Built home on hill outside Portville. On next hill is Chestnut Hill Cemetery given and maintained by Wheeler and Dusenbury Co. and burial location for many Dusenburys and Carl D. and John D. Matz. Cemetery called Portville Burying Grounds before 1895.

“The oldest of the Dusenbury homes was that of Henry R. and Caroline Butler Dusenbury.  The house was built on the hill overlooking Portville, an address known as 65 Temple Street.   Built around 1841, the house was of basic construction with 10x10 inch beams, wooden pegs, cut nails and pine framing.  The foundation was made of stone with the top layer of cut stone.  The architecture of the house had elements of the Greek Classic Revival style that was popular from 1812 to 1840, as well as the Gothic Revival style, that was gaining in popularity.  The house was large and built to accommodate the family's seven children and several servants.

Henry died in 1860, at which time Caroline and their youngest child, Caroline (Carrie), remained in the house until the mother died ten years later. The home was then passed on to the eldest living son, John Edgar, in 1870.“