Biographical Sketch of H. W. Dunn, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, MO

>From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph
Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri.
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H. W. Dunn, Street Commissioner, was born in Lee County, Virginia,
April 9, 1838.  His early days, until he attained his nineteenth
year, were spent in tilling the soil, his father, John Dunn, being
an agriculturist.  In 1857, the family migrated to Buchanan County,
locating near Agency, where his father died, October 20, 1859.  In
1859, the subject of this sketch removed to Kansas, residing there
until 1861, when he returned to Agency, remaining until 1865, thence
to Page County, Iowa, sojourning one year, when he became a resident
of St. Joseph.  For twelve years he was engaged in street sprinkling,
after which, for a number of years, he was Deputy Street Commissioner.
In the spring of 1881, he received the appointment to the position he
now occupies.  His wife, Miss Malinda Reese, of Agency, he married on
July 4, 1861.  The union has been blessed by nine children, eight of
whom are living:  Franklin P., Mattie D., Charles H., Bertha E., Otie
M., Fred A., Nannie L., Jacob P., John L., the third eldest son met
his death on May 24, 1877, by being drowned in the Missouri River. 
Mr. Dunn is a member of the A.O.U.W., Select Knights, and the I.O.O.F.
He is known throughout the city from the smallest urchin to the oldest
inhabitant as "Commissioner" Dunn.

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