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Below is a family biography included in The History of East Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1887.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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C. E. Dunn, the subject of this sketch, is a farmer and stock dealer in the Twelfth Civil District of Jefferson County, Tenn., and was born near Raleigh, N. C, May 10, 1843. He is the son of P. A. and E. J. (Cook) Dunn; both parents were natives of North Carolina—the father of Irish parentage, the mother of English. Our subject was reared on the farm, and educated in the country schools and Wake Forest College. During the Civil war he was in the Confederate Army, and was commissioned captain. At the close of the war he went to Norfolk, Va., and engaged in the cotton and grain trades, which trades he continued from 1865 to 1868, and removed to Tennessee, where he has ever since followed farming. In September of 1868, he was united in marriage with Mrs. I. W. R. Franklin, nee Margranes; one son and one daughter have blessed the marriage. Their names are Dora and Peyton. Our subject is a prosperous and extensive farmer, a member of the Baptist Church, and a Democrat.

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This family biography is one of 938 biographies included in The History of East Tennessee published in 1887.  For the complete description, click here: History of East Tennessee

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