Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 295, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1913 — Obituary of Hon. Isaac D. Dunn. [ARTICLE]

Obituary of Hon. Isaac D. Dunn.

Hon. Isaac D. Dunn wjas born at East Poland, Maine, July 4, 1823, and died December 8, 1913, aged 90 years, 5 months and 4 days. He was the last one of a family of twelve children. He was married April 24, 1854, to Nancy B. Coffin, of Edgartown, Mass., who is now living. He also leaves three children, George N. and John C. Dunn, of Wichita, Kans., and Carrie D. Seegrist, of Tefft; nine grandchildren and one great-grand-shild. In 1848 he came west and located in Greencastle, Ind., where he was a teacher of mathematics in a seminary, which after co-education was established, was consolidated with Ashbury college, now DePauw University. ’ From Greencastle he moved to Richmond, Ind., where he had an interest in a plow factory and a tannery. Early in the 70’s he became interested in the swamp lands of Jasper, Laporte and Porter counties. In 1872 he moved to Jasper county, where he became a permanent resident. Throughout his life he was interested in public Improvements and church work, and when the C. I. & S. railway was build through Jasper county, he laid out the site for the town of Dunnville, now Tefft. This was always a source of great pride to him. He was made a Mason at Greencastle in 1852 and also became a member of the Odd Fellows about the same time. He was a member of the Indiana state legislature for two terms, 188587, acting as representative from Jasper and Newton counties. Previous to .this he served as county commissioner along with William Parkison and George Burke.