This information is contributed by David Dunn
Pictured in large picture is John Sandlin son of Waxel and Celia Whaley Sandlin Born Feb. 1863 in Duplin County North Carolina. John's first Wife was Susan Dunn Daughter of George Washington Dunn. Susan died after the birth of Mattie Susan Sandlin (My Grandmother) who was born 15 April 1892. John then married Georgiana Dunn the lady in the middle picture with the apron also the daughter of George Washington Dunn and had the following issue: Sally, Frank, Louisana (Lodie), George Washington, John W., and James B. Waxel's mother's name was Elizabeth Sandlin born aprox. 1794, the Daughter of Nicholas Sandlin. His father's name was Issac Whaley. His parents never married. The third person in the far right is my Grandfather Marshal Benjamin Dunn born 7 July 1889 who was the son of Henderson Boyett Dunn and Martha Sullivan Dunn.
Picture of John Sandlin
Picture of Georgiana Dunn
Picture of Marshal Benjamin Dunn
This is a newspaper clipping of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Sandlin. Jim was the son of John Sandlin and Georgiana Dunn Sandlin.
Picture of Mr. & Mrs. Jim Sandlin
Enlarged readable document of the same picture
This is a copy of a tin type picture of Henderson Boyette Dunn and Martha Sullivan Dunn circa 1893. The Baby is my Grandmother Mattie Susan Sandlin Dunn
Picture of Henderson Dunn and Family
This is a photo of my grandfather Marshal Benjamin Dunn born July 7, 1889, died July 22, 1944 at Faisen (Sampson Co.). He married Mattie Susan Sandlin Nov. 6, 1910. Grandmother was born April 15, 1892 the daughter of John Sandlin and Susan(Dunn) Sandlin. She died Oct. 11, 1968 at Magnolia (Duplin Co.)
Picture of Marshal Benjamin Dunn
This is a photo of Marshal Benjamin Dunn and Mattie Susan Sandlin Dunn with their baby son Guy Marshal Dunn Circa 1932
Picture of Marshal Benjamin Dunn and Family
This is a photo of my Grandmother taken about 1952 taken at the home of Henry Hadnell Quinn and Minnie Dunn Quinn on grandmothers birthday. My grandmother was born Mattie Susan Sandlin April 15, 1892 and died Oct 11 1969. The Girl is Nelda Dunn. The Girl Holding her neice is Sally Quinn.
Picture of Mattie Susan Sandlin
Photo is my Grandmother Mattie Susan Sandlin Dunn
Picture of Mattie Susan Sandlin
This is a picture of both Grand Mothers at the church on Carrol Street at Magnolia N. C. The one on the left is Mattie Susan Sandlin Dunn and the one on the right is Lonie Addis Bryan Nichols. The picture was made in Sept 1954
Picture of Mattie Susan Sandlin Dunn & Lonie Addis Bryan Nichols
Group picture of the family taken at Carroll St. Church in Magnolia. Front row left to right~Boy in hat Emile Dunn (son of Jabo Dunn), Allen Dunn, Danny Dunn, James Dunn (sons of Henry Dunn, Brenda Dunn, David Dunn (daugher and son of Moses Dunn), tall girl Nelda Dunn, Steve Dunn (daugher and son of Jabo Dunn) Nest row~ short lady Lora Nichols Dunn (wife of Mose Dunn). tall man Uncle Henry Dunn and wife Eliza Knowles Dunn holding son Lloyd Dunn, Grandmother Mattie Susan Sandlin Dunn and Grandmother Lonie Addis Bryan Nichols. Last row partially hid is Uncle Guy Marshal Dunn. Picture was made Sept 1954
Picture of Dunn family
This is a photo of the three Dunn Brothers at Carrol Street Church. They didn't want to be in the family photo so they went behind the truck to smoke. In this family there is no hiding. The man with his hand in his shirt pocket is Uncle Johnny Henderson Dunn (Jabo), the one pointing is my father Moses Benjamin Dunn (Mose), and the one trying to run is Uncle Guy Marshal Dunn (Marshal) This photo was taken at Carroll St. Church in Sept. 1954.
Picture of Dunn Brothers
This is a photo of Aunt Mattie Virginia Dunn Whaley, and Fannie Dunn Lanier. this photo was circa 1939
Picture of Dunn Sisters
This is a photo of Grandmother Lonie Addis Bryan Nichols and My sister Brenda Dunn This Photo was made in Kennansville Sept. 1954
Picture of Granma & Brenda
This is a photo taken July 1983 of Uncle Prentice Hughes Whaley Sr, Aunt Minnie Dunn Quinn, and Aunt Mattie Virginia Dunn Whaley. The Child is my niece Tiffany Genene Smith.
Picture of Mattie, Prentice and Minnie
This is a Photo of Aunt Minnie Dunn Quinn, born December 25, 1912, and died August 29, 1990. She is holding her last born, Sally Quinn. The gentleman is her husband Henry Hadnal Quinn born July 2, 1894 and died October 8, 1975. They were of Kenansville North Carolina.
Picture of Minnie, Sally and Henry Hadnal Quinn
This is a photo of My Cousin Salley Quinn, Aunt Minnie Dunn Quinn and Uncle Hadnal Qinnn.
Picture of Minnie, Sally and Henry Hadnal Quinn
This is a Photo of Aunt Minnie, Aunt Mattie, Mose (Dad) and Uncle Marshal at Aunt Fannie Dunn Lanier's Funeral.
Picture of Aunt Minnie, Aunt Mattie, Mose (Dad) and Uncle Marshal
This is a photo of my father Moses B. Dunn. He was the son of Marshal Benjamin Dunn and Mattie Susan Sandlin Dunn.
It was taken circa 1938
Picture of Moses B Dunn
This is a photo take of Moses Benjamin Dunn (Dad) and his Sister Fannie. She married Fletcher Whaley first and after his death married Eugene Lanier
Picture of Moses and Fannie Dunn
Henry James Dunn family photo taken circa 1954 Henry James Dunn Holding Daniel Earl Dunn Eliza Elizabeth Knowles Dunn Holding Lloyd Mitchel Dunn Left boy is Rodney Allen Dunn ~ Right boy is James Monroe Dunn There is a girl not yet born at the time of this photo named Linda Sue Dunn. Uncle Henry was born 22 Sept. 1922 at Duplin County N. C. He died 24 March 1971 at Cumberland County at Fayetteville, N. C. Lloyd Mitchell Dunn Died 10 June 1975. Rodney Allen Dunn Died 2 July 2007.
Picture of Henry James Dunn family
Henry James Dunn was taken, according to my father Moses Dunn, on a stack of firewood used to cure tobacco approximately in the winter of 1940. Their home at this time was close to Bowden.
Picture of Henry James Dunn
Henry James Dunn was taken in the Philipines. My father said Uncle Henry had joined the army close to the end of the war so he had to serve on after the war was over to help the Japanese adjust to the American authority.
Picture of Henry James Dunn
This is a photo of Moses B. Dunn in Jacket and Uncle Henry James Dunn. Taken December 1967
Picture of Moses and Henry Dunn
This is a photo of My Grandmother Mattie Susan Sandlin with her baby son Guy Marshal circa 1950s
Picture of Mattie Susan Sandlin & son
The first Photo is a picture of My grandfather and his brother. The short one who was 6'-2" is my Grandfather Marshal Benjamin Dunn 7 July 1889 - 24 July 1944. The tall one 6'-7" is Marel Dunn 18 Oct. 1881 - 26 June 1947. The second photo is George Elisha Dunn Born 6 Sept 1884 died 12 Dec. 1931 married Sarah Hanna Wilkins born 27 Dec. 1886
Picture of Dunn brothers
Picture of Elisha Dunn & Sara
Henderson was born son of a Baptist Minister George Washington Dunn and Susan Lassiter In Johnston County North Carolina George Washington left his family farm at Four Oaks North Carolina and moved to Duplin County to preach at Sarecta Church. The Johnston County farm was sold and his brothers, sisters, and mother moved to Duplin County to be with George Washington. The Brothers and Sisters of Henderson Boyett Dunn are Moses Jackson, Preston Union, Georgiana, Doctor Benjamin, Susan, and George W. Jr.
Jan. 6, 1857. Martha was born the Daughter of a Duplin County Prominent farming family Elisha Sullivan and Nancy Jane Blalock Sullivan Jan 4, 1864. Her siblins were Merrill, Nancy, Winnefred, Sarah, Mary, Lucritia, Elizabeth, Marshall, Catherine, and James.
They were married December 22 1880 and she was a young thing that couldn't leave her mother. My dad has a lot of fond memories of both of them.
This is a photo of Henderson Boyette Dunn and Martha Sullivan Dunn Farmers of Sarecta Church Community. Their children Marel Jackson Dunn, Marshal Benjamin Dunn, William Frank, Emma, Mary, and George Elisha
Picture of Henderson Boyette Dunn and Martha Sullivan Dunn
This is a photo of my Grandmother and Grandfather Marshal Benjamin Dunn and Mattie Susan Sandlin Dunn. The children are from left to right~ William Quinn a Grandson, Guy Marshal Dunn a son, and Lewis (Buddie) Quinn a Grandson.
Benjamin Marshall Dunn and family
This is a photo of some of Marshal Benjamin Dunn and Susan (Mattie)Sandlin Dunn's in Laws taken Dec. 1958 Adults left to right Leona Driver, wife of Johny (Jabo) Henderson Dunn ~ Henry Hadnel Quinn Husband of Minnie Dunn ~ Grace Davis wife of Guy Marshal Dunn~ Eugene Lanier husband of Fannie Dunn, Eliza Knowles wife of Henry James Dunn ~ Lora Inez Nichols wife of Moses B. Dunn (my mother and father). Lady in back is Elizabeth the wife of my first cousen William Quinn. The only one missing is Prentice Hughes Whaley Sr. The husband of Mattie Virginin Dunn.
Dunn In-laws
This is a photo of the surviving children and inlaws of Marshal Benjamin Dunn and Mattie Susan Sandlin taken in 1989. One is not shown. Aunt Liza Knowles Dunn wife of Henry James Dunn was not present. Front Left to right pictured is my mom Lora Inez Nichols Dunn, Aunt Margaret Leona Driver Dunn wife of Johnny (Jabo) Dunn, Aunt Minnie Quinn Dunn wife of Henry Hadnel Quinn. Back row is Uncle Guy Marshal Dunn and wife Grace Davis Dunn, Aunt Mattie Virginia Dunn Whaley, and my father Moses Benjamin Dunn.
All are now deceased with the exception of Aunt Grace and my father.
Dunn Family 1989
This is a photo of my mother and father Moses and Lora Dunn. Moses Benjamin Dunn born the son of Marshal Benjamin Dunn and Mattie Susan Sandlin Dunn born October 3, 1920 in Duplin County North Carolina. He marrid Lora Inez Nichols September 8, 1946 at Tifton County Georgia.
Lora was born the daughter of Jefferson Davis Nichols and Lonie Addis Bryan Nichols of Tifton Georgia September 7, 1928.
Pvt. Moses Dunn and Pvt.Walter Bryan Nichols, moms brother, were both wounded and met on the Hospital ship. They both were sent to the same Veteran's hospital at Camp Butner North Carolina. They were both assigned the same ward. As fate would have it Mose and Lora met during her visit to her brother in the winter of 1945.
Moses and Lora Dunn
The first photo was taken in front of the Freewill Baptist Holiness Church in Magnolia before it was bricked. All are cousins First row with two smallest children is Danny Dunn (son of Henry and Liza Dunn) and My Sister Brenda Dunn. The next row starting left to right with white hair and extended tongue is myself David B. Dunn (Son of Moses and Lora Dunn. Allen Dunn (son of Henry and Liza Dunn) is next with overalls . Tall boy with Overalls is James Dunn (son of Henry and Liza Dunn). Boy with short hair cut is Stephen Dunn (son of John [Jabo] and Leona Dunn). Girl showing her flarry tailed dress is Nelda Dunn (Daughter of John [Jabo] and Leona Dunn). Boy in the back with cap is Emile(son of John [Jabo] and Leona Dunn). Not all the cousens were present.
Second Photo was taken and Aunt Minnie Dunn Quinn's funeral at Quinn's cemetery between Magnolia and Kennansville all Cousins. ~~~~~~Using maden names only~~~~ Kneeling left to right Harold Lanier. Joseph Lanier. Brenda Dunn. First row standing Linda Dunn. Second row Standing Jerry Lanier, David Dunn, Elain Dunn, Connie Dunn, Charles Dunn, Last row Allen, James Dunn, and Danny Dunn is the tall one with moustache. the one on the far back looking back is the Baby of all the Cousins Benjamin Dunn. Not all the cousins were present or were away from cemetery.
Picture of Cousins 1
Picture of Cousins 2
50th wedding anniversary December 1975.
They are Mamie Jones Dunn and Roy Lee Dunn.
Roy Lee Dunn is the son of Doctor Benjamin and Caliadonia Jones Dunn.
Mamie Jones Dunn and Roy Lee Dunn
The people pictured are the children of Mamie Jones and Roy Lee Dunn.
Girl in front is Dorothy Helen Dunn (With her baby doll on the ground) Seated Left to right Harold Jones Dunn, Geraldine Dunn,(my mother) James Allen Dunn (in his Navy Uniform), standing Juanita Dunn.
Mamie Jones Dunn and Roy Lee Dunn Children
These are the Dunn sisters.
Left to right Geraldine , Juanita, and Dorothy.
Dunn sisters
