Dunlap, Robert Bell (born 1814 in Ohio) and Ann Heir (Griffith) Dunlap (Born in 1823 in Pennsylvania) parents of William Joseph Dunlap and Robert Sherman Dunlap and others, came to Kansas from Pawshee County, Iowa in the year of 1869 settling on a farm near Republic City. They later moved to a farm east of Kackley. Robert Bell was a graduate of Harvard University and a school master while living in Iowa.
William Joseph and Robert Sherman attended school near Kackley.
William Joseph Dunlap was born October 29, 1859 in Crawford County, Iowa. He married Leni Leoti Scott, daughter of Winfield W. Scott and Christena Gazella (Smith) Scott on August 31, 1882 at Concordia, Kansas. Leni was born January 6, 1867 at Westfield, Indiana, coming to Kansas with her parents when she was three years old.
William Joseph was a carpenter and plasterer by trade. Five sons and one daughter were born to this union. Mr. Dunlap died December 2, 1918 at Clay Center, Kansas. The surviving members of the family are: Mrs. Leni L. Dunlap, Clay Center, Kansas; Ralph B. Dunlap, Solomon, Kansas; John Winslow Dunlap, Fresno, California; Bryan Alexander Dunlap, Cabazon, California; Fern Addilene (Dunlap) Walker, Clay Center, Kansas.
Robert Sherman Dunlap died March 7, 1938 at Clay Center, Kansas and is survived by his daughter, Mrs. Dulcet (Dunlap) Frost of Clay Center, Kansas.
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