Dunn - William McKee - Montgomery InGenWeb Project

Source: Crawfordsville Journal-Dispatch, July 28, 1887

The telegraph this morning announces the death of a former Crawfordsvillian, Gen. William McKee DUNN at his home in Maplewood, Va. The dec. was a son of Williamson Dunn, the Registrar of the Land Office at this place in the years 1827 to '36 and spent his boyhood in our city. His mother died here and is bur. in the Old Town Cemetery Mrs. Harvey TINSLEY is a niece. Four children: three sons and a daughter, Mrs. McKee, survives him. He left Crawfordsville while a young man and returned to Madison, his father's old home. He received a classical education, graduating at the Indiana State College in 1832 and at Yale 1835. In 1848 he was a member of the State House of Rep. from IN to the 36th Congress and was reelected to the 37th. He was defeated for reelection to the 38th. He served as an aid on Gen. McClellan's staff in W. Va. In March 1863, he was commissioned as a major and judge advocate of US volunteers; in June 1863, was promoted to be a Col. and Asst judge advocate gen. in the regular army. He was brevetted a brig. gen. in March 1865 for faithful, meritorious and distinguished services. In 1866 he was a delegate to the Phil. Loyalists' convention and on Dec 1, 1875, was appointed judge advocate gen. of the army, with the rank of brig. gen. He held the office of judge adv-gen. until Jan 2, 1881 when he was placed on the retired list, having passed the age of 62. He was a very religious man and lived a perfect life. The older he got the more devoted he became. He was an intimate friend of Col. Henry S. Lane's family and Mrs. Lane spent some time with them when E. last winter. Mrs. Lane received a telegram this morning announcing the death

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Source: Crawfordsville Daily Journal 5 May 1892