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Eli Alvador Dunnihoo

Male 1872 - 1927  (54 years)

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  • Name Eli Alvador Dunnihoo  [1]
    Birth 18 Jul 1872  , Preble, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Male
    Occupation Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    cigar maker prior to 1894 
    Census 9 Jun 1880  Washington Township, Preble, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Military Service From 1894 to 1897  Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    U.S. Army 
    • He enlisted at Cincinnati, Ohio, 27 June 1894, and was discharged at Fort Leavenworth on 27 Sep 1897.
    Census 9 Jun 1900  Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Census 27 Apr 1910  Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Census 9 Jan 1920  Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Death 30 Jun 1927  Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Cause: pulmonary tuberculosis with severe bronchial asthma 
    • National Military Home.
    Burial Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Person ID I29934  Bisbee
    Last Modified 26 Dec 2009

    Father John Van Dunnihoo,   b. Nov 1847, Eaton, Preble, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1924, , , Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    Mother Jennie Alicia Bierly,   b. Sep 1844, Piqua, Miami, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1902, , , Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)
    Marriage 1865  , , Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F303  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jennie G. "Grundy Jane" Russell,   b. 20 Mar 1874, Columbia, Adair, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Dec 1964, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
    Marriage 1 Feb 1898  Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Children 
    +1. John Russell Dunnihoo,   b. 22 Dec 1898, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Sep 1986, Centerville, Montgomery, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
     2. Edward Cecil Dunnihoo,   b. 30 Jun 1901, , , Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Apr 1971, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
     3. Dorothy Edith Dunnihoo,   b. 3 Dec 1902, , , Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Mar 2001, Vandalia, Montgomery, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 98 years)
     4. Hazel Ardeth Dunnihoo,   b. 19 Feb 1906, , , Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1962, , , Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)
     5. Robert Josephus Dunnihoo,   b. 1911, , , Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1969, , , , Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
    Family ID F301  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Dec 2009

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 18 Jul 1872 - , Preble, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - cigar maker prior to 1894 - - Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 9 Jun 1880 - Washington Township, Preble, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMilitary Service - U.S. Army - From 1894 to 1897 - Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1 Feb 1898 - Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 9 Jun 1900 - Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 27 Apr 1910 - Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 9 Jan 1920 - Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Cause: pulmonary tuberculosis with severe bronchial asthma - 30 Jun 1927 - Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • From "A History of Three Dunniho Men and Their Descendants," by Margaret Dunnohoo Bisbee and John Russel Dunnihoo, 1980, page c. "Eli Alvador, 5 ft. 7 in., 120 pounds, blue eyes, dark brown hair, was the second child of John Van and Jennie "Alicia" Bierley. He married Jane Grundy Russell in 1898. In 1885, Eli moved to Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. He was a cigar maker by trade. In the early 1890's he served 3 years in the Army serving in the Dakota's. He injured his finger while in the Army and could not roll cigars. He learned to be an iron moulder, at which he worked during the balance of his life. He made a living, but, outside of buying their own home, was only able to obtain an ordinary education for his 5 children. He was a protestant but no regular member of any religious body. Jane Grundy was a Baptist, and later became a Christian Scientist."
    • (Medical):At age 39, Eli A. Dunnihoo is described as 5'-6 1/2" tall, 128 lbs, light complexion, gray eyes, dark brown hair. He claims disability in that he lost part of the tip of his left index finger in a bread-slicing machine in the mess hall at Forth Leavenworth, Kansas in May, 1895, and is no longer able to work as a cigar maker. He also claims Rheumatism that led to heart disease, caused by lying in mud and snow during a practice march from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to Fort Riley, Kansas, in September and October, 1896, a round trip of 300 miles. Quattermaster Sargeant Otto Skiles, a fellow soldier, testifies that, "Dunnihoo was never of a robust or healthy appearance, being slight of build, pale and thin and in a generally run-down condition...Dunnihoo complained from time to time of not feeling well...." He goes on to say, "that during this march the distances covered were approximately from twelve to eighteen miles daily and several times camp was pitched in a rain and on several occasions the daily march was made in rain and mud." His claim for invalid pension was rejected because the injury to his finger was judged to be of no consequence and because Dunnihoo could not prove that his rheumatism and heart trouble were a result of his military service. After his death, his widow applied for pension on the grounds that Eli's tuberculosis was contracted as a result of his military service. Her claim was also rejected. [6]

  • Sources 
    1. [S934] Dunnihoo Eli A. Military Pension Records, (Washington, D. C.: National Archives and Records Administration. Pension file No. 1.398.845 (rejected); Widow's pension file No. 1.588.521 (rejected).).
      Copy of death certificate contains more information that that provided by State of Ohio: Informant: K. O'Conner of the National Military Home Ohio. Gives parents as J. V. Dunnihoo, born Eaton Ohio, and Jennie A. Bierly, born Piqua, Ohio.

    2. [S934] Dunnihoo Eli A. Military Pension Records, (Washington, D. C.: National Archives and Records Administration. Pension file No. 1.398.845 (rejected); Widow's pension file No. 1.588.521 (rejected).).
      In a questionaire signed by Eli A. Dunnihoo, he gives his own birth as july 18, 1872, in Eaton, Preble County, Ohio.

    3. [S233] OH Montgomery, Dayton: Directories, 1888-1892 (Online), (Ancestry.com ), 1889, 1890.
      Eli Dunnihoo of 1137 W. 3d, W. S, is listed as a cigar maker.

    4. [S934] Dunnihoo Eli A. Military Pension Records, (Washington, D. C.: National Archives and Records Administration. Pension file No. 1.398.845 (rejected); Widow's pension file No. 1.588.521 (rejected).).
      In a questionnaire signed by Eli A. Dunnihoo, he says his occupation at enlistment was cigar maker. His request for disability pension is based, in part, on an injury to his left index finger, which prevents him from working as a cigar maker since his discharge. He lists his current occupation (23 Sep 1911) as "molder."

    5. [S518] Dunnihoo, John Van (I29936): 1880 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2005): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T9, roll 1060, enumeration district (ED) 204, enumerated page 12, master page 226D, line 7, dwelling 99, family 99; image accessed 12/28/2008.), 1880.OH.Preble.Washington.204.12.

    6. [S934] Dunnihoo Eli A. Military Pension Records, (Washington, D. C.: National Archives and Records Administration. Pension file No. 1.398.845 (rejected); Widow's pension file No. 1.588.521 (rejected).).

    7. [S502] Dunnihoo, Eli Alvador (I29934): 1900 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T623, roll 1306, enumeration district (ED) 38, sheet 7A, page 119A, line 25, dwelling 107, family 146; image accessed 12/28/2008.), 1900.OH.Montgomery.Dayton Ward 2.38.13.

    8. [S503] Dunnihoo, Eli Alvador (I410): 1910 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2006): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T624, roll 1217, enumeration district (ED) 89, sheet 10A, page 242A, line 20, dwelling 224, family 236; image accessed 12/28/2008.), 1910.OH.Montgomery.Dayton Ward 6.89.18.

    9. [S504] Dunnihoo, Eli Alvador (I29934): 1920 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2005): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T625, roll 1422, enumeration district (ED) 145, sheet 5B, page 67B, line 90, dwelling 111, family 125; image accessed 12/28/2008.), 1920.OH.Montgomery.Dayton Ward 7.145.10.

    10. [S222] Dunnihoo Eli A. Death Certificate, (Ohio Bureau of Vital Statistics. Original document is now held by the Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, Ohio.).
      His death is given as 6:30 a.m., June 30th, 1927, at the National Military Home Ohio. No birth or parentage information is provided. President Lincoln established the National Military Home Ohio (a.k.a. the Dayton Soldiers Home) as a home and hospital for disabled veterans of the Civil War. It came under the Veterans Administration in 1930 and is now part of the campus of the Dayton VA Medical Center, 4100 W. Third Street, Dayton, Ohio 45428. History and pictures can be found on the Internet <http://www.dayton.med.va.gov/museum/index.html>.

    11. [S222] Dunnihoo Eli A. Death Certificate, (Ohio Bureau of Vital Statistics. Original document is now held by the Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, Ohio.).
      On 6/30/27, the day of his death, the body was removed to Cincinnati, Ohio.

    12. [S934] Dunnihoo Eli A. Military Pension Records, (Washington, D. C.: National Archives and Records Administration. Pension file No. 1.398.845 (rejected); Widow's pension file No. 1.588.521 (rejected).).
      In a questionnaire signed by Eli A. Dunnihoo, he states he was married to Jennie G. Russell on 1 Feb 1898 in Louisville, Kentucky, by Rev. H. C. Risner, and that the marriage was recorded at Louisville, in Jefferson County. In a declaration signed on 2 Aug 1927 by Jennie G. Dunnihoo, she states she was married to Eli A. Dunnihoo as above, by Rev. Risnor, Baptist minister. Neither she nor Eli were previously married.