Poplar Hill
Dunnington, India Knight (Granny)
Dunnington, Walter Gray died February 12, 1849
Dunnington, Walter G. Jr. died April 2, 1999
Dunnington, Walter Jr Received The Distinguished Service Cross. date of action July 14 - 15, 1918
Dunnington - July 27, 1860
Dunnington, Walter Grey, attorney
Dunnington, Walter Grey (son of the above)
Dunnington, Dr. John Hughes and his wife Mrs. Dunnington, Genevieve Parker
Dunnington, Allen Gray
Some history of the Poplar Hill
Poplar Hill Photos
Poplar Hill Golf Course
Poplar Hill - Hampden Sydney article in Farmville paper May 2005
Knight
Knight Family (Granny)
Shields
Some history from the Shields family
Brumfield, Betty Shields
Shields, Ann Kingdon
Chamberlin
Cherokee
Dunnington, James William
Dunnington, Kathryn Chamberlin
Orgain, Dolly Dunnington
Sprye, India Dunnington
Whidden, Sally Ann Dunnington Sydnor, Kathryn Dunnington
Sprye, Skip
Sprye, Trey
Goebel, Kathryn Sprye
Hagler, Katrina Goebel
Goebel, Peter
Index of people on this site
|
Born, Farmville, February 12, 1849; Died, Farmville, August 2, 1922.
Walter Gray Dunnington was, for many years, one of the most prominent tobacco merchants of the entire South.
He was born in Farmville, February 12, 1859, and died in the county in which he was born, August 2, 1922. He was the son of James W. Dunnington and Sallie Madison. He was, on his mother's side, the grand-son of Col. James Madison. The Dunningtons were originally Maryland people. On both sides of the house, Mr. Dunnington came of English ancestry. The habitat of which was the county of Berkshire, in England.
Soon after growing up Mr. Dunnington went West, and for some time lived in the vicinity of Kansas City, Mo. After about two years he returned to his old home in Farmville and went into the tobacco business, in which business his father also had been engaged.
His operations in tobacco were of such magnitude that they extended into Norway, Sweden, Germany, France, England and Holland. While he conducted his business chiefly from Farmville, he had very large interests in Louisville, Ky., and spent a considerable part of his time there. He also conducted many of his business operations in New York City. In his own line of business, he was one of the "big men" of the State, and, for that matter, of the nation as well. He was the means of making Farmville one of the leading export tobacco markets of the State.
Mr. Dunnington never held political position of any kind, having no inclination in that direction. At one period, however, he had been a member of the Town Council of Farmville. For many years he served as a member of the board of trustees of Hampden-Sidney College, at which institution his three sons were educated. He was a man of simple tastes, modest and unassuming, yet, at the same time, aggressive and full of energy, alert in speech and bearing, and possessed of remarkable business acumen.
Mr. Dunnington was married, October 12, 1876, to India W. Knight, daughter of Capt. John H. Knight, a gallant soldier of the Confederate Army, who survives him. Their family consisted of six children, five of whom survive him. They are Walter Gray Dunnington, Jr., a prominent lawyer of New York City; Dr. J.H. Dunnington, an eye specialist of New York City; Mrs. A.G. Clapham, of Washington D.C.; Mrs. E. Southall Shields, of Farmville, Va.; and J.W. Dunningon of Farmville, for many years associated with his father in the tobacco business in that place. His youngest child, named for his Norwegian friend, Conrad Langaard died in infancy.
Mr. Dunnington was devoted to his family. He was a most loyal friend and, while he consistently shrank from publicity, his deeds of kindness to those in distress were multitudinous. His death brought a remarkable career to a close. His remains were laid to rest in the cemetary at Farmville.
From "History of Prince Edward County, Virginia, From its Formation in 1753 to the Present" by Charles Edward Burrell Published in 1922 by The Williams Printing Co. in Richmond, Va.
|
The Annual Spry Family Reunion is held the 1st Sunday in October in China Grove, NC. Details for reunion
Enoch Spry history
Fisher family line
The General Armory
Marriage Certificate Enoch Spry and Mary Lingle
Carter Creek document
Death Certificate Thomas Spry
Letter to Johnsie from Helen Kurfees
Hill Spry Photos
Children of Elzavan Monroe Spry
Lineage Papers
Older Spry Pictures
1920 School Picture Liberty School
Letter To Annice Allsobrooks from President Nixon
1926 Spry Family Reunion
Lois's 92nd birthday party 1988
|
