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
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From the Farmville Herald
Dr. Dunnington, 83, Native of Farmville, Dies in New York
Dr. John Hughes Dunnington, 83, died in a New York Hospital early Monday morning, October 17, following a severe stroke on Saturday. A memorial service will be held in St. James Episcopal Church, New York City, Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Dr. Dunnington was the son of Walter Grey Dunnington and India Wycliffe Knight Dunnington, born Jan. 12, 1894, at the Dunnington home "Poplar Hill", near Farmville. He was the youngest of three distinguished brothers, tutored at "Poplar Hill" and graduated by Peonian High School near Washington, DC. He entered Hampden-Sydney, earning a BA degree in the class of 1911, following which he received his MD degree at the University of Virginia in 1916 where he was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa honorary scholarship fraternity. He volunteered immediately for World War I and served in the medical corps as an eye specialist. with the rank of First Lieutenant from 1917 to 1919.
Dr. Dunnington became an outstanding practicing physician, and surgeon with an international reputation and clientele. He also was a member of the faculty of Columbia University as professor in ophthalmology from 1930 to 1959, and served as a consultant in a number of New York hospitals and colleges.
He was a member of the American Medical Association, New York Academy of Medicine, State Medical Society, and other professional societies.
He was a member of the University Club, the Country Club and New Canaan, the New York Southern Society and the Virginians, and Hampden-Sydney Alumni of New York. In 1952 Hampden-Sydney awarded him the honorary degree of LL.D.
On November 26, 1919, he married Genevieve Richards Parker, of New York, who with one daughter, Mrs. Jean D. Cullen, both of New York, survives.
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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
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