Bio of DUNN, Frederick Earl (b.1859), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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FREDERICK EARL DUNN - Vol II, pg 417-418
For many years Frederick Earl Dunn was associated with the grain trade of
Minneapolis and for twenty-five years was a well known figure in the wheat pit
of this city. All who knew him will remember him for the calmness which he
displayed in times of excitement and his ready alertness under all conditions.
Canada numbered him as a native son, his birth having occurred in Ontario, March
6, 1859, his parents being William and Adeline (Earle) Dunn, who in 1863 left
the Dominion and crossed the border into the United States, settling first at
Northfield, Minnesota, where they took up their abode in pioneer times, there
spending the remainder of their days. .. Frederick Earl Dunn was but four years
of age at the time the family home was removed to Northfield and in the public
schools of that city he pursued his early education, while later he attended
Carleton College there, thus becoming well trained for life's practical and
responsible duties. In 1881 he removed to Minneapolis, then a young man of
twenty-two years, and here he entered the employ of C. H. Pettitt, a grain
merchant. In 1887 he entered into business relations with the Van Dusen &
Harrington Grain Company and for twenty-five years was a well known figure in
the Minneapolis wheat pit. Throughout the period he was the trading floor
representative of the company and he was by reputation one of the quickest, most
alert and aggressive traders, noted for a remarkable outward calmness that no
pit excitement could ruffle. In 1911 he became associated with the Johnson, Case
& Hanson Company and was actively connected with the grain trade of the city
until two weeks prior to his demise. He enjoyed the utmost confidence of his
fellow operators in the pit and was regarded as a man of most sound judgment and
progressive spirit in everything relating to the trade.
In 1887 Mr. Dunn was united in marriage to Miss Harriet Lewis, a daughter of
Richard and Harriet (Hawley) Lewis, who were natives of the state of New York.
They became the parents of three children: Lewis Earl, who is with the Merchants
Trust & Savings Bank of St. Paul; Helen, the wife of Dr. John Horton Daniels,
who is a member of the medical staff of the Nanking University of China, in
which country he has been located for three years; and Harriet, who is
attendance officer under the board of education.
Mr. Dunn was ever actuated by the highest principles of manhood, citizenship and
Christianity in all his relations of life. He was prominent in the work of the
Wesley Methodist church, and no matter how exacting were the demands of business
upon his energies and effort, he always found time to cooperate in the purposes
of the church to promote the moral progress of the community. He was ever ready
to extend a helping hand where aid was needed and he was keenly interested in
all uplift movements. It was on the 15th of May, 1914, that he was called to his
final rest.