Polk County, Missouri Biographies - Thomas H. B. DUNNEGAN, Judge
History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, 
Missouri  1889, published by Goodspeed, Pg. 639
Polk County Biographies Section

    Judge Thomas H. B. Dunnegan, who resides at Bolivar, Mo.,
was born in Lawrence County, Mo., April 1, 1842.  His paternal
ancestors were of Irish descent.  His great-grandfather was a
Revolutionary soldier, after which period, with his family, he
emigrated from the State of North Carolina to the State of 
Tennessee.  His grandfather served under Gen. Jackson in the 
War of 1812, participation in the battle of the Horseshoe Bend.  
His father, Matthew Dunnegan, was born in Tennessee, came to 
Missouri with his father in 1832, and to Polk County in 1835.  
In 1837 he married Priscilla Akard, also a native of Tennessee, 
whose parents settled in Polk County in 1831.  She is still 
living at Dunnegan Springs, he having died there in August, 1871.
The subject of this sketch received what little education was 
afforded by the old-time district and subscription schools of 
Southwest Missouri.  Early in 1861 he enrolled in the Polk County
Home Guards, and in December of the same year enlisted in 
Company A, Eighth Missouri State Militia Cavalry, serving until
January 27, 1865.  On his return from the army he located in 
Bolivar, where he engaged in merchandising for about a year, 
when he was appointed to fill an unexpired term as county clerk. 
For two years he was deputy sheriff and collector, and in 1868 was
elected sheriff and collector, holding the office until January, 
1873.  From 1878 to 1882, he was associate judge of the county 
court, and in 1888 was again elected to the same position. For 
about fifteen years he has been a member of the Bolivar School 
Board.  In 1872 he engaged in banking, in which business he has
continued.  He is also occupied in farming and stock raising.  
On April 5, 1866, he married Miss Sallie A. Beggs, daughter of 
the late Dr. Joseph Beggs, of Clarion County, Penn., by whom he 
had four sons, three of whom, Willard B., J. Matt. And Carl F., 
still survive.  She died October 8, 1876.  Four years later, 
June 15, 1880, he married Miss Ella A. Carothers, daughter of 
the late Judge Carothers, of Shelby County, Mo., by whom he has
had four daughters, three of whom, Grace B., Bessie A. and 
Olive L., are living. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church, a Master Mason, Knight Templar, member of the G.A.R. and
A.O.U.W., and last, but not least, a Republican in politics.
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