Hiram W. Dunlap died at his residence, of consumption, last Sunday, at about three o'clock P.M. He was born in Antrim, Hillsboro county, New Hampshire, on the 28th of October, 1825. In 1845, at the age of twenty years, he emigrated to Illinois and resided at Quincy until 1848, when he went to Keokuk, Iowa, where he remained until the spring of 1851, at which time he came to California. In 1852 he came to Colusa, and, in company with J. N. Suydam, engaged in mercantile business. About the year 1856 the disease of which he died began to show itself, and in a year or so we was compelled to retire from business. In 1858 he was elected by the Democratic party to the Legislature from Colusa and Tehama counties. In 1863 he was elected County Judge, and has discharged the duties of that office ever since with signal ability and integrity. For the last twelve years he has been the acknowledged leader of the Democratic party of this county. He leaves a wife and three children who mourn his loss more keenly because more closely allied, but the whole community acknowledge a sad bereavement. His life has been a model which his children may well follow. No act of his will ever bring reproach upon them, and we would say to these children as they grow up: Remember that your father never did a dishonest action, in great things or small, and so live as to emulate his virtues and bring no blot upon the name he has handed unsullied to you. He was our friend, and fain would we render a tribute to his memory, but while our heart is full we acknowledge our inability to do the subject justice, and we let these mourning columns express the depth of our feelings.
* from The Weekly Colusa Sun November 24, 1866
Hiram W. Dunlap died at his residence, of consumption, last Sunday, at about three o'clock P.M. He was born in Antrim, Hillsboro county, New Hampshire, on the 28th of October, 1825. In 1845, at the age of twenty years, he emigrated to Illinois and resided at Quincy until 1848, when he went to Keokuk, Iowa, where he remained until the spring of 1851, at which time he came to California. In 1852 he came to Colusa, and, in company with J. N. Suydam, engaged in mercantile business. About the year 1856 the disease of which he died began to show itself, and in a year or so we was compelled to retire from business. In 1858 he was elected by the Democratic party to the Legislature from Colusa and Tehama counties. In 1863 he was elected County Judge, and has discharged the duties of that office ever since with signal ability and integrity. For the last twelve years he has been the acknowledged leader of the Democratic party of this county. He leaves a wife and three children who mourn his loss more keenly because more closely allied, but the whole community acknowledge a sad bereavement. His life has been a model which his children may well follow. No act of his will ever bring reproach upon them, and we would say to these children as they grow up: Remember that your father never did a dishonest action, in great things or small, and so live as to emulate his virtues and bring no blot upon the name he has handed unsullied to you. He was our friend, and fain would we render a tribute to his memory, but while our heart is full we acknowledge our inability to do the subject justice, and we let these mourning columns express the depth of our feelings.
* from The Weekly Colusa Sun November 24, 1866
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Edwin Dunlap
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James Scott Dunlap
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Chellis Dunlap
1836–1855
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1836–1875
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Perley Dunlap
1838–1878
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1840–1883
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