From "Salem Vessels and Their Voyages" The Barque Dragon.
CAPTAIN THOMAS C. DUNN
Captain Thomas C. Dunn, the new commander of the Dragon, was born in Salem, Massachusetts, the son of Thomas C. and Mary A. (Hutchinson) Dunn, and he died in Appleton, Wisconsin, May 9, 1910, in his 82nd year.
(This would prove that the gravestone in Appleton would have been his.)
He was educated in the public schools, and, when 21 years of age, Benjamin A. West, owner of the barque Pilot, made him master of the vessel and sent him on a voyage to the Feegee Islands (Fiji), and he next commanded Mr. West's barque Dragon.
In the latter he made the quickest passage between Salem and New Zealand on record, sailing 16,770 miles in 85 days.
He had a wonderful experience while in the Feegee trade, while trading with the South Sea Islanders, as narrated in the letter of George W, Crossette and printed in this sketch of Captain Dunn.
Captain Dunn continued in the merchant service until nearly the breaking of the Civil War. He then shipped in the United States Navy, served four years, and part of the time commanded a gunboat. To of his commands were the USS Emma and the USS Montgomery.
After the war, he was engaged in business in the South and New York, and three years before his death he went to live with his son Elmer E. Dunn, in Appleton.
--Old B-Runner
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