Marion County WV Archives Biographies.....Dunnington, Robert C. May 19, 1838 - February 4, 1904 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wv/wvfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Connie Burkett marionwvusgwarch@gmail.com January 28, 2010, 3:27 am Source: Hardesty's Historical and Biographical Encyclopedia Author: H. H. Hardesty ROBERT C. DUNNINGTON -- a merchant of Fairmont, has been a resident in Marion county since 1846. He was born in Taylor, now a county of West Virginia, the date of his birth, May 19, 1838. William M. and Jane E. (Kidwell) Dunnington, both now deceased, were his parents, and his wife is Mary A., daughter of John W. and Margaret (Ebert) Lott. Her mother is now living in this county, but at the date of her birth, May 15, 1837, her parents were residents in Washington county, Pennsylvania, which was the place of her nativity. Mr. and Mrs. Dunnington are the parents of: George A., Laura C., John Willey, Richard H., Margaret E., and Fanny Belle. During the civil war, Robert C. Dunnington was second lieutenant in the 6th West Virginia Infantry. Additional Comments: Death Register, Marion County WV, 1904, page 243, record 154 R. C. Dunnington died February 4, 1904 at age 66 of Dropsy & Heart Failure. Born in Pruntytown, W.Va.; buried in Woodlawn Cemetery Death Register, Marion County WV, 1911, page 37 Mary A. Dunnington, widow, died Feb 15, 1911 from Organic Heart Failure at age 74. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wv/marion/bios/dunningt62nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/wvfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb