From "Portrait and Biographical Album of Champaign County, Illinois. 1887:
Menzo Dunlap, proprietor of the well-known Evergreen Home Farm in Champaign Township, of which he took possession in 1855. At the time of its purchase by our subject the farm was wild land, which he has now brought to a fine stare of cultivation, enclosed it with good fences, and erected upon it a substantial and convenient set of frame buildings. Mr. Dunlap is a native of Otsego County, NY, and was born Dec. 19,1816. His father, William J. Dunlap (we have his middle initial as I.), was a native of Montgomery County, NY, and the son of John Dunlap, whose father (William), a native of Ireland and of Scotch ancestry, emigrated to America when a young man. John Dunlap was reared to farming pursuits and spent the greater part of his life in Cherry Valley, NY, of which state he was one of the earliest pioneers and served in the war of 1812. During that struggle his family, in common with many others in that section of the county, suffered greatly from the depredations of Indians and for a long period lived in fear of their lives. Amid these thrilling scenes William J. Dunlap, the father of our subject, was reared to principles of honesty and the courage required by the men of those times to successfully cope with the difficulties that surrounded them. Young Dunlap followed farming during the earlier years of his life, some of the time kept hotel and also operated a flouring-mill. In 1836 he emigrated to the Prairie State, and was one of the earliest pioneers of La Salle County. After a brief residence there he removed to Cook county, of which he remained a resident until 1857. Thence he came to Champaign county, soon afterward retiring form active labors of life, his decease occurring in Champaign Township. The mother of our subject, who before her marriage was Miss Margaret Lane, was a native of Cherry Valley, NY. Of her marriage with William J. Dunlap there were born ten children, all of whom lived to become men and women. Of these, Menzo was the fifth child (we have him as the forth). He was fifteen years old when his parents became residents of Lewis County, NY, where they lived two years, and thence removed to Jefferson County, spending two years there also. In 1836 their parents with their eight children, started with four horses and two wagons for Illinois, making the entire journey overland, and being seven weeks on the road. The father purchased a farm in LaSalle County, where they lived a brief time, then took up their abode on a tract of wild land in Cook County. Their location was fifteen miles from Chicago, then a humble hamlet. Here our subject indue time purchased forty acres of Government land, upon which he built a frame house, and placed the whole under a good state of cultivation. He occupied this until 1856, then selling out came to this county and purchased the tract of land which he now owns and which he has converted into a valuable farm. It was at that time a wild, uncultivated prairie, no part of which had been turned by the plowshare. Mr. Dunlap, after years of industry, has placed it under a good state of cultivation and erected al needful farm buildings. Upon a part of his original purchase now stands the flourishing town of Savoy. The marriage of our subject with Mis Isabella Pierce took place in Du Page County, this state, the day before Christmas, 1841. Mrs. D. was a native of Oswego County, NY, and was born April 3, 1825. Her parents were Smith D. and Polly (Dunlap) Pierce, both natives of the Empire State. The father, now eighty years of age,makes his home in Belmont, Iowa. Of the children born to Mr. and Mrs. Dunlap, nine in number, seven are now living: Isabelle became the wife of Jackson Burt, and is a resident of Urbana, IL; Maggie married Willoughby Condit, and lives in Scott County, KS; Burleigh is practicing law in DeSmet, Dak.; J. Hammil married Miss Ella Coon, and lives at Savoy; Mary, Mrs. J.C. Jordan, is a resident of Champaign Township; R. Livingston married Miss Lettie Jutkins and they live on the home farm; Lillian, the wife of J.C. Cline, lives in Monticello, MN. The mother of these children departed this live at her home in Champaign Township on the 13th of May, 1880. Mr. Dunlap, who was formerly Democratic in politics, has since the organization of the Republican party, identified himself with it, and uniformly casts his vote in support of its principles. He has been a stirring business man and a skillful farmer, keeping full pace with the march of progress in the great and rapidly developed West. In 1886 he added a new feature to his farming operations, in the shape of a steam engine and other necessary apparatus for the manufacture of apple jelly and pure cider vinegar. This he carries on in partnership with his son, R. Livingston.
Final Summons For Menzo Dunlap Aged Pioneer Resident Passes Away in Quiet Sleep. Menzo Dunlap, one of the oldest residents of Champaign County, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Isa Burt, 708 West Illinois Street, Urbana, at 12 o'clock Monday noon, aged 90 years, 6 months and 11 days. Mr. Dunlap was born at Cherry Valley, N.Y., on December 19, 1816. He moved to LaSalle, Ill., in 1837 and thence to Leyden, where he married Miss Arabella Pierce. They moved to Champaign county in 1854, settling on the farm in the south edge of this township, which was his home during the remainder of his active life. The town of Savoy is located on this farm. To Mr. and Mrs. Dunlap, nine children were born, six of whom survive as follows: Mrs. Isa Burt and Mrs. W. R. Condit of Urbana, Burleigh A. Dunlap of Chicago, James H. and Robert L. Dunlap of Savoy and Mrs. Lillian Cline of Martinsville. The deceased ones are Muratt M. and Smith D.Dunlap and MRs. J.C. Jordan. Mr. Dunlap was well known to all the older residents of the county and was held in high esteem. He came to the county when it was a wilderness and witnessed its development with great satisfaction. Death came to him peacefully, his passing away being as quiet as dropping into a natural sleep. His wife died in 1880. Grandsons will be Pallbearers The funeral of Menzo Dunlap took place from the home of Mrs. Isa Burt on West Illinois street, Urbana at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Rev. G. A. Sahlin delivered the sermon. The remains were laid to rest at Mount Hope cemetery. The pallbearers were grandsons of the decedent, as follows: N.M. Burt, Menzo Jordan, Roy Condit, Robert Dunlap, Albert Dunlap and Menzo Cline. The funeral will take place from the Burt home at 2 o'clock this afternoon, the services being conducted by Rev. G.A. Sahlin, paster of the Universalist church. Burial will be at Mount Hope. It is expected that all of the surviving children will also be present.
Menzo Dunlap, proprietor of the well-known Evergreen Home Farm in Champaign Township, of which he took possession in 1855. At the time of its purchase by our subject the farm was wild land, which he has now brought to a fine stare of cultivation, enclosed it with good fences, and erected upon it a substantial and convenient set of frame buildings. Mr. Dunlap is a native of Otsego County, NY, and was born Dec. 19,1816. His father, William J. Dunlap (we have his middle initial as I.), was a native of Montgomery County, NY, and the son of John Dunlap, whose father (William), a native of Ireland and of Scotch ancestry, emigrated to America when a young man. John Dunlap was reared to farming pursuits and spent the greater part of his life in Cherry Valley, NY, of which state he was one of the earliest pioneers and served in the war of 1812. During that struggle his family, in common with many others in that section of the county, suffered greatly from the depredations of Indians and for a long period lived in fear of their lives. Amid these thrilling scenes William J. Dunlap, the father of our subject, was reared to principles of honesty and the courage required by the men of those times to successfully cope with the difficulties that surrounded them. Young Dunlap followed farming during the earlier years of his life, some of the time kept hotel and also operated a flouring-mill. In 1836 he emigrated to the Prairie State, and was one of the earliest pioneers of La Salle County. After a brief residence there he removed to Cook county, of which he remained a resident until 1857. Thence he came to Champaign county, soon afterward retiring form active labors of life, his decease occurring in Champaign Township. The mother of our subject, who before her marriage was Miss Margaret Lane, was a native of Cherry Valley, NY. Of her marriage with William J. Dunlap there were born ten children, all of whom lived to become men and women. Of these, Menzo was the fifth child (we have him as the forth). He was fifteen years old when his parents became residents of Lewis County, NY, where they lived two years, and thence removed to Jefferson County, spending two years there also. In 1836 their parents with their eight children, started with four horses and two wagons for Illinois, making the entire journey overland, and being seven weeks on the road. The father purchased a farm in LaSalle County, where they lived a brief time, then took up their abode on a tract of wild land in Cook County. Their location was fifteen miles from Chicago, then a humble hamlet. Here our subject indue time purchased forty acres of Government land, upon which he built a frame house, and placed the whole under a good state of cultivation. He occupied this until 1856, then selling out came to this county and purchased the tract of land which he now owns and which he has converted into a valuable farm. It was at that time a wild, uncultivated prairie, no part of which had been turned by the plowshare. Mr. Dunlap, after years of industry, has placed it under a good state of cultivation and erected al needful farm buildings. Upon a part of his original purchase now stands the flourishing town of Savoy. The marriage of our subject with Mis Isabella Pierce took place in Du Page County, this state, the day before Christmas, 1841. Mrs. D. was a native of Oswego County, NY, and was born April 3, 1825. Her parents were Smith D. and Polly (Dunlap) Pierce, both natives of the Empire State. The father, now eighty years of age,makes his home in Belmont, Iowa. Of the children born to Mr. and Mrs. Dunlap, nine in number, seven are now living: Isabelle became the wife of Jackson Burt, and is a resident of Urbana, IL; Maggie married Willoughby Condit, and lives in Scott County, KS; Burleigh is practicing law in DeSmet, Dak.; J. Hammil married Miss Ella Coon, and lives at Savoy; Mary, Mrs. J.C. Jordan, is a resident of Champaign Township; R. Livingston married Miss Lettie Jutkins and they live on the home farm; Lillian, the wife of J.C. Cline, lives in Monticello, MN. The mother of these children departed this live at her home in Champaign Township on the 13th of May, 1880. Mr. Dunlap, who was formerly Democratic in politics, has since the organization of the Republican party, identified himself with it, and uniformly casts his vote in support of its principles. He has been a stirring business man and a skillful farmer, keeping full pace with the march of progress in the great and rapidly developed West. In 1886 he added a new feature to his farming operations, in the shape of a steam engine and other necessary apparatus for the manufacture of apple jelly and pure cider vinegar. This he carries on in partnership with his son, R. Livingston.
Final Summons For Menzo Dunlap Aged Pioneer Resident Passes Away in Quiet Sleep. Menzo Dunlap, one of the oldest residents of Champaign County, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Isa Burt, 708 West Illinois Street, Urbana, at 12 o'clock Monday noon, aged 90 years, 6 months and 11 days. Mr. Dunlap was born at Cherry Valley, N.Y., on December 19, 1816. He moved to LaSalle, Ill., in 1837 and thence to Leyden, where he married Miss Arabella Pierce. They moved to Champaign county in 1854, settling on the farm in the south edge of this township, which was his home during the remainder of his active life. The town of Savoy is located on this farm. To Mr. and Mrs. Dunlap, nine children were born, six of whom survive as follows: Mrs. Isa Burt and Mrs. W. R. Condit of Urbana, Burleigh A. Dunlap of Chicago, James H. and Robert L. Dunlap of Savoy and Mrs. Lillian Cline of Martinsville. The deceased ones are Muratt M. and Smith D.Dunlap and MRs. J.C. Jordan. Mr. Dunlap was well known to all the older residents of the county and was held in high esteem. He came to the county when it was a wilderness and witnessed its development with great satisfaction. Death came to him peacefully, his passing away being as quiet as dropping into a natural sleep. His wife died in 1880. Grandsons will be Pallbearers The funeral of Menzo Dunlap took place from the home of Mrs. Isa Burt on West Illinois street, Urbana at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Rev. G. A. Sahlin delivered the sermon. The remains were laid to rest at Mount Hope cemetery. The pallbearers were grandsons of the decedent, as follows: N.M. Burt, Menzo Jordan, Roy Condit, Robert Dunlap, Albert Dunlap and Menzo Cline. The funeral will take place from the Burt home at 2 o'clock this afternoon, the services being conducted by Rev. G.A. Sahlin, paster of the Universalist church. Burial will be at Mount Hope. It is expected that all of the surviving children will also be present.
From "Portrait and Biographical Album of Champaign County, Illinois. 1887:
Menzo Dunlap, proprietor of the well-known Evergreen Home Farm in Champaign Township, of which he took possession in 1855. At the time of its purchase by our subject the farm was wild land, which he has now brought to a fine stare of cultivation, enclosed it with good fences, and erected upon it a substantial and convenient set of frame buildings. Mr. Dunlap is a native of Otsego County, NY, and was born Dec. 19,1816. His father, William J. Dunlap (we have his middle initial as I.), was a native of Montgomery County, NY, and the son of John Dunlap, whose father (William), a native of Ireland and of Scotch ancestry, emigrated to America when a young man. John Dunlap was reared to farming pursuits and spent the greater part of his life in Cherry Valley, NY, of which state he was one of the earliest pioneers and served in the war of 1812. During that struggle his family, in common with many others in that section of the county, suffered greatly from the depredations of Indians and for a long period lived in fear of their lives. Amid these thrilling scenes William J. Dunlap, the father of our subject, was reared to principles of honesty and the courage required by the men of those times to successfully cope with the difficulties that surrounded them. Young Dunlap followed farming during the earlier years of his life, some of the time kept hotel and also operated a flouring-mill. In 1836 he emigrated to the Prairie State, and was one of the earliest pioneers of La Salle County. After a brief residence there he removed to Cook county, of which he remained a resident until 1857. Thence he came to Champaign county, soon afterward retiring form active labors of life, his decease occurring in Champaign Township. The mother of our subject, who before her marriage was Miss Margaret Lane, was a native of Cherry Valley, NY. Of her marriage with William J. Dunlap there were born ten children, all of whom lived to become men and women. Of these, Menzo was the fifth child (we have him as the forth). He was fifteen years old when his parents became residents of Lewis County, NY, where they lived two years, and thence removed to Jefferson County, spending two years there also. In 1836 their parents with their eight children, started with four horses and two wagons for Illinois, making the entire journey overland, and being seven weeks on the road. The father purchased a farm in LaSalle County, where they lived a brief time, then took up their abode on a tract of wild land in Cook County. Their location was fifteen miles from Chicago, then a humble hamlet. Here our subject indue time purchased forty acres of Government land, upon which he built a frame house, and placed the whole under a good state of cultivation. He occupied this until 1856, then selling out came to this county and purchased the tract of land which he now owns and which he has converted into a valuable farm. It was at that time a wild, uncultivated prairie, no part of which had been turned by the plowshare. Mr. Dunlap, after years of industry, has placed it under a good state of cultivation and erected al needful farm buildings. Upon a part of his original purchase now stands the flourishing town of Savoy. The marriage of our subject with Mis Isabella Pierce took place in Du Page County, this state, the day before Christmas, 1841. Mrs. D. was a native of Oswego County, NY, and was born April 3, 1825. Her parents were Smith D. and Polly (Dunlap) Pierce, both natives of the Empire State. The father, now eighty years of age,makes his home in Belmont, Iowa. Of the children born to Mr. and Mrs. Dunlap, nine in number, seven are now living: Isabelle became the wife of Jackson Burt, and is a resident of Urbana, IL; Maggie married Willoughby Condit, and lives in Scott County, KS; Burleigh is practicing law in DeSmet, Dak.; J. Hammil married Miss Ella Coon, and lives at Savoy; Mary, Mrs. J.C. Jordan, is a resident of Champaign Township; R. Livingston married Miss Lettie Jutkins and they live on the home farm; Lillian, the wife of J.C. Cline, lives in Monticello, MN. The mother of these children departed this live at her home in Champaign Township on the 13th of May, 1880. Mr. Dunlap, who was formerly Democratic in politics, has since the organization of the Republican party, identified himself with it, and uniformly casts his vote in support of its principles. He has been a stirring business man and a skillful farmer, keeping full pace with the march of progress in the great and rapidly developed West. In 1886 he added a new feature to his farming operations, in the shape of a steam engine and other necessary apparatus for the manufacture of apple jelly and pure cider vinegar. This he carries on in partnership with his son, R. Livingston.
Final Summons For Menzo Dunlap Aged Pioneer Resident Passes Away in Quiet Sleep. Menzo Dunlap, one of the oldest residents of Champaign County, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Isa Burt, 708 West Illinois Street, Urbana, at 12 o'clock Monday noon, aged 90 years, 6 months and 11 days. Mr. Dunlap was born at Cherry Valley, N.Y., on December 19, 1816. He moved to LaSalle, Ill., in 1837 and thence to Leyden, where he married Miss Arabella Pierce. They moved to Champaign county in 1854, settling on the farm in the south edge of this township, which was his home during the remainder of his active life. The town of Savoy is located on this farm. To Mr. and Mrs. Dunlap, nine children were born, six of whom survive as follows: Mrs. Isa Burt and Mrs. W. R. Condit of Urbana, Burleigh A. Dunlap of Chicago, James H. and Robert L. Dunlap of Savoy and Mrs. Lillian Cline of Martinsville. The deceased ones are Muratt M. and Smith D.Dunlap and MRs. J.C. Jordan. Mr. Dunlap was well known to all the older residents of the county and was held in high esteem. He came to the county when it was a wilderness and witnessed its development with great satisfaction. Death came to him peacefully, his passing away being as quiet as dropping into a natural sleep. His wife died in 1880. Grandsons will be Pallbearers The funeral of Menzo Dunlap took place from the home of Mrs. Isa Burt on West Illinois street, Urbana at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Rev. G. A. Sahlin delivered the sermon. The remains were laid to rest at Mount Hope cemetery. The pallbearers were grandsons of the decedent, as follows: N.M. Burt, Menzo Jordan, Roy Condit, Robert Dunlap, Albert Dunlap and Menzo Cline. The funeral will take place from the Burt home at 2 o'clock this afternoon, the services being conducted by Rev. G.A. Sahlin, paster of the Universalist church. Burial will be at Mount Hope. It is expected that all of the surviving children will also be present.
Menzo Dunlap, proprietor of the well-known Evergreen Home Farm in Champaign Township, of which he took possession in 1855. At the time of its purchase by our subject the farm was wild land, which he has now brought to a fine stare of cultivation, enclosed it with good fences, and erected upon it a substantial and convenient set of frame buildings. Mr. Dunlap is a native of Otsego County, NY, and was born Dec. 19,1816. His father, William J. Dunlap (we have his middle initial as I.), was a native of Montgomery County, NY, and the son of John Dunlap, whose father (William), a native of Ireland and of Scotch ancestry, emigrated to America when a young man. John Dunlap was reared to farming pursuits and spent the greater part of his life in Cherry Valley, NY, of which state he was one of the earliest pioneers and served in the war of 1812. During that struggle his family, in common with many others in that section of the county, suffered greatly from the depredations of Indians and for a long period lived in fear of their lives. Amid these thrilling scenes William J. Dunlap, the father of our subject, was reared to principles of honesty and the courage required by the men of those times to successfully cope with the difficulties that surrounded them. Young Dunlap followed farming during the earlier years of his life, some of the time kept hotel and also operated a flouring-mill. In 1836 he emigrated to the Prairie State, and was one of the earliest pioneers of La Salle County. After a brief residence there he removed to Cook county, of which he remained a resident until 1857. Thence he came to Champaign county, soon afterward retiring form active labors of life, his decease occurring in Champaign Township. The mother of our subject, who before her marriage was Miss Margaret Lane, was a native of Cherry Valley, NY. Of her marriage with William J. Dunlap there were born ten children, all of whom lived to become men and women. Of these, Menzo was the fifth child (we have him as the forth). He was fifteen years old when his parents became residents of Lewis County, NY, where they lived two years, and thence removed to Jefferson County, spending two years there also. In 1836 their parents with their eight children, started with four horses and two wagons for Illinois, making the entire journey overland, and being seven weeks on the road. The father purchased a farm in LaSalle County, where they lived a brief time, then took up their abode on a tract of wild land in Cook County. Their location was fifteen miles from Chicago, then a humble hamlet. Here our subject indue time purchased forty acres of Government land, upon which he built a frame house, and placed the whole under a good state of cultivation. He occupied this until 1856, then selling out came to this county and purchased the tract of land which he now owns and which he has converted into a valuable farm. It was at that time a wild, uncultivated prairie, no part of which had been turned by the plowshare. Mr. Dunlap, after years of industry, has placed it under a good state of cultivation and erected al needful farm buildings. Upon a part of his original purchase now stands the flourishing town of Savoy. The marriage of our subject with Mis Isabella Pierce took place in Du Page County, this state, the day before Christmas, 1841. Mrs. D. was a native of Oswego County, NY, and was born April 3, 1825. Her parents were Smith D. and Polly (Dunlap) Pierce, both natives of the Empire State. The father, now eighty years of age,makes his home in Belmont, Iowa. Of the children born to Mr. and Mrs. Dunlap, nine in number, seven are now living: Isabelle became the wife of Jackson Burt, and is a resident of Urbana, IL; Maggie married Willoughby Condit, and lives in Scott County, KS; Burleigh is practicing law in DeSmet, Dak.; J. Hammil married Miss Ella Coon, and lives at Savoy; Mary, Mrs. J.C. Jordan, is a resident of Champaign Township; R. Livingston married Miss Lettie Jutkins and they live on the home farm; Lillian, the wife of J.C. Cline, lives in Monticello, MN. The mother of these children departed this live at her home in Champaign Township on the 13th of May, 1880. Mr. Dunlap, who was formerly Democratic in politics, has since the organization of the Republican party, identified himself with it, and uniformly casts his vote in support of its principles. He has been a stirring business man and a skillful farmer, keeping full pace with the march of progress in the great and rapidly developed West. In 1886 he added a new feature to his farming operations, in the shape of a steam engine and other necessary apparatus for the manufacture of apple jelly and pure cider vinegar. This he carries on in partnership with his son, R. Livingston.
Final Summons For Menzo Dunlap Aged Pioneer Resident Passes Away in Quiet Sleep. Menzo Dunlap, one of the oldest residents of Champaign County, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Isa Burt, 708 West Illinois Street, Urbana, at 12 o'clock Monday noon, aged 90 years, 6 months and 11 days. Mr. Dunlap was born at Cherry Valley, N.Y., on December 19, 1816. He moved to LaSalle, Ill., in 1837 and thence to Leyden, where he married Miss Arabella Pierce. They moved to Champaign county in 1854, settling on the farm in the south edge of this township, which was his home during the remainder of his active life. The town of Savoy is located on this farm. To Mr. and Mrs. Dunlap, nine children were born, six of whom survive as follows: Mrs. Isa Burt and Mrs. W. R. Condit of Urbana, Burleigh A. Dunlap of Chicago, James H. and Robert L. Dunlap of Savoy and Mrs. Lillian Cline of Martinsville. The deceased ones are Muratt M. and Smith D.Dunlap and MRs. J.C. Jordan. Mr. Dunlap was well known to all the older residents of the county and was held in high esteem. He came to the county when it was a wilderness and witnessed its development with great satisfaction. Death came to him peacefully, his passing away being as quiet as dropping into a natural sleep. His wife died in 1880. Grandsons will be Pallbearers The funeral of Menzo Dunlap took place from the home of Mrs. Isa Burt on West Illinois street, Urbana at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Rev. G. A. Sahlin delivered the sermon. The remains were laid to rest at Mount Hope cemetery. The pallbearers were grandsons of the decedent, as follows: N.M. Burt, Menzo Jordan, Roy Condit, Robert Dunlap, Albert Dunlap and Menzo Cline. The funeral will take place from the Burt home at 2 o'clock this afternoon, the services being conducted by Rev. G.A. Sahlin, paster of the Universalist church. Burial will be at Mount Hope. It is expected that all of the surviving children will also be present.
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