Chester Arthur, the 21st President of the United States and Charlotte (Stone) Dunning are both descendants of George Washington Stone, Sr.. Chester and Charlotte are first cousins
1. Chester is the son of Malvina (Stone) Arthur [confident]
Charlotte "Lottie" married Chauncey M Smith in Feb 1858 and he died in Oct 1858. They had one child, a daughter, Hattie.
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1860 United States Federal Census Charlotte was widowed and living with her parents and her daughter Hattie.
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Charlotte married Dr. Abram Rennselaer Calkins in 1863. Both Charlotte and Abram were widowed. He had three children with his first wife Lucy; Frank, Francis, and Fred. She had her daughter Hattie. Abram dies in 1873 leaving Charlotte a widow for the 2nd time.
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Charlotte marries Henry Dunning in 1876. He is her third husband.
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In the 1880 United States Federal Census - Henry's 15 year old daughter, Mary Belle is living in the household, and Charlotte's 21 year old daughter Hattie is also living there.
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1900 United States Federal Census - The household is Charlotte and Henry and one of Charlotte's younger sisters is living with them Eliz (Stone) Geppert.
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Source Citation: Michigan Department of Community Health, Division of Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, MI, USA; Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952; Film: 12; Film Description: 1875 Mackinac - 1876 Genesee
Description: Description: 1876 Alcona - Genesee
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Source Information: Ancestry.com. Michigan, Deaths and Burials Index, 1867-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: "Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800–1995." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records.
Description: This database is an index containing details from more than 1.3 million Michigan death and burial records.
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Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 26 March 2022), memorial page for Charlotte “Lottie” Stone Dunning (27 Jun 1837–29 Apr 1908), Find A Grave: Memorial #89520472, citing Oakwood Cemetery, Allegan, Allegan County, Michigan, USA ; Maintained by Earl Munday (contributor 46874433) .
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Charlotte by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Charlotte: