Samuel Beattie Ryburn Dunn1
b. 21 March 1851, d. 6 September 1908
Birth | 21 Mar 1851 | Samuel Beattie Ryburn Dunn was probably born on 21 Mar 1851, as recorded in a family bible kept by his sister Emily, although his headstone says he was born in 1852. The location was Glade Spring, Washington County, Virginia.4,5,6,7,8 |
Marriage | 15 Jun 1875 | He married Mary Scott Jackson, daughter of Minter Jackson and Mary Katherine Fell, on 15 Jun 1875 at the Exchange Hotel in Marion, Smyth County, Virginia.9,10,11 |
Cens-1880 | 30 Jun 1880 | After their marriage Samuel and Mary lived in the Black Lick District of Wythe County. There they were enumerated with their three young children in 1880. Samuel worked as a store clerk. Also living with them was Edwin Sanders, age 65 who was listed on the census as a boarder.12 |
| | Samuel's sister, Sally (Dunn) Rogers and her family also lived in Wythe County. |
Cens-1900 | 7 Jun 1900 | By 1900 the family had returned to Washington County, where the census taker recorded Samuel and Mary, who had been married 25 years, and 5 of their children. Mary stated that she was the mother of 12 chldren, of whom only 6 were living.7 |
Residence | | The family lived in a large white house with a double porch on Old Mill Road in Glade Spring.13 |
Occupation | | Samuel was a druggist in the community, as was his son Minter.14 |
Death | 6 Sep 1908 | Samuel died on 6 Sep 1908 in Glade Spring, Washington County, Virginia, at age 57.15,8 |
Burial | | He was buried at Old Glade Spring Cemetery in Washington County, Virginia.8 |
Family | Mary Scott Jackson b. 25 Sep 1855, d. 13 May 1910 |
Children | - Mary Edith Dunn19,20 (4 Apr 1876 - 15 May 1968)
- Willie Dunn19,20 (Jan 1877 - 1877)
- Minter Alonzo Dunn19,20 (22 Feb 1878 - 20 Jan 1951)
- Stuart Vanneman Dunn19,20 (30 Mar 1879 - 3 Jul 1898)
- Jeanie Belle Dunn19,20 (28 Jun 1880 - 11 Oct 1880)
- Walter Edmondson Dunn+19,20 (3 Apr 1884 - 27 Jul 1948)
- Cloydine Ernest Dunn19,20 (Jun 1885 or Jun 1886 - 28 Mar 1971)
- Martha Sullivan Dunn19,20 (25 Feb 1889 - 15 Jun 1889 or 4 Jul 1889)
- Sallie B. Dunn+19,20 (19 May 1893 - May 1972)
- Lenora Beattie Dunn19,20 (16 Sep 1896 - 23 Oct 1896)
- Florence Virginia Dunn19,20 (17 Sep 1896 or 17 Sep 1898 - 27 Jun 1976)
- infant Dunn7 (before Jun 1900 - before Jun 1900)
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Citations
- [S55] Carolyn C. Ryburn, "Samuel Dunn-Jane Beattie Ryburn Edmiston family group sheet". Full name: Samuel Beatie Ryburn Dunn.
- [S65] Emily Dunn Bible.
- [S1542] Lineage application worksheet of Virginia Dunn Beatie, Daughters of the American Revolution (William Dunn), dated 1974-76. Virginia was the daughter of Samuel Dunn.
- [S65] Emily Dunn Bible. Date was recorded as March 21, 1851.
- [S2676] Family records, Stephen Alonzo Jackson (d. 1892) Notebook, held in 2011 by Jackson descendants. Stephen Jackson was Samuel Dunn's brother-in-law. The date was recorded as Mar 21, 1851 although it appears to have been written in a different ink and script, possibly overwriting an earlier entry.
- [S1542] Lineage application worksheet of Virginia Dunn Beatie, Daughters of the American Revolution (William Dunn), dated 1974-76. Virginia was Samuel's daughter; uses 21 March 1851 at Glade Spring, VA.
- [S574] Samuel B. Dunn household, 1900 U.S. cens., Washington Co., Virginia, pop. sched., Glade Spring District, ED 108, sheet 6B, dwelling 98, family 103, viewed online at Genealogy.com, April 2003, image 12 of 70. Samuel B. Dunn, 49, b. March 1851 VA, marr 25 yrs; Mary, wife 44, b. Sept 1855 W. Virginia, marr 25 yrs, mother 12 children, 6 living; Minter, son, 22, b. Feb. 1878; Walter, son, 16, b. March 1884; Cloydine, dau, 13, b. June 1886; Sallie B., dau, 7, May 1893; Florence, dau 3, b. Sept. 1896; all children b. VA.
- [S2] Catherine McConnell, High On A Windy Hill, p. 179. Samuel Beattie Dunn, 1852-1908 (Kappa Sigma Emb).
- [S60] Thomas Hockett and Shelia Steele Hunt, Smyth Co. VA Marriages 1851-1891 & 1860 Census, p. 53. S.B.R. Dunn 23, b. Washington Co. VA, s/o Samuel and Jane Dunn AND Mary S. Jackson 19, Gilmore Co. VA, d/o M. & Mary K. Jackson; 15 Jun 1875.
- [S3014] Family data, Minter Jackson and wives, The Holy Bible, original held in 2012 by Smyth Co. Virginia Genealogical Society, digitized online at http://smythcountygs.org/Family_Bibles.html. Marriage page includes: S.B.R. Dunn of Washington Co. to Mary Scott Jackson Daughter of Minter & Mary K. Jackson June 15th 1875. [added later in pencil: mother of Cloydine Jackson]
- [S2676] Family records, Stephen Alonzo Jackson (d. 1892) Notebook, held in 2011 by Jackson descendants. Stephen Jackson was Mary's half-brother.
- [S636] Samuel B. Dunn household, 1880 U.S. cens., Wythe Co., Virginia, pop sched., Black Lick District, ED 106, page 381A (stamped), dwelling 525, family 577, viewed online at Ancestry.com, March 30, 2003, image 61 of 62. Samuel B. Dunn 29 clerk in store; Mary J. 21 [?], wife; Mary E. 4 dau; Samuel M. 2 son; Stuart V. 1; a servant; Edwin H. Sanders 65, widowed or divorced, boarder, clerk in store; all born VA and all parents b. VA.
- [S52] Letter, Carolyn Ryburn to Diana Powell, 15 Oct. 2001.
- [S52] Letter, Carolyn Ryburn to Diana Powell, 30 June 2001.
- [S1542] Lineage application worksheet of Virginia Dunn Beatie, Daughters of the American Revolution (William Dunn), dated 1974-76. Virginia was Samuel's daughter; uses 6 Sept. 1908 at Glade Spring, VA.
- [S1376] Bible images courtesy of Carolyn Ryburn.
- [S1376] Image courtesy of Carolyn Ryburn.
- [S1376] Image courtesy Ramon Jackson.
- [S52] Letter, Carolyn Ryburn to Diana Powell, 15 Oct. 2001. Carolyn cites a chart on the Dunn family compiled years ago by she and her mother, Emma Leta Dunn Ryburn (a grandniece of Samuel B.R. Dunn).
- [S2676] Family records, Stephen Alonzo Jackson (d. 1892) Notebook, held in 2011 by Jackson descendants. Stephen A. Jackson was Mary (Jackson) Dunn's half-brother. He kept a notebook in which he recorded the names and dates of Mary's children. Children born after Stephen's 1892 death were entered by another family member, possibly some years after their birth as all of the dates to not appear accurate.