... Our subject's maternal grandparents, Caleb and Susanna (Strader) Dunn, were natives of
New Jersey, the former born in 1777, and died in 1849, and the latter born in 1779 and
died in 1859. They were united in marriage June 11, 1797, and from this union resulted
eight children, Hannah, Mahala, Mary, Asa, Strader, Thomas, William and Susan.
- The eldest child, Hannah, married Hon. Henry Brady, by whom she had six children,
Emily, Oliver, Letitia, Margaret, Mahala and George;
- Mary, married James Caldwell, and became the mother of five children,
Caleb, James, William, Hervey and Susan;
- Asa, the fourth child born to Caleb Dunn, married Miss Caroline Sedwick and had these
children, Wilson, Hannah, Susan, William, Lucy, Mary, George and Emma;
- Strader, the fifth child, married Miss Hettie Joseph, who bore him six children,
William, Jane, Martha, Mary, Cornelius and Cornelia (twins);
- Thomas Dunn married Miss Hannah Ailes, and four children are living,
James, Elijah, Marion and George;
- William Dunn married Miss Dorothy Crane and has two children, Howard and Cora;
- Susan Dunn, the youngest child born to Caleb Dunn, married James M. Mercer, and became
the mother of one child, Jacob D. ...
