I have George W. Dun, b. February 3, 1786 Kilsyth Stirling Scotland, m. Lousia, had as children: Helen, Jean, John, George, James, and Elizabeth. I have more info on George's family: parents, siblings, 6 gen of ancestors Let me hear from you! laurie 1] Dun-Graham Genealogy, by Ann Holman (Dun) Boone, 1979, pp 3, 13: "George William Dun, born February 3, 1786... "This record shows the first six children born at Kilsyth, and the last five, starting June 25, 1794, at Glasgow." !2] Ibid., pg 15: "Geo. William Dun, the third brother, came over in 1818 (or earlier) and with the assistance of the uncle, John Graham, set himself up in business in Philadelphia as an importer of goods from Scotland. It appears he had made his fortune by the time he moved to Chillicothe, and this was probably before Walter died in 1838, as he was named one of the executors. He is listed in the Philadelphia city directories for the years 1819 to 1837, most of the time as `Geo. W. Dun & Co.' and part of the time with a carpet store at one address and importing business at another nearby address. The directories do not disclose the identity of the `Co.,' and this style was not not used until after John Graham's death in 1820. In the 1840's he had a town home at 94 So. Point Street, Chillicothe, a 2 story stone, still used (1955) as a residence, and giving evidence of wealth for the mid-1800 period. Later he built `Oak HIll' a country estate west on what is now Route 50, and finally another large country home on the western edge of Chillicothe which still stands and is known as `Dun Glen'; remained in the Dun family 60 or 70 years; for about 25 years has been used as a tea room, party house, racquet club and more recently, as a tourist home." ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dwain W. Smith" <dwain@vdot.net> To: <DUNN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 9:55 PM Subject: [DUNN] George Dunn > It's been a while since I inquired about my gggrandfather George Dunn. > It appears there are new users of the Dunn site, so I'll make another appeal > for info. Here's what I know....George Dunn temporarily left his wife, > Margaret, and their children, in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1862. He had been > engaged by the Confederacy to ply his engraver's trade in the service of the > CSA in making plates for currency and bonds. After a couple of run-ins with > the Union blockade of the American South, he reached Richmond, VA, where he > set up a printing/engraving business, Geo. Dunn & Company. > I've found numerous examples of his work on the internet. This > includes banknotes, bond issues, and many editions of sheet music that was > written by, and for, southerners in 1863/64. > I know that, at some point after the Civil War, George Dunn relocated > in the North, probably in the NY metropolitan area, and worked in the printing > trade again. But I don't know exactly where he lived or worked. He died > on July 18, 1883, but I don't know where he was buried. > Although the above information is sketchy, I hope someone will be able > to identify with it and help to fill in the wide gaps in my knowledge of > George Dunn. > My fingers remain crossed. > Dwain Smith in NY > > > ==== DUNN Mailing List ==== > Please visit the surname mailing list homepage at: http://jadis.darktech.org/genealogy/dunn for information on this list, it's member's pages, queries and other helpful genealogy pages. > >