S.D. Dunn was born in New York on August 24, 1864. He grew up there. He learned his trade as a telegraph operator at Sauk Rapids, Minnesota.
He came to Mandan in 1881, then the end of the Northern Pacific Railroad. In 1883 he married Adele Hoover in Minnesota.
In 1894 he came to Carrington. He also worked for the Soo Line.
The couple had three children, Harry, J.T. and Jessie.
Mr. Dunn died in May 1927. Mrs. Dunn died in February 1928. They are buried in the Carrington Cemetery.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 22B