A. L. DUNNINGTON DIED LAST FRIDAY, SERVICES TUESDAY
With the death Friday of A. L. DUNNINGTON, Routt county last another of her pioneer residents who had seen the country grow from a sparsely settled valley to the fine productive county it has now become. Coming to this country at the turn of the century Mr. DUNNINGTON settled first at Leadville, and for two years 1901 and 1903 drove the stage coach from Wolcott to Yampa.
Funeral services for Mr. DUNNINGTON were held Tuesday afternoon from the Heyer mortuary with Rev. C. A. Busch of the Congregational church in charge. Miss Rachel Wood sang two solos and pallbearers were John WILLIAMS, Ed FLEMING, Homer BRISTOL, Hugh LAWLESS, Henry ROBINSON and Jess BRENTON. Burial was in the Steamboat cemetery.
Abraham Lincoln DUNNINGTON was born at Pella, Iowa, on November 22, 1860, when the country was still a pioneer section. When he was but a child he was stolen by the Indians, but was rescued later the same day by townspeople.
At 10 years of age he moved with his parents to Greencastle, Indiana, where he learned the woolen mill weaver's trade. He was married to Fannie JOHNSON and three daughters were born to this union, Merle, Ione, and Cecilia. His wife died in 1901.
Mr. DUNNINGTON moved to Leadville when he was 22 years of age, and engaged in various occupations. In 1905 he was married to Daisy Ann BEDELL and three boys were born to this union, Wilbur Lincoln, Frank and William Pierce. Since 1917 the DUNNINGTON family has lived in Steamboat Springs. Mr. DUNNINGTON was a member of the Euzoa Congregational church.
Surviving are his wife, and the six children, Merle of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Mrs. Ione GUTH, Denver; Mrs. Cecilia PARKS, Philadelphia; Wilbur, who is in the army, Frank, Steamboat Springs, and Pierce, in the navy, and three grandchildren. Wilbur came home for his father's funeral.
(Published in The Steamboat Pilot (Steamboat Springs, CO), December 7, 1944.)
With the death Friday of A. L. DUNNINGTON, Routt county last another of her pioneer residents who had seen the country grow from a sparsely settled valley to the fine productive county it has now become. Coming to this country at the turn of the century Mr. DUNNINGTON settled first at Leadville, and for two years 1901 and 1903 drove the stage coach from Wolcott to Yampa.
Funeral services for Mr. DUNNINGTON were held Tuesday afternoon from the Heyer mortuary with Rev. C. A. Busch of the Congregational church in charge. Miss Rachel Wood sang two solos and pallbearers were John WILLIAMS, Ed FLEMING, Homer BRISTOL, Hugh LAWLESS, Henry ROBINSON and Jess BRENTON. Burial was in the Steamboat cemetery.
Abraham Lincoln DUNNINGTON was born at Pella, Iowa, on November 22, 1860, when the country was still a pioneer section. When he was but a child he was stolen by the Indians, but was rescued later the same day by townspeople.
At 10 years of age he moved with his parents to Greencastle, Indiana, where he learned the woolen mill weaver's trade. He was married to Fannie JOHNSON and three daughters were born to this union, Merle, Ione, and Cecilia. His wife died in 1901.
Mr. DUNNINGTON moved to Leadville when he was 22 years of age, and engaged in various occupations. In 1905 he was married to Daisy Ann BEDELL and three boys were born to this union, Wilbur Lincoln, Frank and William Pierce. Since 1917 the DUNNINGTON family has lived in Steamboat Springs. Mr. DUNNINGTON was a member of the Euzoa Congregational church.
Surviving are his wife, and the six children, Merle of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Mrs. Ione GUTH, Denver; Mrs. Cecilia PARKS, Philadelphia; Wilbur, who is in the army, Frank, Steamboat Springs, and Pierce, in the navy, and three grandchildren. Wilbur came home for his father's funeral.
(Published in The Steamboat Pilot (Steamboat Springs, CO), December 7, 1944.)
A. L. DUNNINGTON DIED LAST FRIDAY, SERVICES TUESDAY
With the death Friday of A. L. DUNNINGTON, Routt county last another of her pioneer residents who had seen the country grow from a sparsely settled valley to the fine productive county it has now become. Coming to this country at the turn of the century Mr. DUNNINGTON settled first at Leadville, and for two years 1901 and 1903 drove the stage coach from Wolcott to Yampa.
Funeral services for Mr. DUNNINGTON were held Tuesday afternoon from the Heyer mortuary with Rev. C. A. Busch of the Congregational church in charge. Miss Rachel Wood sang two solos and pallbearers were John WILLIAMS, Ed FLEMING, Homer BRISTOL, Hugh LAWLESS, Henry ROBINSON and Jess BRENTON. Burial was in the Steamboat cemetery.
Abraham Lincoln DUNNINGTON was born at Pella, Iowa, on November 22, 1860, when the country was still a pioneer section. When he was but a child he was stolen by the Indians, but was rescued later the same day by townspeople.
At 10 years of age he moved with his parents to Greencastle, Indiana, where he learned the woolen mill weaver's trade. He was married to Fannie JOHNSON and three daughters were born to this union, Merle, Ione, and Cecilia. His wife died in 1901.
Mr. DUNNINGTON moved to Leadville when he was 22 years of age, and engaged in various occupations. In 1905 he was married to Daisy Ann BEDELL and three boys were born to this union, Wilbur Lincoln, Frank and William Pierce. Since 1917 the DUNNINGTON family has lived in Steamboat Springs. Mr. DUNNINGTON was a member of the Euzoa Congregational church.
Surviving are his wife, and the six children, Merle of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Mrs. Ione GUTH, Denver; Mrs. Cecilia PARKS, Philadelphia; Wilbur, who is in the army, Frank, Steamboat Springs, and Pierce, in the navy, and three grandchildren. Wilbur came home for his father's funeral.
(Published in The Steamboat Pilot (Steamboat Springs, CO), December 7, 1944.)
With the death Friday of A. L. DUNNINGTON, Routt county last another of her pioneer residents who had seen the country grow from a sparsely settled valley to the fine productive county it has now become. Coming to this country at the turn of the century Mr. DUNNINGTON settled first at Leadville, and for two years 1901 and 1903 drove the stage coach from Wolcott to Yampa.
Funeral services for Mr. DUNNINGTON were held Tuesday afternoon from the Heyer mortuary with Rev. C. A. Busch of the Congregational church in charge. Miss Rachel Wood sang two solos and pallbearers were John WILLIAMS, Ed FLEMING, Homer BRISTOL, Hugh LAWLESS, Henry ROBINSON and Jess BRENTON. Burial was in the Steamboat cemetery.
Abraham Lincoln DUNNINGTON was born at Pella, Iowa, on November 22, 1860, when the country was still a pioneer section. When he was but a child he was stolen by the Indians, but was rescued later the same day by townspeople.
At 10 years of age he moved with his parents to Greencastle, Indiana, where he learned the woolen mill weaver's trade. He was married to Fannie JOHNSON and three daughters were born to this union, Merle, Ione, and Cecilia. His wife died in 1901.
Mr. DUNNINGTON moved to Leadville when he was 22 years of age, and engaged in various occupations. In 1905 he was married to Daisy Ann BEDELL and three boys were born to this union, Wilbur Lincoln, Frank and William Pierce. Since 1917 the DUNNINGTON family has lived in Steamboat Springs. Mr. DUNNINGTON was a member of the Euzoa Congregational church.
Surviving are his wife, and the six children, Merle of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Mrs. Ione GUTH, Denver; Mrs. Cecilia PARKS, Philadelphia; Wilbur, who is in the army, Frank, Steamboat Springs, and Pierce, in the navy, and three grandchildren. Wilbur came home for his father's funeral.
(Published in The Steamboat Pilot (Steamboat Springs, CO), December 7, 1944.)
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