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R. M. DUNLAP is a Tennesseean, born April 22, 1837. James E. Dunlap, his father, was of English-Irish origin, born in South Carolina, and came to Tennessee when a young man and married our subject’s mother, Sarah E. James E. was a farmer by occupation, and died in 1859. The mother died in 1842. Our subject is one of their eight children. His education was obtained in the district schools and his boyhood days were spent on a farm. In 1859 he wedded Sarah E. Cole, who was born in Lincoln County in 1840, and departed this life in 1861. Two children were born to them: Sarah (Mrs. James Rhodes) and R. J., both living in Texas. In March, 1861, Mr. Dunlap enlisted in Company D, Forty-first Tennessee Infantry, and participated in the battles of Shiloh, Port Hudson, and numerous others. He was taken with the small-pox, and returned home in February, 1863. He has since been engaged in farming, and owns 230 acres of valuable land. In December, 1863, he married Sarah E., daughter of J. H. and Sarah Midley, of Fulton, Miss., born in 1835. They have nine children: Mary E. (deceased), Nancy E., James M., P. M., J. M., Patrick M., D. C., Shelton and Emma. Mr. Dunlap is quite skillful at almost any kind of work, and does his own blacksmithing and wagon work, and has been fairly successful in his agricultural pursuits. He is a Democrat.