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Hannah <I>Leidig</I> Dunlap

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Hannah Leidig Dunlap

Birth
Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
8 Jun 1887 (aged 75)
Story County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Indian Creek Township, Story County, Iowa, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.8634696, Longitude: -93.3817968
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MAXWELL, IOWA 1883-1983, Walsworth, Marceline, Mo., U.S.A., Maxwell Centennial Book, pages 69 & 70. "Thomas and Hannah Leidig Dunlap - Thomas and Hannah Dunlap were early settlers in the Peoria neighborhood, arriving in 1854. Both were natives of Bedford County, Pennsylvania. Thomas was the son of Charles and Christiana Dunlap, and one of seven children. Hannah's parents were Joseph and Hannah Freisinger Leidig, who had a family of eleven children.

THE MAXWELL TRIBUNE, Maxwell, Iowa, Thursday, 16 June 1887, page 1, column 4. "DIED - At her residence two miles east of Maxwell on Wednesday night, June 8th, Mrs. Hannah Dunlap, wife of Thomas Dunlap, deceased, at the advanced age of 76 years. Mrs. D. was born in Somerset Co., Pa., in 1811, in after years removed to Ohio and from there to Iowa. She with her husband, united with the Christian church, in Ohio, forty-one years ago, since which time she has lived a devoted and Christian life. Kind, generous and self-sacrificing, she was beloved by all who knew her. She was the mother of ten children, three sons seven daughters, all of who survive her except one son, who fell on the battle field in the war of the rebellion. Of the children who survive her only four were present to pay the last tribute of respect to their dear departed mother. The others being so far distant, and her illness so short that they could not be apprized of it in time to reach here. Funeral services were conducted at the residence by Rev. Ferguson and largely attended. Her remains were conveyed to the Peoria City cemetery and laid to rest beside her husband there to await the resurrection morn and receive the plandit, "Well and faithfully done; Enter into thy joy and sit down on my throne." Floral tributes were bestowed, and the bereaved family have the sympathy of all."


MAXWELL, IOWA 1883-1983, Walsworth, Marceline, Mo., U.S.A., Maxwell Centennial Book, pages 69 & 70. "Thomas and Hannah Leidig Dunlap - Thomas and Hannah Dunlap were early settlers in the Peoria neighborhood, arriving in 1854. Both were natives of Bedford County, Pennsylvania. Thomas was the son of Charles and Christiana Dunlap, and one of seven children. Hannah's parents were Joseph and Hannah Freisinger Leidig, who had a family of eleven children.

THE MAXWELL TRIBUNE, Maxwell, Iowa, Thursday, 16 June 1887, page 1, column 4. "DIED - At her residence two miles east of Maxwell on Wednesday night, June 8th, Mrs. Hannah Dunlap, wife of Thomas Dunlap, deceased, at the advanced age of 76 years. Mrs. D. was born in Somerset Co., Pa., in 1811, in after years removed to Ohio and from there to Iowa. She with her husband, united with the Christian church, in Ohio, forty-one years ago, since which time she has lived a devoted and Christian life. Kind, generous and self-sacrificing, she was beloved by all who knew her. She was the mother of ten children, three sons seven daughters, all of who survive her except one son, who fell on the battle field in the war of the rebellion. Of the children who survive her only four were present to pay the last tribute of respect to their dear departed mother. The others being so far distant, and her illness so short that they could not be apprized of it in time to reach here. Funeral services were conducted at the residence by Rev. Ferguson and largely attended. Her remains were conveyed to the Peoria City cemetery and laid to rest beside her husband there to await the resurrection morn and receive the plandit, "Well and faithfully done; Enter into thy joy and sit down on my throne." Floral tributes were bestowed, and the bereaved family have the sympathy of all."




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