The following are direct grandparents Franklin Alonzo Dunbar Franklin Dunbar was born 11 August 1838 in Brighton, Ohio. He lived in Ohio until enlisting in the military to fight for the Union in the American Civil War on October 9, 1861 with the 9th Illinois Cavalry. He served as a corporal and discharged from service on October 11, 1864. He worked as a farmer and married Lourina Anna Self sometime before 1870. According to census records they lived in Gallatin City, Montana Territory for some time, later relocating to Texas where most of their children were born. The family later settled in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1911, Franklin Dunbar entered the Disabled Veterans home in Leavenworth, Kansas after having a stroke that left him hemiplegic. He died at that home in 1913. U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Website, 1866-1938. Pub. 2007. Provo, UT, USA Franklin Alonzo Dunbar on the far right with son John on the left and daughter Ethel next to him. Hired hand