Greenbrier County, West Virginia Biography of HENRY C. DUNN. This biography was submitted by Sandy Spradling, E-mail address: This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. All other rights reserved. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. This file is part of the WVGenWeb Archives. If you arrived here inside a frame or from a link from somewhere else, our front door is at http://www.usgwarchives.net/wv/wvfiles.htm History of Greenbrier County J. R. Cole Lewisburg, WV 1917 p. 194-195 HENRY C. DUNN. The Dunn family lived in Culpeper county, Virginia. John Dunn came from there and settled on a farm near Lewisburg, where he was known for many years as a highly respected Christian gentleman in the Presbyterian church. He married Maria J. Taylor and the fruit of this union was Elizabeth, who married Robert Remick, now of Remick county, West Virginia; Henry C., the subject of this sketch, Catherine (Mrs. McNeel) and John R. Henry C. Dunn was born on October 22, 1841, and died July 2, 1904. He was one of Greenbrier's enterprising farmers, and for many years he owned and operated a coal yard at Ronceverte. After living in Kanawha county for twenty-five years, he sold the homestead farm and moved to Lewisburg, in 1899, where his widow now resides. He was a very liberal-hearted man, very generous to the poor, his benefactions distinguishing him as a hospitable gentleman of the community. On July 5, 1874, Mr. Dunn was married to Miss Sally Matthews, and from this union came, John, horn May 25, 1875, died April 19, 1904. He was a bookkeeper for a coal company for some time and was a member of the Masonic fraternity in high standing. The second child was Virginia, born May 31, , and died March 11, 1911; Maria L., born October 6, 1850. She married A. M. McCormick on July 12, 1905, and to them were born three children, Alice Gray, Alpha M., and Sallie Matthews. Mr. McCormick is bookkeeper for the Light and Power Company, of Logan.