Reno County Biographies "The History of Reno County, Vol. 2," Sheridan Ploughe, 1917
GEORGE W. DUNN.
George W. Dunn, a well-known and well-to-do farmer of Enterprise
township, this county, owner of a fine farm of six hundred and forty acres
in the Abbyville neighborhood and an active participant in all public
enterprises thereabout, is a native of Iowa, but has lived in this county since he
was five years old, having been brought here in 1873 by his parents, who
were among the earliest settlers of that part of the county where he ever
since has made his home. He was born in Decatur county, Iowa, May 15,
1868, son of John P. and Mary A. (Anderson) Dunn, the former of whom, a
native of Kentucky, settled in Iowa with his parents, Martin and Emily
(Acton) Dunn, when he was about ten years old. There he grew to
manhood, served for two years and ten months during the Civil War as a
member of Company C, Ninth Iowa Cavalry, married in 1867 and in 1873 came
with his family to Kansas, locating on a homestead in Enterprise township
and became a large landowner there, residing on the farm until his
retirement about 1908, since which time he has been making his home in the
village of Abbyville, where he and his wife are very pleasantly situated. To
them four children were born, of whom the subject of this sketch was the
eldest. In a biographical sketch relating to F. M. Dunn, former trustee
of Enterprise township and a brother of the subject of this sketch, further
interesting details regarding the genealogy and history of this prominent
pioneer family are set out in full and to that sketch the reader is respectfully
referred for additional information in this connection.
It was in October, 1873, that the Dunns came to this county and
homesteaded a quarter of a section of land in Enterprise township. George W.
Dunn, who then was five years old, therefore received his schooling in the
pioneer schools of that township and was a witness to the development of the
bleak plain to its present high state of cultivation. He grew up on the home
farm, a valuable assistant to his father in the development of the same, and
presently engaged in farming on his own account. His affairs prospered
from the very start and he gradually enlarged his holdings until he now is
the owner of a full section of land in his home township and is looked upon
as one of the most substantial farmers and public-spirited citizens of that
part of the county. His farm is well improved and admirably cultivated,
the operations on the same being carried on in accordance with the latest
methods of modern farming.
George W. Dunn married Sarah Catherine Hendricks, who was born
in Indiana, daughter of Henry Hendricks, who is now living in the state of
Missouri, and to this union four children have been born, Henry, Amos,
Bessie and Wilbert. Mr. and Mrs. Dunn are members of the Abbyville
Methodist Episcopal church and take an earnest interest in all neighborhood
good works. Mr. Dunn is an Odd Fellow and a member of the Modern
Woodmen of America and takes a warm interest in the affairs of both those
organizations.
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