James S. Dunn, Calhoun County, AR

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SOURCE: Chicago: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1889.
Contributed by Carol Smith.
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Calhoun County, Arkansas - from Goodspeed's History of Arkansas

James S. Dunn is another successful farmer of this section, and also one of the pioneer settlers of Calhoun County, settling
here when his nearest neighbor was eight miles distant, and deer and bear were very numerous. He was born in Georgia,
January 6, 1818, the fourth child of John and Martha Dunn, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of North Carolina, and
moved to Arkansas, in 1843. The subject of this sketch was raised near Selma, Alabama, and received his limited education at
the common schools of that section. He moved to Union County, Arkansas in 1842 and resided in Calhoun County, Arkansas
since its organization. Mr. Dunn began doing for himself at the age of twenty- one years, farming as his pursuit in life. He was
married, in 1849, to Miss Mourning Ricks, daughter of James and Charity Ricks, natives of North Carolina, who moved to
Ouachita County, Arkansas in 1846. To subject and wife were born thirteen children, viz:William C., Mollie E., James R.,
John, Wiley J., Robert J., Mattie C., Hiram G., Harriet M., Sula and Loula (twins), Benjamin C., and Allen D. Allen D., John,
Mattie, Louis and Robert are dead. Mr. Dunn is a member of the Masonic fraternity, also of I. O. O. F. Although he is a strict
Democrat, he takes no active interest in politics. Several of the family belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Mr.
Dunn is a liberal supporter of all enterprises that will promote the welfare of his community. He owns a farm of about 500 acres
of land, with 100 acres under an excellent sate of cultivation. He is a highly respected citizen.