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Dominick Dunn

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DescriptionGarfield pioneer, 1851. He was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1820, and moved to America at the age of 19. He worked as a fireman on ocean steamers. In the summer of 1851, he quit the water and settled in Traverse City, working for the newly formed Hannah, Lay & Company, where he was employed for sixteen years.

Source of descriptionPortrait Herald edition, 1894, Old Settlers Historical and Chronological record by Wait: settled in GT Region

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Union Street (resided at)

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