Person

John M. Dunning (Caldwell Co/Christian Co, KY, farmer, corp 6th Ill Cav USA)

b. 1840?

Christian County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of George P. Dunning and Sarah "Sallie" Ashby Dunning. Married to Darthula Ann Brady Dunning in Christian County, Kentucky, on 1860. Student in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Christian County in 1860. Served in the 6th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as corporal.

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Sex
Male
Race
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,

Christian County, p. 585.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, Saline County, Township 10, Range 7 E, p. 545A.

"John M. Dunning (unknown-1897)," Find A Grave, Memorial #49521579, accessed January 28, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49521579.

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

Kentucky Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Christian County Marriages, 1857-1875, Film #000465564, p. 48.

U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Illinois, Application #474920, Certificate #454138.

Citation

Dunning, John M.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32212932 (November 12, 2026).

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