JOHN DUNN, P. O. Muscoda; son of Judge Dunn; a native of Illinois, born Feb. 14, 1824; he came to this State with his parents in 1837, and located with them at Oak Grove, La Fayette Co., where he engaged in farming and field-surveying for three years; in 1850, he made a trip to California (overland route), and remained there ten years; the first year he engaged in mining, and the succeeding years in stock-raising; on his return to this State, he bought a farm in the town of Wingville, which he still owns and manages. He was married in 1860 to Miss Elizabeth Howard, a native of Illinois; they have five sons and four daughters; the two oldest sons are in Kansas, engaged in stock-raising; the remaining children are at home.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.