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Dr. Jacob William Dunham, III

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Kempton, Ford County, Illinois, United States
Death: August 13, 1930 (67)
Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States (Heart attack)
Place of Burial: Wichita, Sedgwick County, KS, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Jacob Mackey Dunham, Jr. and Louisa Eliza Dunham
Husband of Mary Ann Dunham
Father of Rolla Dunham; Hattie Zoe Dunham; Mabel Cleo Dunham; Frank Dunham; Ralph Waldo Emerson Dunham and 3 others
Brother of David Henry Dunham; Jeptha Dunham; Martha Catherine Gossard; Adelia R Dunham; Joseph Dunham and 13 others

Occupation: Pharmacist, physician
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About Dr. Jacob William Dunham, III

Dr Jacob William Dunham
BIRTH
7 Feb 1863
Kempton, Tipton County, Indiana, USA
DEATH
13 Aug 1930 (aged 67)
Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA
BURIAL
Wichita Park Cemetery and Mausoleum
Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA Show Map
PLOT
Acacia C, Lot 188, Space 3
MEMORIAL ID
32649710 · View Source
MEMORIAL
PHOTOS 5
FLOWERS 18
Wichita Eagle, Thursday, August 14, 1930, Page 5
PIONEER DOCTOR DIES
Dr. Jacob William Dunham Practiced Medicine in Southern Kansas 40 Years
Dr. Jacob William Dunham, 67, a physician, died Wednesday at his home, 1201 West Douglas, after a four-day illness. He had practiced medicine in southern Kansas for the last 40 years. He came to Wichita from Wellington in 1907. He was a member of the Spiritualist church.
Surviving him are his wife, Mary; four daughters, Mrs. Hattie Herrington, Osborne; Mrs. H. I. Whitney, Melver; Mrs. Christobel Phipps, 1929 Gold, and Mrs. Harry Mann, 1927 Gold; three sons, Frank, 1914 North Lorraine; Ralph, at home and Dewey, 1247 South Main; a sister, Mrs. Mary Lay, Tulsa, Okla., and three brothers, Jeptha, Luther, Okla.; Samuel, Tulsa, and Joseph, Okmulgee, Okla.
Funeral services will be held at the Downing mortuary at 10 a.m. Friday in charge of Rev. Maud K. Gates of the First Spiritualist church. Burial will be in Wichita Park cemetery.

Special thanks to Bill Pennington for supplying Jacob's obituary.

Gravesite Details
No headstone exists

Family Members
Parents

Jacob Mackey Dunham
1824–1907

Louisa Eliza Stroup Dunham
1837–1901

Spouse

Mary Ann Kearney Dunham
1869–1936

Siblings

David Henry Dunham
1854–1926

Jeptha Dunham
1857–1943

Catharine J. Dunham Gossard
1860–1878

Joseph Oliver Dunham
1866–1934

Samuel Lemuel Dunham
1871–1950

Mary May Dunham Lay
1882–1954

Children

Hattie Zoe Dunham Herrington
1889–1950

Mabel Cleo Dunham Whitney
1891–1977

Frank Virgil Preston Dunham
1892–1971

Ralph Waldo Emerson Dunham
1894–1970

Christobel Beatrice Dunham Phipps
1897–1965

Earl Dewey Dunham
1899–1980

Pearl Marie Dunham Jackson Mann
1899–1980

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32649710/jacob-william-dunham


Jacob William DUNHAM

Mary Ann KEARNEY

Husband: Jacob William DUNHAM

Birth: 7 Feb 1863, Kempton, Tipton Co., IN

Death: 13 Aug 1936, Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS

Occupation: druggist, drug manufacturer

Father: Jacob Mackey DUNHAM

Mother: Louisa Eliza STROUP

Marriage: 1 Mar 1890

Wife: Mary Ann KEARNEY

Birth: 19 Sep 1869, Tipton Co., IN

Death: 13 Aug 1936, Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS

Occupation: homemaker

Father: Falmouth KEARNEY (c1832-1878) — Joseph2, William1

Mother: Charlotte HOLLOWEL (c1834-1877) — Josiah5, Arnel Showell4, Elijah3, John2, John1

Children — born in Argonia, Dixon Twp., Sumner Co., KS:

1. [Harriet] Hattie J. DUNHAM, b. Dec 1888

2. Mable / Mabel C. DUNHAM, b. Feb 1890

3. Frank Virgil DUNHAM, b. 22 May 1892; d. Jun 1971; last residence, El Dorado, Butler Co., KS; m. Pearl __?__, b. 1889/90, KS

4. Ralph Waldo Emerson DUNHAM (Sr.), b. 25 Dec 1893 or 1894

5. Crystabelle / Crystabel B. DUNHAM, b. Jul 1895

6. Pearl M. DUNHAM, b. Feb 1897; m. Mr. JACKSON

7. Earl Dewey DUNHAM, b. 22 Feb 1889; d. Jan 1980; lat residence, Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS

Other Kin — born in KS:

Nephew: John DUNHAM, b. Oct 1878

Cousin: Albert J. DUNHAM, b. Aug 1877

Grandson: Russell S. JACKSON, b. Feb 1917

Keywords for search engines: USA, US, United States, Indiana, Kansas

Sources:

1. Marriage Record:

2. 1890 Census: the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

3. 1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #6 of 16): Argonia City, Dixon Twp., Sumner Co., KS, Roll T623_502 (Book 1), p. 102B, SN 3, SD 7, ED 325, enumerated 5 Jun 1900, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1900 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):°-

"Dr Jacob Dunham practised medicine in southern Kansas for forty years up to his death in 1930 at the age of sixty-seven... He ... suffered a heart-attack. He was a member of the Spiritualist church, as was his wife Mary Ann, who died in 1936 at the age of sixty-seven. Both are buried in Wichita Park cemetery" - Stephen MacDonogh, 'Barack Obama: the road from Moneygall' (Dingle: Brandon, 2010), p. 188.

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Dr. Jacob William Dunham, III's Timeline

1863
February 7, 1863
Kempton, Ford County, Illinois, United States
1880
1880
Age 16
MT Pleasant, Labette, Kansas, USA
1881
January 27, 1881
1890
December 2, 1890
KS, United States
1891
February 11, 1891
1892
1892
1894
December 25, 1894
Argonia, KS, United States
1897
January 22, 1897
1897