Stanley Armour Dunham (March 23, 1918–February 8, 1992) was the American grandfather of U.S. President Barack Obama. He and his wife Madelyn Lee Payne Dunham raised Barack from the age of 10 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Dunham was born in Wichita, Kansas, the second child of Ralph Waldo Emerson Dunham, Sr. and Ruth Lucille Armour. His father's ancestors settled in Kempton, Indiana in the 1840's, before relocating to Kansas. His parents were married in Wi...
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Stanley Armour Dunham (March 23, 1918–February 8, 1992) was the American grandfather of U.S. President Barack Obama. He and his wife Madelyn Lee Payne Dunham raised Barack from the age of 10 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Dunham was born in Wichita, Kansas, the second child of Ralph Waldo Emerson Dunham, Sr. and Ruth Lucille Armour. His father's ancestors settled in Kempton, Indiana in the 1840's, before relocating to Kansas. His parents were married in Wichita at a home on S. Saint Francis St. and opened The Travelers' Cafe on William Street, sandwiched between the old firehouse and the old Wichita City Hall.
In 1926, at age 8, Stanley discovered his mother's body after she had committed suicide at the age of 26. Following his mother's suicide, his father abandoned the family and Stanley and his older brother, Ralph Emerson Dunham, were sent to live with their maternal grandparents in El Dorado, Kansas. A rebellious teenager, he allegedly punched his high school principal and spent some time...
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