Robert Dunlap moved to Madison County in 1831. He became a merchant with Thomas G Hawley. In 1835, he married Phoebe Smith.
The city of Alton was charted in 1838. He was an elected to Alton City Counsel in 1840 as an Alderman of Ward 1, Alton. He was known as Robt Dunlap Esquire, denoting a career as a gentleman.
March, 1845, Robert along with John A. Maxey, both of Upper Alton, and Mr. Thomas Clifford of Alton were appointed Inspectors of the Alton State Penitentiary for the ensuring two years. [Alton Telegraph March 8, 1845].
On May 10, 1847, he became one of the six commissioners (Benjamin Godfrey, Simeon Ryder, Thomas Clifford, Robert Ferguson, and Judge Wm Martin) of the Alton and Sangamon Railroad Company. This railroad was a significant route and was subject to a lawsuit that Abraham Lincoln defended in 1855.
In 1854, his nephew Hiram Dunlap and his family were visiting. There was a cholera epidemic and his wife Phoebe died along with his nephew Cummings Dunlap and his nephew Hiram’s 3 year old son.
In Nov. 1855, he died of cholera, leaving his 4 children orphaned at ages 2 to 17 years old. He owned three forty acre land tracts in Godfrey, another in Fosterburg, and sixty lots in Alton and Upper Alton per his probate records.
His in-laws Charles and Mary (Smith) Stout of Upper Alton, took care of his sons Tim and Thomas until John Cone Dunlap, his oldest son became guardian after 1860. His daughter Amelia went to live in 1860 with the Judson Parker family in St. Paul, Minnesota.
I have a probate record noting all 4 children from SIU genealogy
Contributor: Carolyn Jorgensen (49853158)
The city of Alton was charted in 1838. He was an elected to Alton City Counsel in 1840 as an Alderman of Ward 1, Alton. He was known as Robt Dunlap Esquire, denoting a career as a gentleman.
March, 1845, Robert along with John A. Maxey, both of Upper Alton, and Mr. Thomas Clifford of Alton were appointed Inspectors of the Alton State Penitentiary for the ensuring two years. [Alton Telegraph March 8, 1845].
On May 10, 1847, he became one of the six commissioners (Benjamin Godfrey, Simeon Ryder, Thomas Clifford, Robert Ferguson, and Judge Wm Martin) of the Alton and Sangamon Railroad Company. This railroad was a significant route and was subject to a lawsuit that Abraham Lincoln defended in 1855.
In 1854, his nephew Hiram Dunlap and his family were visiting. There was a cholera epidemic and his wife Phoebe died along with his nephew Cummings Dunlap and his nephew Hiram’s 3 year old son.
In Nov. 1855, he died of cholera, leaving his 4 children orphaned at ages 2 to 17 years old. He owned three forty acre land tracts in Godfrey, another in Fosterburg, and sixty lots in Alton and Upper Alton per his probate records.
His in-laws Charles and Mary (Smith) Stout of Upper Alton, took care of his sons Tim and Thomas until John Cone Dunlap, his oldest son became guardian after 1860. His daughter Amelia went to live in 1860 with the Judson Parker family in St. Paul, Minnesota.
I have a probate record noting all 4 children from SIU genealogy
Contributor: Carolyn Jorgensen (49853158)
Robert Dunlap moved to Madison County in 1831. He became a merchant with Thomas G Hawley. In 1835, he married Phoebe Smith.
The city of Alton was charted in 1838. He was an elected to Alton City Counsel in 1840 as an Alderman of Ward 1, Alton. He was known as Robt Dunlap Esquire, denoting a career as a gentleman.
March, 1845, Robert along with John A. Maxey, both of Upper Alton, and Mr. Thomas Clifford of Alton were appointed Inspectors of the Alton State Penitentiary for the ensuring two years. [Alton Telegraph March 8, 1845].
On May 10, 1847, he became one of the six commissioners (Benjamin Godfrey, Simeon Ryder, Thomas Clifford, Robert Ferguson, and Judge Wm Martin) of the Alton and Sangamon Railroad Company. This railroad was a significant route and was subject to a lawsuit that Abraham Lincoln defended in 1855.
In 1854, his nephew Hiram Dunlap and his family were visiting. There was a cholera epidemic and his wife Phoebe died along with his nephew Cummings Dunlap and his nephew Hiram’s 3 year old son.
In Nov. 1855, he died of cholera, leaving his 4 children orphaned at ages 2 to 17 years old. He owned three forty acre land tracts in Godfrey, another in Fosterburg, and sixty lots in Alton and Upper Alton per his probate records.
His in-laws Charles and Mary (Smith) Stout of Upper Alton, took care of his sons Tim and Thomas until John Cone Dunlap, his oldest son became guardian after 1860. His daughter Amelia went to live in 1860 with the Judson Parker family in St. Paul, Minnesota.
I have a probate record noting all 4 children from SIU genealogy
Contributor: Carolyn Jorgensen (49853158)
The city of Alton was charted in 1838. He was an elected to Alton City Counsel in 1840 as an Alderman of Ward 1, Alton. He was known as Robt Dunlap Esquire, denoting a career as a gentleman.
March, 1845, Robert along with John A. Maxey, both of Upper Alton, and Mr. Thomas Clifford of Alton were appointed Inspectors of the Alton State Penitentiary for the ensuring two years. [Alton Telegraph March 8, 1845].
On May 10, 1847, he became one of the six commissioners (Benjamin Godfrey, Simeon Ryder, Thomas Clifford, Robert Ferguson, and Judge Wm Martin) of the Alton and Sangamon Railroad Company. This railroad was a significant route and was subject to a lawsuit that Abraham Lincoln defended in 1855.
In 1854, his nephew Hiram Dunlap and his family were visiting. There was a cholera epidemic and his wife Phoebe died along with his nephew Cummings Dunlap and his nephew Hiram’s 3 year old son.
In Nov. 1855, he died of cholera, leaving his 4 children orphaned at ages 2 to 17 years old. He owned three forty acre land tracts in Godfrey, another in Fosterburg, and sixty lots in Alton and Upper Alton per his probate records.
His in-laws Charles and Mary (Smith) Stout of Upper Alton, took care of his sons Tim and Thomas until John Cone Dunlap, his oldest son became guardian after 1860. His daughter Amelia went to live in 1860 with the Judson Parker family in St. Paul, Minnesota.
I have a probate record noting all 4 children from SIU genealogy
Contributor: Carolyn Jorgensen (49853158)
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