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Occupation: Retired Lawyer
MO d/c 33734
P. B. DUNN
(Attorney at Law and Notary Public, Shelbyville).
Mr. Dunn was born in the county, August 9, 1843, on a farm six miles west of town. He was educated at the public and high schools and was at Westminster College three years, graduating in 1864, after which he taught school for a year, meanwhile pursuing his law studies alone. In 1866 Mr. Dunn went to Louisville and entered the law school there, at which he graduated in a year's time. He then returned to Shelbyville, hung out his shingle and...
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Occupation: Retired Lawyer
MO d/c 33734
P. B. DUNN
(Attorney at Law and Notary Public, Shelbyville).
Mr. Dunn was born in the county, August 9, 1843, on a farm six miles west of town. He was educated at the public and high schools and was at Westminster College three years, graduating in 1864, after which he taught school for a year, meanwhile pursuing his law studies alone. In 1866 Mr. Dunn went to Louisville and entered the law school there, at which he graduated in a year's time. He then returned to Shelbyville, hung out his shingle and has ever since devoted his attention exclusively to his profession. He has acquired a large practice in Shelby county, and his position at the bar is a most enviable one. Mr. Dunn has been notary public since 1871, and has also been engaged since 1877 in preparing a set of abstracts which are not yet complete. Mr. Dunn has a fine farm of 500 acres adjoining the town, which he cultivates, making his home meanwhile in the town, where he owns a beautiful residence. He is a married man, having led to the altar, January 9, 1873, Miss Clara H., daughter of Alexander McMurtry. She was born in this county June 8, 1849. There are by this marriage two children: Alexander McMurtry, born October 18, 1873, and Preston B., born July 23, 1878. Mr. Dunn is not a member of any society, but has been for 10 years an elder in the Presbyterian Church, to which denomination his wife also belongs.
History of Monroe and Shelby Counties, Missouri; St. Louis: National Historical Company, 1884, Page 910
Information on file with Shelby County Historical Society & Museum
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From Shelby County, Missouri, Genealogy Trails (From General History of Shelby Couty, Missourri" Chicago, Henry Taylor & Company 1911)
One of the representative and honored citizens of Shelby county and a scion of one of its best known pioneer families, Hon. Preston B. Dunn, vice-president of the Shelbyville Bank, has so ordered in his course in all the relations of life that he has made his influence felt in a potent way in connection with industrial, financial and civic affairs and matters of public import. He stands as a fine type of loyal and useful citizenship, has attained to large and generous success through worthy means, and well merits the high esteem in which he is held in his native county. He was formerly president of the bank of which he is now vice-president, being one of the largest stockholders of this substantial institution and having, in his present office, acted principally in an advisory capacity since his retirement from the presidency. A view of the history of the Shelbyville Bank appears on other pages of this publication.
Preston B. Dunn was born on the homestead farm of his father, in Black Creek township, Shelby county, Missouri, on August 9, 1843, and is a grandson of James Dunn, who was one of the sterling pioneers of Kentucky, where he continued to reside until his death. In Jessamine county, that state, John Dunn, father of the subject of this review, was born in the year 1792, and there he was reared to maturity and continued to maintain his home until 1824, when he came to Missouri and numbered himself among the early settlers of Howard county, where he remained until 1832, when he removed to Marion county, from which section he came to Shelby county in 1836. Here he secured a tract of land six miles west of the present thriving little city of Shelbyville, the old homestead, which he developed into a productive farm, having been located in Black Creek township. He was a man of energy, ambition, strong mentality and mature judgment, and he played no insignificant part in the material and civic upbuilding of the county, where he ever commanded the fullest measure of popular confidence and esteem and where he continued to maintain his home until his death, which occurred in July, 1866, having retired from active labors in the same year and having been a resident of Shelbyville at the time of his demise. He was one of the extensive and successful farmers and stock-growers of this section of the state and wielded marked and beneficent influence in connection with local affairs of a public order. He was a staunch Whig in politics and after the dissolution of that party gave his allegiance to the cause of the American and Union parties. He became the owner of a considerable number of slaves and his sympathies were with the cause of the Union when the Civil war was projected upon a divided nation. Both he and his wife were zealous members of the Presbyterian church, showing their lively and constant faith in all manner of good works and kindly deeds. In the year 1818 was solemnized the marriage of John Dunn to Miss Elizabeth Doak, who was born and reared in Harrison county, Kentucky, and who was a woman of noble and gracious attributes of character, her fidelity and strength being such as to make her a true helpmeet in the strenuous days of the pioneer days. She was summoned to the life eternal in 1876. Of the thirteen children three died in infancy, and of the number only two are now living: Martha C., who is the wife of John F. McMurray, of Shelbina, this county, and Preston B., whose name initiates this article.
Preston B. Dunn was reared to the sturdy and invigorating discipline of the pioneer farm and to the common schools of Shelby county, including the Shelby high school, of Shelbyville, he is indebted for his early educational training, which was effectively supplemented by a course in Westminster College, at Fulton, Missouri, in which institution he was graduated as a member of the class of 1864. Thereafter he remained on the old homestead and devoted a portion of the time to teaching in the country schools until 1866, when he entered the Louisville Law School, at Louisville, Kentucky, in which institution he was graduated in March, 1867, with the degree of Bachelor of Law. Shortly afterward, at Shelbyville, he was admitted to the bar of his native state, and there he began the practical work of his profession, in which he gained high prestige and unqualified success in which he continued consecutively until 1892. He was identified during the long intervening years with much important litigation, retained a large and representative clientage, and was known as a counselor well fortified in the science of jurisprudence and in the practical application of the same.
In 1893 Mr. Dunn was elected president of the Shelbyville Bank and he continued as the able chief executive of this solid and popular financial institution until 1899, when he resigned the active administrative duties to others, though he has since continued to serve as vice-president, as previously stated in this article. In politics Mr. Dunn has been a zealous and effective advocate of the principles and policies of the Democratic party, but his partisanship is not of the narrow order that precludes the viewing of public matters from a broad-minded and clearly outlined vantage point. As a young man he served as deputy collector of Shelby county, and in 1890 he was elected as representative of Shelby county in the state legislature, in which he made an admirable record. He is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, is a member of the Presbyterian church, and his wife a communicant of the Protestant Episcopal church. As a citizen he has ever been liberal, loyal and progressive, and he has done much to further the material and civic advancement of his home county, of whose citizens he is one of the best known and most highly honored, and whose bar he was long one of the leading members.
On January 9, 1873, Mr. Dunn was united in marriage to Miss Clara McMurtry, who was born and reared in Shelby county, where her father, Alexander McMurtry, was a sterling pioneer settler. Mrs. Dunn was summoned to eternal rest on March 8, 1885, and both of their children are living: Alexander M., who is now cashier of the Shelbyville Bank; and Preston B., Jr., who is engaged in business at San Antonio, Texas. On December 26, 1888, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Dunn to Miss Lillie M. Rogers, daughter of Stephen Rogers, of Monroe City, this state, and they have one child, Clara R., who is a popular figure in connection with the social activities of her native city.
Chicago, Henry Taylor & Company, 1911. Transcribed by Kim Mohler.
(Contributed by Linda Sawyer)
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Funeral Notice
The funeral services of
PRESTON B. DUNN
will be held at the Presbyterian church in Shelbyville, Mo., on Friday, November 21, 1919, at 10:30 a.m., conducted by Rev. A. B. Cort.
Burial in I.O.O.F. Cemetery
Born August 9, 1843; died November 19, 1919. Aged 76 years, 3 months and 10 days.
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P. B. DUNN SR.
At his home in Monroe City Wednesday, Nov. 19th, occurred the death of Hon. P. B. Dunn Sr. Mr. Dunn has been in declining health for a year or more, and was far advanced in years. He leaves his wife, who was Miss Lillie Rogers, and a young daughter at home besides two sons. P. B. Jr., of Shelbyville and A. M., of St. Louis. Mr. Dunn was an honored citizen of Shelbyville during. his early and middle life but the latter years of his life were spent in Monroe City. In the death of Mr. Dunn a long and useful life is terminated. His remains were taken to Shelbyville Thursday and his funeral and burial will be at Shelbyville this Friday at 10:30 a.m.
The Shelbina Torchlight (Shelbina, MO), 1919-11-21, Page 1, Column 5
P. B. DUNN BURIED
Died in Monroe City—Funeral in Shelbyville.
Shelbyville. Mo., Nov. 21.— P. B. Dunn, a former resident of this city and a banker, died Wednesday at his home in Monroe City at the age of 72 years.
He leaves a wife, one daughter. Miss Clara, at home; two sons, A. M. of St. Louis and P. B. Jr.. of this city.
The remains were brought to the home of his son, P. B. Jr., Thursday and funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church at 10 o'clock this morning, conducted by Rev. Cort. Burial was in the I. O. O. F. cemetery.
The Quincy Daily Herald, Quincy, Illinois, Friday, November 21, 1919; Page: 12
PRESTON B. DUNN DIES
P. B. Dunn died at his home in this city Wednesday morning, November 19. Mr. Dunn was 76 years old, and had been in ill health for a number of years. In April he returned with his wife from spending the winter in San Antonio Texas, and since that time had been in a very serious condition. Death came Wednesday morning while he was asleep. Short services were held at the home at 11 o'clock yesterday morning, conducted by the Rev. O. Lindstorm and the remains taken to Shelbyville at noon, where the funeral will be held this morning at the Presbyterian church, conducted by Rev. A. B. Cort. Burial will be at Shelbyville.
Preston Breckenridge Dunn was born in Shelby county, near Shelbyville, August 9, 1843. In 1864 he was graduated from Westminster College, Fulton, and in 1867 completed the law course at the University of Louisville, Ky. He practiced law in Shelbyville and for a number of years was president of the Shelbyville Bank. About 15 years ago he went to San Antonio, Texas, and eight years ago removed to Monroe City where the summers were spent, always going to San Antonio for the winter season, he was twice married, being survived by his present wife, who was Miss Lilly Rogers, a daughter, Miss Clara R. Dunn, and two sons, P. B. Dunn, Jr., of Shelbyville, and A. M. Dunn of St. Louis.—Monroe City News.
Shelbina Democrat (Shelbina, MO), 1919-11-26, Pge 3, Column 4 |
