JAMES P. DUNLAP
    From Andreas History of the State of Nebraska, about persons who lived in Miami County Ohio, then went to Nebraska

    Butler co, NE: JAMES P. DUNLAP, proprietor of the Lone Star Nursery, and farmer Section 19, P. O. Lone Star, came to Nebraska in June, 1866; first settled in Saunders County, in Newman Precinct, where he resided until 1870, when he came to Butler County, located where he now lives; was among the first settlers in that locality. Here he has one of the finest nurseries in Butler or surrounding counties. It consists of over seven acres of ground and is well filled with all kinds of fruit trees best adapted to the climate of the State of Nebraska and other Western States. Mr. D. was married in Saunders County, Neb., March 23, 1870 to Miss Christina Campbell, who was a daughter of Peter Campbell (deceased), of Chapman Precinct, Saunders County, and the oldest one of this family of children that was captured at Kearney Junction by the Sioux Indians, which is a fact already recorded in this history of Nebraska. He is now Justice of the Peace in his precinct, and was the first Assessor in the four southwestern precincts in Saunders County. He was born in Gasconade County, Mo., March 5, 1845; is a son of Nelson and Mahala Dunlap, from Rockbridge County, W. Va., whose ancestors were early settlers of that country; is a brother of Dr. W. B. Dunlap, of Adams County, Ill. His mother was a sister of Lewis McFarland, of Camp Point, Adams Co., Ill., whose ancestors were early settlers of Miami County, Ohio, and are considerably connected with the history of that county. He is a member of A., F. & A. M., Fidelity Lodge. No. 51, David City. Their family consists of four children--Nelson C., Agnes, Christina and Patience.

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