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LINE OF JONATHAN DUNHAM OF WOODBRIDGE, NEW JERSEY

FOURTH GENERATION IN AMERICA

26. David-4 Dunham (Nathaniel-3 Dunham, Jonathan-2 Singletary/alias Dunham, Richard-1 Singletary), b. 1704

The below information was provided by Audrey Hancock 27 May 2022

JAMES-8 DUNHAM (Sr.), son of Ross-7 Dunham and Sarah "Sally" Roll, was born 1808 in New Jersey [likely Essex Co. (now Union Co.)]. He moved with his parents & siblings from NJ to Hamilton Co., OH and on to Miami Co., OH. He married (1) Mary Sands; had ten children prior to her death. He married (2) Mary Jane (Kelsey) Brandon and had two children. His Civil War record indicates he was a grocer at time of enlistment at Springfield, Clark Co., OH on 9 Sep 1861 and joined for duty as a musician in Co. G., 8th Ohio Regiment, Cavalry. He enrolled for a period of 3 years as musician in Capt. Newkirk; 8th OH Reg't,; Cavalry which eventually became 44th Ohio Volunteer Infantry.

By June 1862 and July 1862, he was in the General Hospital at Charleston, VA. By August 1862 Capt. A. B. Dod discharged James (age 53 years) from infirmity and anal fistula at Columbus, Franklin Co., OH. [His records were originally confused with his son's (James C. Dunham, Jr's.) Civil War records.] He was the father of James Dunham, Jr. and Henry Dunham and father-in-law of Harmon Kunnecke (hus/o Elmira Dunham), the three dying in the Civil War.

HENRY DUNHAM, son of James Dunham, Sr. (Civil War Veteran) and his first wife, Anna Sands, was born 10 January 1830 or 11 Jan 1831 in Miami County, Ohio. He married Sarah Jane Martin, and they were the parents of five children. He was a miller and carpenter in Greenville Township, Darke Co., OH at the time of his enlistment. Henry Dunham (32y), his brother James Dunham, Jr.; and brother-in law (Harmon/Herman A. Kunnecke, hus/o Elmira Dunham) enlisted in the Civil War at Darke County, Ohio on 2 May 1864. (Source: Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865: Darke Co., OH; Greenville Township). Henry Dunham served in the Union Army, sustained injuries on 11 May 1864, and Henry died of lung disease and from injuries sustained while serving in Company I, 152nd Infantry, Ohio Regiment on 6 Jun 1864 at the Hospital in Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia. His father-in-law retrieved his body, returned to Darke Co., OH where he was buried in the Martin Cemetery on 9 June 1864. (Source: Find a Grave Memorial: 51070297)

PICTURE: JAMES C-9 DUNHAM, Jr., son of James Dunham, Sr. (Civil War Veteran) and his first wife, Anna Sands, was born 23 December 1834 in Miami County, Ohio. At adulthood, he married Margaret Elizabeth Slonaker and resided in Greenville Twp., Darke Co., OH, where he worked as a carpenter and cooper. They were parents of four children. Civil War Records indicate he was hazel-eyed, dark-complexioned, dark hair, & 5 ft. 8 in. He enlisted as a Private on 27 January 1864 in Company G of the 44th Ohio Infantry, yet it quickly became Company M, 8th Regiment of the Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. However, his initial enlistment papers show that he had been mustered into the 44th Ohio Infantry, Company G at Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio in the Union Army. While stationed at Cincinnati, OH he wrote letters home. (Source: Biographical Sketch: https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~grannyapple/genealogy/DUNHAM/BIO-James DUNHAM jr.html) James C. Dunham was injured at Liberty, Virginia, captured and taken prisoner at Lynchburg, VA and died as P.O.W. at Andersonville Prison, Sumter County, Georgia from diarrhea & dysentery on 01 October 1864. (Source: Civil War Research Database; Affidavit of James Friday given as to the injury & death of James Dunham as P.O.W. at Andersonville) He is buried at Andersonville National Cemetery at the Andersonville National Historic Site, Macon County, Georgia. (Source: Selected Records Relating to Federal P. O. W. Confined at Andersonville, GA, 1864-1865. (Source: Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865: Darke Co., OH; Greenville Township)

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