Harry Buchanan Dunn1

b. 31 August 1858, d. 6 February 1927
Harry and May (Gookin) Dunn (cropped)
FatherThomas Edmiston Dunn2 b. 3 Apr 1832, d. 4 Nov 1903
MotherCaldedonia V. Sanders1 b. 5 Dec 1841, d. 1897
Birth31 Aug 1858 Harry Buchanan Dunn was born on 31 Aug 1858 in Virginia.1 
Marriage24 Mar 1889 He married first Estelle Oury, daughter of Robert Oury and Harriett Daily, on 24 Mar 1889 in Smyth County, Virginia.3 
Divorce12 Oct 1895 Harry and Estelle were divorced on 12 Oct 1895. Although Estelle filed the divorce papers the couple's 2 children were ordered to live with Harry.4,5 
Education Harry attended dental school in the late 1890s at the University of Tennessee.6 
Occupation Following graduation he practiced dentistry for years in Washington County.6 
Marriage28 Apr 1897 He married second Mattie May Gookin on 28 Apr 1897.7 
Cens-190027 Jun 1900  Harry and his second wife, May, lived with his father in Saltville at the turn of the century. There they were recorded on the 1900 census with their infant daughter Emma, Harry's two children from his first marriage (Georgia 9 and Lynch 7) and Harry's younger sister, Lizzie.8 
Cens-191028 Apr 1910 Following the death of his father and his Aunt Emily, Harry and May moved in to the old Dunn log home on Forest Hill Dr. and Dabney Rd., just outside of Glade Spring, to help care for his Aunt Florence, who was still living in the home. They were all enumerated there on the 1910 census, along with Harry's daughter from his first marriage, and his three children with May.9,10 
Residence  On the death of his Aunt Florence Harry inherited the home and the family lived there until Harry's death in 1927.10,11,12 
  In the years that followed it would become the family home of daughter Emma and her husband Carter Ryburn. 
Death6 Feb 1927 Harry died on 6 Feb 1927 at age 68.13 
Burial He was buried at Old Glade Spring Cemetery in Washington County, Virginia.1 

Related Links and Images:

Harry's dental degree
Harry and May Dunn in front of the old Samuel Dunn log home14
Click here for photos and more information on the old Dunn log house
The home at Plasterco (near Saltville), Virginia where Harry, May and the children lived with Harry's father Dr. Thomas E. Dunn.15
Harry's headstone
Other interments in Old Glade Spring Cemetery

Family 1

Estelle Oury b. 8 Jan 1865, d. 11 Nov 1899
Children

Family 2

Mattie May Gookin b. 23 Sep 1868, d. 18 Feb 1950
Children
Last Edited28 Aug 2012

Citations

  1. [S58] Carolyn Ryburn, "Carolyn Ryburn pedigree chart", No sources provided. Harry Buchanan Dunn was Carolyn's grandfather.
  2. [S165] Thomas E. Dunn household, 1880 U.S. Census, Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., Saltville District, ED 99, page 61 (239A stamped), dwelling 519, family 532, viewed online at www.Ancestry.com, April 2003, image 61 of 63. Thomas E. Dunn, 48, marr, physitian [sic]; Caledonie, 37, wife; Harry 22, son; Sanders, 16, son; Lizzie, dau 7; Darcus Hudson, 14, servant; all b. Va; all parents b. VA.
  3. [S60] Thomas Hockett and Shelia Steele Hunt, Smyth Co. VA Marriages 1851-1891 & 1860 Census, p. 53. H. B. Dunn, 29, book keeper & Stella Oury, 25, d/o Robt & Harriet, 24 Mar 1889.
  4. [S52] Letter, Carolyn Ryburn to Diana Powell, Jan. 2004.
  5. [S575] Jenny Dunn, "Question and Update," e-mail to Diana Powell, 15 Jul 2006. Jenny cites Washington County VA Chancery Order Book M 1895-1897.
  6. [S52] Letter, Carolyn Ryburn to Diana Powell, 10 May 2001.
  7. [S58] Carolyn Ryburn, "Carolyn Ryburn pedigree chart", No sources provided. Harry Buchanan Dunn and Mattie May Gookin were Carolyn's grandparents.
  8. [S574] Thomas Dunn household, 1900 U.S. cens., Washington Co., Virginia, pop. sched., Saltville District, ED 122, sheet 23B, dwelling 324, family 324, viewed online at Genealogy.com, Jan. 2003, image 84 of 92. The census enumerator recorded: Thomas Dunn [age and date of birth faded], wid, b. VA, parents b. VA; Harry B. son, b. July 1858, 41, married 11 years, b. VA, occupation: dentist; Lizzie S. dau, 25, b. [?] 1874 VA; Mattie M., dau-in-law, age 31, b. [?] 1868 TN, marr 3 yrs, mother 1 child, living; Georgia A., granddaughter, 9, b. Sept 1890 VA; Lynch S. grandson, 7, b. Sept 1892 VA; Emma L., granddaughter, 2/12, b. March 1900 VA.
  9. [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.
  10. [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.
  11. [S961] Florence Dunn will and codicils (recorded 7 Dec. 1914), Washington Co., Virginia, Will Book 31: 246.
  12. [S238] Dr. Harry Dunn household, 1920 U.S. cens., Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., Glade Spring District, ED 149, sheet 3B, dwelling 48, family 49, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Jul 2003, image 1 of 19. Recorded data includes: Dr. Harry Dunn, 61, dentist; May, wife, 51, b. TN; Leta, dau, 18, teacher at high school, Sidor, son 17, Thomas, son 14, all children b. VA.
  13. [S58] Carolyn Ryburn, "Carolyn Ryburn pedigree chart", No sources provided. Born 31 Aug 1858, d. 6 Feb. 1927.
  14. [S1376] Photo courtesy of Jenny Dunn and Ray Dunn.
  15. [S1376] Photo courtesy of Carolyn Ryburn.
  16. [S575] Jenny Dunn, "Question and Update," e-mail to Diana Powell, 15 Jul 2006. Jenny's email included a scanned image of Georganna Dunn Gorsline's death certificate issued by the Tennessee State Dept. of Health.
  17. [S55] Carolyn C. Ryburn, "Carter White Ryburn-Emma Leta Dunn family group sheet."
  18. [S575] Jenny Dunn, "(Blank subject line)," e-mail to Diana Powell, 18 Jan 2003. Harry's father was Jenny's husband's great grandfather.
  19. [S575] Jenny Dunn, "(Blank subject line)," e-mail to Diana Powell, 18 Jan 2003. Thomas's father was Jenny's husband's great grandfather.