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Daniel Thomas Dunham

Birth
Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Death
1861 (aged 46–47)
Grimes County, Texas, USA
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Daniel Thomas Dunham, 2nd son of Daniel A. Dunham and Lourania (Lewrania) Atkins, fought with Sam Houston at San Jacinto as a private in the Regular Artillery Corps. After the war he became the Postmaster at the Retreat Plantation in Montgomery County. Like all San Jacinto veterans, he received a 640 acres land grant in Navarro County. In the Probate Records of Grimes County it is disclosed that Mr. Dunham died in Grimes County in 1861. His brother Joseph H. Dunham was appointed administrator of his estate May 1, 1861.

Daniel's Great-grand nephew, Robert E. Greenwood (1911-1993) U-T professor, mentioned in his genealogy research that Daniel Thomas Dunham was never married, crippled, a Lawyer, died in 1861, and is buried in a family Cemetery in the Courtney or Retreat area. His estate was partitioned in 1878.

Daniel Thomas Dunham, 2nd son of Daniel A. Dunham and Lourania (Lewrania) Atkins, fought with Sam Houston at San Jacinto as a private in the Regular Artillery Corps. After the war he became the Postmaster at the Retreat Plantation in Montgomery County. Like all San Jacinto veterans, he received a 640 acres land grant in Navarro County. In the Probate Records of Grimes County it is disclosed that Mr. Dunham died in Grimes County in 1861. His brother Joseph H. Dunham was appointed administrator of his estate May 1, 1861.

Daniel's Great-grand nephew, Robert E. Greenwood (1911-1993) U-T professor, mentioned in his genealogy research that Daniel Thomas Dunham was never married, crippled, a Lawyer, died in 1861, and is buried in a family Cemetery in the Courtney or Retreat area. His estate was partitioned in 1878.

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