Person:Eliab Dunbar (1)

CENSUS: 1850 United States Federal Census Name: Eliab Dunbar Age: 23 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850 Birth Place: New York Gender: Male Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Wellington, Lorain, Ohio Household Members: Name Age Eliah Dunbar 23 Margaret Dunbar 18 Eliab Dunbar 5/12 Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Wellington, Lorain, Ohio; Roll: M432_705; Page: 556; Image: 625.

1870 United States Federal Census Name: Eliab Dunbar Estimated Birth Year: abt 1829 Age in 1870: 41 Birthplace: New York Home in 1870: Eaton Rapids, Eaton, Michigan Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: Eaton Rapids Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Eaton Rapids, Eaton, Michigan; Roll: M593_670; Page: 227; Image: 454.

Washington Census, 1850-90 Name: Eliab Dunbar State: WA County: Mason County Township: Town 19 - 20 Year: 1890 Page: 001 Database: WA 1890 Veterans Schedule Source Information: Jackson, Ronald V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Washington Census, 1850-90 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999. Original data: Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.

Washington State and Territorial Censuses, 1857-1892 Name: Eliab Dunbar Census Date: 25 Apr 1892 Residence County: Mason Residence State: Washington Locality: Shelton Birth Location: New York Marital Status: Married Gender: Male Estimated Birth Year: abt 1827 Race: White Line: 21 Roll: V228_11 Source Information: Ancestry.com. Washington State and Territorial Censuses, 1857-1892 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: Washington. Washington Territorial Census Rolls, 1857-1892. Olympia, Washington: Washington State Archives. M1, 20 rolls.

MILITARY: American Civil War Soldiers Name: Eliab Dunbar Residence: Eaton Rapids, Michigan Enlistment Date: 14 Sep 1861 Enlistment Place: Albion, Michigan Side Served: Union State Served: Michigan Death Date: 26 Jul 1896 Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 14 September 1861 at the age of 35. Enlisted in Company A, 1st Engineers Regiment Michigan on 29 Oct 1861. Promoted to Full Sergeant on 19 Mar 1864. Mustered Out Company A, 1st Engineers Regiment Michigan on 22 Sep 1865 at Nashville, TN. Sources: 10 Source Citation: Side served: Union; State served: Michigan; Enlistment date: 14 Sep 1861..

OBITUARY: The Mason County Journal of Friday, July 31st, 1896, Shelton, Mason County, Washington: Eliab Dunbar gone. Shortly after noon, Monday July 27th Eliab Dunbar peacefully passed away, after an illness of several months, from heart troubles. For the past week he had been failing, and his death was expected. Although 69 years of age, and broken in general health by war service, he has been quite strong until last January; since when he has been mostly confined to his home.

Eliab Dunbar was born in Cattaraugus County, N. Y., in 1827, but most of his life has been spent in Michigan until eight years ago, when he came to Mason County and has since made Shelton his home. As a builder he was an expert workman, and Shelton has many specimens of his work in her buildings. He leaves an aged wife, and two grown sons, the latter being in Michigan, also a step son, Ralph Potts, and two brothers, W. H. and Chas. Dunbar, who reside in Shelton with their families. Eliab Dunbar served his country for 4 1/2 years in the civil war and also his son, who enlisted at the age of thirteen years, and was one of the youngest in the service.

The funeral took place on Tuesday afternoon under the direction of Col. E. E. Cross Post No. 90, G. A. R. of which the deceased was a member. Rev. F M. Wheeler preached the funeral service at the home, and Com. J. B. Ritner read an impressive Grand Army ritual service at the interment in the I. O. O. F. cemetery. The funeral services were attended by the many relatives and friends of the family, and comrades, to pay their last respects of the deceased. The family desires to thank the kind friends who performed the services that tended to lighten the illness of the deceased and relieve his sorrowing wife, and for flowers and other attentions shown during the funeral.