'Portrait and Biographical Album of Rock County, Wisconsin', 1889, p 727-728.
REV. ELSTON M. DUNN, pastor of the Seventh Day Baptist Church of Milton, Wis., was born in Plainfield, N.J., on the 9th day of September, 1832, and is a son of William and Hannah M. (MARSH) DUNN. Their family numbered seven children, five sons and two daughters, four of whom are yet living. Elston M. was the first in order of birth; Edward L., the second, is now deceased; Alexander M., who resides in New York City, is a salesman in a large wholesale house; Margaret became the wife of John H. CUTHBERT, but is now deceased; Mulford M., residing in Boston, Mass., is engaged in the manufacture of agricultural implements; Agnes W., wife of Mr. Harry PARKS, is a teacher of elocution in the Art Conservatory of Chicago; William H., who makes his home in New York City, is a salesman for the house of Brokaw Bros., dealers in clothing. Our subject spent the larger part of his boyhood days in his native State, and received his education there and at the Academy at De Ruyter, N.Y., and at Alfred University, N.Y., and finally in Union College of Schenectady, N.Y., from which institution he should have graduated in the class of 1857. Owing to illness, Mr. DUNN was obliged to leave college before he had completed his senior year, but received the degree of A.M. from the college afterwards. Not being able to enter the theological seminary at that time, as he had purposed to do, and advised by his physician not to continue his studies, he entered upon mercantile pursuits. In 1861 he was appointed postmaster of his native city, which position he held for eight years; also was U. S. deputy collector of internal revenue for ten years, which position he resigned and entered the Baptist Theological Seminary of Chicago, where he completed the course in two years. In July, 1876, while still in the seminary, he was called to supply the pulpit of the Seventh Day Baptist Church of Milton; was soon after called to the pastorate of the church, and was ordained a minister of the gospel. From that time he has remained in charge of the church at Milton, covering a period for almost thirteen consecutive years. He has also occupied the position of professor of Greek and mental and moral philosophy for three years in Milton College, and is at present a member of its board of trustees. Rev. Mr. DUNN has preached a great deal during his long and only pastorate at Milton, for the various first-day churches in Janesville, Ft. Atkinson, and in all the neighboring villages, and is at the present time supplying two Congregational churches in the county. In 1857 Mr. DUNN was united in marriage with Miss Helen E. CLARKE, a daughter of Ephraim and Angeline L. CLARKE, the former deceased and the latter a resident of Walworth County, Wis. Three children have been born of the union of this worthy couple. Clara D., the eldest is the wife of J. Nelson HUMPHREY, professor of Latin in the Normal School at Whitewater, Wis., and to them has been born one child, Heywood Cuthbert; Alexander C., who is residing in Minneapolis, is city agent of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad, having served in that position for two years; Jennie, the youngest of the family is still with her parents. The two older children are graduates of the college at Milton, and Miss Jennie expects to complete the course in June, 1890. Mr. DUNN is a worthy and valued citizen of Rock County, where he has made many friends and is well and favorably known throughout the county. He is greatly beloved by his church, with whom he has been for so many years, and his work has been greatly blessed of God in the conversion of souls and the edification of the church. 'The Sabbath Recorder', Vol. 56, No. 20, p 316, May 14, 1900. REV. ELSTON MARSH DUNN, D. D. Rev. Elston Marsh Dunn was born in Plainfield, Union Co., New Jersey, Sept 9, 1832. He was the oldest child of William and Hannah Marsh Dunn. His ancesters, the Dunns, had been Seventh-day Baptists for some generations, and on his mother's side the Marshes had been Quakers. They thus represented two strong and persistent types of religious life. As a boy, Mr Dunn was earnest and thoughtful beyond his years, industrious and alert in both physical and mental characteristics. After preparatory work in the public and private schools of Plainfield, he studied at De Ruyter Institute, Alfred University, and Union College, at Schenectady, New York, receiving the degree of A. M. from the latter institution. Although looking towards the ministry, he was induced to abandon his studies, through medical advice, and for twenty years gave himself to business and public life. He was Postmaster at Plainfield for a number of years, and Deputy Collector of Internal Revenues for Northern New Jersey. Though successful in business, he endured a constant struggle between ambition for political preferment and worldy success and his convictions of duty with reference to the Sabbath and the ministry - he ceased to observe the Sabbath for several years. Out of this unrest his conscience brought him triumphantly, and, with great whole-heartedness and joy, he returned to the observance of the Sabbath, and to consequent peace of mind. He entered the Baptist Seminaer, in Chicago, and in July, 1876, while yet a student, he was called to supply the pulpit of the Seventh-day Baptist church at Milton, Wisconsin, where he was ordained soon afterwards. For nearly 20 years he continued to fill that position, and in so doing he performed the principal and enduring work of his life. He found great delight in this work, and the church, the college, and the community found corresponding help and uplift under his influence. As an administrator, he was cautious and conservative; as a preacher, he was clear, incisive and comprehensive. He had excellent social qualities, and endeared himself to those with whom he associated. On May 25, 1857, he was married to Miss Helen E. Clarke of Walworth, Wis. more... 'The Daily Gazette', Janesville, Wisconsin, Friday, March 27, 1896, p2. Milton, March 27 - Last Wednesday morning, Rev. E. M. Dunn whose illness has been frequently noted in this column, passed quietly to the better land. He was born in Plainfield, N. J., in 1832, and was educated at DeRuyter Academy, Alfred University, and Union College, in the state of New York, receiving from the latter the degree of A. M., and that of D. D. from Milton College. For eight years he was postmaster of his native city, and thereafter collector of internal revenue. In the seventies he entered the Baptist Theological Seminary at Chicago, and after completing his course was called to the pastorate of the Seventh-day Baptist curch in this village, and for nearly twenty years has been its pastor. His ministery has been a remarkably successful one, and endeared him not only to his parishioners, but to the whole community, and without regard to sect or creed, all mourn the loss of a good man, affectionate friend, kind neighbor, and eloquent preacher. For three years he was professor of Greek and mental and moral philosophy at Milton College and up to the time of his death an honored and useful member of its board of trustees. He leaves a wife and three children, Alexander C., city passenger agent of the Union Pacific railroad company at Omaha, Mrs. Clara M. Humphrey, wife of Prof. J. N. Humphrey of the Whitewater Normal school, and Mrs. H. L. Belknap of Chicago. The funeral occurs today (Saturday) at 11 o'clock, in the Seventh Day Baptist church. 'The Weekly Telephone', Milton Junction, Wisconsin, Thursday, Mar. 26, 1896. Lengthy obit 'The Milton Journal', Milton, Wisconsin, Wednesday, Apr. 1, 1896, p1. Lengthy obit Officiated at the funeral of Gardner Saunders in 1895. Rock Co death cert Vol 3, p 68. Influenza following prostatitis Physician was J. H. Burdick.

Census: 1880 Milton, Rock Co., Wisconsin: age 47

'The Sabbath Recorder', Vol. 63, No. 33, p 893, August 19, 1907.
DUNN - Mrs. Helen Clarke Dunn, widow of the late Rev. E. M. Dunn, died in Milton, Wis., Aug 1, 1907, in the 76th year of her age. Mrs. Dunn was born in West Edmeston, N. Y., and was the oldest in a family of seven children living to an adult age, born to Ephraim Clarke and Angeline Crumb Clarke. Three of this family are still living, Mrs. Wellington Clarke of Milton, Mrs. Edward L. Hyde of Boston, Mass., and Frank B. Clarke of St. Paul, Minn. Three children, two daughters and one son also survive her; two of these, the eldest daughter and the son are spending the summer in Europe, the younger daughter being with the mother, tenderly caring for her. Mrs. Dunn has been in rather feeble health for a number of years, and spent last winter in Hammond, La., in the hope that the milder climate would prove a benefit to her. For a time it seemed as though this hope would be realized, but new complications in her physical condition appeared, which made the issue, for a time, seem doubtful. Her son brought her north to the home of the eldest daughter, at Whitewater, Wis., where, with the best of medical care and nursing, it was thought she was sufficiently improved to justify the son and older daughter in carrying out their long made plans to spend the summer in foreign travel. She came to her own home in Milton, where she was joined by the younger daughter. It soon became evident that hopes for even a partial recovery were not well founded, and she quietly and peacefully sank to rest. Mrs. Dunn was a woman or rare native grace and Christian culture. She was a student at Alfred in its academy days under Professor W. C. Kenyon, where she studied music under Miss Susan E. Crandall. sfterwards wife of Prof. E. P. Larkin. In 1855, she came with her father's family to Walworth, Wis., when she was called to the charge of the department of Music in Albion Acadamey. Two years later she was married to Elston. M. Dunn, of Plainfield, N. J., and lived in that city about twenty years. Another twenty years were passed in Milton, as the wife of the much loved and revered pastor of the Seventh-day Baptist church. For the last eleven years, and until her death, she kept her home in Milton, spending much time at the homes of her children. Her peaceful passing was a fitting end to such a life as she had lived, 'For so he giveth his beloved sleep.' L.A.P. 'Weekly Telephone', Milton Junction, Wisconsin, Thursday, August 8, 1907. Mrs. Helen E. Dunn, for many years a resident of Milton, died at her home there last Thursday. She was taken ill while spending the winter in the south, but recovered sufficiently to return home. She leaves one son, Alexander C. Dunn, of Indianapolis, Ind., and two daughters, Mrs. J. N. Humphrey, of Whitewater, and Mrs. H. L. Belknap, of Wilkinsburg, Pa., who was with her mother at the time of death. Funeral services were held this afternoon, conducted by L. A. Platts.

Census: 1880 Milton, Rock Co., Wisconsin: age 47