Josiah Dunham

Josiah Dunham was born in Columbia, Connecticut on April 7, 1769.{{sfn|Annual Obituary Notices}}{{sfn|A Genealogical Sketch}} His father was Daniel Dunham, and his mother was Ann Moseley.{{sfn|Annual Obituary Notices}}{{sfn|A Genealogical Sketch}} He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1789, and his classmates included Martin Chittenden, who later served as Governor of Vermont.{{sfn|General Catalogue of Dartmouth College}} He resided in Hanover, New Hampshire, and became publisher of the Dartmouth Sentinel newspaper and served as preceptor of Moor's Charity School, an educational facility that was affiliated with Dartmouth College.{{sfn|A Genealogical Sketch}}{{sfn|General Catalogue of Dartmouth College}}{{sfn|Joseph Dennie and His Circle}}

Dunham later served in the United States Army, and was a captain before being discharged in 1808.{{sfn|A Dictionary of All Officers}} After leaving the Army, Dunham became a resident of Windsor, Vermont, where he became active in politics as a Federalist.{{sfn|Joseph Dennie and His Circle}}

While residing in Windsor, Dunham published a Federalist newspaper, The Washingtonian.{{sfn|Records of the Governor and Council}} From 1813 to 1815 Dunham served as Vermont's Secretary of State.{{sfn|Records of the Governor and Council}}

During the War of 1812, Dunham was a colonel in the Vermont Militia, and was appointed aide-de-camp to Governor Martin Chittenden.{{sfn|Joseph Dennie and His Circle}}

Dunham was principal of the Windsor Female Seminary from 1816 to 1821, when he moved to Kentucky. While residing in Lexington, he founded and served as principal of the Lafayette Female Academy.{{sfn|A Genealogical Sketch}}

Throughout his career, Dunham was a popular speech maker; many of the public addresses he presented at Washington's Birthday celebrations and other events were published as pamphlets.{{sfn|Joseph Dennie and His Circle}}

Dunham died in Lexington on May 10, 1844. He was buried at Lexington Cemetery in Lexington.

In 1796, Dunham married Susan Hedge (1774–1857).{{sfn|Annual Obituary Notices}} Her sister Eleutheria was the wife of Daniel Chipman.{{sfn|Memorials of Elder John White}} Her brother Levi Hedge was a well known professor at Harvard University.{{sfn|Memorials of Elder John White}}

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• {{cite book |last=Bisbee |first=Marvin Davis |date=1900 |title=General Catalogue of Dartmouth College and the Associated Schools 1769-1900 |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_sKM4AAAAYAAJ |location=Cambridge, MA |publisher=University Press |pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_sKM4AAAAYAAJ/page/n149 121]–122 |ref={{sfnRef|General Catalogue of Dartmouth College}}}}
• {{cite book |last=Crosby |first=Nathan |date=1858 |title=Annual Obituary Notices of Eminent Persons who Have Died in the United States for 1857 |url=https://archive.org/details/annualobituaryn00crosgoog |location=Boston, MA |publisher=Phillips, Sampson & Company |pages=[https://archive.org/details/annualobituaryn00crosgoog/page/n142 133]–134 |ref={{sfnRef|Annual Obituary Notices}}}}
• {{cite book |last=Ellis |first=Harold Milton |date=July 15, 1915 |title=Joseph Dennie and His Circle |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mMAWAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA63 |location=Austin, TX |publisher=University of Texas |page=63 |ref={{sfnRef|Joseph Dennie and His Circle}}}}
• {{cite book |last=Gardner |first=Charles Kitchell |date=1853 |title=A Dictionary of All Officers |url=https://archive.org/details/adictionaryallo00gardgoog |location=New York, NY |publisher=G. P. Putnam and Company |page=[https://archive.org/details/adictionaryallo00gardgoog/page/n165 157] |ref={{sfnRef|A Dictionary of All Officers}}}}
• {{cite book |last=Kellogg |first=Allyn Stanley |date=1917 |title=Memorials of Elder John White |url=https://archive.org/details/memorialsofelder00kelliala |location=St. Paul, MN |publisher=North Central Publishing |page=[https://archive.org/details/memorialsofelder00kelliala/page/59 59] |ref={{sfnRef|Memorials of Elder John White}}}}
• {{cite book |last=Moseley |first=Edward Strong |date=1878 |title=A Genealogical Sketch of One Branch of the Moseley Family |url=https://archive.org/details/agenealogicalsk00mosegoog |location=Newburyport, MA |publisher=Newburyport Herald |page=[https://archive.org/details/agenealogicalsk00mosegoog/page/n50 47] |ref={{sfnRef|A Genealogical Sketch}}}}
• {{cite book |last=Walton |first=E. P. |date=1877 |title=Records of the Governor and Council of the State of Vermont |volume=V |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y8YgAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA503 |location=Montpelier, VT |publisher=J. & J. M. Poland |page=503 |ref={{sfnRef|Records of the Governor and Council}}}}

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