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W. N. L. Dunlap was born on the 5th of October, 1843, one of seven children of Ebenezer and Mary L. (Harbour) Dunlap, who were born in North Carolina and Tennessee, respectively. The father was born in 1803, and his boyhood days were spent on a farm. He came to Middle Tennessee when three years old, and in 1828 came to West Tennessee, and finally located in Gibson County, near Humboldt, where he became the owner of a good home. He was a Whig and a Union man, yet sympathized with the South during the war. He died in 1876 and his wife in 1882. They were prominent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Our subject received the advantages of the common schools, and at the age of eighteen enlisted in the Confederate Service in Company G, Forty-seventh Regiment, Tennessee Infantry, but after its reorganization it was known as the Twelfth Regiment. He was wounded at Murfreesboro, and unfitted for service for about one year. He was at Missionary Ridge, the Georgia Campaign, and was wounded at Franklin. He was taken in charge by his brother, John B., and brought home to be cared for. This ended his war record. After his recovery he engaged in farming and is now a successful fruit grower. From 1869 to 1874 he sold lightning-rods through Alabama and Mississippi, but the most of his time has been spent on a farm, owning the old homestead. He is a Democrat, and has served as justice of the peace of District No. 3 since 1881. November 7, 1872, he married Sue Hess, daughter of Maj. J. A. W. Hess. They have five children: Warner E., Mary G., Anna K., Thomas W. S. and Florence L. Mr. and Mrs. Dunlap are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.