Samuel Dunham and Hannah J. Carnes
Husband Samuel Dunham 1 2
Born: 4 Sep 1838 - ? Mercer Co, PA 1 2 Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: George Dunham (1804-1871) 2 3 Mother: Jane Hodge ( -1878) 1 2
Marriage: 13 Jan 1859 - Clarksville, Delaware Twp, Mercer Co, PA 2
Wife Hannah J. Carnes 1 4
Born: Christened: Died: 23 Mar 1907 4 Buried:
Father: William Carnes ( - ) 4 5 Mother: Elizabeth McKnight (Bef 1804-Bef 1888) 4 6
Children
1 M Victor H. Dunham 1 2
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
2 M Samuel Dunham 2
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
3 M William G. Dunham 1 2
Born: 5 Dec 1867 4 Christened: Died: Buried:
4 F Elizabeth Dunham 2
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
5 F Gertrude Dunham 1 2
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
6 F Mertie B. Dunham 1 2
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
7 F Minnie M. Dunham 1 2
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
8 F Cora B. Dunham 1 2
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
9 F Bethsadia "Bessie" Dunham 1 2
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General Notes: Husband - Samuel Dunham
He was born September 14, 1838. [HMC 1909, 617]
He was reared and educated in Pymatuning Township, Mercer County, PA. His first employment was as a clerk for his uncle, Samuel Hodge, a merchant of Sharpsville. Subsequently he was employed by his father in stone quarrying and stone cutting. On August 10, 1861, he enlisted in Company K, Sixty-third Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served three years, participating in all the engagements from Yorktown to the engagement at Weldon Railroad, which included Fair Oaks, Seven Days’ Fight, second Bull Run, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Mine Run, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna, Cold Harbor and Petersburg. In 1865 he engaged in the grocery business in Sharpsville, PA. He was appointed postmaster of Sharpsville in 1869, which office he held until 1885. He was also connected with the G. A. R., Post No. 234, of Sharpsville, a member of the I. O. O. F., No. 739, and the K. of P., Lodge No. 163, both of Sharpsville. Politically he was a Republican.
Mr. Dunham’s military record, compiled from official and authentic sources by the Soldiers and Sailors Historical and Benevolent Society, with headquarters in Washington, District of Columbia, is thus given in the form of a certificate by A. T. Kase, historian of that society:
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
This certifies that Samuel Dunham enlisted from Mercer County, Pennsylvania, on the 1st day of August, 1861, to serve three years, or during the war, and was mustered into the United States service at Camp Spields, Arlington Heights, Virginia, on the 9th day of October, 1861, as a private of Captain Charles W. Chapman’s Company K, Sixty-third Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Colonel Alexander Hays commanding.
This regiment was recruited under authority granted by the Secretary of War to Alexander Hays, who had formerly been Major of the Twelfth Regiment, three months’ service. Recruiting was immediately commenced and the ranks were rapidly filling up, when an order was received from army headquarters that all enlisted men should be sent to Washington without delay. On the 26th, Companies A and B, and several squads, temporarily forming two companies, without arms or equipments, proceeded by rail to the national capital. In the meantime recruiting was continued at Pittsburg, and during September a sufficient number of men were in camp to complete a regiment, and were transferred toward the close of the month to Washington, where they joined the battalion which had preceded them, and a regimental organization was formed with the following field officers: Alexander Hays, colonel; A. S. Morgan, lieutenant-colonel; Maurice Wallace, later William H. Kirkwood, major. Early in October the regiment was ordered across the Potomac, going into camp near Fort Lyon upon the road leading from Alexandria to Mount Vernon, Va., where it was assigned to the Third Brigade of Heintzelman’s Division, remaining there during the entire winter, engaged on drill and picket duty.
In April, 1862, the Sixty-third Pennsylvania was assigned to the First Brigade, First Division, Third Corps, and afterward, in March, 1864, to the Third Division, Second Corps, Army of the Potomac, and during its service participated in the following engagements, viz.: Yorktown, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Seven Days’ Fight before Richmond, including Oak Grove, White Oak Swamp, or Glendale, and Malvern Hill, Manassas, or Second Bull Run, Rappahannock Station, Chantilly, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville, Va., also a number of minor engagements and skirmishes, losing nearly three hundred and fifty officers and men by death while in the service. On August 29, 1862, at Second Bull Run battle, only five men in Company K escaped, being killed or wounded, and Samuel Dunham was one of them. He never received a furlough during the three years’ service and answered the roll call three hundred and sixty-five days in the year, except four weeks while sick with fever at Yorktown, Va.
The said Samuel Dunham was constantly with his command, bearing a loyal part in all its battles, expeditions and campaigns, except the battles of Williamsburg and Fair Oaks, being sick at Yorktown, as noted above; achieving a gallant record for meritorious service and soldierly bearing at all times. He received an Honorable Discharge at Petersburg, Va., on the first day of August, 1864, by reason of expiration of term of service.
He was born at Sharon, Pa., on the 14th of September, 1838, and was united in marriage to Hannah J. Carnes, at Clarksville, Pa., on the 13th of January, 1859, from which union were born the following children, viz.: V. H., Samuel, W. G., Elizabeth, Gertrude, Mertie B., Minnie M., Cora B. and Bethsadia.
He is a member of Sharpsville Post, No. 234, Department of Pennsylvania, Grand Army of the Republic, in which he has held all offices. He is also a member of the I. O. O. F., and has held all offices in this order. He was postmaster of Sharpsville for seventeen years. His brother Jonathan served in Company B, Tenth Pennsylvania Reserve, for three years, and his brother Robert in Company K, Sixty-third Pennsylvania, and was wounded in the Second Battle of Bull Run.
These facts are thus recorded and preserved for the benefit of all those who may be interested. Compiled from official and authentic sources by the Soldiers and Sailors’ Historical and Benevolent Society.
In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto set my hand and cause to be affixed the seal of the Society.
Done at Washington, D. C., this 10th day of February, A. D. 1903.
No. 54,975. A. T. KASE, Historian.
After the war he worked at furnace building and still later engaged in the grocery business, finally retiring in good circumstances. He also took much interest in local public affairs, especially in those relating to the sanitary and educational affairs of the community. For six or seven years he served as health officer of Sharpsville and was also president of the board of health. He was a school director for nine years and otherwise made himself useful in public affairs. He was appointed post-master of Sharpsville in 1869 and held this office continuously until 1885. In Grand Army matters he took a deep interest and was a leader in all of its fraternal work. He was also one of the first members of the Odd Fellows Lodge No. 739, serving as past noble grand and District Deputy of Mercer County for two terms and also being honored with the office of representative to the grand lodge of the state. He was further connected with the Knights of Pythias, Lodge No. 163, of Sharpsville. His politics were always Republican of the rock-rooted kind.
1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 839.
2 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 617.
3 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 118.
4 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 618.
5 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 839, 910.
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—, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 742, 910.
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