History of Union and Middlesex Counties, New Jersey with Biographical Sketches of many of their Prominent Men . ven sons being present with their companions(one son-in-law excepted), and all living grandchil-dren, twenty-one in number, being also present (saveone). It was considered a matter of unusual interest thatduring fifty years of married life but three deaths hadoccurred in their family, and but two of these (bothinfant grandchildren) being descendants of the agedcouple. HENRY V. grandfather of the subject of this biographicalsketch was Squire David Dunham, who resided in the
History of Union and Middlesex Counties, New Jersey with Biographical Sketches of many of their Prominent Men . ven sons being present with their companions(one son-in-law excepted), and all living grandchil-dren, twenty-one in number, being also present (saveone). It was considered a matter of unusual interest thatduring fifty years of married life but three deaths hadoccurred in their family, and but two of these (bothinfant grandchildren) being descendants of the agedcouple. HENRY V. grandfather of the subject of this biographicalsketch was Squire David Dunham, who resided in thetownship of Piscataway, where he followed agricul- 602 HISTORY OF UNION AND MIDDLESEX COUNTIES, NEW JERSEY. tural employments and wielded a considerable influ-ence in public aftairs. He married and had children,-Edmund, GeorD;e W., Benjamin, Caroline, and death of Mr. Dunham, after a life of industry,occurred at his home. His son George W. was bornDec. 19, 1788, at the homestead, where the years ofhis boyhood, as also his later years, were spent. Hesubsequently removed to Plainfield, which became. township. Their children are Alida V. (Mrs. IsaacE. Giles), and AVilliam C, who is married to EttaBurdick, and resides at Alfred Centre, AlleghanjCo., N. Y. Mr. Dunham is a stanch Republican in politics,and a close observer of the political changes of thetime, but cares little for the distinctions of ofliciallife. He is a Baptist in his religious faith, and atrustee of the New Market Baptist Church. He isenterprising and sagacious in matters of business, andhas enjoyed a success commensurate with these busi-ness qualifications. ^ ^£i^^^<^7.^A^^2/y <;^yn^ his residence. By his marriage to Miss Phebe, daugh-ter of William Vail, who was a Quaker in his re-ligious faith and born in 1792, he became the father ofchildren,—David V., Eveline (Mrs. N. Randolph),Elizabeth (Mrs. B. D. Randolph), James V., JaneH. (deceased), Daniel V., Henry V., Clarkson C,George H., and Charle
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