ALBERT DUNNING
Albert Dunning, farmer and stock dealer, owes his nativity to Trego County,
Kentucky, where he was born January 13, 1838. His father, S. Dunning, and also
his mother, whose maiden name was Ada Morris, were Virginians by birth.
Albert moved with his parents to Missouri in 1839 and located in Henry County,
being among the early pioneers here. He spent his youth on the farm and grew
to manhood in the county, coming to his present location in 1874. He has 560
acres of land; with 520 under fence and in cultivation and pasture. He is quite
extensively engaged in handling and feeding cattle and hogs, and the past
season fed two car loads of steers and eighty-five head of stock cattle. Mr.
Dunning was married in this county October 10, 1881, to Miss Ella M. Fudge, a
native of Coles County, Illinois, and a daughter of Adam T. Fudge. There is one
child by this marriage, Martha Belle, who was born March 17, 1882. Mr. D. is a
member of the Browington Missionary Baptist Church. He served four years in
the Confederate army during the war, having enlisted in the fall of 1861 in
Colonel Lewis' Sixteenth Missouri Infantry. He participated in the fights of
Carthage, Springfield, Lone Jack and Helena (Arkansas), where he received a
wound in the cheek, and several other engagements.
Source: 1883 History of Henry and St. Clair Counties Missouri , National Historical Co.,
pg: 757
DUNNING, Albert
Albert Dunning. The oldest pioneer in Fairview township and probably the
oldest settler in the southern part of Henry County is Albert Dunning, one of the
largest land owners in Henry County, who began his career as a plain farmer
after his war service ended, with just three dollars in money. He made his first
purchase of land in 1883 when he bought one hundred twenty acres. Mr.
Dunning formerly owned 2,100 acres of rich farm land but has been giving land
to his children until his ownership now claims but 1,700 acres. Almost in the
exact center of his large tract (the home place) he erected a splendid country
home of imposing appearance to which he added two rooms in 1893 and again
remodeled in 1916. Mr. Dunning leases some of his land, but the greater part of it
is cultivated by his sons. Albert Dunning was born in Trigg County, Kentucky,
January 15, 1838, and is the son of Shadrach and Ada (Morris) Dunning, the
former of whom was a native of Kentucky and the latter of Virginia. Shadrach
and Ada Dunning were married in Kentucky and made their home in the Blue
Grass State until 1840, when they left Kentucky and moved to Missouri. Leaving
his family at Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, Shadrach Dunning came to
Henry County, entered land and then returned for his family, who came here the
following year. He died at his home in this county at the age of fifty years. The
following children were born to Shadrach and Ada Dunning: Freeman,
deceased; Mrs. Martha Glass and Mrs. Eliza Nichols, deceased; Mrs. Malinda
Arnold, aged eighty-eight years, lives in Texas; Mrs. Amanda Reed, aged
eighty-six years, lives in North Dakota; John Henry, aged eighty-four years, lives
near Carthage, Missouri; Albert, subject of this review; Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth
McFarland, lives at Porterville, California, aged seventy-six years. The original
Dunning home was located in Fairview township, just four miles east of Albert
Dunning's home place. Shadrach Dunning built a double log cabin, southern
style, with two rooms below divided by a passage way, and a sleeping loft
above. A big fireplace at the end of each room cheered and comforted the family
in the winter time. Shadrach Dunning brought his slaves with him from
Kentucky, and one old darkey, "Uncle Ben," was especially favored each
Christmas. It was a custom in the family to give the old darkey a holiday as long
as the Christmas back log would burn. The old fellow would range the timber
and cut the biggest and toughest log he could possibly handle and would be
resting easy for days as a consequence of the log burning for a long time. Deer
were plentiful in those faraway days and fish swarmed in the streams. When a
boy Albert Dunning had no difficulty in catching one hundred pounds of fish in
a day's fishing with hook and line. He has shot deer and wolves without number
and frequently caught young wolves and deer and trained them. He recalls that
a panther was killed down on the Osage after the brute had terrorized the
neighborhood for days. Indians were numerous and they frequently came to the
Dunning home on begging expeditions but gave little trouble to the white folks.
When the Southern States rebelled against the Federal Government Albert
Dunning enlisted in the Southern Army and fought for the cause which he
believed with all of his soul to be just and right. He enlisted in 1861 in Company
K, 16th Regiment Missouri Infantry and fought at the battles of Lone Jack,
Carthage, Oak Hill, near Springfield, Missouri, where he was dismounted. He
served in General Price's army and was in the engagements of Cane Hill,
Arkansas, and took part in the defeat of General Banks on the Red River. His
service extended in all parts of the Southern States and he was severely
wounded in the upper left cheek by a shell at the battle of Helena, Arkansas. He
was laid up in a hospital for several weeks and during the period of his illness
Uncle Joe Davis came to the camp and took him home, where he could get
better treatment. After the close of the war he came to St. Louis and thence
home by railroad to Sedalia, Missouri, walking to his home in Henry County
from that city, almost destitute and with exactly three dollars in his pockets.
After returning from the war Mr. Dunning lived on the home place of the family
until he began for himself. He saved his first money by buying calves, growing
them and selling them for good money. In this way he managed to save enough
to buy a piece of land. Since his first purchase he has continued to buy land and
more land and has always been an extensive feeder of live stock. Mr. Dunning
was married October 10, 1880, to Miss Ellen Ann Fudge, who was born July 22,
1863, in Illinois, the daughter of Adam and Martha Fudge, who came to Henry
County not many years after the close of the Civil War. The children born to
Albert and Ellen Ann Dunning are as follows: Mrs. Martha Strickland, Fairview
township, has two children, Albert, aged thirteen years, and Donald, aged five
years; John, Fairview township; Albert, a farmer in Fairview township;
Shadrach, at home with his father; Lillian, a high school teacher at Arcola,
Missouri, who was educated in the Warrensburg Normal School; Robert L., Earl
and Archie, eleven years, all at home. Robert L. was born January 26, 1895, and
is now a private in the National Army, drafted July 22, 1918. This section of the
State was called Rives County during the younger days of Albert Dunning, and
it was very thinly settled. Cattle had free range and few people had any idea
that the land would ever be valuable and that the country would become so
thickly settled. Between the Dunning home and Clinton the only house was one
built by Colonel Tutt, a noted old pioneer. Albert Dunning has seen this entire
section of Missouri settled up and where once the deer, wild turkey and other
wild game ranged at will there are now fertile farms and prosperous cities and
towns. On the State line of Kansas and Missouri there were herds of buffalo and
elk, and each season some of the settlers would journey to Kansas and kill a
winter's supply of meat. Albert Dunning is a Democrat and is a member of the
Pleasant Valley Baptist Church. Kindly disposed, at peace with the world and
satisfied with his accomplishments as a pioneer of Henry County and the great
state of Missouri he is spending his declining years in comfort and east with the
knowledge that his work on this earth is done. The verdict of the Recording
Angel will undoubtedly be: "Well done, thou good and faithful servant."
Source: 1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co, pg:
368
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Albert Dunning, farmer and stock dealer, owes his nativity to Trego County,
Kentucky, where he was born January 13, 1838. His father, S. Dunning, and also
his mother, whose maiden name was Ada Morris, were Virginians by birth.
Albert moved with his parents to Missouri in 1839 and located in Henry County,
being among the early pioneers here. He spent his youth on the farm and grew
to manhood in the county, coming to his present location in 1874. He has 560
acres of land; with 520 under fence and in cultivation and pasture. He is quite
extensively engaged in handling and feeding cattle and hogs, and the past
season fed two car loads of steers and eighty-five head of stock cattle. Mr.
Dunning was married in this county October 10, 1881, to Miss Ella M. Fudge, a
native of Coles County, Illinois, and a daughter of Adam T. Fudge. There is one
child by this marriage, Martha Belle, who was born March 17, 1882. Mr. D. is a
member of the Browington Missionary Baptist Church. He served four years in
the Confederate army during the war, having enlisted in the fall of 1861 in
Colonel Lewis' Sixteenth Missouri Infantry. He participated in the fights of
Carthage, Springfield, Lone Jack and Helena (Arkansas), where he received a
wound in the cheek, and several other engagements.
Source: 1883 History of Henry and St. Clair Counties Missouri , National Historical Co.,
pg: 757
DUNNING, Albert
Albert Dunning. The oldest pioneer in Fairview township and probably the
oldest settler in the southern part of Henry County is Albert Dunning, one of the
largest land owners in Henry County, who began his career as a plain farmer
after his war service ended, with just three dollars in money. He made his first
purchase of land in 1883 when he bought one hundred twenty acres. Mr.
Dunning formerly owned 2,100 acres of rich farm land but has been giving land
to his children until his ownership now claims but 1,700 acres. Almost in the
exact center of his large tract (the home place) he erected a splendid country
home of imposing appearance to which he added two rooms in 1893 and again
remodeled in 1916. Mr. Dunning leases some of his land, but the greater part of it
is cultivated by his sons. Albert Dunning was born in Trigg County, Kentucky,
January 15, 1838, and is the son of Shadrach and Ada (Morris) Dunning, the
former of whom was a native of Kentucky and the latter of Virginia. Shadrach
and Ada Dunning were married in Kentucky and made their home in the Blue
Grass State until 1840, when they left Kentucky and moved to Missouri. Leaving
his family at Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, Shadrach Dunning came to
Henry County, entered land and then returned for his family, who came here the
following year. He died at his home in this county at the age of fifty years. The
following children were born to Shadrach and Ada Dunning: Freeman,
deceased; Mrs. Martha Glass and Mrs. Eliza Nichols, deceased; Mrs. Malinda
Arnold, aged eighty-eight years, lives in Texas; Mrs. Amanda Reed, aged
eighty-six years, lives in North Dakota; John Henry, aged eighty-four years, lives
near Carthage, Missouri; Albert, subject of this review; Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth
McFarland, lives at Porterville, California, aged seventy-six years. The original
Dunning home was located in Fairview township, just four miles east of Albert
Dunning's home place. Shadrach Dunning built a double log cabin, southern
style, with two rooms below divided by a passage way, and a sleeping loft
above. A big fireplace at the end of each room cheered and comforted the family
in the winter time. Shadrach Dunning brought his slaves with him from
Kentucky, and one old darkey, "Uncle Ben," was especially favored each
Christmas. It was a custom in the family to give the old darkey a holiday as long
as the Christmas back log would burn. The old fellow would range the timber
and cut the biggest and toughest log he could possibly handle and would be
resting easy for days as a consequence of the log burning for a long time. Deer
were plentiful in those faraway days and fish swarmed in the streams. When a
boy Albert Dunning had no difficulty in catching one hundred pounds of fish in
a day's fishing with hook and line. He has shot deer and wolves without number
and frequently caught young wolves and deer and trained them. He recalls that
a panther was killed down on the Osage after the brute had terrorized the
neighborhood for days. Indians were numerous and they frequently came to the
Dunning home on begging expeditions but gave little trouble to the white folks.
When the Southern States rebelled against the Federal Government Albert
Dunning enlisted in the Southern Army and fought for the cause which he
believed with all of his soul to be just and right. He enlisted in 1861 in Company
K, 16th Regiment Missouri Infantry and fought at the battles of Lone Jack,
Carthage, Oak Hill, near Springfield, Missouri, where he was dismounted. He
served in General Price's army and was in the engagements of Cane Hill,
Arkansas, and took part in the defeat of General Banks on the Red River. His
service extended in all parts of the Southern States and he was severely
wounded in the upper left cheek by a shell at the battle of Helena, Arkansas. He
was laid up in a hospital for several weeks and during the period of his illness
Uncle Joe Davis came to the camp and took him home, where he could get
better treatment. After the close of the war he came to St. Louis and thence
home by railroad to Sedalia, Missouri, walking to his home in Henry County
from that city, almost destitute and with exactly three dollars in his pockets.
After returning from the war Mr. Dunning lived on the home place of the family
until he began for himself. He saved his first money by buying calves, growing
them and selling them for good money. In this way he managed to save enough
to buy a piece of land. Since his first purchase he has continued to buy land and
more land and has always been an extensive feeder of live stock. Mr. Dunning
was married October 10, 1880, to Miss Ellen Ann Fudge, who was born July 22,
1863, in Illinois, the daughter of Adam and Martha Fudge, who came to Henry
County not many years after the close of the Civil War. The children born to
Albert and Ellen Ann Dunning are as follows: Mrs. Martha Strickland, Fairview
township, has two children, Albert, aged thirteen years, and Donald, aged five
years; John, Fairview township; Albert, a farmer in Fairview township;
Shadrach, at home with his father; Lillian, a high school teacher at Arcola,
Missouri, who was educated in the Warrensburg Normal School; Robert L., Earl
and Archie, eleven years, all at home. Robert L. was born January 26, 1895, and
is now a private in the National Army, drafted July 22, 1918. This section of the
State was called Rives County during the younger days of Albert Dunning, and
it was very thinly settled. Cattle had free range and few people had any idea
that the land would ever be valuable and that the country would become so
thickly settled. Between the Dunning home and Clinton the only house was one
built by Colonel Tutt, a noted old pioneer. Albert Dunning has seen this entire
section of Missouri settled up and where once the deer, wild turkey and other
wild game ranged at will there are now fertile farms and prosperous cities and
towns. On the State line of Kansas and Missouri there were herds of buffalo and
elk, and each season some of the settlers would journey to Kansas and kill a
winter's supply of meat. Albert Dunning is a Democrat and is a member of the
Pleasant Valley Baptist Church. Kindly disposed, at peace with the world and
satisfied with his accomplishments as a pioneer of Henry County and the great
state of Missouri he is spending his declining years in comfort and east with the
knowledge that his work on this earth is done. The verdict of the Recording
Angel will undoubtedly be: "Well done, thou good and faithful servant."
Source: 1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co, pg:
368
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mohenry/hcbioindex.htm
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