Dr. M. A. Dunn , Winn/Grant Parishes, Louisiana.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies
120 Ted Price Lane
Winnfield, LA  71483
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Dr. Dunn has devoted a number of years to the practice of the healing art, 
but gives much attention to farming also, in both occupations meeting with 
good success.  He was born in Lincoln Parish, La., in 1851, to Hon. C. C. and 
Sarah (Smith) Dunn, both Mississippians, who were taken to Lincoln Parish, La., 
by their parents when children, where they grew to maturity and were married.  
Mrs. Dunn was called to her long home in 1852, but Mr. Dunn still survives her, 
having resided near Montgomery since 1859.  Although a merchant for many 
years he is now a planter, and is a successful and intelligent one.  His shrewd 
and far seeing views on all matters of a public nature have been recognized by 
his numerous friends in this section, and by them he has several times elected to 
represent Grant in the state legislature, and is its present representative.  He is a 
prominent member of Montgomery Lodge No. 168 of the F. & A. M., and during 
the Rebellion, was a soldier in the Confederate Army, being a member of the 
Twenty-seventh Louisiana Infantry.  He was wounded at Vicksburg, after which 
he did camp duty principally.  John A. Dunn, his father, was a Georgian, and after 
spending some time in Mississippi, came to what is now Lincoln Parish, moving 
afterward to Texas, where he died, having been a prominent Baptist divine.  He 
delivered the first sermon ever given at Lampasas, Texas, and possessed all the 
wit, shrewdness and intelligence of his Irish ancestors.  Isham Smith, the mother's 
father, was also one of the early residents of what is now Lincoln Parish, La., and 
was a tiller of the soil.  He died in Winn Parish about 1868, having been a participant 
in one of the early Indian wars.  Dr. M. A.  Dunn is the only surviving child by his 
father's first wife, and his education was received in the common schools.  In 
1872-1873 he entered the medical department of the University of Louisiana, 
and in 1874 graduated from the University of Louisville, Ky., after which he 
entered upon his practice at Montgomery, La., where he continued until 1884, 
since which time he has been a resident of Colfax, and has given considerable 
amount of attention to farming since that time, his land being situated four miles 
north of Colfax.  From 1888 he was coroner of Grant Parish for two years, and 
socially is a member of Montgomery Lodge No. 168 of F. & A. M. and the 
Farmers' Alliance.  He was married in 1874 to Miss Rosa K., daughter of James 
H. and Susan Reitzell, who were born at Baton Rouge, the former being killed at 
Atlanta, Ga., during the war while serving in the Twelfth Louisiana, and his wife 
died during the war also.  Mrs. Dunn was born in Rapides Parish, La., and is 
worthy member of the Methodist Church.

(The above was copied from "Biographical & Historical Memoirs of Northwest 
Louisiana", published 1890 by The Southern Publishing Company.  Submitted by 
Greggory Ellis Davies, Winnfield, Winn Parish, Louisiana.)