Biographical Sketch of Dr. B. F. Dunkley, Johnson County, Missouri
Grover Township

>From "The History of Johnson County, Missouri," 
Kansas City Historical Co. 1881

DR. B.F. DUNKLEY,

physician.  Residence Sigel or Dunksburg.  Among the many pioneers who
have made comfortable homes in Johnson county, no one is deserving of
more special notice than the subject of this sketch.  He was born Feb.
26, 1809, in London, England, and when but when a mere boy, his parents
came to this country, locating at Washington, D.C.  Young Dunkley then
went to school and studied medicine under Prof. Sewell.  His parents
died at Washington City; he then traded some property in Washington for
property in Ohio, Ashtabula county, where he engaged in farming.  He
became impressed with the idea that Missouri offered superior
inducements to men of energy.  He came, and when he landed at St. Louis
he had $1.50.  He came to Johnson county in 1848, locating where he now
lives.  He was married in 1844, to Miss M.J. Porter, a native of
Tennessee, and from this union there were born three children: Mary M.,
now living in Sigel; two have died.  When he came to Sigel he began the
practice of medicine, which he has followed ever since, and although at
the ripe age of 72, he pursues it with great zeal and endures all the
hardships incident to the profession.  During the war he was the only
physician for miles around.  The doctor has always been a hard working
man, and now as his reward, he owns a farm of 1,000 acres of fine land,
of which 720 acres are in Grover township, and the remainder in Pettis
county; he also owns a fine grist mill in Sigel.  He has seen much of
the progress and development of Johnson county.  Additional items
relative to this worthy pioneer may be found on page 6l6.

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