82Y 4M 20D

Son of Shadrach Dunning and Ada Morris
m: Ella Martin Fudge Oct 10 1880
ch include:
-Martha Belle 1882-1963 m: Conway Ephraim Strickland
-John died after 1920
-Albert Jr. 1887-1962
-Adam Shadrack "Shade" 1888-1949
-Lillian Elizabeth 1892-1993 m: Earl E. Landis
-Robert L. 1895-d: after 1920
-Earl 1898-1980
-Angel 1904-1905
-Archie Morris 1907-1974

mil: Confederate Army, Civil War

DUNNING, Albert
b: Jan 15 1838, Trigg Co, KY
d: Jun 5 1920, near Deepwater, Henry Co, MO
bur: Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Fairview Twp, Henry Co, MO
Albert Dunning died at his home near Deepwater Saturday night at 11 p.m., after a month of extreme suffering. He was born in Trego county, Kentucky, January 13, 1838, being 82 years, 4 months and 20 days old at the time of his leaving us. He moved with his parents to Henry county when a year old and they were the earliest settlers of Fairview township. In 1874 he moved to the farm which had been his home ever since and now his body rests in the cemetery there. he was married to Miss Ellan Fudge, Oct. 10, 1880, who survives him. Nine children were given to this union, one having passed on before. The living children are: Mrs. Con Strickland, Miss Lillie Dunning, John, Ab, Shade, Bob, Archie and Earl Dunning, all living either at home or nearby. He served four years with the Confederate army during the Civil War, having enlisted in the fall of 1861 in Col. Lewis' 16th Missouri Infantry. He participated in the fights at Carthage, Springfield, Lone Jack, Mo., and Helena, Ark., where he was wounded in the cheek. Also was in several other engagements. He made a profession of faith in the Master and united with the Brownington Baptist church, when he was about 33. He was a member of the Pleasant Valley Baptist church at the time of his death. Bro. Dunning was a good citizen, an obliging neighbor, a worthy husband and devoted father. He had a mind of his own and was slow in forming conclusions, but firm in his decisions. He was a great financier, and the good Lord had blessed him with a large fruitage as the result of his activities in the arena of business circles. He has lived his life, fought his battles and paid his last debt. He owned a large stock and grain farm and was ever for progress in the farm and cattle business. His death is a real loss to the community. The funeral was Monday afternoon at his late home. Interment in the Dunning cemetery nearby. The following tribute was written by Mrs. J. J. Russell: Uncle Albert, as he was familiarly known in this community, had a cheerful disposition, was kind and tender hearted. He was fond of his home and family. His home was his kingdom and his rule was love. His devotion to his friends was beautiful. Many will recall the veritable feasts spread at this hospitable home by him and his good wife for the pleasure of their friends and relatives. Hearts have been touched as they sat at his table, as they heard his voice lifted to God in humble prayer and thanksgiving, and they knew that in his soul dwelt a faith that was steadfast and true. The days of his last illness extended into months, yet he bore it with patience and fortitude. All that loving hands could do was done, but the time of his promotion had come and his spirit passed to the Great Beyond at 11 o'clock on the night of June 5th, his age being 82 years, 4 months and 20 days.

DUNNING, Albert
Fairview Township
1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg 368
Photos: Albert Dunning Family
Albert Dunning. The oldest pioneer in Fairview township and probably the oldest settler in the southern part of Henry County is Albert Dunning, one of the largest land owners in Henry County, who began his career as a plain farmer after his war service ended, with just three dollars in money. He made his first purchase of land in 1883 when he bought one hundred twenty acres. Mr. Dunning formerly owned 2,100 acres of rich farm land but has been giving land to his children until his ownership now claims but 1,700 acres. Almost in the exact center of his large tract (the home place) he erected a splendid country home of imposing appearance to which he added two rooms in 1893 and again remodeled in 1916. Mr. Dunning leases some of his land, but the greater part of it is cultivated by his sons. Albert Dunning was born in Trigg County, Kentucky, January 15, 1838, and is the son of Shadrach and Ada (Morris) Dunning, the former of whom was a native of Kentucky and the latter of Virginia. Shadrach and Ada Dunning were married in Kentucky and made their home in the Blue Grass State until 1840, when they left Kentucky and moved to Missouri. Leaving his family at Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, Shadrach Dunning came to Henry County, entered land and then returned for his family, who came here the following year. He died at his home in this county at the age of fifty years. The following children were born to Shadrach and Ada Dunning: Freeman, deceased; Mrs. Martha Glass and Mrs. Eliza Nichols, deceased; Mrs. Malinda Arnold, aged eighty-eight years, lives in Texas; Mrs. Amanda Reed, aged eighty-six years, lives in North Dakota; John Henry, aged eighty-four years, lives near Carthage, Missouri; Albert, subject of this review; Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth McFarland, lives at Porterville, California, aged seventy-six years. The original Dunning home was located in Fairview township, just four miles east of Albert Dunning's home place. Shadrach Dunning built a double log cabin, southern style, with two rooms below divided by a passage way, and a sleeping loft above. A big fireplace at the end of each room cheered and comforted the family in the winter time. Shadrach Dunning brought his slaves with him from Kentucky, and one old darkey, "Uncle Ben," was especially favored each Christmas. It was a custom in the family to give the old darkey a holiday as long as the Christmas back log would burn. The old fellow would range the timber and cut the biggest and toughest log he could possibly handle and would be resting easy for days as a consequence of the log burning for a long time. Deer were plentiful in those faraway days and fish swarmed in the streams. When a boy Albert Dunning had no difficulty in catching one hundred pounds of fish in a day's fishing with hook and line. He has shot deer and wolves without number and frequently caught young wolves and deer and trained them. He recalls that a panther was killed down on the Osage after the brute had terrorized the neighborhood for days. Indians were numerous and they frequently came to the Dunning home on begging expeditions but gave little trouble to the white folks. When the Southern States rebelled against the Federal Government Albert Dunning enlisted in the Southern Army and fought for the cause which he believed with all of his soul to be just and right. He enlisted in 1861 in Company K, 16th Regiment Missouri Infantry and fought at the battles of Lone Jack, Carthage, Oak Hill, near Springfield, Missouri, where he was dismounted. He served in General Price's army and was in the engagements of Cane Hill, Arkansas, and took part in the defeat of General Banks on the Red River. His service extended in all parts of the Southern States and he was severely wounded in the upper left cheek by a shell at the battle of Helena, Arkansas. He was laid up in a hospital for several weeks and during the period of his illness Uncle Joe Davis came to the camp and took him home, where he could get better treatment. After the close of the war he came to St. Louis and thence home by railroad to Sedalia, Missouri, walking to his home in Henry County from that city, almost destitute and with exactly three dollars in his pockets. After returning from the war Mr. Dunning lived on the home place of the family until he began for himself. He saved his first money by buying calves, growing them and selling them for good money. In this way he managed to save enough to buy a piece of land. Since his first purchase he has continued to buy land and more land and has always been an extensive feeder of live stock. Mr. Dunning was married October 10, 1880, to Miss Ellen Ann Fudge, who was born July 22, 1863, in Illinois, the daughter of Adam and Martha Fudge, who came to Henry County not many years after the close of the Civil War. The children born to Albert and Ellen Ann Dunning are as follows: Mrs. Martha Strickland, Fairview township, has two children, Albert, aged thirteen years, and Donald, aged five years; John, Fairview township; Albert, a farmer in Fairview township; Shadrach, at home with his father; Lillian, a high school teacher at Arcola, Missouri, who was educated in the Warrensburg Normal School; Robert L., Earl and Archie, eleven years, all at home. Robert L. was born January 26, 1895, and is now a private in the National Army, drafted July 22, 1918. This section of the State was called Rives County during the younger days of Albert Dunning, and it was very thinly settled. Cattle had free range and few people had any idea that the land would ever be valuable and that the country would become so thickly settled. Between the Dunning home and Clinton the only house was one built by Colonel Tutt, a noted old pioneer. Albert Dunning has seen this entire section of Missouri settled up and where once the deer, wild turkey and other wild game ranged at will there are now fertile farms and prosperous cities and towns. On the State line of Kansas and Missouri there were herds of buffalo and elk, and each season some of the settlers would journey to Kansas and kill a winter's supply of meat. Albert Dunning is a Democrat and is a member of the Pleasant Valley Baptist Church. Kindly disposed, at peace with the world and satisfied with his accomplishments as a pioneer of Henry County and the great state of Missouri he is spending his declining years in comfort and east with the knowledge that his work on this earth is done. The verdict of the Recording Angel will undoubtedly be: "Well done, thou good and faithful servant."

(obit and bio from Henry Co. website, used with permission.)

Note: Given name assumed to have been Thomas Albert, as his son was Thomas Albert Jr, This Albert only known as Albert, his family cemetery was named Albert Dunning cemetery - entered here as Albert Thomas Dunning for search convenience.

Note: He would have been abt 42 yrs of age when he married Ella Martin Fudge, did he have prior marriage/children?