Thomas R Dunn

Thomas R. Dunn, was listed as a civil engineer in the 1880 and 1900 Petersburg censuses. He was born in Virginia in March 1841. His 1904 tombstone (Blandford cem., Petersburg) calls him Thomas Robert Dunn, Captain C.S.A., 1st Virginia Battalion of Infantry, and adds at the bottom: from Manassas to Appomattox. A mention in the Nov. 10, 1900, issue of the Engineering Record indicates that he was city engineer for Petersburg at that time. C.E. could also be used as an abbreviation for consulting engineer. Civil, city, consulting engineer