John R. Dunlap (Biography)

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Taken from History of the State of Kansas, by William G. Cutler

JOHN R. DUNLAP, farmer, P.O. Howard, was born in Fayette County, Penn., in 1840, but was raised in Greene and Washington counties.  At the age of nineteen, he learned the tanner's trade, which he followed until the breaking out of the war, when he enlisted in the First Pennsylvania Cavalry in August of that year, and served thirty-seven months.   He was severely wounded near Warrington, Va., in 1863.  After receiving his discharge, he returned home, but on account of this wound was obliged to discontinue his former business, and took a trip West, reaching Kansas in the spring of 1872, and being pleased with the climate, he located a claim on Section 14, Town 29, Range 9, after remaining there seven years, he bought a large stock farm on Sections 17, 18, and 19, consisting of 708 acres, situated on Rock Creek.   He at once engaged in stock-raising.  He has improved a portion of the place by planting an orchard, putting 105 acres under cultivation, and has fenced the entire place, and makes a specialty of raising cattle.  He has been very successful in his business since locating in Kansas.  He was married in 1864 to Miss Lavenia Faddis, of Pennsylvania. They have six children-- William, Charles, Mary F., Mead, Clara, and Andrew.  He is a member of the E. M. Stanton Post No. 23, G.A.R.