The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-11-01
NCONFOIJND IIlTT DE.LS'' Is
IS PRAYER OF TIE TURK!
TAFT HELPS TO
NDUCT HODGES
ATTORNEY DUZVKIW
DIES IN THE WE ST
Prominent Kansas Man, with
Relatives in This County,
Passes Away.

the death of William Dunkin, OF III
dependence, Kan, at Colorado
Springs, the evening OF october 10
last. The announcement is of To-
cal interest as he was a brother OF
James and John Dunkin and Mrs
A. j. Lodge, of bridgeport, and a
former resident of this county.
The Evening Star. of Independ-
ence, Kan, in an account of his
death says. in part:
The news. while not unexpected,
occasioned universal sorrow. for
william Dunkin's long and listing
uished career had earned for him a
warm place in the hearts of his fell
low citizens. and the sympathy OF
the community goes out in full
measure to the bereaved family who
have waited and watched through
weary months hoping against hope
that the stricken husband and
faher might be vouchsafed the priv
iIege of looking once more upon the
city his energy and his enterprise
did so much to build.
while he had been a sufferer from
Bright's disease for years. it was
not until this spring that his all
ment assumed an acute form. Fail
ing to make any Roadway here, he
was taken to Colorado Springs in
the hope that the mountain air and
theaItitude might relieve him.
He grew steadily worse, however
and at one time in the spring it was
believed that he was on the verge
of dissolution. For days he lay N
a comatose condition and despair
gripped the hearts of those watching
at the bedside, but gradually he
came back to consciousness and
sembIance of health, and for time
was able to walk out. Then came
the reaction and it has been realized
for some time that there could be
but one ending to the unequal
struggle.
The immediate surviving family
of Mr.. Dunkin consists of his wife
Miss Flora Dunkin. Mrs. c. l..
Kimble, william Dunkin, Jr., and
his sister, Miss Bette Dunkin.
Mr.. duncan became identified
with the fortunes of Independence
early in his career and he has been
a strong factor in the upbuildtng OF
this splendid city of ours-a fact in
which he felt a pardonabie pride.
Few enterprises, large or small, that
promised something good for the
city, ever met a cold reception from
him, AS an attorney, he early took
a commanding position. FOR years
he was the legal representative OF
the Santa Fe Railway Company in
this city and had besides a very large
private practice. He was deep
student of law and has trained ana
sent out into the world some very
fine lawyers.
William Dunlsin was born at Flint
HIS. Rappahannock county Va
April I, 1915. His parents belonged
to old Virginia families whose rec
ord runs back to Colonial days and
on down through the period Of the
American revolution.
His father. though a slave holder
was opposed to the system of slavery
and lived to see it abolished. viii
liam, when a year old, was moved
with the family to Harrison county
w, now w. va, where his father
practiced his profession of physician.
William was one of eight children.
The children were given such an
education as the country at that
time Afforded, but when he was IS
years old William went to New York
and entered the law office OF Ed
ward p. Clark, one of the noted
lawyers of that day, where he
studied for a time and then returned
home. and was sent by his father to
the academy at MorEanto*n, w. va.
Leaving school because OF impaired
health, he administered his fathers
estate, attended to some other bust
ness and then came to Lawrence
Kan. and studuied law in the office
OF Thatcher and Banks, of that city.
He was admitted to practice, and a
year later opened an office in Inde-
peudence.
He never sought political prefer
ment hut he served two terms as
city attorney of independence and
also as mayor, and at one time he
was his party's nominee for state
senator, but there is little doubt that
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