Transcription contributed by Martie Callihan 1 December 2004

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HENRY J. DUNHAM, Superintendent of the Orphans' Home, Lebanon; was born in Warren Co., Ohio, Jan. 15, 1818; he is the son of Edward Dunham, a native of West Virginia, and Elizabeth (Gibbs) Dunham, his wife, a native of New Jersey. Our subject's advantages for education have been limited, and were confined to a few weeks attendance at the district or subscription schools of his neighborhood. His life was spent in farming until three years ago, when he received the appointment of Superintendent of the Warren County Orphans' Asylum and Children's Home, of which an account is given in the body of this work Mr. Dunham was married, in 1842, to Miss Martha A. Fox, who is associated with her husband in the management of the "Home." He is a man of few words, but of sterling qualities; his management of the county institution over which he presides has been attended with the best results, and reflects credit on the Superintendent. He possesses a good, well-improved farm of 70 acres, lying about four miles west of Lebanon, upon which he and his lady can peacefully pass the evening of life when they feel like retiring from its active cares.