Kansas History and Heritage Project-Reno County Biographies

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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