 – In re the offer of a big California post to him, he answered the officer with the explanation that he had arranged to practice law in Canada, where he had bought a farm for his parents, and was also about to be married, and therefore must decline the invitation.Dunham, prior to 1866, meant the Township of Dunham, which included Cowansville, Sweetsburg and many more square miles.The History of Dunham claims that it was the first of the so-called Townships.