William Dunbar
1782 PA
James Collins
1786 KY
Sarah Prather
1792 VA
Mary "Polly" Dooley
1777 VA

m. 3 Oct 1834 Knox County, IL
George Washington Dunbar Amelia "Milly/Millie" Collins
bd. 1815 Sinking Creek, Breckinridge Co., KY
occ. Farmer
dd. abt 1896 IL
brd. Henderson Cem., Henderson, Knox Co., IL
bd.  Oct 1816  KY
occ.  Keeping House
dd. 10 Sep 1853 Knox Co. IL
brd. Van Gilder Cemetery located in the North East corner of Section 2 on the Carl Ecklund Farm in the Barefoot Community
M2: Martha Eunice Broughton (b. abt 1827 NY) on 11 Sep 1857 Stark Co., IL  
1850 Census Knox County, tnship 12N.2E, IL
1860 Census Knox County, Sparta, IL
1870 & 1880 Census Henderson, Knox Co., IL

Children:
Lutitia Dunbar (b. 1836 IL)
Francis Marian Dunbar
(b. 28 Mar 1839 IL gender: Male; m. Martha from Ohio)
Harrison "Harry" Dunbar
(b. 1 Dec 1841 IL; m. Cordelia of IL)
Sarah Dunbar
(b. 10 Aug 1843 IL)
George Washington Dunbar, Jr
(b. 8 Mar 1846 Stark Co., IL - 1914 Knox Co., IL)
Nancy Dunbar (b. 10 Apr 1849 IL)
Mary Dunbar (b. abt 1851    d. 10-Aug-1852 IL   burial: Van Gilder Cem on Carl Ecklund Farm in Barefoot Community)
David Dunbar
(b. 1853 IL)
Lelliah Dunbar (b. 1858 IL child of Eunice)
Eunice Dunbar (b. 1865 IL child of Eunice)

NOTES:
Amelia Collins married George Washington Dunbar
From the 1878 History of Knox County, Illinois published by Charles C. Chapman.  [Contributed by Joan Achille.]

GEORGE W. DUNBAR, Jr., son of G. W. and Milly (Colins) [Collins] Dunbar, was born in Stark co., Ill., March 8, 1846; reared on a farm; was in Co. E, 83rd Ill. Inf.; married Eva McElhany, Feb. 23, 1863 [the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index lists a George H. Dunbar marrying a Eva McElhany in Knox County on February 23, 1874].  They have three girls.  Member of the United Brethren Church; Class leader.  Republican.  P.O., Henderson.


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