From History of Walworth County Wisconsin by Albert Clayton Beckwith, Vol. II, 
Publ. 1912 - Page 991-992
 
GEORGE DUNHAM.  One of the successful farmers and stock men of Troy township 
is George DUNHAM, a man who has succeeded in his chosen life work because he 
has not waited for someone else to do his planning and his work, but has been 
persistent in whatever he conceived to be the right course to pursue and has 
not been thwarted by discouragements and obstacles which are met in the path 
of life by everyone, and which should always be made stepping stones to higher 
things.
 
Mr. DUNHAM was born in Troy, Walworth county, On July 11, 1858.  He is the son 
of Robert and Mary (STOREMAN) DUNHAM, who located in Troy, this county, in 
1856, bought a farm here and followed agricultural purists successfully until 
retiring from the active duties of life.  Their family consisted of eleven 
children.
 
George DUNHAM of this sketch was reared on the home farm, where he worked 
during the summer months when a boy, and in the winter time he went to the 
public schools in his community.  Early in life he took up farming and has 
continued the same to the present time, now owning one hundred and fifty-seven 
acres of excellent and well improved land in Troy township, which he tills in 
a manner that shows him to be up to the standard as a twentieth-century 
agriculturist.  He is a breeder of Jersey cattle, and because of their 
superior quality he finds a very ready market for them.  He also makes a 
specialty of dairying, for which he is well equipped in every respect and this 
forms no small part of his annual income.
 
Mr. DUNHAM was married in 1882 to Grace PIERCE, daughter of John and Ann 
(ROBINS) PIERCE, both natives of Cornwall, England, where they spent their 
earlier years, finally coming to America and they are now living in Iowa.  
John and Grace (ROBINS) PIERCE came to America in 1867 and located on a farm 
near Cleveland, Ohio, where she died, then the rest of the family, father and 
six children, came to New Hampton, Iowa.  The father was a brother to Richard 
PIERCE, who is mentioned under the sketch of Frank J. COOK.  Mrs. George 
DUNHAM was reared by Jerome Madison COOK, after the death of her mother.  One 
child has been born to the subject and wife, Frank, who lives at home.
 
The subject is a member of the Methodist church and the Modern Woodmen of the 
World.  Mrs. DUNHAM is a member of the Royal Neighbors.  He is a Prohibitionist.
 
The parents of the subject were both born in Cambridgeshire, England, and 
there they grew up and came to Maine in an early day, but came on to Walworth 
county, Wisconsin, in 1856 and here they have since made their home, the 
father following farming many years, accumulating two hundred and twenty acres 
in Troy township.  His family consisted of six sons and five daughters.  These 
parents have lived retired in Troy Center for a number of years.  The mother 
is a member of the Methodist church, and they both have many friends throughout 
the county.

Submitted by Carol