Gilbert Dunlap

Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Peoria County, 1902
Transcribed by John Melton

DUNLAP, GILBERT L.: Merchant and Postmaster, Dunlap; born in Radnor Township June 19, 1849, and received his education in the common schools. His great-grandparents were William Dunlap, born April 9, 1753, died in 1817, and Eleanor (Delong). His grandfather, Smith Dunlap, was born May 2, 1783 and died March 3, 1856; he married Eleanor Lane, born December 17, 1781, died March 25, 1858. They were born in Montgomery County, New York. His father, Alva Dunlap, was born in Oswego County, New York, October 25, 1805, died January 2, 1889; his mother, Mary Knight, daughter of Jesse and Anna (Dean) Knight, was born in Windham County, Connecticut, September 10, 1806, and died April 21, 1880. Until after he attained his twenty-first year, Gilbert L. Dunlap worked on his father’s farm. His first change of business was to the post office, of which he has had charge for more than twenty years. Since 1885 he has been Postmaster at Dunlap, where he conducts a general merchandise business. Mr. Dunlap is serving his sixth year as School Treasurer of the township, and has held the office of Town Clerk since 1878. He is recognized as one of the leading Republicans of Peoria County, and was prominently mentioned in the Republican Convention of 1900 for the office of County Recorder. He is a member of Alta Lodge, No. 748, A. F. & A. M. On June 11, 1884, Mr. Dunlap was married to Caroline L. Cline, in Dunlap, and of this marriage three sons have been born: Wallace McRhea, born February 15, 1887; Albert Knight, born April 14, 1889, and Gilbert L., born September 6, 1894. Mrs. Dunlap was born in Medina Township January 3, 1859, the daughter of Albert and Lydia (Hyde) Cline. Her father, Mr. Cline (now deceased), was born in Orange County, New York; Mrs. Cline was born in Essex County, near Fort Ticonderoga, around the ruins of which she played in childhood. She is still living.

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