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Leon Gilbert Dunbar

Leon Gilbert Dunbar

Male 1890 - 1958  (67 years)


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  • Name Leon Gilbert Dunbar  [1, 2, 3] 
    Birth 19 Sep 1890  Boylston, Oswego, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Gender Male 
    Burial Apr 1958  Orwell, Oswego County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Evergreen Cemetery
    Death 8 Apr 1958  Richland, Oswego County, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] 
    Person ID I78293  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father Henry W Dunbar,   b. 15 Nov 1846, Sandy Creek, Oswego, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 May 1927, Richland, Oswego County, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Emily E Stevens,   b. 2 Apr 1849, Alexandria, Jefferson, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 May 1917, Richland, Oswego County, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Mar 1870  [4] 
    Family ID F26339  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Bessie Starr Finster,   b. 23 Mar 1893, Orwell, Oswego County, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jan 1975, Oswego Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage 24 Jun 1912  Orwell, Oswego County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9] 
    Children 
     1. Harwood A Dunbar,   b. 18 Feb 1914, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Feb 2000, Polk Co., FL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Marion Eleanor Dunbar,   b. 5 Aug 1915, Pulaski, Oswego, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Mar 1991 (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Ruth Dunbar,   b. 25 Apr 1919, Orwell, Oswego County, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jun 1948, Richland, Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. John Edward Dunbar
     5. Leroy Grant Dunbar,   b. 7 Jan 1927, Richland, Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Oct 1939 (Age 12 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F26350  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Leon Gilbert Dunbar - September 19, 1890 - April 8, 1958. Son of Henry W. and Emily E. Stevens Dunbar. Husband of Bessie S. Finster Dunbar. Married June 24, 1913 at Orwell, New York.

      Newspaper Obituary - Thursday, April 10, 1958 Pulaski Democrat - Pulaski, New York - L. G. Dunbar Rites Are Today - Leon G. Dunbar, 67, died suddenly at his home in Richland early Tuesday morning. He had suffered a heart attack a few years ago and had been in poor health, but had been feeling much better. Services will be held at the Foster Funeral Home Thursday (today) at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Jay W. Wilcox, pastor of the Richland Methodist Church, officiating. Interment will be in Evergreen cemetery at Orwell. Masonic rites were held Wednesday evening at the funeral home. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Bessie Finster Dunbar; two sons, Harwood Dunbar of Fulton and John Dunbar of Richland; a daughter, Mrs. Ronald (Marion) Spicer of Syracuse; 11 grandchildren and a brother, Chester A. Dunbar of Lakeland, Florida. Mr. Dunbar was born in the Town of Boylston, September 19, 1890, and was the son of Henry and Emily Stevens Dunbar. He was married to Miss Bessie Finster, June 24, 1913, and came to Richland where he conducted a garage for a while. He had been an oil distributor for the Sinclair Oil Company since 1927, which he operated with his brother, Chester Dunbar, under the name of Dunbar Brothers. In 1951 Chester retired from the business and Mr. Dunbar and his son, John, conducted it until 1955 when John assumed it under Dunbar Oil Company. He was a member of the Richland Methodist Church and Pulaski Lodge, 415, F. & A.M.

  • Sources 
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      Record for Leon Gilbert Dunbar
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=18235081657&indiv=try

    2. [S665] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;;;;;), Database online.
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    3. [S675] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;;;), Database online.
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    4. [S2] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;), Database online.
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    5. [S665] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;;;;;), Database online.
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    6. [S675] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;;;), Database online.
      Record for Emily E Stevens

    7. [S2] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;), Database online.
      Record for Bessie Finster
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=1699997337&indiv=try

    8. [S665] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;;;;;), Database online.
      Record for Bessie Finster
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    9. [S675] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;;;), Database online.
      Record for Bessie Finster