Glynn County GaArchives Obituaries.....DUNN, Eliza  (Mrs.) August 1884
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Advertiser & Appeal; Saturday 23 August 1884; pg. 6 col. 4

DEATH OF MRS. ELIZA DUNN—The Mother of Our Townsmen Messrs. D.T. and H.T. Dunn

A telegram on Sunday evening last announced the death of Mrs. Eliza Dunn, of 
Elmyra [sic], N.Y., the aged mother of our townsmen, D.T. & H.T. Dunn.  Mr. 
Henry T. Dunn fortunately was North at the time, but his brother, D.T. Dunn, 
was here in his Southern home, and was not permitted to hear her last words.  
We make the following extracts from the daily Elmyra Advertiser:

“Another life has gone out from the midst of those who loved and cherished 
it.  Another spirit has passé from the joys and sorrows of this world, to 
receive the reward promised the faithful in the haven of rest beyond.  At 7:30 
o’clock last evening, Mrs. Eliza Dunn, widow of the late Judge Dunn, passed 
away quietly and peacefully at the residence of her son-in-law, Frank H. 
Atkinson, 756 Park Place.  Mrs. Dunn’s maiden name was Eliza Thompson.  She 
was born in Goshen, Con., on the 8th of May 1808, and was therefore at the 
time of her death in her 76th year.  When she was eighteen years of age Miss 
Thompson came to Elmira to teach school.  Here she met Mr. Dunn, a prominent 
young lawyer, practicing before the Tioga county bar.  Mr. Dunn sought her 
hand and they were married in Goshen, Conn., April 27th, 1827.

“A noble Christian, she did her work quietly, earnestly, and without show or 
ceremony.  Generous and charitable, she proved a blessing to all with whom she 
came in contact.  Ever ready with a kind word and a helping hand for those in 
need; a tender word of sympathy for those in distress, and always engaged in 
some quiet work of charity, she made hundreds of friends who will mourn her 
loss as that of a mother or a near relative.  Mrs. Dunn had five children, 
three sons and two daughters, all of whom survive her:  D. Thompson and Henry 
T. Dunn, who now reside at Brunswick, Ga.; Isaac B. Dunn, of Elmira, and Mrs. 
Thomas Root, and Mrs. Frank H. Atkinson, also of this city.”


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