Mellie Dunham, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetMellie Dunham
American musician
Date of Birth: 29-Jul-1853
Date of Death: 28-Sep-1931
Profession: fiddler
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Mellie Dunham
- Mellie Dunham (July 29, 1853 - September 27, 1931) was an American fiddler during the early twentieth century.
- Dunham was born in Norway, Maine, the son of Alanson Mellen Dunham and Christiana Bent.
- He came to prominence after he was invited to play for Henry Ford at his house in Dearborn, Michigan.
- Ford sent a Pullman car for Dunham and his wife, Emma "Gram" Dunham (née Richardson), because of Ford's love of country music.
- While Ford had invited 38 other fiddlers before Dunham, none received as much attention as Dunham did.He was also a snowshoe maker, supplying 60 pairs of snowshoes to Commodore Robert Peary for an Arctic expedition.Dunham died on September 27, 1931, in Lewiston, Maine, after a two-week illness, and was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, South Paris, Maine.
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