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D. McConnell #47639995:


Jacob 'Jake' Dunaway married Elizabeth Jane Dunaway, his first cousin, one time removed who was the daughter of William Marion 'Capt Billy' Dunaway, Jake's first cousin. Jacob and Elizabeth had a son George, the brother of their son Jacob Lee Dunaway. Captain Billy had a son James C. Dunaway, the brother of Elizabeth. James C. Dunaway had a daughter named Milissa.

George Dunaway, son of Jake and Elizabeth, fell in love with the daughter of Jim Dunaway and wanted to marry her. Jim Dunaway didn't like it. Jim Dunaway ordered George Dunaway to stay away from his house. George Dunaway went there one night and killed Jim Dunaway, and shot his wife and made the girl go home with him. The trial was asked for and George Dunaway could not be found. He remained hid for over a year before they caught him. He was tried and "Stringer Cummings" was his lawyer. Cummings entered a law suit with the understanding that he would not let them hang Dunaway, but Dunaway got a sentence for life in the state pen.

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Source: 1910 United States Federal Census
Name: George H Dunnaway
Age in 1910: 51
Birth Year: abt 1859
Birthplace: Rutherford, Tennessee
Home in 1910: Civil District 8, Davidson, Tennessee
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Prisoner
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee

Source: Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958
Name: George Dunaway
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 16 Jan 1859
Birth Place: Tennessee
Age: 62
Death Date: 18 Jan 1921
Death Place: Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee
Father's Name: Jacob Dunaway
Father's Birth Place: Tennessee
Mother's name: Elizabeth Dunaway
Mother's Birth Place: Tennessee
Certificate Number: 40

Never married.