William Henry Dunn of Bradley County, Tennessee; and of Murray County, Georgia
Husband of Nova Bookout
(not the same as William Houston Dunn, husband of Mary Pritchett)
(not the same as William H. Dunn, husband of Nancy M. Carter)
(not the same as William Henry Harrison Hayes "Bill" Dunn, of White County, Tenn.)
William Henry Dunn of Bradley County, Tennessee (son of Jim Dunn and Nancy C. Dunn)
Birth: 27 Jul 1882. Death: 3 Jan 1941 (the death record has this mistake: it happened in 1941, but the coroner wrote "1940" in the blank for the year; however, the deceased was last seen alive on 2 Jan. 1941--so clearly there is a clerical error on the death certificate).
The death record has him as William Henry Dunn and has his wife as Nova Dunn, but the indexers could not read the writing, and indexed her name as "Noute" Dunn. This William Henry Dunn was buried at Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery, Murray County, Georgia, on 5 Jan. 1941. Although he has a double stone with the name of his wife, Nova Bookout, she is not buried beside him. She remarried some time after 1940 and is buried beside her second husband, V.C. Davis.
Marriage Record
State of Tennessee, Bradley County
Page 125
Marriage License for Will H Dunn, age 46, and Nova Bookout, age 43 (granted 15 June 1927).
Marriage Bond: Will H Dunn and Mary L Hayes, of Bradley County, Tennessee: Marriage Bond of Twelve Hundred and Fifty Dollars; bonded 15 Jun 1927.
Marriage Solemnization for Will H Dunn and Nova Bookout: 15 June 1927, by Samuel ?Milton?, M.G.
Returned on 16 June 1928, signed by L?? Brock, Clerk.
Notice that "Mary L. Hayes" who helped put up the bond for this marriage, would be Mary L. (Dunn) Hayes, sister of William H. Dunn, and wife of James H. "Jim" Hayes. In 1930, this William H. Dunn is listed as brother-in-law of James Hayes (whose wife is Mary L. Hayes). Also in the household is Nova Dunn (William's wife). They live on Hall's Chapel Road, Murray County, Georgia, where the Bookouts have been known to live.
These are the siblings of this William H. Dunn:
Martha Josephine Dunn (wife of Henry Hill Headrick)
James Monavel Dunn (husband of Lillie Mary Magdalene Prince)
Mary L. Dunn (wife of James H. "Jim" Hayes)
John Lee Dunn (husband of Kadell Samantha Mantooth)
The mother of these children, Nancy C Dunn, was in Murray County, Georgia, moved to Bradley County, Tennessee, and possibly moved back to Murray County, Georgia.
Living beside the Bookouts in 1910 are Joseph P. Dunn and Nancy E. (Putnam) Dunn. That Joseph P. Dunn (probably named Joseph Perry Dunn after his uncle of that name, who died in 1905 and is not listed in the 1910 census). The Joseph P. Dunns who lived beside the Bookouts is the brother of yet a different William Houston Dunn (born 1843), who moved out to Texas and married Nancy Mahalia Carter.
There are quite a few William H. Dunns and Joseph P. Dunns, many of them named for each other. That's why it helps to study brother-sister relationships, aunt-uncle relationships; and to look at marriage bonds and land deeds.
The death record has his middle name as "Henry," though I had always thought that he was also called "Huse," just like the other one!
Death Record of William Henry Dunn
Apparent Date of Death: 3 January 1941 (but says 1940; simple clerical error, because he was last seen alive by doctor in 1941; and the certificate was filed in 1941).
Georgia Deaths, 1928-1942, Cert. no. 33699: death of William Henry Dunn, male. Birth: 27 Jul (est. 1883), Ga. Death: 3 Jan "1940" (should be 1941--clerical error in source; has 1/3/1940); Doctor last saw deceased alive on 2 Jan. 1941. Place of Death: Crandall, Murray, Georgia. Cause of Death: Chronic Rheumatic Fever. Wife of Deceased: Nova Dunn (indexed as Noute Dunn). Mother of Deceased: Nancy Dunn (born in Blunt Co., Tenn). Father of deceased: Not Known. Informant: Mrs. Will Dunn, of Crandall, , Ga. Burial: 5 Jan. 1941 (or 1940!) Buried at Calvery Cemetery, Crandall, (Murray), Georgia. Undertaker: Kenemer Brothers, of Dalton, (Whitfield), Ga. Filed: 9 May 1941. Registrar: J. B. Higdon. [Extract by D.K. Pritchett, Family Search contributor.]
Citation
"Georgia Deaths, 1928-1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJX9-64CR : 11 March 2018), William Henry Dunn, 03 Jan 1940; citing Crandall, Murray, Georgia, United States, Georgia State Archives, Morrow.
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