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Richard Lee Dunville (1866-1937)

Richard Lee Dunville (1866-1937) was a grandson of Richard Andrew Dumvill (c1765-1836)

Richard Lee
Dunville
1866-1937
father: Richard Andrew Dunville Jr (1798-1871)
mother: Sarah Ellen Morris (1826-1923)
born: 17 September 1866 in Kentucky
died: 19 September 1937, buried at Slaughter Cemetery in Slaughters, Kentucky
note: Richard Lee Dunville was the third generation of the Dunville family to farm on the same land near Slaughters, Webster County, Kentucky
WIFE: M E Toomes (1861-1887), married: (1) 18 March 1866 in Hopkin County, Kentucky
born: 4 July 1861 in Hopkin County, Kentucky
died: 11 March 1887 at the birth of her daughter, buried at New Salem Methodist Church Cemetery near Slaughters, Kentucky
child:
Betty Lee Dunville
WIFE: Helen Jackson (d 1935), married: (2) 2 August 1891 in Webster County, Kentucky
father: Julius Augustus Jackson, born 23 September 1829 in Sussex County, Delaware, died 9 February 1906 in Webster County, Kentucky
mother: Nancy Ruby Cox, married 29 March 1854, born 1837
died: 24 January 1935, buried with Richard at Slaughter Cemetery in Slaughters, Kentucky
note:
granddaughter of Chas King Jackson and Jane Dumvill (1807-1880)
sister to Nancy Jackson (1866-1937) who married Charles Poindexter Dunville (1856-1939),a brother to Richard Lee Dunville
children:
Gus Dunville
Lena Tot Dunville
Clarence Waldo Dunville
Mary Zelma Dunville
Children of Richard Lee Dunville (1866-1937) and Helen Dunville née Jackson (d 1935)
Gus Dunville
b 1892
father: Richard Lee Dunville (1866-1937)
mother: Helen Dunville née Jackson (d 1935)
born: 8 June 1892 in Webster County, Kentucky, near the village of Onton on a farm that has been in the Dunville family since the early 1800s
note: Gus and Zuma spent their married life on a farm located on a road that runs from highway no. 41 to Onton, Kentucky, about one mile south-east of Onton. Gus was the fourth generation of the Dunville family to farm this same land. His grandfather's (Richard Andrew Dunville Jr) house, his father's (Richard Lee Dunville) house and his uncle's (Benjamin Harry Dunville) house were all located within a few hundred yards of his home. It was to the credit of Gus and the modern day farm techniques of the time that the land increased in productive ability.
WIFE: Zuma Brooks (b 1892), married: 9 December 1914
father: Robert Lee Brooks
mother: Bertha Jones
note: Robert Lee and Bertha Brooks lived near Hanson, Kentucky
born: 19 September 1892
children:
Francis Dunville (b 1916)
Marjorie Dunville (b 1921)
R L Dunville (b 1923)
Lena Tot
Dunville
father: Richard Lee Dunville (1866-1937)
mother: Helen Dunville née Jackson (d 1935)
Clarence Waldo
Dunville
1900-1990
father: Richard Lee Dunville (1866-1937)
mother: Helen Dunville née Jackson (d 1935)
born: 6 June 1900 in Webster County, Kentucky about one mile south-east of the village of Onton on the "Old Dick Dunville Farm"
died: October 1990
note: Clarence and Nancy Ellen raised their family on a farm located near Onton, Kentucky just like the Dunville men in this branch of the family had done ever since Clarence's great grandfather Richard Andrew Dumville Sr (born about 1765 near Dublin, Ireland) and his wife and children settled in the area in 1814.
WIFE: Nancy Ellen Luck (1901-1957), married: (1) 1920
father: Benjamin David Luck (1872-1944)
mother: Allie F Branson (1873-1948), married 1892
born: 13 April 1901
died: 1957 from cancer, buried at Onton Cemetery
children:
Ruenell Dunville (b 1921)
Allie Glee Dunville (b 1923)
Benjamin David Dunville (1928-1980)
Clarence Waldo Dunville Jr (b 1933)
WIFE: (2) Ruth Villines Day
Mary Zelma
Dunville
father: Richard Lee Dunville (1866-1937)
mother: Helen Dunville née Jackson (d 1935)
Children of Gus Dunville (b 1892) and Zuma Dunville née Brooks (b 1892)
Francis Dunville
b 1916
father: Gus Dunville (b 1892)
mother: Zuma Dunville née Brooks (b 1892)
born: 28 February 1916
spouse: J V Horner of Sebree, Kentucky
Marjorie Dunville
b 1921
father: Gus Dunville (b 1892)
mother: Zuma Dunville née Brooks (b 1892)
born: 23 April 1921
HUSBAND: Emerson Stull of Sebree, Kentucky
R L Dunville
b 1923
father: Gus Dunville (b 1892)
mother: Zuma Dunville née Brooks (b 1892)
born: 15 March 1923
WIFE: Bobie Hatley of Clay, Kentucky
Children of Clarence Waldo Dunville (b 1900) and Nancy Ellen Dunville née Luck (1901-1957)
Ruenell Dunville
b 1921
father: Clarence Waldo Dunville (b 1900)
mother: Nancy Ellen Dunville née Luck (1901-1957)
born: 10 October 1921
children:
Marshall Ray Brooks (married Anna Laura (surname?), children Ricky and Rhonda)
Freda Brooks (married Dewy Carver, children Steve and Rodney)
David Brooks (married Louise (surname?), children Russ and Cara)
Rita Brooks (married Gary Major, children Monica, Meredith and Mark)
Roger Brooks (deceased)
HUSBAND: Marshall Brooks
Allie Glee
Dunville
b 1923
father: Clarence Waldo Dunville (b 1900)
mother: Nancy Ellen Dunville née Luck (1901-1957)
born: 8 December 1923
children:
Nancy Gail Nance (b 1946)
Janice Dale Nance (b 1948)
Bobby Bernard Nance (1951-1998)
Mary Ellen Nance (b 1961)
HUSBAND: Harry Nance
died: 1993
Benjamin David
Dunville
1928-1980
father: Clarence Waldo Dunville (b 1900)
mother: Nancy Ellen Dunville née Luck (1901-1957)
born: 22 December 1928
died: 1980
WIFE: Kathryne Tyler
children:
Kathy Jane Dunville
Benjie Lee Dunville
Diane Dunville
Bryan Tyler (Ty) Dunville
Clarence Waldo
Dunville Jr
b 1933
father: Clarence Waldo Dunville (b 1900)
mother: Nancy Ellen Dunville née Luck (1901-1957)
born: 11 June 1933
WIFE: Reba Adams
children:
son (died in infancy)
daughter (died in infancy)
Donna Jane Dunville (twin, married Ed Wells, children Madison, Megan, Ethen)
Dennis Dunville (twin, married Toni, no children)
Susan (born 1967, died at age 14 in 1981)
Children of Harry Nance and Allie Glee Nance née Dunville (b 1923)
Nancy Gail
Nance
b 1946
father: Harry Nance
mother: Allie Glee Nance née Dunville (b 1923)
born: 7 November 1946
Janice Dale
Nance
b 1848
father: Harry Nance
mother: Allie Glee Nance née Dunville (b 1923)
born: 18 February 1948
children:
Erin Glee Husk (b 8 March 1977)
William Levi Husk (b 29 May 1980)
HUSBAND: John William Husk, married: 1974
Bobby Bernard
Nance
1951-1998
father: Harry Nance
mother: Allie Glee Nance née Dunville (b 1923)
born: 15 December 1951
died: 31 December 1998
WIFE: (1) Bonnie Kahler
child:
Lindsey Katherine Nance (b May 1981)
WIFE: (2) Anne Rhea
Mary Ellen
Nance
b 1961
father: Harry Nance
mother: Allie Glee Nance née Dunville (b 1923)
born: 1 October 1961
children:
Jeffery Branson Morris (b 17 March 1991)
Allie Greer Morris (b 14 February 1995)
HUSBAND: Jeffery (Jeff) Morris, married: 1984
Children of Benjamin David Dunville (1928-1980) and Kathryne Dunville née Tyler
Kathy Jane
Dunville
father: Benjamin David Dunville (1928-1980)
mother: Kathryne Dunville née Tyler
son:
Ethan Watson (married Annette Prow, daughter Allison May Watson, born 2006)
HUSBAND: Lowell Watson
Benjie Lee
Dunville
father: Benjamin David Dunville (1928-1980)
mother: Kathryne Dunville née Tyler
WIFE: Cathy Jo, married: (1) and divorced
son:
Brennan Dunville (married Shelby Leigh Hodson, sons Liam Tyler Dunville, born 17 January 2010, Lochlan Rhys Dunville, born 30 January 2014, and Ledger Hayes Dunville, born 5 February 2018)
WIFE: Janet, married: (2)
Diane Dunville father: Benjamin David Dunville (1928-1980)
mother: Kathryne Dunville née Tyler
children:
Cassie Travaras
Kyle Travaras
HUSBAND: Wayne Travaras, married: (1)
HUSBAND: married: (2)
Bryan Tyler
(Ty) Dunville
father: Benjamin David Dunville (1928-1980)
mother: Kathryne Dunville née Tyler
WIFE: Kim Oakley née Coy
mother: Mary Coy
children:
Erin Oakley
Ashton Oakley
Mary Katheryn Dunville

The information for this page was researched and provided by Martin Dunville (1922-1992) of Michigan and Florida. Additional information was provided by Mary Ellen Morris, who sent a message to the Guest Book on 8 April 2004, and by Brennan Dunville, who sent messages to the Guest Book on 28 February 2006 and 15 January 2008.

See also:

Family Tree

The Dunville Family of Kentucky

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