John
Dunaway
Born in VA,USA
Ancestors 
Son of William H. Dunaway Sr.
and Nancy (Unknown) Dunaway
Brother of
William H. Dunaway Jr. [half], James Wilson Dunaway [half], Timothy C. Dunaway [half], Samuel A. Dunaway, Jeremiah Dunaway, Joseph N. Dunaway, Benjamin D. Dunaway and Asenith (Dunaway) Howard
Husband of
Sarah (Colvard) Dunaway
— married
17 Jul 1828 in Hardamin,TN,USA
Descendants 
Father of
James Madison Dunaway, Martha Jane (Dunaway) Drain, Samuel Dunaway, Calvin Dunaway, Wilson Byrd Dunaway, Andrew Jackson Dunaway, Minerva (Dunaway) Ham, John Wesley Dunaway, Sarah Ann (Dunaway) Ham, Thomas Jefferson Dunaway, Elizabeth (Dunaway) Giles and Rebecca Dunaway
Died
at age 87
in Madison,AR,USA
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Apr 2015
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Biography
John was born in 1798. John Dunaway ... He passed away in 1885. [1]
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John was born about 1795. He was the son of William Dunaway and Nancy Unknown. He passed away about 1883. Family records tell us that John Dunaway was born May 25 1798 probably in Richmond County Virginia. John was 1st married September 20 1821 in Green County Georgia and three wives are listed: Elizabeth Mayhay, Sarah Elizabeth Downing Davis, Sarah Colvard. Family records further tell us that John died 1883 in Richland Township, Madison County Arkansas and was buried Arkansas in Dunaway Cemetery NW Arkansas. Found census records to match family source. Finally the "Family Connection" source given below provides the evidence of a marker placed in Georgia Dunaway cemetery that lists William H. Dunaway's children which includes John Dunaway b 1795.
Sources
- ↑ First-hand information as remembered by William Grantham, Saturday, April 4, 2015. Replace this citation if there is another source.
See also:
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- Census 1850: "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M67Z-YY2 : 20 December 2020), John Dunaway, Richland Township, Madison, Arkansas, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- Census 1880: "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNWX-Z1D : 12 November 2020), John Dunaway, Madison, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 105, sheet 569B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,050.
- Family Source: Discovering Dunaway Families by Ruby Dunaway Westbrook
- Family Connection: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57888872
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~3.12%
William Grantham
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M131162 [compare]
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~1.56%
Connie (Morrison) Cartwright :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Melinda Woods :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member melindahamlin1
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David Dunaway
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John Dunaway was my great, great, great grandfather. Have visited Dunaway cemetery numerous times. Also, several Dunawa's in Wesley cemetery and Mount Olive cemetery.
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David Dunaway
Dunaway-352 and Dunaway-1104 appear to represent the same person because: It seems clear that the "work in progress", Dunaway-1104, is Dunaway-352; son of Dunaway-353; brother of Dunaway-606.
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