Illinois: History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, Chicago, 1882. Cass County. LUKE DUNN, farmer; P. O. Beardstown; is a native of Cornwall, England; was born May 20, 1824; son of Luke and Elizabeth (Bullen) Dunn; also natives of Cornwall. His father was a farmer by occupation; his mother died Dec. 11, 1831; they had eight children. Our subject received his education in the parish of Alternun, in England, and began farming in this county, where he has since followed that occupation. He married, March 24, 1846, in Cornwall, England, Elizabeth Jasper, a native of that country, and daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Jasper. By this union they have had eight children. Mr. Dunn is now serving his second term as County Commissioner; he is a member of Lodge No. 26, I.O.O.F., and of Lodge No. 726, Knights of Honor, in Beardstown. Dunn Bullen Jasper = England