ANCESTORS OF GEORGE EARL DUNHAM OF UTICA, N.Y.  7 JUL 1994

 

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Prepared by: William James Wood Jr 21-1

 

SECOND GENERATION

 

1. Moses Earl (Rev.) [2] Dunham 19-2 (Moses "Rev." 18-2, 2) (IWD, P22) <

Rev. M. Earl Dunham, on June 1, 1871, officiated at the wedding of my great-grandparents George W. Dunham and Lydia Jane Baker in Whitesboro, NY, witness: Lydia M. Dunham, wife of Rev. M. Earl.

The Reverend M. Earl (PhD, DD) graduated from Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. His son, George Earl, was also an alumnus of Hamilton, and a noted newspaper publisher in Utica, NY.

In his 1907 "Genealogy," Isaac Watson Dunham, in his preface "Kinsman Correspondents" lists Rev. Moses E. Dunham, Whitesboro, NY. ). Born, 6 Feb 1825. Died, 1898. Occupation: M.E. Clergyman. Reference: IJH118.

 

He married, first, Harriet Ursula Hughson (IWD, P22), circa 1858. Born, circa 1826 (??). Died, before 1871. Reference: IJH118W1. Children:

 

i. George Earl 20-1 [1] (ibid.) (George Earl Dunham graduated from Hamilton College in 1879, youngest in his class. He was the editor and publisher of "The Utica Daily Press" until his death and he endowed the Dunham Library in Whitesboro, NY. He and his wife Helen L. (Jones) had no issue. [Source: copies from The Hamilton Papers, Frank K. Lorenz, Curator, Special Collections, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY in custody of William J. Wood 5 Sept 19871 ). Born, 5 Apr 1859, in Clayville, NY. Died, 29 Oct 1922, in Utica, Oneida Co, NY. Occupation: Publisher. He married (IWD, P22) Helen L. Jones, 1884, in Whitesboro, NY? (Methodist Episcopal Church ?). Reference: IJH119.

 

He married, second, Lydia Maria Johnston (IWD, P22), before 1871, in Whitesboro, NY?. Born, circa 1827 (??). Reference: IJH118W2.

 

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