1860.
He made his money raising cattle. All the prairie between his place and Red Oak was open range for cattle.
He owned 1400 acres at one time
Samuel and Martha Jane gave a home to Archibald and Margaret Baker, the orphan children of her sister, Mary Baker.
Also after Martha Jane's father, Samuel, died they took in the other two orphan children of Mary Baker, George and Andre.
When Rachel (Baker) Thayer and her husband William Thayer died, they took their two children, John Sherman and Anna.
OLD PIONEER GONE
Samuel C. Dunn, one of the most widely know and highly esteemed pioneers of this section, in fact the oldest settler of Montgomery County, passed to the life beyond his home in this city Monday morning at about three o'clock. He was confined to his bed with lung trouble for six months and was unable to eat anything during the last two weeks of his life.
Mr. Dunn was born June 23, 1822, in Guernsey County, Ohio, and at the age of 14 moved to Knox County, Illinois. In 1840, with his brother Robert, he came to Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa, (then a place of three houses), to find a location for the family, and he moved to this county June 17, 1852. He was married to Martha J. Baker, daughter of Judge Samuel Baker, first judge of Adams county, November 28, 1858, and to them were born seven children, five of whom are living. They are; R. J. Dunn of this place, Rachel Jane Winters (#40268260) and Samuel Baker Dunn of Lake Park, Minnesota (#40268339); Harry Fulton of Farmington, Iowa; and Charles Alexander of Dawson, Washington, (#40268317) , the wife, nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren also survive. Deceased was the last member of a family of five sons and two daughters. He was a grand old man and by his many acquaintances is mourned as more than a friend.
The funeral was held from the residence Tuesday afternoon and the remains were buried in the Arlington Cemetery, Rev. P. V. D. Vedder officiating. Those in attendance from a distance were; H. F. Dunn and son Willie of Farmington, Iowa; S. B. Dunn, Mrs. Rachel Winters, daughter Eva and grandson, Geo. Egar, of Lake Park, Minnesota; and Samuel Baker and wife of Lincoln, Nebraska.
Information found in the Villisca Review, Thursday, March 9, 1905
Samuel and his brothers William and Robert camped along the Nodaway River the winter of 1851-52.
Samuel killed 105 deer that winter. He probably killed more deer than any other man in Iowa. He had more than 600 to his record.
In June, 1852, he and his brother Robert built the first log cabin, 16 ft x 18 ft. He could stand in the doorway of the cabin and shoot deer, wild turkeys, and prairie wolves.
Early in 1854, a larger log house was built by Samuel and Robert. It was 1 1/2 stories high. the main building was 18 ft. square with a shed on the north and a porch on the south.
The logs were of oak and walnut, hewn on both sides and almost as smooth as boards. they would average 21 inches in width. the floors, both up and down stairs were entirely of oak.
The house was vacant until 1872, then used as a granary until it was torn down.
Samuel acquired 120 acres in Section 8 of Jackson Township from his brother, Robert, in 1861. He hired David Findley to construct a new house and paid him with 160 acres of good farmland. Most of the house was built of native walnut, cut at a sawmill near the river, and planed entirely by hand. It took two years to complete the house, one of the finest in Montgomery county, Iowa at the time. It was known as the "black walnut mansion."
After Robert (Samuel's brother) died in 1868, Samuel traded the "black walnut mansion" and 80 acres of the tract upon which it stood to Robert's widow, Matilda Bowen Dunn, for her half interest in 320 acres in which he held the other half interest. Samuel sold that farm in 1893 and moved to Villisca to live.
Matilda Bowen Dunn married Anderville Winters the following year after the death of her husband, Robert. They continued to live here until their deaths-Winter's in 1904 and Matilda's in 1909
Damuel Dunn attended school only one week, yet he was fairly well educated and well read, having educated himself. during the first decade that he resides in the Nodaway Valley, he wrote all the legal papers and was able to give good legal advice when requested.
He was the first clerk of the District Court of Montgomery county, Iowa, and secretary of the school board of Jackson township, which at first included all of Montgomery County, for 22 years. He served several terms as County Commissioner and was County Surveyor, County a
Assessor, and Justice of the Peace.
He voted for John C. Fremont for President, the first candidate to run on the Republican ticket. He was a delegate to the state Republican convention at Iowa City, that helped nominate Abraham Lincoln for President in 1860.
He made his money raising cattle. All the prairie between his place and Red Oak was open range for cattle.
He owned 1400 acres at one time
Samuel and Martha Jane gave a home to Archibald and Margaret Baker, the orphan children of her sister, Mary Baker.
Also after Martha Jane's father, Samuel, died they took in the other two orphan children of Mary Baker, George and Andre.
When Rachel (Baker) Thayer and her husband William Thayer died, they took their two children, John Sherman and Anna.
OLD PIONEER GONE
Samuel C. Dunn, one of the most widely know and highly esteemed pioneers of this section, in fact the oldest settler of Montgomery County, passed to the life beyond his home in this city Monday morning at about three o'clock. He was confined to his bed with lung trouble for six months and was unable to eat anything during the last two weeks of his life.
Mr. Dunn was born June 23, 1822, in Guernsey County, Ohio, and at the age of 14 moved to Knox County, Illinois. In 1840, with his brother Robert, he came to Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa, (then a place of three houses), to find a location for the family, and he moved to this county June 17, 1852. He was married to Martha J. Baker, daughter of Judge Samuel Baker, first judge of Adams county, November 28, 1858, and to them were born seven children, five of whom are living. They are; R. J. Dunn of this place, Rachel Jane Winters (#40268260) and Samuel Baker Dunn of Lake Park, Minnesota (#40268339); Harry Fulton of Farmington, Iowa; and Charles Alexander of Dawson, Washington, (#40268317) , the wife, nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren also survive. Deceased was the last member of a family of five sons and two daughters. He was a grand old man and by his many acquaintances is mourned as more than a friend.
The funeral was held from the residence Tuesday afternoon and the remains were buried in the Arlington Cemetery, Rev. P. V. D. Vedder officiating. Those in attendance from a distance were; H. F. Dunn and son Willie of Farmington, Iowa; S. B. Dunn, Mrs. Rachel Winters, daughter Eva and grandson, Geo. Egar, of Lake Park, Minnesota; and Samuel Baker and wife of Lincoln, Nebraska.
Information found in the Villisca Review, Thursday, March 9, 1905
Samuel killed 105 deer that winter. He probably killed more deer than any other man in Iowa. He had more than 600 to his record.
In June, 1852, he and his brother Robert built the first log cabin, 16 ft x 18 ft. He could stand in the doorway of the cabin and shoot deer, wild turkeys, and prairie wolves.
Early in 1854, a larger log house was built by Samuel and Robert. It was 1 1/2 stories high. the main building was 18 ft. square with a shed on the north and a porch on the south.
The logs were of oak and walnut, hewn on both sides and almost as smooth as boards. they would average 21 inches in width. the floors, both up and down stairs were entirely of oak.
The house was vacant until 1872, then used as a granary until it was torn down.
Samuel acquired 120 acres in Section 8 of Jackson Township from his brother, Robert, in 1861. He hired David Findley to construct a new house and paid him with 160 acres of good farmland. Most of the house was built of native walnut, cut at a sawmill near the river, and planed entirely by hand. It took two years to complete the house, one of the finest in Montgomery county, Iowa at the time. It was known as the "black walnut mansion."
After Robert (Samuel's brother) died in 1868, Samuel traded the "black walnut mansion" and 80 acres of the tract upon which it stood to Robert's widow, Matilda Bowen Dunn, for her half interest in 320 acres in which he held the other half interest. Samuel sold that farm in 1893 and moved to Villisca to live.
Matilda Bowen Dunn married Anderville Winters the following year after the death of her husband, Robert. They continued to live here until their deaths-Winter's in 1904 and Matilda's in 1909
Damuel Dunn attended school only one week, yet he was fairly well educated and well read, having educated himself. during the first decade that he resides in the Nodaway Valley, he wrote all the legal papers and was able to give good legal advice when requested.
He was the first clerk of the District Court of Montgomery county, Iowa, and secretary of the school board of Jackson township, which at first included all of Montgomery County, for 22 years. He served several terms as County Commissioner and was County Surveyor, County a
Assessor, and Justice of the Peace.
He voted for John C. Fremont for President, the first candidate to run on the Republican ticket. He was a delegate to the state Republican convention at Iowa City, that helped nominate Abraham Lincoln for President in 1860.
He made his money raising cattle. All the prairie between his place and Red Oak was open range for cattle.
He owned 1400 acres at one time
Samuel and Martha Jane gave a home to Archibald and Margaret Baker, the orphan children of her sister, Mary Baker.
Also after Martha Jane's father, Samuel, died they took in the other two orphan children of Mary Baker, George and Andre.
When Rachel (Baker) Thayer and her husband William Thayer died, they took their two children, John Sherman and Anna.
OLD PIONEER GONE
Samuel C. Dunn, one of the most widely know and highly esteemed pioneers of this section, in fact the oldest settler of Montgomery County, passed to the life beyond his home in this city Monday morning at about three o'clock. He was confined to his bed with lung trouble for six months and was unable to eat anything during the last two weeks of his life.
Mr. Dunn was born June 23, 1822, in Guernsey County, Ohio, and at the age of 14 moved to Knox County, Illinois. In 1840, with his brother Robert, he came to Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa, (then a place of three houses), to find a location for the family, and he moved to this county June 17, 1852. He was married to Martha J. Baker, daughter of Judge Samuel Baker, first judge of Adams county, November 28, 1858, and to them were born seven children, five of whom are living. They are; R. J. Dunn of this place, Rachel Jane Winters (#40268260) and Samuel Baker Dunn of Lake Park, Minnesota (#40268339); Harry Fulton of Farmington, Iowa; and Charles Alexander of Dawson, Washington, (#40268317) , the wife, nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren also survive. Deceased was the last member of a family of five sons and two daughters. He was a grand old man and by his many acquaintances is mourned as more than a friend.
The funeral was held from the residence Tuesday afternoon and the remains were buried in the Arlington Cemetery, Rev. P. V. D. Vedder officiating. Those in attendance from a distance were; H. F. Dunn and son Willie of Farmington, Iowa; S. B. Dunn, Mrs. Rachel Winters, daughter Eva and grandson, Geo. Egar, of Lake Park, Minnesota; and Samuel Baker and wife of Lincoln, Nebraska.
Information found in the Villisca Review, Thursday, March 9, 1905
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