Edmund M(oors?) DUNSMORE

Born: 10 Sep 1810 at New York?
Died: 26 Dec 1860 at Clayton, Jefferson, NY (bur. Steele Cemetery, Ionia, MI)

Father: Moor(e)s DUNSMORE (1787-1869)
Mother: Cynthia AVERY (178?-18??)

Spouse: Belinda MALLORY b. 20 Mar 1812 d. 19 Mar 1874

Children:

  • John Wilson b. 18 Feb 1829 NY m. 25 Jul 1849 Cyrena EMMONS at Clayton, NY, sawyer, civil war vet, 10 children, living in Summerfield, Clare Co., NY in 1880, d. 19 Jul 1908
  • Edmund David Jr. (1830-1874) seaman
  • William b. 17 Oct 1831 d. 20 Oct 1831
  • Cynthia b. 06 Nov 1832 NY m. 31 Mar 1850 Hiram ROGERS, living in Orange Twp., Ionia Co., MI in 1880, farmers, 5 children, d. 16 Apr 1904
  • Mary Jane b. 17 Jul 1834 d. 25 Feb 1856
  • Cecilia b. 08 Mar 1836 NY m. 25 Sep 1852 William FRINK, living in Victor Twp., Clinton Co. (NY?) in 1880, 4 children, d. 26 Jan 1892 bur. Laingsburg, MI
  • Nancy b. 16 Nov 1837 NY m. 02 Feb 1858 William Ashley RAMSDALE, living in Plymouth, Wayne Co. in 1880, 7 children, d. 22 Feb 1893
  • Moors II b. 22 Apr 1839 m. 22 Apr 1861 Betsey J McKEOUGH, civil war vet, 4 children, d. 05 Oct 1871
  • George Washington b. 12 Nov 1840 NY m. 09 Apr 1868 Emily Sophia McKEOUGH, farmer and shoemaker, living in Orange Twp., Ionia Co., MI in 1880, 7 children, d. 22 Aug 1902
  • Cornelia b. 07 Oct 1842 NY m. 16 Nov 1859 Eliphlep PRIEST/PREAST, in Reynolds Twp., Montcalm Co. (MI?) in 1880, 4 children, d. 15 Feb 1914
  • Albert Clayton b. 18 Oct 1845 m. 21 Mar 1867 Lucy HAVENS, civil war vet, farmer, lived in Easton Twp. in 1880, 8 children, d. 07 Jul 1929
  • Orvil b. 21 Sep 1847 d. 20 May 1848
  • Annis b. 10 Feb 1851 MI m. 24 Oct 1869 David M CHAPIN, lived in Orange Twp., Ionia Co., MI in 1880, farmers, 6 children, d. 10 Apr 1944




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    Edmund and Belinda were married 14 Jul 1827 at Clayton, Jefferson Co., NY. She was born 20 Mar 1812 (in NY?) and died 19 Mar 1874 in MI. Her parents were Andrew and Mary (WHITNEY) MALLORY (Mary b. Bonn, CT d. Ninth Town, Canada). The family moved to Eaton Co., MI in 1850. His occupation was sea captain. He had a sailing vessel that sailed the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River. He was said to have owned an island in the waters around MI, which he sold about the time he came to MI (1850). A few years after 1850, they bought a farm in Ionia Co., where most of the children lived. Both Edmund and his wife are buried in the Steele Cemetery, Ionia Co., MI.

    Bobbie DAVOLT wrote on genforum (10 Jul 1999) "my great-grandfather was Albert DUNSMORE born in Clayton Co., NY 18 Apr 1845 and d. 7 Jul 1929 at Thayer, Missouri. His family moved to Ionia Co., MI when he was 4 years old. He joined the Union Army in 1862 and served until the end of the war. He married Lucy HAVENS in 1867 in Ionia Co., MI. They had 8 children. They moved to Thayer, Missouri in 1885. At the time of his death, he had a sister, Annis CHAPIN, living in Ionia, MI. My grandfather, Ray DUNSMORE, preceded him in death. I would like to find information on the family before they left Clayton Co., NY.

    Albert Clayton DUNSMORE (Vera's line) came to MI with his parents in 1849. He fought in the Civil War from 1862-5. He was in the Battle of Lookout Mt. He married Lucy 21 Mar 1867. They went to Missouri in 1885 in a covered wagon to homestead as much land as he was allowed.

    Sources:

  • 3rd Cousin Diane EDLIN from 1880 MI census data.
  • Cousin Vera Gates HUTCHINGS from her DUNSMORE book.