Mary Edith Dunn1,2

b. 4 April 1876, d. 15 May 1968
FatherSamuel Beattie Ryburn Dunn1,3 b. 21 Mar 1851, d. 6 Sep 1908
MotherMary Scott Jackson1,3 b. 25 Sep 1855, d. 13 May 1910
Birth4 Apr 1876 Mary Edith Dunn was born on 4 Apr 1876 in Wythe County, Virginia.2,4 
Cens-188030 Jun 1880  She was enumerated in her father's household in Wythe County in 1880, along with 2 younger brothers. Her father worked as a store clerk.5 
Marriage29 Aug 1892 She married William F. Love, son of Joseph Ryburn Love and Mary Elizabeth Edmondson, on 29 Aug 1892 in Washington County, Virginia.6,7 
29 Aug 1892 She was 16 and he was 24.6 
Cens-190016 Jun 1900  Following their marriage Mary and William migrated west. They were enumerated on the 1900 census for Lincoln County, Washington, where they were both listed as servants in the household of Robert Neal, a fruit grower. William was working as a laborer. William was 32; Mary was 24. They did not have children.8 
Widowed21 Oct 1906  Mary was widowed when William died of heart failure on 21 Oct 1906 in Wilbur (Lincoln County).9 
Legatee31 Dec 1906 Mary's uncle, Robert C. Dunn, wrote his will a few months later. He left her [named as Edith] $300, along with his mother's needlework.10 
Cens-191016 Apr 1910  In the years after William's death Mary appears to have trained as a nurse. She also moved to Portland, Oregon, where she was enumerated in 1910 rooming in a nurses club. She was recorded as Edith, age 33; she had not had children, and was employed as a nurse in a private home.11 
Marriage16 Sep 1916 She married Charles J. Roswell on 16 Sep 1916 in Multnomah County, Oregon.12 
Cens-19208 Jan 1920  Mary and Charles lived in Portland after their marriage. In 1920 they were enumerated in what appeared to be an apartment building at 22 1/2 N. 20th. Charles (42) was employed as an insurance agent. Mary (43) was again employed as a private nurse.13 
Death15 May 1968 Mary died on 15 May 1968 in Marion County, Oregon, at age 92.4,14 
Last Edited30 May 2011

Citations

  1. [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).
  2. [S2676] Family records, Stephen Alonzo Jackson (d. 1892) Notebook, held in 2011 by Jackson descendants. Stephen Jackson was Mary's uncle; the half-brother of Mary Scott (Jackson) Dunn.
  3. [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.
  4. [S1440] "Social Security Death Index", Ancestry.com (http://www.Ancestry.com : viewed Aug. 2007), for Mary Roswell data.
  5. [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.
  6. [S123] William R. Wheeler, Washington Co., VA Marriage Licenses 1881-1890, p. 69. W.F. Love, 24, s/o W.R. & Mary Love, lumberman AND Mary E. Dunn, 16, b. Wythe Co. VA, d/o S.B. & Mary Dunn, 29 Aug. 1892 by E.T. Kable.
  7. [S1785] Family data sheet completed by Dora Love Rouse at Marion VA for Redmond Cole, mailed January, 1926, "L" Misc. File (folder #55), The Redmond S. and Mary Cole Collection, Family History Library. Dora was the daughter of Joseph Ryburn Live and Mary Elizabeth Edmondson.
  8. [S1527] Robert R. Neal household, 1900 U.S. cens., Lincoln Co., Washington, pop. sched., Condon precinct, ED 34, sheet 6B, dwelling 114, family 114, viewed online at Ancestry.com, July 2006, image 3 of 6. Enumeration includes: Rbt Neal, 48, fruit grower; also family; William F. Love, servant, b. June 1867, 32, marr 7 yrs, b. VA, parents b. VA, farm laborer; Mary E. Love, servant, b. Apr. 1876, b. VA, marr 7 yrs, no children, father b. VA, mother b. W VA; Robert Love, servant, 23, b. VA, parents b. VA.
  9. [S1528] "Lincoln County Death Register 1906-1907", USGenWeb: Washington, Lincoln County (http://www.rootsweb.com/~walincol/vitalrecords.html : accessed Jul 2006), William F. Love entry.
  10. [S536] Robert C. Dunn will (1907), Washington Co., Virginia, Will Book 29: 277. Will names: wife Nannie Dunn, sisters Florence V. and Emily J. Dunn, nieces Edith D. Love, Lizzie Dunn Rector, Anna Rogers Hutton (inferred that Anna has an heir but he/she is not named), Sarah Agnes Jones, dau of S.A. and Nannie E. Jones of Waynesville N.C., Lura Virginia Steffner, dau of Frank and Lura Steffner of Chattanooga TN. An additional statement wills mother's needlework to niece Edith Love Wilbur Washington then to Anna Rogers Hutton, then to Lizzie S. Dunn. It also wills rifle to Minter Dunn, trunk and jewelry to Walter Dunn, as well as father's razor with admonition to take good care of it.
  11. [S1529] Graduate Nurses Club household, 1910 U.S. cens., Multnomah Co., Oregon, pop. sched., Portland, ED 158, sheet 9B, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Jul 2006, image 18 of 26. Enumeration of Nurses Registry includes on line 62: Edith Love, lodger, age 33, wid, no children, b. VA, parents b. VA, employed as a nurse for a private family.
  12. [S1791] "Oregon Marriage Index, 1906-20", Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com). Entry for Mary Love.
  13. [S1790] Charles J. Roswell household, 1920 U.S. cens., Multnomah Co., Oregon, pop. sched., Portland, ED 10A (p. 243 stamped), sheet 57, dwelling 311, family Aug. 2007, image 19 of 37. Household includes: Charles J. Roswell, 42, rents home, b. Michigan, insurance agent; Mary E., wife, 43, b. VA, parents b. VA, trained nurse; resid at 22 1/2 N. 20th; appears to be multi-family dwelling, viewed online at Ancestry.com.
  14. [S1135] "Oregon Death Index, 1903-98", Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com). Entry for Mary E. Roswell, certificate #6988.