Greene County PA Archives Biographies.....Dunlap, Samuel June 2, 1837 - ????
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Source: Biographical History of Greene County, Nelson, Rishforth, and Co, Chicago, 1888
Author: Samuel P. Bates

     Samuel Dunlap, farmer and stock grower, Mapletown, 
Penna, was born in Fayette county, Penna, June 2 1837, and 
is a son of Andrew Dunlap and Mary Stone Dunlap. His parents 
were of Scotch descent, but natives of Pennsylvania. 

     His father came to Greene county in 1844 and settled in 
Monongahela township where Samuel now resides. He was 
successful through life as a farmer, and had been acting 
justice of the peace for twenty five years at the time of 
his death in 1888. His family consisted of two children: 
Elizabeth Ann Dunlap, wife of H K Barb; and Samuel, the 
subject of this sketch. 

     He obtained only a common school education in this 
county, was reared on a farm, and has made farming the 
business of his life. Mr Dunlap's wife was Miss Martha A 
Spencer, daughter of William Spencer and Elizabeth Hedge 
Spencer, who were of English and German descent. Her father 
was born in Jefferson borough, Greene county, Penna, in 
1805. Mr and Mrs Dunlap have but one child: Harry L Dunlap. 

     Mr Dunlap is a Democrat in politics, and his wife is a 
devoted member of the Presbyterian church. 

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