James Henry Dunbar

Birth Date

c1841

Death Date

1920-11-22

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Sarah Dunbar. Married to Levina Dunbar. Father of George T. Dunbar. Student in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860. Served in the 20th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as private from January 6, 1862, to January 17, 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 194B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 75.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 483A.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 398.
"Pioneer Citizen," The Madisonville Messenger (Madisonville, Ky.), November 22, 1930, p. 3.

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