Elizabeth Lair Letts
Birth 3 Sep 1785
Rockingham County, Virginia, USA
Death 3 Sep 1835 (aged 50)
LaSalle County, Illinois, USA
Burial Dayton Cemetery
Dayton, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA
Elizabeth Lair was the daughter of Joseph Lair and Persis Warren.
Elizabeth married Samuel Dunnavan on December 22, 1807 in Harrisonburg, Rockingham Co., Virginia. They had three children: William Lair Dunavan; George Milton Dunnavan; and Joseph Albert Dunavan.
After Samuel died in 1816,in Ohio, she married David Letts on February 27, 1817. They had four children: Nehemiah Madison; James Robinson; Noah Harris; and Amanda Malvina Letts.
Moved to Cedar Point, Illinois, a mile south of Peru, where Mr. Letts set up a sawmill. Moved to LaSalle Co., Illinois in 1830.
Joseph Albert Dunavan's mother was Elizabeth (Lair) Dunavan, was from the same region as her husband. Their children were three sons; Wm. L., Joseph Albert and George, whose father died in 1816. Their mother lived a widow three years, when she married David Letts, a cousin of the Armstrong "boys" as they all were then. The sons of these two families were raised together, attending the same exceedingly rustic educational establishment. from notes of David Dunavan 1938, stating that is was copied from a old newspaper in possession of Mrs. Lewis Dunavan, Kidder, Mo., June 14, 1931.
Elizabeth Lair started west about 1808 from the Shenandoah Valley, for the great new land west of the Allighenies, as a bride of Samuel Dunavan. From notes of David Dunavan in 1938.
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Virginia Marriages, 1740-1850
about Elizabeth Lair
Groom Name: Samuel Donovan
Bride Name: Elizabeth Lair
Marriage Date: 22 Dec 1807
County: Rockingham
State: Virginia
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U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
about Mrs Elizabeth Lair Dunnivan
Name:Mrs Elizabeth Lair Dunnivan
SAR Membership:67713
Death Date:18 Sep 1835
Spouse:David Letts
Children:Nehemiah Madison Letts
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Samuel Dunavan is buried in Evans Cemetery, Saint Louisville, Licking Co., Ohio. Memorial #18964168 on find-a-grave website.
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Ohio Marriages, 1789-1898
about David Letts
Name: David Letts
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Dunnavan
Marriage Date: 28 Feb 1817
Marriage County: Licking
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