Priscilla is mentioned as being the widow of Richard H. Dunn after his death in the Civil War. [Richard O’Sullivan, 55th Virginia Infantry (Lynchburg, Virginia: H. E. Howard, Inc., 1989),120.]

On 25 January 1866, John M. Owen was married to Priscilla Dunn in Essex County, Virginia. He was 29, single, born in Middlesex County, Virginia, living in Essex County, Virginia, son of Joseph Owen and Sissora Mercer, occupation machinist. She was 23, a widow, born in King and Queen County, Virginia, living in Essex County, daughter of Conway Courtney and Ann Booker. Marriage by Isaac Diggs. [Essex County, Virginia, Marriage Register 1, page 14.]