Individual Details

Hugh Dunne

(Abt, 1843 - )

HISTORY OF PASCO COUNTY
Aug. 10, 1881. Judge Edmund F. Dunne contracts with Hamilton Disston to handle the selection of the four million acres of the Disston Purchase from the state of Florida. [As his attorney fee, Dunne received control of 100,000 acres of land, where he founded the Catholic Colony of San Antonio.]

Feb. 15, 1882. Judge Edmund F. Dunne and Capt. Hugh Dunne, his cousin, are said to discover a lake which they name Lake Jovita because the feast of Sts. Faustinus and Jovita is celebrated on Feb. 15, the traditional date of their martyrdom. [The lake is also known as Clear Lake.]

Events

BirthAbt, 1843Ireland
DeathGethsemane, KY

Families

SpouseMary Lois Stenger (1845 - 1881)
ChildJesse H. Dunne (1865 - 1947)
ChildKatherine Dunne (1868 - )
ChildMary Dunne (1869 - 1964)
ChildEdward Jacob Dunne (1872 - )
ChildFrederic Arthur Dunne (1874 - 1948)
ChildFrances Dunne (1877 - )
ChildCharles Joseph Dunne (1881 - 1881)
FatherEdward J. Dunne (1820 - )
MotherCatherine O'Byrne (1822 - )
SiblingJohn Dunne (1845 - )
SiblingMary Dunne (1847 - )
SiblingPeter Dunne (1849 - )