Individual Details
Robert Lee DUNN
(15 Oct 1874 - 27 May 1953)
Became wealthy through stock speculation. Lived in New York and also had a home in San Francisco at the time of the opening of the Golden Gate Bridge.
Events
| Birth | 15 Oct 1874 | Memphis, Shelby County, TN | |||
| Marriage | 17 Aug 1898 | Baltimore, Baltimore (city), MD - Edna Estelle POLLARD | |||
| Death | 27 May 1953 | Columbia, Tuolumne County, CA |  |  |
Families
| Spouse | Edna Estelle POLLARD (1876 - 1962) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Idris Mariamne DUNN ( - 1985) |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Franklin Pearce DUNN (1840 - 1901) |
| Mother | Mariamne FURR (1839 - 1878) |
Notes
Death
The Union Democrat - May 29, 1953 - Page 8Robert L. Dunn, 87, dies at home near Columbia Wed.
Columbia, May 29 -- Robert Lee Dunn, 78, retired financier and promoter of the bay district, died at his home on the marble quarry road, north of Columbia late Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Dunn ws a native of Memphis, Tenn., and had resided in California since 1921. During that time he was a frequent visitor at his summer home near Columbia. Through his vocation, he was associated with the construction of the San Francisco-Oakland bay bridge. Funeral services for Mr. Dunn will be held from the Terzich and Wilson Chapel in Sonora at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, followed by internment in the Columbia City Cemetery. The deceased leaves his widow, Mrs. Edna L. Dunn, of Oakland; two daughters, Mrs. Idris Holcomb of Oakland and Mrs. Lura Kelly of Arlington, Va.; and a son, Robert L. Dunn, Jr., of Columbia. Mr. Dunn was a member of the Bohemian and Olympic Clubs of San Francisco.
Endnotes
1. findagrave.com.