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George P. Dunning (Caldwell Co, KY / Saline Co. IL, farmer and soldier 42nd US inf.)

b. 1814?

Caldwell County, Kentucky, and Saline County, Illinois, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah "Sallie" Ashby Dunning in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on February 21, 1832. Father of Andrew J. Dunning, Damey A. Dunning, John M. Dunning, Mary J. Dunning, James Polk Dunning, Susan R. Dunning, Charles Dunning, and Elijah Dunning. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Saline County, Illinois, in 1860. Served in the 42nd United States Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.).

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 358A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Illinois, Saline County, Township 8, Range 6 E, p. 886.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film #000851644, p. 33.

U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Illinois, Application #1271.101, Certificate #1.249.656.

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Dunning, George P.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202077 (November 12, 2026).

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