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F. W. DUNHAM, farmer, P. O. Georgetown, was born in Perry Township, this county, and is the son of Gideon and Susannah (Heasley) Dunham. Gideon Dunham was born in Kentucky, of English parentage. His wife, Susannah, was a native of this county, and was of Welsh extraction. The subject of this sketch received a collegiate education at the Ohio Wesleyan University. His father was a merchant, and F. W. spent his early life clerking for him; he subsequently accepted a position as sales man at Cincinnati, then opened a grocery business for himself in that city, and for sixteen years conducted it with a marked degree of success. His sales during one year amounted to more than $300,000, a sum, it is believed, equaled by no other house. He was a partner with William Glenn & Son. In 1878, he sold his business, purchased a farm one mile east of Georgetown, and has since that year engaged in the lighter pursuits of agriculture. His means he has amassed by his own exertions. In 1870, he was married to Miss Alice M. Horner, daughter of Thomas Horner, of Cincinnati. They have two children—Lucy and Frank W. Mr. and Mrs. Dunham are members of the Georgetown M. E. Church. He is a Republican, and at present Trustee of this township.