Anderson & Elizabeth Dunavan

Anderson Dunivan/Dunavan
b. March 22, 1820, Culpepper, Mason County, West Virginia (orig. Virginia), eight miles above Mt. Pleasant (Point Pleasant?) on the Kanawa River.
m. May 30, 1844, in Perrysville, Vermillion County, Indiana, to Elizabeth Beauchamp
See marriage record here.
See published biography here.
d. April 9, 1907, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois
Buried Niccum Cemetery, Danville, Illinois.
Church:  Methodist. Also a member of the Free Masons.
He raised his family on a farm of about 170 acres, on section 1 and 6 in Georgetown Township. He lived with his parents in Virginia until the age of 13. The family then moved to Indiana, settling near the state line in Vermillion County. After his marriage, he settled his family on a farm in Vermillion County, Indiana, and in due time purchased 166 acres of land. Later he sold this land and moved across the state line into Illinois, purchasing a farm in 1855, of which he cleared all but 15 acres. At one  time, served as Superintendent of the Georgetown, Illinois, School District. Anderson and Elizabeth helped create Lowe's Chapel Methodist Church on a parcel of their farmland as well as the Butternut School to the north of their home. Although started after the purchase of their property in the 1850's, the couple did not officially deed Niccum Cemetery into the Vermilion County, Illinois, Recorder's office until April 23, 1892.

Elizabeth Beauchamp
b. August 4, 1825 or 1826, Pike County, Ohio
d. March 22 or 23, 1898, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois
Buried Niccum Cemetery, Danville, Illinois.
Father:  David Asbury Beauchamp
Mother:  Dorothy Juvenal
She was daughter of a Methodist minister. She moved with her parents to Perrysville, Indiana, in 1830. She was a member of the Christian Church at Lowe's Chapel and the Lowe's Chapel Ladies Aid Society.

CHILDREN of Anderson Dunivan and Elizabeth Beauchamp:

1.     James Howard Dunivan
b. September 23, 1845, Perrysville, Vermillion County, Indiana
d. May 27, 1864, at age 18, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois, at home, of measles, buried Niccum Cemetery, Danville, Illinois
Enlisted in the Civil War in an Indiana regiment. Entered service with the Union Army at age 17 on July 13, 1863, in Perrysville, Indiana. He was a member of Company E of the 115th Indiana Regiment which was attached to Mahan's First Brigade;  Willcox's Left Wing Forces, Department of the Ohio.   The troops mustered out of Indianapolis, Indiana, on August 13, 1863.

2.     John Alexander Dunavan
b. June 12, 1847, Perrysville, Vermillion County, Indiana
m. 1871 to Rebecca Elizabeth Mossbarger/Mossberger
d. January 15, 1923, Bonnie, Illinois.
Both buried Hickory Hill Cemetery, Bonnie, Illinois.
Occupation:  farmer

3.     Mary Jane Dunivan
b. August 3, 1849, Perrysville, Vermillion County, Indiana
m. Samuel Hines
d. October 21, 1874, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois, buried Niccum Cemetery
Two children.

4.     Charles William Dunavan
b. October 27, 1852, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois
m. February 26, 1880, to Anna Howard
d. January 1, 1908, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois
Both buried Niccum Cemetery.
Occupation:  farmer

5.     Harriet Josephine Dunivan
b. November 1, 1853, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois
d. July 20, 1855, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois, buried Niccum Cemetery

6.     David Asbury Dunavan
b. June 2, 1855 (or June 4, 1856), Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois
m. December 19, 1881, to Mary Williams
d. October 22, 1935 (or August 6, 1936), Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois
Both buried Niccum Cemetery, Danville, Illinois.
Occupation:  farmer
Four children.

7.     Anderson Jackson Dunavan
b. August 9, 1857, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois
m. November 12, 1882, to Caroline "Carrie" Jane Cravens
d. August 31, 1936 (or August 6), Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois
Both buried Niccum Cemetery, Danville, Illinois
Occupation:  farmer, dairyman

8.     Lottie Ann Dunavan
b. June 8, 1860, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois
m. March 21, 1886, to Francis "Frank" Marion Breezeley
d. January 19, 1932, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois
Both buried Niccum Cemetery, Danville, Illinois.

9.     Edward Hughes Dunavan
b. April 6, 1863 (twin), Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois
m. April 18, 1889, to Bertha Mae Holder
d. June 5, 1950, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois
Both buried Niccum Cemetery, Danville, Illinois.
Occupation:  farmer

10.     Edmund Hughes Dunivan
b. April 6, 1863 (twin), Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois
d. July 6, 1863, Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois
buried Niccum Cemetery, Danville, Illinois

11.     Matilda Ella Ellen Dunivan/Dunavan
b. December 22, 1865 (1/2 mile south of Lowe's Chapel Church, 7 miles from Georgetown, Illinois)
m. February 24, 1889, to Tilman Wilcoxen
d. March 21, 1947, in El Campo, Texas, hospital;  buried Wharton, Texas

           Family of Anderson Jackson Dunavan,  B1.2.2.1.7 
standing, l to r:
Willis Dunavan, Ora Dunavan, Arley Dunavan
Ben Dunavan, Albert Dunavan
seated, l to r:
Fred Dunavan, Iva Dunavan Hughes, Anderson J. Dunavan,
Lola Dunavan Esworthy, Sarah Elva Dunavan