STEUBEN REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1903, page 1, column 5

LORENZO DUNHAM, 29 May 1833 - 19 Mar 1903

   Lorenzo Dunham was born in Bedford township, Cuyahoga county, 
Ohio, May 29, 1903, aged 69 years, 9 months and 18 days.
   He was the youngest of twelve children born to John and 
Elizabeth Dunham, of whom five are left, Alonzo Dunham, of Angola, 
Ind., John and Asa Dunham, Laura Hubbell and Elizabeth Wheeler, of 
Bedford, Ohio.  He was married to Sarah Ann Riddles, on March 14, 
1860.  On Feb. 14, 1864, they moved to York township.  Of the five 
children born to them, four with their mother are left to mourn the 
loss of a kind father and true husband.  His hatred of shams, of 
whatever nature, was almost a passion, and he could never make a 
pretense of seeming to be that which he knew in his heart he was 
not.  In the community where he has lived so long, he was loved and 
respected.  His upright and blameless life, his patience and 
cheerfulness through the years of suffering, his kindness as a 
neighbor and constancy as a friend, won the hearts of all.  No 
murmurings, no distrust, but with perfect confidence and peace he 
passed over the river to that land where there is no hunger, no 
pain nor sorrow.  Funeral services at Powers' church, Saturday, 
March 21st, Elder C. S. Medbury, officiating.

THE WILL OF LORENZO DUNHAM, page 4, column 2

   The will of Lorenzo Dunham, whose death occurred in York a few 
days ago, has been probated.  He gave to his wife Sarah the use of 
all his real and personal property to have and hold during her 
natural life.  To his son James he gave the east eighty acres, and 
to his daughter Olive together with $800 in cash the west sixty 
acres of the farm on which he died.  To his daughter Rose he gave 
the north eighty acres of the old farm northwest of Metz, and the 
south eighty of the same farm he gave in fee simple to his 
grandchildren, Ethel, Edna, Reuben and Harvey Dunham, suject to the 
life estate of his son Theodore.  All the above bequests are made 
subject to the life estate of his wife, Sarah.  At the death of his 
widow, all the remainder of his property is to be divided equally 
among his children.  James Dunham is named as executor.  This is 
certainly a just will.  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

   Lorenzo Dunha, 28/29 May 1833 - 19 Mar 1903, son of John and Elizabeth 
(Hungerford) Dunham, married Sarah Ann (Riddles) Dunham, 17 Sep 1839 - 30 
Jun 1932.  Lorenzo and Sarah are buried at Powers Cemetery. Angola, 
Steuben County, Indiana.

CHILDREN:

   Theodore Dunham, 28 Jan 1861 - 01 Jan 1928, on 31 Dec 1822, married 
Sophia E. (Gibbeny) Dunham, 23 Apr 1865 - 17 Dec 1937, daughter of Samuel 
H. and Celora (Kellogg) Gibbeny.  Theodore and Sophia are buried at Powers 
Cemetery.
   James W. Dunham, 26 Jan 1863 - 09 Oct 1943, buried at Powers Cemetery.
   Florence E. Dunham, 22 Dec 1870 - 06 Oct 1878, buried at Powers 
Cemetery.
   Rozenar Dunham and Olive Dunham were sill alive in 1903.
 
"History of Steuben County, Indiana, 1990" by Audree Siebel Lewis, Vol 1, 
pages 537, 538, 539.
"History of Steuben County, IN - 1885"; pages 605, 606, biography of 
Lorenzo Dunham; page 605, biography of brother, Chester Dunham; pages 674, 
675, biography of brother, Alonzo Dunham.

Submitted by:  Mona Hilden-Beckwith
e-mail:  hilbeck123@att.net