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Mary Charlotte Ford

Mother of Nannie E. Dunn, wife of Milton Waller Chenault · about 1832–1915

Mary Charlotte Ford

KentuckyConfirmed

Mother of Nannie E. Dunn, wife of Milton Waller Chenault · about 1832–1915

Sources
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Research status

Research status: CONFIRMED as the mother of Nannie E. Dunn, wife of Milton Waller Chenault. Nannie’s death certificate, read from the image, gives her mother’s maiden name as Mary Ford S2362. She is the Mary C., 28, of the 1860 Warren County household S1492 and the Mary, 37, keeping house, of the 1870 Sumner County household S1050, both with Nannie. The maiden name Ford is read on three more records: George Dunn’s 1856 birth register, “son of Woodford Dunn and Mary L. Ford” S2288; Ermine Alice’s death certificate, “Mary Lottie Ford” S2289; and Eliza’s death certificate S2350. Wife of Woodford Dunn, whom she married by bond of 18 September 1849 in Edmonson County, Kentucky S2375.

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History of this card. 21 Oct 2026
card added from the records on Milton Waller Chenault's card (S2362, S1050, S1492, S2375, S2288, S2289, S2350); parent link Confirmed (verdict 272804014980-mother). SWEEP-1021D.

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Probable confirm or correct → Her name and dates. “Mary C.” in 1849 and 1860 and “Mary Lottie” on her daughter’s certificate fit Mary Charlotte “Lottie” Ford, as Find a Grave has her, 1832–1915 S2275. A Kentucky death index gives Mrs Mary C. Dunn, 83, born 7 January 1832, died 26 August 1915 in Warren County, Kentucky. What is weak or missing: the full name Charlotte, the birth day and the death rest on that index and on Find a Grave; no death record has been read, and the place of death, Kentucky or Tennessee, is not settled. Know more? Use “Add to this record”.

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Mary Charlotte Ford · Sources

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8 of the record's sources are cited here. The numbering is the record's own; the full list, with where else each is cited, is at Sources.

  1. S10501870 United States Federal Census — 2nd Civil District, Sumner County, Tennessee, page 18, dwelling 117 (P.O. Enon College). Ancestry record 10638623. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 29 September 2026. Probable 9 August 1870: Woodruff Dunn, 45, farmer, born Kentucky; Mary, 37, keeping house, real estate $4,200 in her name; Luther 18, Nancy 16, Leo 13, Eliza 12, Artemisia 10, Alice 8, all born Kentucky. The 1870 census states no relationships; Nancy (Nannie) is taken to be Nannie E. Dunn by name, age, Kentucky birth and district, four years before her Sumner County licence to marry Milton W. Chenault.
  2. S14921860 census — Woodford Dunn household, District No. 1, Warren County, Kentucky (P.O. Bowling Green), p. 89 (stamped 793), dwelling 799, lines 4–11. Ancestry, “1860 United States Federal Census”, record 39948825. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 6 October 2026. Probable Woodford Dunn, 35, farmer, land worth $12,500; Mary C., 28; and Henry W., Luther, Nancy E., 5, at school, Eliza, George and Artemesia. No relationships are stated; Nancy E. is Nannie only through the 1870 Woodruff Dunn household.
  3. S2275Find a Grave memorials 99230430, 99230451 and 62186798 — William Henry Dunn, William Henry Dunn Jr. and Ermine Alice Dunn Chenault, Gallatin City Cemetery, Sumner County, Tennessee. Findagrave.com, read 7 October 2026 (memorial pages). Volunteers’ compiled pages, not original records. Probable William Henry Dunn: born 22 September 1850, died 23 September 1912; parents linked: Capt. Woodford Dunn (1824–1898) and Mary Charlotte “Lottie” Ford (1832–1915); brothers and sisters linked: Luther Ford Dunn, Nancy Embry (Chenault), Eliza Embry (Collett), Artemesia “Mittie” (Collett) and Ermine Alice (Chenault). William Henry Dunn Jr.: born 8 May 1883, died 31 March 1944; parents linked: William Henry Dunn and Nannie Mantlow; wives Mary Louise Barry (married 1906) and Lena Barry (married 1931). Ermine Alice Dunn Chenault: born 7 June 1862, died 18 December 1935, “daughter of Woodford Dunn and Mary Lottie (Ford) Dunn”; husband linked: James Monroe Chenault (1855–1940), married 1889. The given names and ages agree with the Dunn households of 1860 (S1492) and 1870 (S1050); the 1860 “Henry W., 9” has his given names reversed. What it does not settle: the maiden name Ford, the marriages and every exact date rest on these pages alone.
  4. S2288Warren County, Kentucky, register of births, 1856: G. Dunn. Read from the image of the original register. Confirmed G. Dunn, born 2 February 1856, son of Woodford Dunn and Mary L. Ford. George Woodford Dunn’s 1919 Tennessee death certificate gives 3 February and the mother only as “Ford”; the register is the contemporary record.
  5. S2289Tennessee certificate of death no. 29117 (1935), Alice (Dunn) Chenault, Castalian Springs, Sumner County. Read from the image. Confirmed Wife of J. M. Chenault; born 7 June 1862; died 18 December 1935; buried at Gallatin; father Woodford Dunn, mother Mary Lottie Ford, both born near Glasgow, Kentucky. The certificate gives her birthplace as Castalian Springs; five censuses say Kentucky, and Kentucky is followed. The index’s middle name “Eunice” reads Ermine on the image.
  6. S2350Kentucky death certificate (Warren County, 1940): Eliza Dunn Collett. Ancestry record 1195426. Read from the image (Stage 2 batch 1019-0610, 19 Oct 2026). Confirmed Born 11 October 1857, Edmonson County, Kentucky; died 3 March 1940 in Bristow Precinct, Warren County; widow of Eugene Collett; parents Woodford Dunn and Mary Ford; buried Fairview Cemetery 5 March 1940. The index reads “Eugne”.
  7. S2362Tennessee death certificate, Wilson County, Reg. Dist. 693, Reg. No. 85, Mrs Nannie E. Chenault, 5 August 1936. FamilySearch “Tennessee, Deaths, 1914–1966”, ark 1:2:M1WY-D61. Read from the image (PP-1019H, 19 Oct 2026). Confirmed Civil District 19, Greenwood; widow of Milton Walter [Waller] Chenault; age 82; born in Tennessee; father Woodford Dunn; mother’s maiden name Mary Ford; informant Milton Chenault, Lebanon; buried in the family cemetery, 7 August 1936.
  8. S2375Edmonson County, Kentucky, marriage bond, Woodford Dunn and Mary C. Ford, 18 September 1849, p. 114. Ancestry record 2520162. Read from the image (Stage 2 batch 1019-0655, 19 Oct 2026). Confirmed Surety John D. Otter; certificate filed.

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