Family of John Dunivan
John Dunivan (originally
Donovan/possibly Doniphan)
b. December 3, 1793, Culpepper, Mason
County, Virginia (same shown in IGI)
m. December 1814 to Frances
(Francis) Hughes, Mason County, Virginia
d. December 5, 1834, Perrysville,
Vermillion County, Indiana
buried in Hughes Cemetery, Perrysville.
From 1814-1815 he was a
private in the Virginia Militia under Captain Michael See.
John & Frances moved their
family from Virginia to Perrysville, Vermillion County, Indiana, in 1832.
Fought in the War of 1812.
Afterwards a farmer.
Frances Hughes
b. March 20, 1797, Culpepper,
Mason County, Virginia
d. March 29, 1858,
Perrysville, Vermillion County, Indiana
buried in Hughes Cemetery,
Perrysville
Her people were from English
stock and were early residents of Pennsylvania. Her grandfather served
in the Revolutionary War and was shot through the breast. He recovered and lived to be nearly 100
years
old and drew a pension from the government. He traced his ancestry to
Ireland. His ancestors were mostly linen weavers by trade.
CHILDREN of John Dunivan and Frances
Hughes:
1. Anderson Dunivan
b. March 22, 1820, Culpepper,
Mason County, West Virginia (orig. Virginia), eight miles above Mt. Pleasant on the Kanawa River.
m. May 29, 1844, to Elizabeth
Beauchamp
d. April 9, 1907, Danville,
Vermilion County, Illinois
2. Lucinda Dunivan
b. October 28, 1822, Culpepper,
Mason County, Virginia
m. December 24, 1840, in
Perrysville, Indiana,to Jabez Rodgers
d. June 10, 1891, Perrysville,
Vermillion County, Indiana
Both buried in Niccum Cemetery,
Danville, Illinois.
They had seven children.
3. Barbara Dunivan
b. December 10, 1825, Culpepper,
Mason County, Virginia
m. March 24, 1844, in
Perrysville, Indiana, to James Harvey Adams
d. May 3, 1904, Perrysville,
Indiana
.
They had five children.
Both are buried in Hughes
Cemetery, Perrsville, Indiana.
4. Harriett Dunivan
m. ? Zennor (JRD)
5.
Margaret Dunivan
b. August 10, 1830, Culpepper,
Mason County, Virginia
m. October 14, 1847, to James
Lloyd Howard
d. December 18, 1894,
Georgetown, Illinois
Both buried at Niccum Cemetery,
Danville, Illinois.
They had six children.
6. Charles Dunivan
b. March 31, 1832, near Richmond,
Virginia
m. September 22, 1859, to Mary
Ann Eaton
d. April 29, 1891, buried
Niccum Cemetery, Danville, Illinois
They had nine children.
7.
Howard Dunivan
8. John Morris Dunivan
b. 1835, Perrysville, Indiana
m. August 3, 1854, to Bathseba
Ogden
Both buried in McKendree
Cemetery, Georgetown, Illinois.
They had six children.
