John Dinsmore

AFGS 1 _UPD 29 JAN 2013 15:27:43 GMT-5 John DINSMOOR Jr.

1671 – 1741

Robert DINSMOOR

1673 –

Adam DINSMOOR

1675 –

Samuel DINSMOOR

1677 – Legendary Ulster-Scots Dinsmoor dynasty by Alister McReynolds

Scanned in from the Ulster-Scot Jan 2009 edition, given away in the Belfast Newsletterwww.newsletter.co.ukWill be online in the next week or so at www.ulsterscotsagency.comAlso if you live outside Northern Ireland you can receive a free copy through the post if you send a request to info@ulsterscotsagency.org.uk with your name and address included.Legendary Ulster-Scots Dinsmoor dynastyby AlisterMcReynoldsIn 1828 Robert Dinsmoor published his volume, 'Incidental Poems' and with it a preface which contained an autobiographical sketch of his life. This has proved to be a useful source the detail of his and his family's Ulster-Scots origins.It read: "My father's great grandfather was an emigrant from a place in Scotland, called Achenmead, near the river Tweed, and was the only one of the name who ever settled in Ireland from that country. He took his residence in or near Ballywattick, I think in the county of Antrim, and I have been informed lately by a nephew of Colonel Means, who leftthat country not long since, that a number of Dinsmoors live there to this day."In a recent telephone conversation with me, William Dinsmoor a descendant today living at 'Achenmead Farm' Gortin Road,Kilrea, Co Londonderry confirmed these details and added that Dinsmoor family story has it that his ancestor John Dinsmoor left Scotland because he was unwilling to hold the stirrup for his elder brother, the laird of Achenmead, to enable him to ostentatiously mount his horse.True or false, the story says something about the independence of these Ulster-Scots and their unwillingness to be placed in a servile position. The townland of Ballywattick lies on the edge of Ballymoney in the direction of Coleraine, quite close to Ballycormick and Seacon.The Hearthmoney and Subsidy Rolls show John Dinsmoor listed as living at Ballywattick in 1666 and we know that it was here that his son John was born in 1671. It was the latterwho emigrated to New England in the early 1720s, not long after the exodus of the Rev James McGregor, of Macosquin, and the five ships which carried most of his congregation to New England. Like many of these settlers Dinsmoor settled in Maine before moving to the Londonderry New Hampshire region.Robert Dinsmoor's autobiographical sketch tells us that John settled first in Maine at the English Fort George. He built a house and enjoyed good relationships with the localPenobscot Indians and quoted how his Native American neighbours told him that they were, "all one brother".This was the situation as it pertained just before the war between Great Britain and Francewhich is sometimes known as Lovell's War.One day "Daddy Dinsmoor," as he became known was shingling his house when whooping Indian's surrounded his house, ordered him to come down, and told him, "no longer one brother, you go Canada." He was taken prisoner and held in captivity for three months.The chief's name was also John and "Daddy Dinsmoor" became his "manservant" and as such these two becamefriends. One day during the chief's absence John Dinsmoor was accused of "spying" for British authorities in the vicinity.For this crime he was sentenced to be burnt at the stake and was physically in this position when the chief returned and ordered that he be cut free until an inquiry could be held.This consisted of an examination of footprints and luckily it exonerated 'Daddy Dinsmoor' whom the chief then released with basic survival rations and advised him to take refuge in Boston.John Dinsmoor made his way back to Fort George and from there to Boston. From Boston he headed for the Scots-Irish settlement of Londonderry, New Hampshire, where he was generally well-known.Many of the inhabitants of the town had known 'Daddy Dinsmoor' back in Ireland and had a high regard for him. They were much moved by his plight and the proprietors of Londonderry made him a gift of 100 acres of excellent land and confirmed it by deed to him and his heirs forever.John Dinsmoor was a stonemason by trade and built for himself a stone house. He then sent to Ireland for his wife and children to join him, as well as the children born to him by his first wife. In May 1731 William, the father of Robertthe poet, was born and shortly after that came Samuel who was throughout his life much esteemed by his elder brother.'Daddy Dinsmoor' lived for another 10 years after William was born and built many houses in the town.Some have speculated that his Penobscot experience led to his building a large number of stone houses which provided the townspeople of Londonderry with a greater sense of security during the French and Indian war. Robert Dinsmoor built his own house in that part of Londonderry, which was known as Windham. This area was later to be constituted as a municipality in its own right.It was here on October 7,1757 that the 'Rustic Poet', Robert Dinsmoor was born. Robert did not attend school until he was nine and then his teacher was one Master McKeen.He fought at the Battle of Saratoga when he was just 20 years of age and soon after married his childhood sweetheart Molly Park and settled down to farm in Windham.Before he was 30, Robert Dinsmoor had become an elder in the churchand throughout his life was a zealous defender of the Presbyterian faith, including in his verse, as will be seen later in this account.His poetry was much favoured by the great Massachusetts Quakerpoet John Greenleaf Whittier, who summed his life up in these well-chosen words:"He lived to a good old age, a home loving, unpretending farmer, cultivating his acres with his own horny hands, and cheering the long rainy days and winter evenings with homely rhyme. Most of his pieces were written in the dialect of his ancestors, which was well understood by his neighbours and friends, the only audience upon which he could venture to calculate, he loved all old things, old language, old customs, old theology. He wrote sometimes to amuse his neighbours, often to soothe their sorrow under domesticcalamity, or to give expression to his own."His poetry came to him quite naturally and is chocked full of sentiment and the Doric humour that is associated with the Scots tongue. As with Burns, the 'Rustic Poet' was not afraid to deal with life's little everyday problems in all their gory detail. So an unfortunate and potentially embarrassing temporary illness is described thus:

'With senna, salts and castor oil,They drenched me every little while;The strong disease such power could foil,To yield full loth;At length we found the foe recoil,At the hot bath.'Dinsmoor's Presbyterian anti-establishment view of aristocratic and Episcopal power back in the land of his grandfather comes across strongly in his verse in,' The Poet's Farewell To The Muses', which runs as follows:

'And where our fathers long had beenBy lords and bishops pressed.His rhyme then did chime thenLike music through my heart.'Such was the range of his poetic pitch that Dinsmoor's verse was also capableof expressing tenderness as in the lines which he wrote in the Autumn of his beloved Molly's death.These lines also create an incidental vignette which allows the reader a sight of the linen production which was brought to Londonderry, New Hampshire by the original Ulster-Scots who built the town:

' No more I'll wander there alone,And lean upon the mossy stone,Where once she piled her wood.'Twas there she bleached her linen cloth'By yonder bass-wood tree;'As you might expect matters theologicalwere often written about in his rhymes, sometimes humorously as in 'Springs Lament', which described a dog interrupting a sermon, and sometimes more seriously as when he advised the Rev McGregor's son David, who was also a Presbyterian minister, as to how to defend his faith in the face of Unitarian attack:

'When Unitarian champions dare thee,Goliah like, and think to scare thee.Dear Davie, fear not, they'll ne'er waur thee;But draw thy sling,Weel loaded frae the Gospel quarry,An gi'et a fling'Robert Dinsmoor's brother Samuel also achieved distinction in his contribution to life in America in so far as he was a graduate of Dartmouth College and married a daughter of General Reid, of Revolutionary fame, became a member of Congress and Governor of New Hampshire. His son, another Samuel, followed his father and also became Governor of New Hampshire.Margaret, a sister of Robert and Samuel senior, married Deacon Samuel Morrison and their grandson Leonard Morrison served in both houses of the New Hampshire Legislature and was the author of' The History of The Dinsmoor Family in Scotland, Ireland and America.'In time of the Dinsmoor family were to make their mark across America with some members of the family changing the spelling of the name to Dinsmore. So today we canfind towns bearing this name in Arkansas, California, Florida, Missouri, Mississippi, Pennsylvania and Texas.Two of the core elements that interest people in Ulster-Scots culture and history are the creativity of the Scots tongue and the vitality of the Scots-Irish in their contribution to the building of America. Quite uniquely, the Dinsmoor story brings these two elements together as one.

HISTORY OF THE DUNSMORE FAMILY

, Scotland, Ireland, New Hampshire

I found this at the Dunsmore Family Genealogy Forum on Genealogy.com. It was posted by Jim Dunsmore on March 15, 2002 at 16:15:31 (http://genforum.genealogy.com/dunsmore/messages/212.html)

I have copied and posted the story in its entirety, though only John (2) and John(3), who were the first to come to America are connected to the Densmores of my mother's paternity. I have added all,just in case someone else, including me, find it of use.

HISTORY OF THE DUNSMORE FAMILY

The Dunsmore family name is of Scotch origin. The first form of the name is stated to have been "Dinsmoor", then we came upon variations, "Dinsmore", "Dinsmire", and still another variation, sometimesfound in Scotland, "Dunmure". The Dunsmore family history, in so far as it is known, dates back to about 1600. Rev. John W. Dinsmore, D.D., of Bloomington, Illinois, gives as the probable origin of the patronymic, "I have no doubt but that the original ancestor wrote (if he could) "Dunsemoor", (dunse, a little hill, and moor, a little heath). He lives on or by a little hill, at the edge of a heath or moor. The first known man to whom reference can now be made, lived in the south of Scotland, near the River Tweed, and bore the name, "Dinsmoor", and was known as the Laird of Achenmead (1). Thiswas a courtesy little given to land owners in Scotland, who farmed out their land to tenants. This man had certainly two sons. The younger of these two sons, when seventeen or eighteen years old, being ordered to stand uncovered and hold the off-stirrup of his elder brother's saddle, when mounting his horse. He became offended with his father and brother for trying to put such humiliation upon him, ran away from home and went to Ireland. This younger son, John Dinsmoor (2), became the ancestor of the family settled in the Parish of Ballywattick. Ballmoney, Antrim County, Ireland, from whom all the American families of Dinsmore and Dunsmore are descended. This original Irish settler lived to the great age of ninety nine. He was fifty years married, and twenty nine years a widower. He gained high standings in his community as a man of good morals, strong sense and a pious life. A description of the coat-of-arms, written by Robert Dinsmore, of Ballywattick, on August 12, 1794, to his kinsman, John Dinsmoor, in Windham, New Hampshire, is given as follows; "A farm laid down on a plate of green color, with three wheat sheaves set upright in the center of yellow ( 1 ) color", all emblematical of husbandry and agriculture. In all the generations, they have adhered very closely to the land, and it was but natural that they should choose such a shield as this for the family colors. Thisfounder of the Irish family, John Dinsmoor (2), was born about 1650, and the date of his leaving his father's home is set at about 1667. Going to the north of Ireland, where thousands of Scotch people were already settled in the Province of Ulster, he located in the Parish of Ballywattich. John Dinsmore (3) son of John Dinsmoor (2), born in Ballywattich, about 1671, he came to America in 1723. Hewas then well advanced in middle life, and had a family. After going through long hardships, being taken prisoner by Indians, and having numerous adventures, he located in the Scottish settlement ofLondonderry, New Hampshire, being acquainted with many of the settlers there. Being a stone-mason, he built for himself a stone house in that part of town which is known as Windham. Robert Dinsmore (4), son of John Dinsmore (3) and Hannah born in Ireland in 1692, married Margaret Orr, in Ireland. He and his wife and four children, came to New Hampshire in 1730. He was a prominent man in the town,filling various public positions, and his last years were spent upon the farm owned in 1891 by Edwin O. Dinsmoor, a descendent four generations removed. Robert Dinsmore (4) died October 14, 1751 and his wife died June 2, 1752. This New Hampshire branch of Dinsmoor (or Dinsmore) family has furnished many strong men to the country. Colonel Silas Dinsmoor, for example, one of the notable Indian agents of our earlier period, a man of great versatility and marked ability, born in Windham 1766, and died at Bellevue, Kentucky, in 1847. In the sixth generation from the common ancestor, appears RobertDinsmoor (6), known as the "rustic bard", whose poems (written in the Scotch dialect) were published. This Robert Dinsmoor (6) had a brother, Samuel Dinsmoor (6), who was a graduate of Dartmouth College. He married a daughter of General Reid, of Revolutionary fame, became a member of Congress and Governor of New Hampshire. His son Samuel Dinsmoor (7) also became Governor of New Hampshire. MargaretDinsmoor (6), a sister of the "rustic barb", and of Samuel Dinsmoor (6), ( 2 ) the older Governor, married Deacon Samuel Morrison, and their Jeremiah Morrison, was the father of Honorable Leonard Allison Morrison, who served in both houses of the New Hampshire Legislature, and was the author of "The History of the Dinsmoor Family in Scotland, Ireland and America", which history included the storyof sixteen first settlers of Londonderry, New Hampshire. Then there was the Reverend Cadford M. Dinsmoor, of Exeter, New Hampshire, a prominent Methodist clergyman. Next was the Honorable James Dinsmoor, of Sterling, Illinois, who was born in Windham, in 1818, graduated at Dartmouth in 1841, settled in Lowell, Massachusetts, served in the Massachusetts Legislature, moved to Sterling, Illinois in1856 and for four years he was a member of the Illinois Legislature. He is the author of a brief history of Dinsmoor family of seventy-five pages, which is embodied in "The History of Windham, New Hampshire". It is one of the most valuable family histories extant, and is a monument to the great industry and love of kindred possessed by its honored author. The Honorable Albert E. Pillsbury, a brilliant lawyer, and Attorney General of Mississippi, was the son of Elizabeth Dinsmoor, who was a sister of the Honorable James Dinsmoor. Last but not least, we come to William N. Dinsmoor, long time President of the Adams Express Company, the largest express company in the world. He was a man of massive physique, great mental power, a marvelous capacity for business and an inexhaustible fund of witand humor. The New Hampshire family and its descendants comprise the largest branch of the family in America. Next in numbers comes the Pennsylvania family which had two founders, Adam Dinsmoor (3), who was in the third generation from the original Laird Dinsmoor (1), who was born in Ireland in 1675, and spent his life there, but his three sons emigrated to America, settling in eastern Pennsylvania, and have numerous descendants, a number of whom were notable men in their generations, but whom we have not space here to mention. The other branch of the Pennsylvania family is a descendant from Robert Dinsmore (4), also born in the north of Ireland, and who was in the fourth of the generation from Laird Dinsmoor (1). ( 3 ) The Mississippi family was founded by Adam Dinsmoor (4), who was bornin Ireland and who was probably in the fourth generation from Laird Dinsmoor (1), his children changed the name to "Dinsmore". A conspicuous figure in Mississippi, in our own generation is John RobertDinsmore of Macon, Mississippi. He was a successful lawyer and prominent in the political life of the state. The Virginia Dunsmores and their line, have already been referred to. James Dunsmore (2),who settled at Sinks Grove, Monroe County, Virginia, (now West Virginia as of June 20, 1863) with his wife Elizabeth, in about the year 1770, belonged to a family originally Scotch, but then relocatedin Ireland. Of this marriage three sons were born; William Dunsmore (3), born about 1774; Joseph Dunsmore (3), born 1776; and James Dunsmore, Jr. (3), born about 1788, all at Sinks Grove, Monroe County, Virginia. James Dunsmore, Jr. was a farmer, and was twice married. Of the first marriage to Sarah Murdock in 1811, there was only one child, who died in infancy. He married secondly, Margaret Reedin April 17, 1813 and of this marriage was born seven children; Elizabeth Dunsmore (4) born about 1815; John Dunsmore (4), born 1817; Margaret Dunsmore (4), born about 1819; Hannah Dunsmore (4), about 1820; George Washington Dunsmore (4), born 1823; Andrew Lewis Dunsmore (4), born 1826; and Mary Ann Dunsmore (4), born about 1828, all at Sinks Grove, Monroe County, Virginia. The sons were all farmers and the daughters all became farmers wives. The entire family connection settled in the immediate neighborhood, where their father located. John Dunsmore (4) married Francis Murdock on November 9,1847, and they were parents of four children; James Henderson Dunsmore (5), born about 1851; Andrew Wellington Dunsmore (5),born about 1853; Columbus Marion Dunsmore (5), born 1855; and Mary MargaretHannah Dunsmore (5), born August 26, 1859. James Henderson Dunsmore (5) never married, and made his home with his sister, Mary Margaret Hannah Dunsmore (5), who married James L. Lemons, who resided onpart of the old home place, near Sinks Grove, Virginia. Andrew Wellington Dunsmore (5) died when eight years old. Columbus Marion Dunsmore (5) married Virginia Catherine Marshall on November 15, 1877and resided on a farm near Sinks Grove, within one forth of a mile from his birth place. He owned the land on which his parents lived when he was ( 4 ) born. He always lived upon this farm, which wasconceded to be one of the nicest homes in the at Sinks Grove, West Virginia, which was very limited, and later he graduated under Professor James Gaston Dunsmore (5), a first cousin vicinity of SinksGrove. He received his early educational training at the Rocky Point Academy of his, at Sinks Grove, in the year 1874. This was in the early years of the Dunsmore Business College, which was Foundedby Professor Dunsmore, and now is located in Staunton, Virginia and still operating under the same name of the Dunsmore Business College, although its founder died in 1922. Columbus Marion Dunsmore (5) graduated at this school, and upon graduation he conducted a very successful Mercantile Business at Sinks Grove, West Virginia, up to the time of his marriage, and since that time after which he devoted his time to farming. To this marriage, there were born six children; Roy Raymond Dunsmore (6), born September 26, 1876; Lake Leslie Dunsmore (6), born March 29, 1880; Clarence Cade Dunsmore (6),born June 11, 1882; Vera Verne Dunsmore (6), born March 19, 1884; Nelsie Nickell Dunsmore (6), born April 16, 1886 and Gillie Gray Dunsmore (6), born June 19, 1887. Roy Rayman Dunsmore died October 9,1886. Lake Leslie Dunsmore married Edna Moore, of Pocahantas, West Virginia, on October 14, 1905. To this marriage there are no children. Clarence Cade Dunsmore married Therressa Andrews of Staunton,Virginia, on March 25, 1903, and to their marriage were born three children; Jewett Frederick Dunsmore (7), born April 22, 1904; Ralph Marshall Dunsmore (7), born December 9, 1905; and Roy Nelson Dunsmore (7), born October 14, 1907. He is a salesman and now lives in Staunton, Virginia. Vera Verne Dunsmore (6) married Arthur C. Patterson, of Pocahontas, West Virginia, on September 29, 1915. Mr. Patterson is now located at Rock Hill, South Carolina and is a successful merchant of that place. To this marriage was one son born; Arthur C. Patterson, Jr., born on June 29, 1915. Nelsie Nickell Dunsmore (6) died August 15, 1887. Gillie Gray Dunsmore (7) married Roscoe Russell Roberts of Virginia and to this marriage was born one child; Russell Roscoe Roberts, born September 8, 1911, and resides with his grandparents at Sinks Grove. Gillie Gray Dunsmore (7) got remarried to Karl Dotson on November 5, 1917 and to this marriage was two children born; Douglas Rice Dotson, born November 25, 1918;and ( 5 ) Marion Marshall Dotson, born March 25, 1923. Mary Margaret Hannah Dunsmore (5), married James L. Lemons, who is a farmer and resided upon part of the old homestead, near Sinks Grove. To thismarriage there was five children born; Mary Della Lemons; Charles Ashby Lemons; Homer Franklin Lemons; Robert Clarence Lemons; and Minnie Margaret Lemons. Mary Della Lemons married Dr. Robert Pearl Woods of Pocahontas County, and to this marriage was one child born; James Robert Woods Jr.. Charles Ashby Lemons married Anna Overfield, of New Jersey, and located in New Jersey. To them was one childborn; Charles Frederick Lemons. The other children were still with their parents at Sinks Grove, West Virginia. George Washington Dunsmore (4), son of James Dunsmore, Jr. (3) and Margaret Reed Dunsmore, married Amanda Melvian Crews on January 7, 1848, and they were the parents of two children; James Gaston Dunsmore (5), born at Sinks Grove, Monroe County, Virginia, on October 22, 1848; and Mary Martha Dunsmore (5), born at Sinks Grove, Monroe County, Virginia, and latter married James W. Ellis of Wolf Creek, Virginia, and of this marriage there were two children born; Lula Elner; and Mable. Mrs Ellis died in 1882. James Gaston Dunsmore (5) received his early educational training in the local county schools, and later attended the Rocky Point Academy, at Sinks Grove, West Virginia. This was prior to the Civil War. During the war, his schooling was limited to a few months of the winter time each year. Determined, however, upon an education, while working on the farm, he studied at homeand at night walked a mile to the little village of Rocky Point where he recited his lessons and received instructions from Professor A.A. Nickell, who was Principal of the Rocky Point Academy, a capable and scholarly teacher. After the Civil War was over, he attended the Rocky Point Academy, and in 1867 was made Assistant Teacher by Professor Nickell. He continued to study under Professor Nickelluntil the summer of 1868, when he took a teachers examination from the County Superintendent of Public Instruction, and enlisted as a teacher. He did not, however, discontinue his studies. He workedhard over his books in his boarding-house. A farmer's boy ( 6 ) himself, it came to him during these years of hard work, that here were many farm boys like himself, who, on account of lack of means and their environment, would never be able to go further than a public school. Then, as always, he had great interest in the farmers boys and their preparation for life's battle. He believed that he wascapable of being more than a "hewer of wood and carrier of water". Even then he cast about him to see in what way he could be most useful, and decided to make teaching his life's work in the largestsense. There were but few Commercial Colleges in the country at that time, except in the larger cities. He decided that a commercial education would fit young men in less time and at less expense, forthe duties of life, than any other kind of training. Having come to this conclusion, he left his home and his young wife, and went to Poughkeepsie, New York, where he enrolled himself on July 22, 1871, in Eastman National Business College. He went through their full course of commercial training with a view to becoming a teacher in this line. He was graduated December 18, 1871, with the degree ofMaster of Accounts. On December 23, 1871, he returned home, and after a few weeks rest, took charge of the public school connected with the Rocky Point Academy, at Sinks Grove, West Virginia. On February 22, 1872, he founded in that remote country place, The Dunsmore Business College, which was successfully conducted in connection with the public school, for eight years, until March 1880, when hemoved to Staunton, Virginia, where he combined his College with the Hoover Select High School for boys and young men. Two years later, in 1882, at the solicitation of friends, he withdrew from the Hoover School, and founded a school which was purely Commercial in all of its branches. In 1884, his college was incorporated and chartered approved by the Governor on November 29, 1884. His school started hundreds of young men and young women on the road to success, and being still in existence, ranks as one of the oldest schools of it's kind in the country. He was a man of hard work. His life centered around the school room, and like all successful school masters, his heart was in his work. He has tried to teach young men and women to lead pure lives and become Christian Citizens. ( 7 ) Professor Dunsmore continued in educational work, and as founder and President of the Dunsmore Business College, until July 1921, at which time he retired from active life, much against his will, and only after being urged to do so by his physician. He had always said that he wanted "to die in the harness". And he lived only a few months after his retirement. Professor Dunsmore (5) was twice married, first to Sarah Ellen Nickell, of Second Creek, West Virginia, daughter of George Washington and Caroline B. Nickell, on February 8, 1871. Of this marriage were eight children born; Lawrence Eastman Dunsmore (6), born about 1874; Homer Washington Dunsmore (6), born July 22, 1876; James Walter Dunsmore (6), born May 11, 1879; George Gilbert Dunsmore (6), born March 7, 1880; Stuart Baldwin Dunsmore (6), born December 7, 1882; Frederick Henkle Dunsmore (6), born about 1884; Bessie Melvian Dunsmore (6), born about 1885; and Cecil Clay Dunsmore (6), born about 1890. His second marriage was to Mary Julia McClung of Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, in October 1892, of this marriage there were no children. After retiring from active life in July 1921, he lived only until March 24, 1922 and was laid to rest in Thornrose Cemetery in Staunton, Virginia. Lawrence Eastman Dunsmore (6) moved to Richmond, Virginia. Homer Washington Dunsmore (6) moved to Fishersville, Virginia as a farmer. James Walter Dunsmore (6) moved to Montana as a rancher. Stuart Baldwin Dunsmore (6) moved to Charlottesville, Virginia as a bookkeeper and a C.P.A. . Frederick Henkle Dunsmore (6) died young. Bessie Melvian Dunsmore (6) moved to Washington D.C. . George Gilbert Dunsmore (6) moved to Verona, Virginia as a merchant and farmer. Cecil Clay Dunsmore (6) died young. Stuart Baldwin Dunsmore (6) moved to Charlottesville, Virginia and married Ethel Pearl Hiserman, daughter of Silas Kiwill and Addia Elizberth Hiserman. They had six children; Stuart Gaston Dunsmore (7), born December 20, 1913; Helen Elizberth Dunsmore (7), born July 25, ( 8 ) 1915; Paul Hiserman Dunsmore (7), born December 3, 1916; Cecil Nickell Dunsmore (7), born August 10, 1919; Walter James Dunsmore (7), born January 25, 1922; Conrad Baldwin Dunsmore (7), born January 13, 1932, all of Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia. Stuart Baldwin Dunsmore (6) died June 4, 1932 at Charlottesville, Virginia and his body rest in theThornrose Cemetery in Staunton, Virginia. Stuart Gaston Dunsmore (7) married Marjorie Ree Shifflet of Charlottesville, Virginia, daughter of Braxton and Lucy Ann Shifflet, on February 9, 1934 in Washington, D.C. . Marjorie Ree who was married before to Otis C. Thomas and by this marriage there were two children, Virginia Ann and Eugene Gorden Thomas. Virginia Ann is married and living in Charlottesville, Virginia. Eugene Gorden was killed in a auto accident December 22, 1948 in Staunton, Virginia. To the marriage of Stuart Gaston (7) and Marjorie Ree, two children were born; Stuart Gaston Dunsmore, Jr. (8), born September 27, 1936 in Charlottesville, Virginia. In 1938, Stuart , his wife and son moved to Parkersburg, West Virginia. A daughter, Majorie Deanna Dunsmore (8) was born June 20, 1939. In August 1939, the Dunsmore's moved to Staunton, Virginia, where they now live at 841 North Coalter Street. Stuart Gaston, Jr.(8) married Jannie Katherine Jones, May 19, 1967, she was from Pennington Gap, Virginia. They lived in New York City until 1971. To this marriage were three Children born; Clayton Eugene Dunsmore (9), born December 30, 1970 in New York City. Stuart, his wife and son moved to Stanley, North Carolina. Making their home here while Stuart Gaston, Jr. (8) taught at Gaston College in Gastonia, North Carolina. Their second son, Christopher Stuart Dunsmore (9), was born December 24, 1972; and a daughter, Kimberly Deanna Dunsmore (9) was born September 31, 1976. Marjorie Deanna Dunsmore (8) Living in New York City, after finishing College in Indiana, married Joseph Robert Armstrong, June 1963. Joseph, her husband died November 13, 1975. Kimberly Deanna Dunsmore (9) is working for Pan America Air Lines and going to New York University working on her Doctorate in Dance and Drama Education. ( 9 ) Stuart Gaston, Sr. (7) wife, Marjorie Ree died August 12, 1994 Stuart Gaston, Jr. (8) two sons, Clayton Eugene (9) died December 28, 1987 and Christopher Stuart (9) diedDecember 27, 1987. Andrew Lewis Dunsmore (4), son of James Dunsmore, Jr. (3), a farmer who married Martha Evans of Monroe County, West Virginia and located upon one of the best farms and was considered one of the best farmers of the vicinity of Sinks Grove. He acquired considerable wealth by farming. He had two daughters who married farmers; Emma Dunsmore (5) married James M. Rodgers of GreenbrierCounty, West Virginia, a farmer and large land owner of that county; Leona S. Dunsmore (5), born April 27, 1927, married Yancey Hunter Lemons, a farmer and who now resides on the farm where she was born near Sinks Grove, West Virginia. Lake Leslie Dunsmore (6) married Edna Moore of Pochahontas, West Virginia, on October 14, 1905. To this marriage there are no children.