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1833 (by Isaac Barton, J. P.) Sarah Scantlebury Fox, b. June 12, 1808, daughter of Josiah and Anna (Miller) Fox, from Falmouth, England.

Issue: (791-798) Josiah Fox, Charles J., William Henry, Hon. Thomas Corwin, Mary Ann, Elizabeth Chapline, Julia Updegraff and Sarah Conrad.

311. Mary Ann Dungan, 135, daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Lukens) Dungan. m. - George Watson, of Malaga, Monroe County, Ohio.

312. Abel Stevenson Dungan, 136, son of Peter and Ann (Stevenson) Dungan, b. circa 1794, d. at sea.  m. circa 1819, Jane Travers, d. 1879.

He was a Sea Captain, and his name appears in the Baltimore Directories from 1822 to 1827.

Issue: (799-807) Abel Stevenson, Jr., Mary J., Captain Thomas, Ann AImira,  Margaretta M., Fannie, William Wierman, Sarah Tyson and Virginia Elizabeth.

313. Stevenson Dungan, 136, son of Peter and Ann (Stevenson) Dungan, d. 1859, Ruth Stevenson, d. 1872.

He is classified in the Baltimore Directories, as an owner of scows.

Issue: (808-814) Abel Stevenson, Louis, Mary, Henry S., Amanda, Martha Theodore.

314. Gaynor Dungan, 136, daughter of Peter and Ann (Stevenson) Dungan. m.-Bruner.

Issue: (815-817) Elias, Belle and Abel.

315. Jesse Dungan, 137, son of William Dungan, He was a Machinist of Baltimore.

316. Thomas Dungan, 140, son of Thomas and Mary (Grey) Dungan, b. in Baltimore Jan. 20, 1800, d. Dec. 13, 1876, in Oakland, Cal., and was buried at Washington Corner, now Irvington, near San Jose, Cal. m. 1. Dec. 30, 1823, Lucy C. Crenshaw b. June 18, 1802, d. March 2, 1852, daughter- of John and Hannah (Madson) Crenshaw, of Hanover County, Va. Hannah Madison was a relative of President James Madison. m. 2. February 26, 1856, Sarah Jenkins, widow, b.? d. May 22, 1876.

He was 6 ft. tall, medium weight, but very active. Although he attended school very little, he devoted much of his time to study, and had the happy faculty of retaining what he read. He inherited the family trait of telling good stories, which he seemed to have an inexhaustible supply, and his society was much sought after by the brilliant young men of the time, among whom were James M. Goodhue and Stephen A. Douglass. The latter came to Geneva, ILL., where Thomas Dungan was then living, in 1835, and Thomas helped him to secure the position of disrict school teacher, where he taught and read law. Every Friday evening he visited Thomas, remaining over Saturday and Sunday and discussing with him questions of the day, and they called each other, familiarly, "Tom" and "Doug."

He lived in Harrison County, Kentucky, until October 1830, and for the next eight years in Morgan County, ILL. Afterwards he resided in Missouri, McDonough County, ILL., Hancock County, ILL., Clark County, Mo., near Athens, and bought a half section of land in Lee County, Iowa.

In 1865, he sold out in Iowa and emigrated to California, where he built a houser on the south side of Eel River, Humboldt County, where- he remained 10 years and then moved to Oakland, Cal., where his second wife Sarah died. Thomas died from gangrene caused by cutting his corns.

Issue by first wife: (818-824) Jesse Henry, John Crenshaw, Garland Ander Thomas, Robert Madison, Fleming Ganes and Susan Frances.

316A. Angelina Dungan, 140, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Grey) Dungan. m.-James Albright. They lived in Putnam County, Mo.

Issue: six children, names not obtained.

316B.Caroline Dungan, 140, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Grey) Dungan, d. in Missouri, January 1852. m.-James Fightmaster; in 1852 he went to Clark County, Mo. He married a second time.

Issue: (825-832) William Henry, James Thomas, Louisa, Mary, Ellen, Priscill Sarah E. and Frances.