Death of Austin Dunham

Title

Death of Austin Dunham

Description

Dunham was born in Mansfield in 1805. He started successful a cotton goods dealership in Hartford in 1834 and invested his profits in several business ventures in Willimantic.

Source

Thomas R. Beardsley, Willimantic Industry and Community: The Rise and Decline of a Connecticut Textile City (Willimantic, CT: Windham Textile & History Community, 1993), 18.

Date

1877-03-15

Contributor

freebairn_richard

Mediator

horn_allen

Collection

Citation

“Death of Austin Dunham,” History Digitized, accessed March 12, 2026, https://easternct-digitalhistory.com/items/show/777.