Burleigh Dunlap was born on 29. May. 1830 at Oswego County, New York. He was the son of
Alva Dunlap and
Mary Knight. Burleigh Dunlap was Farmer bt 1854 - 1890. He married
Sylvia Pride on 14. Sep. 1854 at Illinois; They may have been married in Peoria or Cook Co., IL. She was living in Cook Co. at the time of her marriage. Burleigh Dunlap resided at at Radnor, Peoria County, Illinois, in 1880. He died on 24. Jan. 1890 at Radnor, Peoria County, Illinois, at age 59. The following information was taken from the "History of Peoria Co., IL"
Dunlap, Burleigh, farmer, Section 2, P.O. Dunlap, was born in Oswego Co., NY, May, 29 1830. In the fall of 1838 with his parents Alva and Mary Dunlap, moved West and settled in Radnor Township on Oct 5 of the same year, on the farm on which the town of Dunlap now stands. Here he received his early education. Married Sept 14, 1854, Miss Sylvia Pride, a native of the same county as her husband, but at the time of her marriage a resident of Cook County, IL. She was born May 21, 1833 and died April 16, 1873, leaving seven children - Helen F., Benton C., Clara H., Andrew Jackson, Minnie, Katie M., Henry Ward. Mr. D. is a republican in politics; is at present Justice of the Peace, and has held other local offices in the township. He is an energetic, rising young man.