Sarah (Torrence) Dunn (1778 - 1849)

Born 1778 in Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Micajah Dunn — married 1799 in Columbia Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 1 Sep 1849 at about age 71 in Dearborn, Indiana, United States

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Biography

Sarah was born in 1778. She died in 1849 at the age of 71.

Parents: William Torrence 1748–1828 and Martha (Stull) Torrence 1757–1829.

Spouse: Micajah Dunn 1769 – 1844. They were married in 1799 in Columbia Township, Hamilton, Ohio. They first lived west of Cincinnati, Ohio and later moved to Dearborn County, Indiana. Findagrave #43397245

Children:

1. Mercy Dunn 1801 - 1863

• Married Richard Prest 1801 -
• Married Blackley Shoemaker 1770 - 1849
• Married Alexander Davis 1806 -
• Findagrave #152049291

2. Nancy Dunn 1803 - 1880

• Married Samuel McMullen 1803 - 1887
• Findagrave #54132876

3. Elizabeth Dunn 1804 - 1881

• Married Samuel Hughes 1798 - 1876
• Findagrave #10525090

4. Rebecca Dunn 1807 - 1885

5. Samuel Dunn abt. 1807 - bef. 1843

6. Gershom G. Dunn 1809 - 1885

• Married Jane Freeland 1810 -
• Findagrave #180494937

7. Letticia Mariah Dunn 1811 - 1891

• Married Enoch Dean 1798 - 1860

8. Mary Jane Dunn 1815 - aft. 1844

9. John Dunn 1817 -

10. William McCullogh Dunn 1820 - 1905

• Married Margaret Milliken 1822 - 1881
• Findagrave #54142916

History of Dearborn and Ohio Counties. Page 57: "Micajah, one of the sons of Captain Hugh Dunn, was married and removed to a tract of land upon which is the present site of the Village of Guilford. That neighborhood then being sparcely settled.

Some 10 years later, the family removed into what is now Manchester Township, Indiana. Inscribe on Micajah Dunn's tombstone: "Sacred to the Memory of Micajah Dunn who departed this life the 12th Day of January, 1844, Aged 76 years, 8 months. February 18, 1814."

Micajah bought land in York Township, Dearborn County, Indiana and moved his family there. He and Sarah were active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Sources

• Sarah is buried at the Platt Cemetery in Manchester Township, Dearborn County, Indiana, USA. Her page lists and has links to her parents, siblings, spouse, 1 child. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133426173/sarah-dunn

• Sarah (Torrence) Dunn: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9357-3ZX

• 1820 Residence: Lawrenceburg Township, Dearborn, Indiana.

• 1830 Residence: Manchester, Dearborn, Indiana.

• 1840 Residence: Manchester Township, Dearborn, Indiana.

• History of Dearborn and Ohio Counties, Indiana. Chicago. F. E. Weakley & Co., 1885. Page 698: https://archive.org/details/historyofdearbor00chic/page/698

• The Early Settlement of the Miami Country. The Bowen-Merrill Company. Indianapolis, Indiana, 1897. By Eezra Ferris: https://archive.org/details/settlemiamicountry00ferris1897_spp/page/n17?q=Isaac+Dunn+Lawrenceburg%2C+Indiana

• C.H. Bailey, 2000. The Stulls of Millsborough: A genealogical History of John Stull, The Miller, Pioneer of Western Maryland, Volume 1. Page 73.