Lassen-Sacramento-Butte County CA Archives Biographies.....Dunn, John R. 1835 - 
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Author: Fariss & Smith (1882)

JOHN R. DUNN.—Mr. Dunn was born in Callaway county, Kentucky, February 23, 1835.
At the age of four years his parents removed with him to Greene county,
Missouri. Here he worked on the farm and attended school. In 1857 the family
came overland to this state, and settled in the Sacramento valley. In 1864 John
removed to Lassen county, and settled on the farm now owned by Mr. Kirby. In
1872 he bought the farm where he now resides. It contains 170 acres, a nice
dwelling and farm buildings, and is five miles east of Janesville. Mr. Dunn is a
member of Janesville Lodge No. 223, I. O. O. F. He is a democrat in politics.
August 6, 1854, he married Miss Sarah E. Smith of Missouri, born in Henry
county, Tennessee, October 12, 1837. Their children are Eliza J., born October
8, 1855, died March 6, 1864; Thursa E., March 7, 1858; Araminta I., January 22,
1861; Mary L., May 10, 1863; Robert L., February 4, 1868; Hattie E., March 7,
1873. Eliza was born in Dade county, Missouri; Thursa, Araminta, and Mary in
Butte county, California; And Robert and Hattie in this county. Araminta married
John E. Jellison, May 1, 1878, and Thursa married John Johnson, November 25,
1881; both live in Lassen county.

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Extracted from:

Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties

San Francisco: Fariss & Smith
(1882)

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