Biographical Sketch of R. C. Dunlap, Bloomington Township, Buchanan 
County, MO

>From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph
Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri.
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R. C. Dunlap, farmer and stock raiser, section 17, postoffice DeKalb,
was born in Montgomery County, Kentucky, October 25, 1841, and when 
two years of age his parents moved to Buchanan County, Missouri.  He
was educated in the common schools and also took a thorough course in
Bryant's Business College of St. Joseph, graduating from this institu-
tion in 1865.  At the beginning of the war he served six months in the
state guards after which he enlisted in the artillery service.  Parti-
cipated in a number of the principle battles and was wounded June 24,
1864, in the left arm, by a shell, which necessitated amputation. 
After this he lay in the hospital at Augusta, Georgia, for about three
months, and remained in the South till the close of the war, when he
returned to Buchanan County.  His landed estate consists of 120 acres
of land well improved.  At present he is engaged in erecting a house
of fine structure which will add much to the apperance of a home. Mr.
Dunlap was married, December 20, 1866, to Miss Jennie Hurst.  She is
a native of Buchanan County, Missouri, and was born in August, 1848.
They have four children: Leona, born April 16, 1868; James G., born
October 20, 1871; Wyatt, born January 24, 1875; and Lela, born Decem-
ber 27, 1879.

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