Poindexter Dunn was a Confederate Army veteran and American politician who served five terms as a US Representative from Arkansas from 1879 to 1889.
10 Facts About Poindexter Dunn
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Poindexter Dunn moved with his father to Limestone County, Alabama, in 1837.
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Poindexter Dunn attended the country schools, and was graduated from Jackson College, Columbia, Tennessee, in 1854.
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Poindexter Dunn studied law, and moved to St Francis County, Arkansas, in 1856.
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Poindexter Dunn was elected to the State house of representatives in 1858, and was a successful cotton grower until 1861.
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Poindexter Dunn served as a captain in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War.
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Poindexter Dunn served as chairman of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
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Poindexter Dunn moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 1895 and engaged in the construction of railroads, until he settled in Texarkana, Texas, in 1905.
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Poindexter Dunn died in Texarkana, Bowie County, Texas, on October 12,1914.
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Poindexter Dunn is interred at Rose Hill Cemetery, Texarkana, Texas.