Family of Ebenezer McCants DUNNAM and Jane HENDERSON

Husband:	Ebenezer McCants DUNNAM (1829-1920)
Wife:	Jane HENDERSON (1833-1914)
Children:	George Taylor DUNNAM (1854-1931)
	James Nathaniel DUNNAM (1855-1928)
	Elizabeth DUNNAM (1857-1910)
	Caroline DUNNAM (1859-1941)
	Alice Elsie DUNNAM (1860-1880)
	Ebenezer McCants DUNNAM (1863-1952)
	Selavery DUNNAM (1866-1866)
	William Lorinzo DUNNAM (1868-1918)
	Mary Frozen DUNNAM (1869-1911)
	Thomas Sherwood DUNNAM (1871-1929)
	Dorcas Luella DUNNAM (1874-1957)
Marriage	3 Feb 1853	Greene County, Mississippi 1

Husband: Ebenezer McCants DUNNAM

	Ebenezer McCants DUNNAM, "confederate-flag"

Name:	Ebenezer McCants DUNNAM 1
Sex:	Male
Name Prefix:	Rev.
Name Suffix:	Jr.
Father:	Ebenezer McCants DUNNAM (1776-1846)
Mother:	Elizabeth UNKNOWN ( - )
Birth	20 Sep 1829	Alabama 1
Military	frm 27 Mar 1862 to 1865 (age 32-36)	Corporal in Co. A, 17th Battalion Mississippi Calvary CSA; Hancock County, Mississippi 1,2
Death	12 Jun 1920 (age 90)	Greene County, Mississippi 1

Wife: Jane HENDERSON

Name:	Jane HENDERSON 1
Sex:	Female
Father:	-
Mother:	-
Birth	26 Apr 1833	Mississippi
Death	28 Dec 1914 (age 81)	Greene County, Mississippi

Child 1: George Taylor DUNNAM

Name:	George Taylor DUNNAM 1
Sex:	Male
Birth	5 May 1854	Greene County, Mississippi 1
Death	8 Sep 1931 (age 77)	Greene County, Mississippi 1

Child 2: James Nathaniel DUNNAM

Name:	James Nathaniel DUNNAM 1
Sex:	Male
Spouse 1:	Eary Ann KITTRELL (1860-1897)
Spouse 2:	Mary Elizabeth DUNN (1872-1935)
Birth	7 Sep 1855	Indian Hill, Mississippi 1
Death	25 Aug 1928 (age 72)	Indian Hill, Mississippi 1

Child 3: Elizabeth DUNNAM

Name:	Elizabeth DUNNAM 1
Sex:	Female
Spouse:	Charlie Oscar BACKSTROM (1852-1930)
Birth	26 Jun 1857	Greene County, Mississippi 1
Death	21 Sep 1910 (age 53)	Greene County, Mississippi 1

Child 4: Caroline DUNNAM

Name:	Caroline DUNNAM 1
Sex:	Female
Birth	11 Jan 1859 1
Death	14 Jan 1941 (age 82)	Greene County, Mississippi 1

Child 5: Alice Elsie DUNNAM

Name:	Alice Elsie DUNNAM 1
Sex:	Female
Birth	6 Dec 1860	Greene County, Mississippi 1
Death	20 Sep 1880 (age 19)	Greene County, Mississippi 1

Child 6: Ebenezer McCants DUNNAM

Name:	Ebenezer McCants DUNNAM 1
Sex:	Male
Name Suffix:	III
Birth	8 Jan 1863	Greene County, Mississippi 1
Death	9 Feb 1952 (age 89)	Greene County, Mississippi 1

Child 7: Selavery DUNNAM

Name:	Selavery DUNNAM 1
Sex:	Male
Birth	27 May 1866 1
Death	27 Jul 1866 (age 0) 1

Child 8: William Lorinzo DUNNAM

Name:	William Lorinzo DUNNAM 1
Sex:	Male
Birth	13 Jul 1868	Greene County, Mississippi 1
Death	16 Jun 1918 (age 49)	Greene County, Mississippi 1

Child 9: Mary Frozen DUNNAM

Name:	Mary Frozen DUNNAM 1
Sex:	Female
Spouse:	Alexander Whitman MCDONALD ( -1934)
Birth	30 May 1869	Greene County, Mississippi 1
Death	12 Jul 1911 (age 42)	Greene County, Mississippi 1

Child 10: Thomas Sherwood DUNNAM

Name:	Thomas Sherwood DUNNAM 1
Sex:	Male
Birth	9 Mar 1871	Greene County, Mississippi 1
Death	6 Jan 1929 (age 57)	Greene County, Mississippi 1

Child 11: Dorcas Luella DUNNAM

Name:	Dorcas Luella DUNNAM 1
Sex:	Male
Birth	29 Mar 1874	Indian Hill, Mississippi 1
Death	15 Aug 1957 (age 83) 1

Note on Husband: Ebenezer McCants DUNNAM

Ebenezer McCants (Eb) Dunnam was born in Alabama, as his parents made their way from South Carolina to Mississippi Territory, and finally to Greene County, Ms. He became a Methodist Protestant and was a member of the Mutual Rights Methodist Church, Avera, Greene County, Ms. He was elected by the Mississippi Annual Conference of Ministers and Delegates as an Elder an Ordained by the Methodist Protestant Conference September 12, 1886. He served the Mutual Rights and other Churches in the area.

 

Ebenezer homesteaded near Indian Hill, Greene County, Ms in a section on Bear Creek known as Bear Swamp.

 

He enlisted in the Confederate Cavalry Steed's Battalion Company A Mississippi Cavalry 17th Battalion, in Hancock County Ms March 27, 1863, by Capt. McInnis. His rank was Corporal. He was taken a prisoner at Franklin, Tenn. and taken to Camp Douglas, Chicago, Ill.

 

He died June 12, 1920, age 90 years, 8 months, and 22 days. His Funeral service was conducted by Rev A J Leggett, Pastor of Mutual Rights Church.

 

More About REV EBENEZER MCCANTS DUNNAM, JR:

 

Burial: Mutual Rights Cemetery, Greene County, MS.

 

Fact 1: March 27, 1862, Enlisted in Handcock County, Ms Co A, 17 Batt. Cav.¹

Sources

1	James Terrell Dunnam, "Dunnam Family Research from 1999" (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pastor/johndunnam.htm).

2

National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, online, "U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865". http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-c& gsfn=ebenezer&gsln=dunnam&msbdy=1829&msbpn__ftp=Alabama%2c+USA&msbpn=3&msbpn_PIn fo=5-|0|1652393|0|2|3246|3|0|0|0|0|&msrpn__ftp=Mississippi%2c+USA&msrpn=27&msrpn _PInfo=5-|0|1652393|0|2|3246|27|0|0|0|0|&msidy=1862&msipn__ftp=Hancock+County%2c +Mississippi%2c+USA&msipn=1281&msipn_PInfo=7-|0|1652393|0|2|3246|27|0|1281|0|0|& cpxt=0&uidh=9h2&cp=0&pcat=39&h=6192742&recoff=4+6&db=NPS_civilwarsoldiers&indiv= 1&ml_rpos=16. Text From Source: Name: E. M. Dunnam Side: Confederate Regiment State/Origin: Mississippi Regiment Name: 17 Batt'n. Mississippi Cav. Regiment Name Expanded: 17th Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry Company: A Rank In: Corporal Rank In Expanded: Corporal Rank Out: Corporal Rank Out Expanded: Corporal Film Number: M232 roll 11

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