J. R. DUNLAP

DUNLAP

Posted By: Jake Tornholm (email)
Date: 4/20/2020 at 20:25:16

J. R. DUNLAP, of section 20, Grant township, was born in Virginia, February 25, 1832, a son of Andrew Dunlap, who was born near Dunlap creek, Fayette county, Pennsylvania, near Brownsville, where the Dunlap family were among the early settlers. He was a son of Andrew, Sr., who was reared in Chester county, Pennsylvania, and was of Scotch extraction. Our subject’s mother, Jemima (Robey) Dunlap, was a native of Virginia, and daughter of Loyd Robey who was reared near Philadelphia. Andrew Dunlap was twice married; by the first union he had three children, and by the second eight children, and our subject was a member of the second family. His parents came to Ohio in 1853, and settled in Adams county, and later moved to Mercer county, Illinois, where the father died at the age of seventy-five years. He was a boat-builder and miller by occupation, and politically was a Democrat. His wife was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and died at the age of seventy five years.

The subject of this sketch was reared to farm work, and also worked in the saw and grist mills. He received but a limited education, and July 3, 1863, enlisted in Company B, in the Second Ohio Heavy Artillery Regiment, under Captain Rothrock, a brother of Judge Rothrock. Mr. Dunlap served two years, and was first under fire at Cleveland and then at Morristown. He was one of 100 men who escorted General Schofield from Knoxville to Atlanta, and at Dalton they had a narrow escape from the Rebels. He was honorably discharged at Columbus, Ohio, at Camp Chase. In 1869 he went to Mercer county, Illinois, where he remained until he came to Adams county. He first worked three years in the mills, then at farming, and in 1882 bought his present place of Joel Barrett. He has a good house, 16 x 22 feet, one and a half stories high, with an addition 12 x 12 feet, situated on a natural building site, and surrounded by evergreen and other trees; he has also a fine barn 36 x44 feet. He is a dealer in Clydesdale horses.

Mr. Dunlap was married in Adams county, Ohio, March 25, 1858, to Mary C. Taylor, who was reared and educated in this county, the daughter of James and Mary (Moore) Taylor; the former was born in Ohio, of Scotch Irish parents, and the latter was born in Virginia, and died when Mrs. Dunlap was a child. Mr. and Mrs. Dunlap have four children: JamesT., a well-known and prominent citizen of Union township; John N"., foreman of a large nursery in Riverside, California; George, who is interested with his brother in California; and Charles E., at home. They lost two children by death: Robert S., at ten years of age, and an infant child. Politically Mr. Dunlap is a Republican; socially a member of the G. A. R., Lenox Post, and religiously both he and his wife are members of the United Presbyterian Church.