
KNOWN HISTORY OF THE DUNN FAMILY
NATHAN AND DIANTHA HULL GOODWIN FAMILY
NATHAN GOODWIN (WILLIAM, ISAAC, JOSEPH, SAMUEL, RICHARD, EDWARD)
BORN OCTOBER 19, 1800, AMESBURY, MASSACHEUSETTES. RESIDED FOR A WHILE
AT WHITEHALL, NEW YORK. MARRIED, DIANTHA HULL, DAUGHTER OF HENRY AND
LOUISA (PROUTY) HULL, OF POULTNEY, VERMONT, IN THE YEAR 1818. HE REMOVED
HIS FAMILY TO UNION FURNACE, HOCKING COUNTY, OHIO IN 1827, WHERE HE CLAIMED
GOVERNMENT LAND.HE DIED OCTOBER 16, 1875, AND IS BURIED IN STARR, OHIO. HIS
WIDOW, BORN APRIL 19, 1804, DIED FEBRUARY 20, 1899, AND IS BURIED NEAR GROVER
HILL, OHIO.
CHILDREN
1. JOHN WELLS - MARRIED DEBORAH ATKINSON ON AUGUST 9, 1866. THEY
LIVED FOR A TIME, IN BLOOMINGVILLE, OHIO, AND LATER
MOVED TO HOLTON, KANSAS.
2. WILLIAM RILEY - BORN IN 1827, DIED APRIL 15, 1908, MARRIED (1) ELIZABETH
CRAWFORD ON AUGUST 26, 1848. ELIZABETH DIED APRIL 23,
1862. MARRIED (2) MARY BRYAN. THEY LIVED IN HOCKING
COUNTY, OHIO FOR A WHILE, THEN MOVED TO ILLINOIS IN
1852. WILLIAM SERVED WITH THE 27TH ILLINOIS
VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, DURING THE CIVIL WAR. LATER LIVED
IN UNION FURNACE, OHIO.
3. SOLOMON BRONSON - BORN JUNE 20, 1835, DIED DECEMBER 17, 1886.
MARRIED MARTHA ANN EVERETT, MAY 8, 1860,
IN LOGAN, OHIO. HE WAS A FARMER AND SERVED IN
THE 144TH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY,
IN THE CIVIL WAR. LIVED IN UNION FURNACE, OHIO.
4. NATHAN - BORN IN 1837, DIED DECEMBER 17, 1886.
MARRIED MARTHA MATHILDA DEAN, NOVEMBER 18, 1858.
HE SERVED WITH THE 31ST , OHIO INFANTRY DURING THE
CIVIL WAR. HE LATER WENT TO KANSAS. HIS WIDOW DIED
IN TIMBER, WASHINGTON COUNTY, OREGON.
5. LYMAN SAXTON - (GRANDFATHER GOODWIN) BORN JUNE 14, 1840,
DIED OCTOBER 20, 1919. MARRIED CHRISTIANA INGMIRE,
MAY I, 1856. WAS A MEMBER OF THE 152ND OHIO
VOLUNTEER INFANTRY DURING THE CIVIL WAR.
HE DIED IN MEDINA, NEW YORK. CHRISTIANA DIED IN
VASSAR, MICHIGAN.
6. DAVID C. - BORN AUGUST 3, 1843, DIED DECEMBER 31, 1915. MARRIED
ELIZA JANE DEAN, OCTOBER 11, 1866. SERVED IN THE 90TH
REGULAR OHIO VOLUNTEER DURNING THE CIVIL WAR. LIVED
NEAR COLUMBUS GROVE, OHIO.

90th OVI Colors Brought From the War
Taken at Camp Dennison Ohio, June 1865
L to R
Andrew Irvin, D.C. Goodwin, Jacob S. Cockerill
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