James Dunbar
Parents
| Father | James Dunbar (ca. November 1792 - 16 February 1871) |
| Mother | Mary Beebe (10 November 1797 - ) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 20 November 2020; Last Edited: 20 February 2021 |
| Person ID | 10042 |
| Name | James Dunbar |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | 1817 in Connecticut1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| Married | 1840 in Sandusky County, Ohio to Mary Ann Gleason6 |
| Died | 19005 |
Biography
James Dunbar settled in Fulton County, in 1849. He was among the first settlers, and cleared the farm on which he lives. He was born in Connecticut and married in Sandusky County, Ohio, in 1840, to Mary A. Gleason, daughter of Alonso and Mary Baker Gleason both natives of New York where the former died in 1848, and the latter in 1861. Mrs. Dunbar was born in Connecticut, in 1817 [sic, this refers to Mr. Dunbar, not Mrs. Dunbar. She was born in New York c.1824]. Their children are: William W. (deceased), Gurden R. B. (deceased), Martha E. Adaline A., Mary Amelia (deceased), Orin R., Mary A., and William Sherman. The parents of the subject of this sketch, James and Mary (Beebe) Dunbar, were natives of New London, Connecticut, where the former died in 1870, and the latter in 1845. William W. Dunbar was a member of Company K, 38th Regiment O.V.I., and died near Chattanooga, of a fever, November 19, 1863. Gurden R. B. was a member of Company K, 38th Regiment O.V.I. He was shot at Jonesborough, Georgia, September 1, 1864. Mr. And Mrs. Dunbar struggled with poverty in the early days. Post-office, Wauseon. Business, farmer, section 14.6
A Standard History of Fulton County, Ohio, states that James Dunbar, born in Connecticut in 1817, came from Erie county, Ohio, where he was married in 1841 to Mary Ann Gleason, and settled in Clinton Township in 1844. He became one of the substantial residents of the township, and lived in it for fifty-six years, death coming in 1900. His wife died in 1892.5
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Mary Ann Gleason (daughter of Alonso Gleason and Mary Baker) |
| Born | ca. 1824 in New York |
| Married | 1840 in Sandusky County, Ohio to James Dunbar |
| Died | 1892 |
| Children | of James Dunbar and Mary Ann Gleason: |
| 1. | William Wallace Dunbar |
| Born | 15 November 1841 in Ohio |
| Died | 19 November 1863 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee |
| 2. | Gurdon R. B. Dunbar |
| Born | 14 August 1843 in Ohio |
| Died | 1 September 1864 in Jonesborough, Clayton County, Georgia |
| +3. | Martha E. Dunbar |
| Born | ca. 1846 in Ohio |
| Married | 20 November 1866 in Fulton County, Ohio to Henry B. Scott |
| 4. | Mary Amelia Dunbar |
| Born | 21 September 1852 in Ohio |
| Died | 23 July 1860 |
| +5. | Adaline A. Dunbar |
| Born | 4 April 1856 in Ohio |
| Married | 8 August 1880 in Fulton County, Ohio to William H. Fields, Jr. |
| Died | 11 February 1941 in Delta, Fulton County, Ohio |
| 6. | Orrin R. Dunbar |
| Born | 9 September 1857 in Ohio |
| Died | 31 May 1903 |
| +7. | Mary Anna Dunbar |
| Born | November 1860 in Ohio |
| Married | 10 October 1880 in Fulton County, Ohio to Madison Fields |
| Died | 1940 |
| +8. | William Sherman Dunbar |
| Born | 9 October 1865 in Wauseon, Fulton County, Ohio |
| Married | 15 November 1885 in Fulton County, Ohio to Rosena P. H. ‘Rose’ Sigg |
| Died | 27 January 1939 in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio |
Sources
- U.S. Federal Census, 1850, Ohio, Fulton County, Clinton Township, Page 328, James Dunbar, 33, Connecticut, farmer; Mary Dunbar, 26, New York; William Dunbar, 8, Ohio; Gurdon Dunbar, 7, Ohio; Martha Dunbar 4, Ohio; Delpha Gleason, 18, New York.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Ohio, Fulton County, Clinton Township, Page 71, Jas [James] Dunbar, 42, Connecticut, farmer; Mary A. Dunbar, 36, New York; Wm [William] Dunbar, 18, Ohio, farm laborer; Martha Dunbar, 14, Ohio; Mary Dunbar, 7, Ohio; Adaline Dunbar, 4, Ohio; Orrin Dunbar, 2, Ohio; Mary Gleason, 61, New York.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Ohio, Fulton County, Clinton Township, Pages 6-7, James Dunbar, 53, Connecticut, farmer; Mary Dunbar 46, New York; Adaline Dunbar, 14, Ohio; Orin Dunbar, 12, Ohio; Mary Dunbar 10, Ohio; William Dunbar, 4, Ohio.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Ohio, Fulton County, Wauseon Village, E.D. 24, Sheet No. 11, James Dunbar, 63, Connecticut, farmer; wife Mary A. Dunbar, 56, New York; daughter Adeline A. Dunbar, 24, Ohio; son Orin R. Dunbar, 22, Ohio; daughter Mary A. Dunbar, 19, Ohio; son William S. Dunbar, 14, Ohio.
- A Standard History of Fulton County, Ohio. Under the editorial supervision of Frank H. Reighard. Volume I. The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago and New York, 1920. Page 205. Available at archive.org.
- Historical Atlas of the World, Fulton County References. H. H. Hardesty & Co., Publishers. Lakeside Building, Chicago. 1875. Available at www.ohiohistory.org. Page 13, Personal Histories, by Mary H. Motley, Clinton Township, biographical sketch of James Dunbar.