| Rev. William A. Dungan was born in Madison County, Tenn., in 1840, and
is a son of Thomas M. and Nancy M. (Mason) Dungan, and grandson of William
Dungan. The latter was born in Illinois and was left an orphan in his infancy
and was adopted by a Mr. Mitchell. He was brought to Tennessee in his youth
and here resided until his death in 1850. He was a true Christian and was
noted for his honesty. We give the following anecdote as an illustration
of the same. He and a neighbor traded horses and after a few days each
concluded he had the best of the bargain, and that it was his duty to give
the other some extra compensation, so each started with a grist of wheat
and after meeting and learning of the other�s intention, neither would
yield, but concluded to give the grists to a poor neighboring widow. Thomas
M. Dungan was born in Williamson County, Tennessee, in 1813, and was married
January 3, 1837. He died in Crockett County, September 10, 1884, at his
son William A�s. His wife was born in Tennessee in 1816, and died August
4, 1865. Both were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Mrs.
Dungan was a daughter of Abram and Margaret Mason, who were from the Northern
States, and located in Madison (now Crockett County), in 1835. Mr. Mason
was a large land-holder and accumulated a large fortune. He was noted for
his benevolence, and he and Mrs. Mason were members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South. Our subject, William A. Dungan, was educated at Mason�s Grove,
and in 1861 enlisted in Company I, Sixth Tennessee Infantry, afterward
Company K, Sixth and Ninth Regiments consolidated, and served through the
war. He was trice wounded through the left knee, once at Shiloh and once
at Chickamauga, and was one of only four of an original company of 101
men to surrender at Greensboro, N. C., April 26, 1865. He made his way
home, mostly on foot, and after attending school one session began farming.
October 1, 1867, he married Mary B., daughter of Hiram and Martha W. Adams.
She was born in Madison County, November 65, 1847. After his marriage Mr.
Dungan located on 115 acres of land, and in 1880 became a Methodist Episcopal
divine, and has worked zealously for the advancement of the cause of Christianity.
He is a Democrat, and is an advocate of all temperance organizations. In
1886 he joined the Memphis Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South.
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