City: Turnersville
DUNN, John William, physician, farmer, merchant; born Turnersville, Tenn., March 30, 1858; Scotch-Irish descent; son of John R. and Emma (Menees) DUNN; father, physician; paternal grandparents Johnnie J. and Rollie (Carter) DUNN, maternal grandparents Benjamin and Elizabeth (Harrison) MENEES; educated at Bowling Green, Ky., and Clarksville, Tenn.; graduated Nashville, Tenn., M.D. degree, 1880-1881; entered practice of medicine in early life; married Jack Ellen ALLENSWORTH, 1885; Democrat; member of Methodist church; former county chairman of Tobacco Planters’ Protective Assn., four years and advisory board of same organization for one year; P.O. address, Cedar Hill, R.F.D.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
