Los Angeles County, CA, Biographies

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A. H. DUNLAP, 
 
residing in the Ranchito district, a mile and a half north of Rivera, dates his 
birth in Bell County, Texas, December 23, 1819, son of John and Mary Dunlap, who 
were among the emigrants of 1854 from Texas to Los Angeles County. John Dunlap 
brought same means to this new country, bat his capital mainly consisted of an
almost inexhaustible fund of energy and ambition. The two years following their 
coming were spent by the family on a ranch near El Monte. They then removed to 
Tulare County. There Mr. Dunlap soon became known far and wide as a successful, 
stock-grower and dealer. Later he became a resident of San Bernardino
County, where he continued actively engaged in business many years. After a life 
of great usefulness, during which he had won the confidence and respect of 
business and social circles, he died July 6, 1875, aged sixty-four years. His 
widow, Mrs. Mary Dunlap, survives and makes her home with her daughter, Mrs. 
Laura
Egan, at Pomona. The names of her children, besides Mrs. Egan and A. H. Dunlap, 
whose name heads this sketch, are F. P. Dunlap, Lewis Dunlap, Mrs. Mary Glenn 
and Mrs. Ella Collins. All are prosperous and well settled in life. A. H. 
Dunlap, the subject of this sketch, is as thoroughly identified with the growth 
and development of Southern California as a "native son," for his earliest 
recollections of life are of scenes and incidents in this sunny land. In San 
Bernardino County, in 1872, he wedded Miss Susan Standefer, daughter of James S. 
and Caroline R. Standefer, who were also emigrants from Texas, where Mrs. Dunlap 
was born. The home property occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Dunlap contains 
seventy-five acres of choice land in one of the finest districts of the famous 
San Gabriel Valley. The quality of soil and abundance of water make the ranch 
especially valuable for the purpose to which it is mainly devoted�fruit-growing. 
The thrifty orange grove is yielding a revenue of about $400 per acre. One of 
the noticeable fine improvements is a walnut grove, now from six to ten gears 
old. Mr. Dunlap occupied and commenced the improvement of this property in 1876. 
In connection with the heirs of the M. H. Tyler estate, Mr. Dunlap owns a 
one-half interest in 400 acres of land adjoining the town plat of Whittier, on 
the south. Mr. and Mrs. Dunlap have eight children. Their names in order of 
their birth are: Minnie, Albert, Lena, Louis, William, John, Ross and Lilian. 
Mrs. Dunlap's father now resides at Pomona with his daughter, Mrs. T. D. 
Holliday, where her mother died April 20, 1888. One brother who recently (1888) 
came from Texas, D. T. Standefer, resides in Pomona; another brother, William R. 
Standefer, a Californian of long standing, widely and favorably known, who the 
latter part of his life was a resident and owner of the Ranchito district, died 
April 4, 1879.
 
An Illustrated History of Los Angeles County, California �  Chicago, The Lewis 
Publishing Company, 1889   Page 727
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler