Laurence Dunn, March 4, 1825-January 2, 1895

An Irish immigrant who came to Savannah in about 1851, Laurence Dunn quickly established himself in financial and community affairs. His business interests included real estate, a grocery store and saloon, and some involvement with the shipping industry. Mr. Dunn married Catherine Mitchell in 1854 and together they had five or six children, three of whom lived to maturity. He enlisted to serve in the Con­ federate Army in 1862. Catherine M. Dunn died in late 1889 and Mr. Dunn survived her by five years, dying in January, 1895. The Dunn descendants were and are active members of the Savannah community in the fields of education, medicine, commerce and law.https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/sav-bios-lane/1052/thumbnail.jp