1890 Buchanan and Delaware Counties History pgs. 319-320
         O. A. DUNHAM, D. D. S.    The subject   of   this sketch   is   the youngest    child   of   Ferdinand Dunham, an  old and honored citizen of Delaware county.

O. A. Dunham was born in La Porte county, Ind., July 3, 1852. He was about three years old when his father moved to Delaware county. His boyhood and youth, therefore, were spent in this county. He was reared partly on the farm and partly in Manchester, his education having been obtained in the Manchester public schools. For two years, after quitting school, he clerked in a store in Manchester; then, marrying, January 12, 1875, he went on his farm in Delaware township, where he engaged in farming for nine years. Returning to Manchester at the end of that time, he began to read dentistry, and after eight months so spent, he took a course of lectures in the dental department of the State University, at Iowa City. He practiced dentistry in Manchester during his vacation, and entering the university again in the fall of 1885, graduated from the dental department in March, 1886. He at once formed a partnership with Dr. Abbott and began regularly the practice of his profession. This partnership continues, Drs. Abbott & Dunham doing most of the dental work in Delaware county.

The lady whom Dr. Dunham married was Miss Florence S. Rea, a daughter of one of Delaware county's oldest settlers, G. W. Rea, of Colony township, a sketch of whom will be found in this work. The doctor and wife have two children-Alton F. and Oba Rea.

Dr. Dunham still owns his farm in Delaware township, and is identified in some measure with the agricultural interests of his county. He takes but little part, however, in public matters, confining his labors to his professional duties. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Modern Woodmen of America. In politics he is a republican, and he and his estimable wife are both members of the Presbyterian church, and, in accordance with their means and opportunities, active in church work and liberal contributors to charitable purposes

 

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