An Account of Oakland County / edited by Lillian Drake Avery.

PERSONAL SKETCHES

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roe G. Dunlap, subject of this review, has resided fully seventy years,
the property being owned by him and his son, Monroe G., Jr., and he
himself now having status as one of the venerable and highly esteemed
pioneer citizens of the county in which he has long lived and wrought
to goodly ends. David Dunlap and his wife were born and reared in
the state of New York, and in all of the relations of life they represented the best type of citizenship. Mrs. Dunlap was fifty-three years
of age at the time of her death, in 1873, and her husband remained
on the old homestead in Oxford township until the close of his long
and useful life, he having been seventy years of age at the time of
his death, in 1886. Monroe G. Dunlap early had his full share of
constructive activity in connection with the work of the home farm of
the middle-pioneer period in the history of Oakland county, and the
educational discipline that he received in the rural schools was supplemented by his attending the village school at Oxford and finally by
his course in the Michigan State Normal School at Ypsilanti. A man
of forceful character and strong mentality, Mr. Dunlap has not only
been one of the world's noble army of productive workers but has
also had much of leadership in community affairs, where he has exemplified his civic loyalty and also done much to advance the standards
of farm industry, he and his son, Monroe G., Jr., being associated in
the ownership of one of the well improved and valuable farm estates of Oakland county and the same having an area of two hundred
sixty acres and another farm of one hundred twenty acres. Mr.
Dunlap is a well fortified advocate and supporter of the principles of
the Democratic party, and in public matters of local order he had
made an exceptional record in his service as township supervisor. It
was virtually forty years ago, in 1885, that he was first elected to
this office, which he thereafter retained nine consecutive years. In
1910 he was again elected representative of Oxford township on the
county board of supervisors, and he retired at the expiration of his
term of one year, but in 1921 he was again elected, and he continued
his service in this office until April 1, 1925, with unabated loyalty and
vital zeal of stewardship. Mr. Dunlap is direct and decisive in all
human contacts, his judgment is mature, and he is known and honored
alike for his sterling attributes and for the service he has rendered
as a citizen and as a resourceful exponent of constructive and progressive farm industry. He gave thirty years of service as a member of the school board of the village of Oxford, and he is affiliated
with the Blue lodge, chapter and commandery bodies of York Rite
Masonry. He was reared in the faith of the Universalist church and
has ever been liberal and tolerant in his religious views. In the year
1874 Mr. Dunlap wedded Miss Louisa Roberts, a member of another
of the sterling families of Oxford township, and her death occurred
in 1878. Olin J., elder of the two children of this union, resides in
Oxford village. The younger child, Blanche, died in infancy. October 29, 1885, was recorded the marriage of Mr. Dunlap to Miss Altha
Barnes, of Imlay City, Lapeer county, and of the four children of this
union two died in infancy. Monroe G., Jr., is associated with his