Laurie, I'm afraid he isn't my guy. My George was born after 1800 and his father was Robert; his mother Hannah Booth. Thank you very much for the reply. It's the first nibble I've had on my George posting. Dwain At 01:59 PM 10/17/01 -0700, you wrote: >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. >> >> > > >==== DUNN Mailing List ==== >Have you written a Dunn book or other Dunn publication? Do you have a Dunn-related item for sale? Please contact the listowner for instructions on posting! > >