Edmund Francis Dunne


Count Edmund Francis Dunne , born Edmund Francis ODunne, was an American politician and jurist who served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Arizona Territory. During his early career he served in the California State Legislature and as a member of the Nevada constitutional convention. His later life was spent building the town of San Antonio, Florida.

Dunne was born on July 30, 1835 in Little Falls, New York, the eldest of five children to John and Eleanor ODunne. Of Irish ancestry, he was a rectilineal descendant of Tiege Reagh ODunne on his fathers side and descended from Cormac, second son of Tiego IV of Iregan on his mothers. A year after his birth, Dunnes family moved to Ohio. There his father, a prosperous businessman, helped Irish immigrants to settle. Details of Dunnes education are unknown but the judges broad background in history and theology combined with fluency in multiple languages indicates extensive schooling.

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