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Thomas Dunn

Patriot

 
 
Thomas Dunn Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 10, 2018
1. Thomas Dunn Marker
Inscription.

Thomas Dunn came here in the year 1801
and settled on the lands at Big Eddy,
of which this cemetery is a part.

He, his wife Su Dunn and five of his children
survived the Wyoming Massacre July 1778
after which he enlisted in the Continental Army
under Gen. Washington and served his country faithfully.

Erected to the memory of a revered patriot
by Delaware Valley Post 1020, American Legion, Narrowsburg, N.Y.,
May 30, 1955


 
Erected 1955 by Delaware Valley American Legion Post 1020.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial SitesDisastersPatriots & PatriotismWar, US Revolutionary. A significant historical date for this entry is May 30, 1955.
 
Location. 41° 36.574′ N, 75° 3.321′ W. Memorial is in Narrowsburg, New York, in Sullivan County. It can be reached from New York 97. Marker is in the Dunn Family Plot, in Glen Cove Cemetery, about 300 feet east of Kirks Road. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Narrowsburg NY 12764, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Upstate New York and in the Hudson Valley. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Town of Tusten (approx. 0.2 miles away); Tusten Town Hall (approx. Ό mile away); Narrowsburg Central Rural School (approx. Ό
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mile away); Narrowsburg's History / Main Street (approx. Ό mile away); The Oasis (approx. Ό mile away); Dexter Manufacturing (approx. Ό mile away); St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church (approx. 0.3 miles away); Lutheran Church (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Narrowsburg.
 
More about this memorial. The marker is at the Thomas Dunn cenotaph (a memorial headstone for Dunn, who is buried in Ohio).
 
Also see . . .  Thomas Coe Dunn Grave at Find A Grave. Dunn is buried in Dunn Cemetery, Wyandot County, Ohio (Submitted on August 2, 2018, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.) 
 
Thomas Dunn Cenotaph and Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 10, 2018
2. Thomas Dunn Cenotaph and Marker
Thomas Dunn Cenotaph and Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 10, 2018
3. Thomas Dunn Cenotaph and Marker
Thomas Dunn Cenotaph image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 10, 2018
4. Thomas Dunn Cenotaph
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 2, 2018. It was originally submitted on August 2, 2018, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 700 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 2, 2018, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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