William
Landon
Dunegan
Sr
Born in Greene County, Tennessee
Ancestors 
Son of Daniel Dunegan Jr
and Frances (Daniels) Dunegan
Brother of
James Franklin Dunagan, John Dunegan, Mary B Dunegan, Lafayette Dunegan, Margaret Ann (Dunegan) Link, George B Dunegan and Martha Elizabeth (Dunegan) Elswick
Husband of
Sidney Caroline (Mayfield) Dunegan
— married
about 1852 in Newton County, Missouri
Descendants 
Father of
Dallas Dunegan, William Landon Dunegan Jr, Alice Dunegan, Leonidas Dunegan and Rufus Dunegan
Died
at age 37
in Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Feb 2015
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Biography
William Landon Dunegan Sr was born on January 10, 1827 in Greene County, Tennessee to Daniel Dunegan Jr and Frances Daniels.
William married Sidney Caroline Mayfield and had five known children. Dallas, William Jr, Alice, Leonidas and Rufus. All were born in or near Newton County, Missouri. This family migrated to Texas prior to 1870.
It has been stated by other researchers that William may have been killed by bushwackers.
William died during military service on February 29, 1864 in Tennessee. His burial location is at the Knoxville National Cemetery. Though the last name on his marker is misspelled, he is listed in the cemetery records as William Landon Dunegan.
Research and Biography by T E Lacey
Sources
- 1850 US Census (unable to locate)
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MHZ1-5NK : 14 December 2017), William Dumegan, 1860, Benton Township, Newton, Missouri.
Notes
- William Sr is mentioned in the Wade, Oklahoma Memory & History Book, published by the Wade Reunion Committee in 2004. This book states that William and his wife Sidney are buried at the old Dunegan Family Cemetery in Stella, Newton, Missouri. This statement is unlikely. No headstones have been located and wife Sidney is in the 1870 and 1880 Texas Census reports with their children. This book may be available in a local library near what was once Wade, Oklahoma. No source citation exists for this book at this time and it still under Copy write for 2017.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~1.56%
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Categories: Knoxville National Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee
www.bryancountygenealogylibrary.org. It is mostly information gathered from local residents who grew up in Wade and, while there are many inaccuracies, it is an invaluable resource for those researching families in that area. Clark Vinson