Absolom Clarkson Dunn

Clarkson Dunn BIRTH 7 Jan 1783 Maryland, USA DEATH 25 Aug 1855 (aged 72) Brown County, Ohio, USA BURIAL Mount Carmel Cemetery Brown County, Ohio,

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HISTORY OF BROWN COUNTY, OHIO, 1883, CHAPTER XIV, WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP EARLY SETTLEMENT, Vicinity of Sardinia, page 668:

1819 the families of Thomas Purcell and Clarkson Dunn, both, of Irish descent, came to this locality. Mr. Purcell hailed from Kentucky, and became a resident of the country around Sardinia. Mr. Dunn was a native of Maryland; also his wife, Elizabeth Hamilton.

The former was a soldier in the war of 1812. In 1816, with his wife and three children, he descended the Ohio River in a flat-boat and landed at Ripley. He soon removed to Straight Creek and in 1817 located near Georgetown and in 1819 made a permanent settlement above Sardinia. He was a prominent citizen of the township. His death occurred in September, 1852, and that of his wife some years later.

(Beverly Dunn, Feb 2015)

He served during most of the war of 1812. He was a Township trustee or treasurer from 1823 to 1842. Inscription: CLARKSON DUNN DIED Aug. 25, 1855 Aged 72 Yr's 7 M's 24 d's

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