Florence Virginia Dunn1

b. 17 May 1830, d. 15 November 1914
FatherDr. Samuel Dunn2 b. 18 Feb 1805, d. 27 Nov 1888
MotherJane Beattie Ryburn Edmiston2 b. 24 Aug 1807, d. 23 May 1861
Birth17 May 1830 Florence Virginia Dunn was born on 17 May 1830.1,2 
Residence Florence and her sister Emma (Emily) remained in the Dunn family home on Forest Hill Drive and Dabney Road (near Glade Spring, Washington Co.) after their father's death in 1888. They were photographed on the porch of the log house that same year.3 
WillJan 1883 Florence and Emily wrote identical wills in January of 1883, leaving each other the entirety of their estate. The wills each contained a codicil clarifying that on the surviving sisters death the land was to be divided equally among their siblings or their heirs.4 
Codicil  Florence later added additional codicils to her will. In the first she instructed that should Estella and Anna Rogers die without children (or should their children die without children) their share of the property was to return to Florence's other heirs. She specifically instructed that the girls' father, Thomas Rogers (or his children by his last wife), was not to inherit anything.5,6 
Cens-19009 Jun 1900  The 1900 census recorded Florence at 70 and and Emma at 64. Their niece, Estella Rodgers, the 23 year old daughter of their deceased sister Sally was living with them.7 
Cens-191028 Apr 1910 After Emily died in 1909, Florence's nephew Harry B. Dunn, along with his wife and children, moved into the house with Florence.8,3 
Codicil20 Feb 1912  In a final codicil to her will, dated Feb. 20th, 1912, Florence gifted her house, yard and stables to Harry B. Dunn "for living with me and taking care of me in my old age."9 
Death15 Nov 1914 Florence died on 15 Nov 1914 at age 84.1 
Burial She was buried at Old Glade Spring Cemetery in Washington County, Virginia.1 

Related Links and Images:

Florence's birth entry in the Bible of her sister Emily (3rd image)10
Click here for photos and more information on the old Dunn log house where Florence and her sister Emily spent their entire lives.
Florence's will
Florence's headstone
Other interments in Old Glade Spring Cemetery
Last Edited8 Jan 2010

Citations

  1. [S2] Catherine McConnell, High On A Windy Hill, p. 179. Miss Florence Virginia Dunn, 17 May 1830-15 Nov. 1914, age 84y 5m 28d.
  2. [S65] Emily Dunn Bible.
  3. [S52] Letter, Carolyn Ryburn to Diana Powell, 28 Oct. 2000, 15 Nov. 2000; also sheet titled "Log House and Dunn Farm Chronology" dated Sept. 2000.
  4. [S961] Florence Dunn will and codicils (recorded 7 Dec. 1914), Washington Co., Virginia, Will Book 31: 246. The will was witnessed by A.M. Dickenson and R.C. Dunn.
  5. [S961] Florence Dunn will and codicils (recorded 7 Dec. 1914), Washington Co., Virginia, Will Book 31: 246. The date of this second codicil is not clear but it was probably after Fannie Roger's death in 1895 since she is not mentioned. The codicil was witnessed by D.C. Heath and J.W. Blevins.
  6. [S16] Thomas Rogers had been the husband of Florence's deceased sister Sally.
  7. [S574] Florence Dunn household, 1900 U.S. cens., Washington Co., Virginia, pop. sched., Glade Spring District, ED 108, sheet 8B, dwelling 141, family 146, viewed online at Genealogy.com, April 2003, image 16 of 70. Florence Dunn, 70, b. May 1830, VA, sgl; Emma, sister, 64, b. Apr 1836, sgl; Estella Rodgers, niece, 23, b. March 1877 Texas, sgl; also an 18 year old servant.
  8. [S237] Florence V. Dunn household, 1910 U.S. cens., Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., Glade Spring Precinct, ED 116, sheet 3A, dwelling 256, family 267, viewed online at Ancestry.com, April 2003, image 26 of 36. Florence V. Dunn, 79, sgl; Harry B. Dunn, nephew, 51, married 18 yrs, #2 marriage, dentist; Mattie M., niece, 41, marr 18 yrs, #1 marr, mother of 3 children, all living; Georgie A., niece, 20; Emma Leta, niece, 10; Harry S____, nephew, 7; Thomas E., nephew, 5; all b. Virginia.
  9. [S961] Florence Dunn will and codicils (recorded 7 Dec. 1914), Washington Co., Virginia, Will Book 31: 246. This codicil was witnessed by A.M. Porterfield and D.C. Allison.
  10. [S1376] Bible images courtesy of Carolyn Ryburn.