1914 Delaware County History pgs. 126-127
John A. Dunlap
John A.
Dunlap is successfully farming upon section 18, Milo township, this
county, and is regarded as one of the progressive agriculturists of his
township. He was born in Hazel Green township in 1861,
a son of James B. and Clara M. (Comstock) Dunlap, natives of Ireland and Pennsylvania respectively. The father came to
the United States from the Emerald isle and first
settled in Ohio, where he remained until 1856, when he removed to Dubuque. Iowa. He worked there for a time for
others and then, in 1857, purchased a farm in this county and continued to
reside thereon until his removal to Hopkinton, where he lived retired. He
passed to his reward in 1902, deeply mourned by many friends. His marriage
occurred in Dubuque in May, 1860, and he became the father of ten children,
namely: John A.; Myra and Thomas, who died when infants; Robert E., who died in
1906; Ida B., the wife of Ralph Andrews, a resident of Minnesota; George C.,
who passed away in July, 1885; J. E., living in Hazel Green township; William
J., who was called to his last rest in February, 1908; Clara M., who resides at
Hopkinton with her mother: and David L., a resident of Syracuse, New York,
medical director in Syracuse University.
John A.
Dunlap was reared upon the home farm and acquired his education in the common
schools of the neighborhood. He has continued to follow the occupation to which
he was reared and is now the owner of one hundred and sixty acres of land on
section 18, Milo township,
four miles south of Manchester. He follows mixed farming, raising
graded stock in addition to cultivating the fields, and his activities yield
him a gratifying profit.
On the
26th of March, 1889, Mr. Dunlap was united in marriage to Miss Emma F. Miller, a daughter
of Jacob K. and Catherine (Wagner) Miller, both natives of Pennsylvania. Her father passed away in 1900,
but her mother survives and resides in Delhi township
with a son. Mr. and Mrs. Dunlap have become the parents of four children: Bemba M., at home; Leila I., the wife of Chester McCarthy,
a farmer of Delaware township; and Forest J. and Kenneth
G., at home.
Mr. Dunlap
is a republican and has held the office of school director for several
years. He realizes the vital connection between the advancement of the
public schools and the progress of the community, state, and nation, and does
all in his power to maintain the local schools at a high standard of
efficiency. His entire life has been spent in this county and he has not
only won material success for himself, but has aided in the agricultural
development of his locality and has won the confidence of his fellow citizens.
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