Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameJames Madison Dunn 
Birth29 May 1826, Anson County, NC
Death12 Jan 1865, Hilton Head, Beaufort County, SC
Occupationbrick mason
Spouses
Birth10 Aug 1827, Anson County, NC
Death10 Jun 1900, Stanly County, NC
BurialOak Grove UMC Cemetery, Stanly County, NC
FatherReuben Henry James (1784-1862)
MotherDelila A. Holley (1783-1861)
ChildrenDelila Elizabeth “Lizzie“ (1849-1931)
Cornelia Sophronia (1850-1871)
Joseph Reuben “Joe“ (1853-1937)
James A. “Dock“ (1856-1937)
Franklin Lafayette (1859-1938)
John (1862-1893)
Notes for James Madison Dunn
1850 Union County census
James M. Dunn 24
Salina L. 22
Delila A. E. 1
Cornelia 1/12
John L. James 23
1860 Union County census
Joseph M. Dunn 34, brick mason
Salina L. 32
Dellila A. E. 11
Cornelia A. S. 9
Joseph R. 8
James A. 4
Franklin L. 1
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EDMUND DUNN would have been a contemporary of James Madison Dunn’s father whom we have been trying to identify for 40 years.
1850 Stanly County census
Almonds District, 6 Sept 1850
page 31B, house #445, family #446
Dunn, Edmund 48 M Laborer NC
Dunn, Jane 50 F NC
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James Madison Dunn was killed in the Civil War at Hilton Head, SC. The body was never shipped home.
"Sherman arrived in Savannah in Dec 1864 and invaded SC in late Jan, with one of his advances being an amphibious route from Savannah up into Port Royal Sound. Fort Walker on Hilton Head Isalnd, however, was captured in late 1862 and became the base for the Union Army's Dept of the South. Sherman was actually on Hilton Head Island on Dec 21 when the federal army took Savannah. He was meeting there trying to arrange for ships to block William Hardee's Confederate troops from escaping across the Savannah River, but they had been building a bridge and escaped while he was away." [Frank D. Page]
Company C, 10th Battalion, NC Heavy Artillery
Joseph M. Dunn, private, born in Anson County and resided in Union County as a farmer where he enlisted at age 35, 19 Mar 1862 for the war. Present or accounted for through Oct 1864. Paroled at Charlotte 3 May 1865. [Obviously an error if this is James Madison Dunn, and the age is perfect. Union County was formed from Anson County in 1842.]
James M. Dunn 24
Salina L. 22
Delila A. E. 1
Cornelia 1/12
John L. James 23
1860 Union County census
Joseph M. Dunn 34, brick mason
Salina L. 32
Dellila A. E. 11
Cornelia A. S. 9
Joseph R. 8
James A. 4
Franklin L. 1
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EDMUND DUNN would have been a contemporary of James Madison Dunn’s father whom we have been trying to identify for 40 years.
1850 Stanly County census
Almonds District, 6 Sept 1850
page 31B, house #445, family #446
Dunn, Edmund 48 M Laborer NC
Dunn, Jane 50 F NC
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James Madison Dunn was killed in the Civil War at Hilton Head, SC. The body was never shipped home.
"Sherman arrived in Savannah in Dec 1864 and invaded SC in late Jan, with one of his advances being an amphibious route from Savannah up into Port Royal Sound. Fort Walker on Hilton Head Isalnd, however, was captured in late 1862 and became the base for the Union Army's Dept of the South. Sherman was actually on Hilton Head Island on Dec 21 when the federal army took Savannah. He was meeting there trying to arrange for ships to block William Hardee's Confederate troops from escaping across the Savannah River, but they had been building a bridge and escaped while he was away." [Frank D. Page]
Company C, 10th Battalion, NC Heavy Artillery
Joseph M. Dunn, private, born in Anson County and resided in Union County as a farmer where he enlisted at age 35, 19 Mar 1862 for the war. Present or accounted for through Oct 1864. Paroled at Charlotte 3 May 1865. [Obviously an error if this is James Madison Dunn, and the age is perfect. Union County was formed from Anson County in 1842.]