William Hillyer Dunn1,2,3,4

M, b. circa 6 May 1810, d. 17 March 1866
     William Hillyer was born circa 6 May 1810 in Warren County, New Jersey. He was the son of Jacob & Mary Dunn. William married Lois Asenath Bissell, daughter of Dr. Sanford Bissell and Asenath Badgley, on 17 January 1839 in Livingston County, Michigan.5 1840, an unknown person was listed on the U.S. Federal Census at Unadilla Township, Livingston County, Michigan. Enumerated in this household were W. H. Dunn [100001:0201].6 6 August 1850, William and his wife, Lois, were listed on the U.S. Federal Census in Unadilla Township, Livingston County, Michigan. Enumerated in this household were William H. Dunn [40 New Jersey], his wife, Lois [30 New York], Jerusha [17 New Jersey], children: Rhoda [7 Michigan] & Asenath [5 Michigan], Thomas Sharp [20 England-laborer]. [Sheet 729, line 30]7 4 June 1860, William and his wife, Lois, were listed on the U.S. Federal Census in Unadilla Township, Livingston County, Michigan. Enumerated in this household were William H. Dunn [50 New Jersey], his wife: Lois [39 New York], children: Rhoda A. [17 Michigan], Asenath [15 Michigan], Mary C. [9 Michigan], Charles Proctor [23 Ohio], & Mary Dunn [72 New Jersey].8 William departed this life on Saturday, 17 March 1866 in Unadilla Township, Livingston County, Michigan. He was buried at Unadilla Township, Livingston County, Michigan, in the Plainfield Village Cemetery.9,10,11

Family

Lois Asenath Bissell b. 17 Nov 1820, d. 28 Dec 1874

Citations

  1. [S158] Gladis Moore Reeves & Raynor Reeves, Livingston County Tombstone Inscriptions, page 7 - Plainfield Cemetery: Mary Ann Dunn d. 16 April 1844, Alpheus Dunn d. ___, children of William H. & Mary A. Dunn.
  2. [S439] Livingston County Tombstone Inscriptions, page 5 - Plainfield Cemetery: Jacob Dunn age 68y 8m 4d - 26 Oct 1855; Mary age 74 y 2m 3d - 23 Jan 1863; Mary Ann Dunn age 21y - 5 Apr 1836 [wife of William H. Dunn]; page 7 - Plainfield Cemetery: Loren Hopkins; Jerusha C. 29y 10 Dec 1862; Willie H.; Emma H.; Mary Ann Dunn 16 April 1844; Alpheus children of William H. and Mary A.;.
  3. [S399] Genealogical Records Committee of the Livingston Chapter of the Michigan Daughters of the Amerivan Revolution, Recording of Twenty Four Rural Cemeteries of Livingston County, Michigan, Plainfield Cemetery: Monument reads - Mary Ann, wife of Wm. Dunn d Aug 15 1836
    Jacob Dunn d Oct 26 1855 age 68y 8m 4dys; Mary, wife of Jacob Dunn d Jan 23 1863 age 74y 2m 3dys;.
  4. [S440] Helen F. Lewis, Pioneer Families of Southeastern Michigan - Livingston County, page ??? - Dunn, William H. - Probably son of Jacob (preceding) was listed in the 1850 census of Unadilla Twp., Livingston Co., Mich. with probably wife Lois/Louis? B. b. ca. 1821, NY and Jerusha b. ca. 1839, NJ; Rhoda A. b. ca. 1843; Asenath b. ca. 1845, all b. Mich., in the household. In the 1860 census, they listed Rhoda A.; Asenath, and in addition, Mary C. b. ca. 1851, Mich.; and mother, Mary, age 72, b. NJ, in their household. By 1870 census Louis? B was head of household, with only Mary C; and her husband Philander Jacobs, son of Benjamin (also see), in her household.


  5. [S437] George L. Hamm, Livingston County Marriages, 1836-1850 V. 1, page 13 - William Hillyer Dunn, 28, Unadilla, and Miss Lois Asenith Bissell, 18, same place, 17 January 1839, by John Wood, J. P. Lewis Dunlap, Marietta Lincoln and William S. Cool, Unadilla, witnesses. 111.
  6. [S673] 1840 United States Federal Census: Livingston County, Ohio - Sheet 214 - transcribed by Larry & Kathy McCurdy.
  7. [S674] 1850 United States Federal Census: Livingston County, Michigan - transcribed by Larry & Kathy McCurdy.
  8. [S675] 1860 United States Federal Census: Livingston County, Michigan - Sheet 5, line 25 - transcribed by Larry & Kathy McCurdy.
  9. [S399] Genealogical Records Committee of the Livingston Chapter of the Michigan Daughters of the Amerivan Revolution, Recording of Twenty Four Rural Cemeteries of Livingston County, Michigan, Plainfield Cemetery: Monument reads - Wm H. Dunn d. Mar 17, 1866 age 55y 10m 11dys.
  10. [S439] Livingston County Tombstone Inscriptions, page 5 - Plainfield Cemetery: William H. Dunn age 55y 10m 11d - 17 Mar 1866;.
  11. [S407] Tombstone Inscription: Plainfield Cemetery: "Wm. H. Dunn died March 17, 1866 aged 55 yrs. 10 mo. & 11 ds." alongside his wife and daughter "Jerusha C., wife of Loren Hoplins died Dec. 10, 1862 aged 29 yr. 10 mo. & 2 ds." [transcribed 16 August 2004 by Larry & Kathy McCurdy]