"His Wife"
Franklin Democrat, Friday, 28 December 1906, pg 7
On the 13th day of December, 1906 at Iola, Kansas, occurred the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Dunlap, a pioneer of Indiana, and for nearly a half century a resident of Johnson county.
She was born in Louisville, Ky, Jan. 21, 1815, the oldest of twelve children born to John and Elizabeth Johnson.
Her father was a Scotch Presbyterian, a native of Nova Scotia, a mill-wright by occupation. Her mother was of an English-Quaker family, born and reared in Richmond, Va.
At an early age the subject of this sketch removed with her parents to Henry county, Ky., where her father became a successful farmer.
At the age of twenty she was married to Isaac Vannuys, son of Tunis Vannuys, who later became the owner of land on which part of the city of Franklin stands.
Something more than a year subsequent to their marriage the young couple journeyed by wagon from their Kentucky home to Johnson county and located on land near the old Shiloh Presbyterian church, ten miles southwest of Franklin, and there encountered the labors and hardships incident to the foundling of a home in the then surrounding wilderness.
Two years later they purchased the land afterwards occupied as a home by James Vandivier, Sr., on the Martinsville road.
A few years after moving there the young husband died leaving the wife with five small children. Grieving but undaunted and with a will which characterized her life throughout, she bent to the task of rearing and educating her orphan children. By years of toil such as but few women could have endured and with a managerial ability such as still fewer women have possessed, she accomplished the task.
During that period she removed to Hopewell because of its superior school facilities and later to a farm near her first Johnson county home.
In 1858 she was married to James Dunlap, who then owned what is known as “the Kerlin farm,” northwest of Franklin, where they resided for seven years; they then removed to the Hopewell neighborhood where they resided until Mr. Dunlap’s death in 1884.
In 1886 she went to the home of her son, John H. Vannuys, at Iola, Kansas, with whom she resided until her death.
Of seven children born to her one died in infancy. Two others, Archie Vannuys and Mrs. Charity Winchester, have died. Those surviving are Mrs. Julia Lagrange, John H. Vannuys, Mrs. Mary C. Overstreet and Morey M. Dunlap.
Since early womanhood Mrs. Dunlap was a devoted member of the Presbyterian church. On the 15th of December she was laid to rest in the Hopewell cemetery by the companion of her youth.
Such are the meager outlines of a life, but no pen however facile, can adequately portray the strength, the worth, the nobility of the character which that life presented to the world which knew her.
What a long life! Longer than that of the state to which she gave a half century of labor and love. How much of human progress and enlightenment it has encompassed. How filled with good deeds done, truths taught and righteousness exalted. How the world has been bettered by her living.
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DUNLAP, Elizabeth “Betty” (Johnston) [Vannuys]
Date of birth: 21 Jan 1815 – Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Date of death: 12 Dec 1906 – Iola, Allen County, Iowa
Iola Daily Register, Thursday evening, December 13, 1906
DEATH OF MRS. DUNLAP
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Mother of John H. Vannuys
Passes Away at the Age of 92
––––––––
Was Twenty Years a Resident of Allen County—A Woman of Forceful Character
––––––––
Mrs. Elizabeth Dunlap died this morning at one o’clock at the home of her son, John Vannuys, at 506 East Madison after an illness of two weeks. Mrs. Dunlap was among the oldest citizens in Allen County and would have been 92 had she lived until January. Her death was due to a general breakdown of her system. Mrs. Dunlap has been a resident of the county about twenty years, coming from Franklin, Indiana and settled with her husband on a farm near Carlyle. Mr. Dunlap died shortly after they came here, and Mrs. Dunlap later moved to Iola. For the past ten years she has made her home with her son, Mr. Vannuys.
Mrs. Dunlap leaves, besides Mr. Vannuys, four children, Mrs. Catherine Overstreet, Anderson, Ind., Mrs. Ella LaGrange, Franklin, Ind., M. M. Dunlap of Anderson, Ind. and James Dunlap, Carlyle. She also leaves a brother, Isaac Johns[t]on, of Pleasureville, Ky.
Mrs. Dunlap was a woman of great force. After the death of her husband nearly twenty years ago, she took charge of her farm, although past seventy years of age, and directed the work on it. She superintended the sale of the stock and grain in a most business-like manner,
A short funeral service occurred at the home of Mr. Vannuys this afternoon at three o’clock with Rev. Culberton, pastor of the Presbyterian church, of which Mrs. Dunlap was a member, in charge. The body will be shipped tonight to Franklin, Ind., the former home of the deceased, for burial. Mr. Vannuys will accompany the remains.
The banks of the city, in which Mr. Vannuys was long connected by reason of his being associated with the Northrup bank for thirty years, closed their doors this afternoon at three o’clock for the funeral.
Elizabeth Johnson VanNuys married James Dulap after the death of Isaac VanNuys.
Franklin Democrat, Friday, 28 December 1906, pg 7
On the 13th day of December, 1906 at Iola, Kansas, occurred the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Dunlap, a pioneer of Indiana, and for nearly a half century a resident of Johnson county.
She was born in Louisville, Ky, Jan. 21, 1815, the oldest of twelve children born to John and Elizabeth Johnson.
Her father was a Scotch Presbyterian, a native of Nova Scotia, a mill-wright by occupation. Her mother was of an English-Quaker family, born and reared in Richmond, Va.
At an early age the subject of this sketch removed with her parents to Henry county, Ky., where her father became a successful farmer.
At the age of twenty she was married to Isaac Vannuys, son of Tunis Vannuys, who later became the owner of land on which part of the city of Franklin stands.
Something more than a year subsequent to their marriage the young couple journeyed by wagon from their Kentucky home to Johnson county and located on land near the old Shiloh Presbyterian church, ten miles southwest of Franklin, and there encountered the labors and hardships incident to the foundling of a home in the then surrounding wilderness.
Two years later they purchased the land afterwards occupied as a home by James Vandivier, Sr., on the Martinsville road.
A few years after moving there the young husband died leaving the wife with five small children. Grieving but undaunted and with a will which characterized her life throughout, she bent to the task of rearing and educating her orphan children. By years of toil such as but few women could have endured and with a managerial ability such as still fewer women have possessed, she accomplished the task.
During that period she removed to Hopewell because of its superior school facilities and later to a farm near her first Johnson county home.
In 1858 she was married to James Dunlap, who then owned what is known as “the Kerlin farm,” northwest of Franklin, where they resided for seven years; they then removed to the Hopewell neighborhood where they resided until Mr. Dunlap’s death in 1884.
In 1886 she went to the home of her son, John H. Vannuys, at Iola, Kansas, with whom she resided until her death.
Of seven children born to her one died in infancy. Two others, Archie Vannuys and Mrs. Charity Winchester, have died. Those surviving are Mrs. Julia Lagrange, John H. Vannuys, Mrs. Mary C. Overstreet and Morey M. Dunlap.
Since early womanhood Mrs. Dunlap was a devoted member of the Presbyterian church. On the 15th of December she was laid to rest in the Hopewell cemetery by the companion of her youth.
Such are the meager outlines of a life, but no pen however facile, can adequately portray the strength, the worth, the nobility of the character which that life presented to the world which knew her.
What a long life! Longer than that of the state to which she gave a half century of labor and love. How much of human progress and enlightenment it has encompassed. How filled with good deeds done, truths taught and righteousness exalted. How the world has been bettered by her living.
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DUNLAP, Elizabeth “Betty” (Johnston) [Vannuys]
Date of birth: 21 Jan 1815 – Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Date of death: 12 Dec 1906 – Iola, Allen County, Iowa
Iola Daily Register, Thursday evening, December 13, 1906
DEATH OF MRS. DUNLAP
––––––––
Mother of John H. Vannuys
Passes Away at the Age of 92
––––––––
Was Twenty Years a Resident of Allen County—A Woman of Forceful Character
––––––––
Mrs. Elizabeth Dunlap died this morning at one o’clock at the home of her son, John Vannuys, at 506 East Madison after an illness of two weeks. Mrs. Dunlap was among the oldest citizens in Allen County and would have been 92 had she lived until January. Her death was due to a general breakdown of her system. Mrs. Dunlap has been a resident of the county about twenty years, coming from Franklin, Indiana and settled with her husband on a farm near Carlyle. Mr. Dunlap died shortly after they came here, and Mrs. Dunlap later moved to Iola. For the past ten years she has made her home with her son, Mr. Vannuys.
Mrs. Dunlap leaves, besides Mr. Vannuys, four children, Mrs. Catherine Overstreet, Anderson, Ind., Mrs. Ella LaGrange, Franklin, Ind., M. M. Dunlap of Anderson, Ind. and James Dunlap, Carlyle. She also leaves a brother, Isaac Johns[t]on, of Pleasureville, Ky.
Mrs. Dunlap was a woman of great force. After the death of her husband nearly twenty years ago, she took charge of her farm, although past seventy years of age, and directed the work on it. She superintended the sale of the stock and grain in a most business-like manner,
A short funeral service occurred at the home of Mr. Vannuys this afternoon at three o’clock with Rev. Culberton, pastor of the Presbyterian church, of which Mrs. Dunlap was a member, in charge. The body will be shipped tonight to Franklin, Ind., the former home of the deceased, for burial. Mr. Vannuys will accompany the remains.
The banks of the city, in which Mr. Vannuys was long connected by reason of his being associated with the Northrup bank for thirty years, closed their doors this afternoon at three o’clock for the funeral.
Elizabeth Johnson VanNuys married James Dulap after the death of Isaac VanNuys.
"His Wife"
Franklin Democrat, Friday, 28 December 1906, pg 7
On the 13th day of December, 1906 at Iola, Kansas, occurred the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Dunlap, a pioneer of Indiana, and for nearly a half century a resident of Johnson county.
She was born in Louisville, Ky, Jan. 21, 1815, the oldest of twelve children born to John and Elizabeth Johnson.
Her father was a Scotch Presbyterian, a native of Nova Scotia, a mill-wright by occupation. Her mother was of an English-Quaker family, born and reared in Richmond, Va.
At an early age the subject of this sketch removed with her parents to Henry county, Ky., where her father became a successful farmer.
At the age of twenty she was married to Isaac Vannuys, son of Tunis Vannuys, who later became the owner of land on which part of the city of Franklin stands.
Something more than a year subsequent to their marriage the young couple journeyed by wagon from their Kentucky home to Johnson county and located on land near the old Shiloh Presbyterian church, ten miles southwest of Franklin, and there encountered the labors and hardships incident to the foundling of a home in the then surrounding wilderness.
Two years later they purchased the land afterwards occupied as a home by James Vandivier, Sr., on the Martinsville road.
A few years after moving there the young husband died leaving the wife with five small children. Grieving but undaunted and with a will which characterized her life throughout, she bent to the task of rearing and educating her orphan children. By years of toil such as but few women could have endured and with a managerial ability such as still fewer women have possessed, she accomplished the task.
During that period she removed to Hopewell because of its superior school facilities and later to a farm near her first Johnson county home.
In 1858 she was married to James Dunlap, who then owned what is known as “the Kerlin farm,” northwest of Franklin, where they resided for seven years; they then removed to the Hopewell neighborhood where they resided until Mr. Dunlap’s death in 1884.
In 1886 she went to the home of her son, John H. Vannuys, at Iola, Kansas, with whom she resided until her death.
Of seven children born to her one died in infancy. Two others, Archie Vannuys and Mrs. Charity Winchester, have died. Those surviving are Mrs. Julia Lagrange, John H. Vannuys, Mrs. Mary C. Overstreet and Morey M. Dunlap.
Since early womanhood Mrs. Dunlap was a devoted member of the Presbyterian church. On the 15th of December she was laid to rest in the Hopewell cemetery by the companion of her youth.
Such are the meager outlines of a life, but no pen however facile, can adequately portray the strength, the worth, the nobility of the character which that life presented to the world which knew her.
What a long life! Longer than that of the state to which she gave a half century of labor and love. How much of human progress and enlightenment it has encompassed. How filled with good deeds done, truths taught and righteousness exalted. How the world has been bettered by her living.
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DUNLAP, Elizabeth “Betty” (Johnston) [Vannuys]
Date of birth: 21 Jan 1815 – Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Date of death: 12 Dec 1906 – Iola, Allen County, Iowa
Iola Daily Register, Thursday evening, December 13, 1906
DEATH OF MRS. DUNLAP
––––––––
Mother of John H. Vannuys
Passes Away at the Age of 92
––––––––
Was Twenty Years a Resident of Allen County—A Woman of Forceful Character
––––––––
Mrs. Elizabeth Dunlap died this morning at one o’clock at the home of her son, John Vannuys, at 506 East Madison after an illness of two weeks. Mrs. Dunlap was among the oldest citizens in Allen County and would have been 92 had she lived until January. Her death was due to a general breakdown of her system. Mrs. Dunlap has been a resident of the county about twenty years, coming from Franklin, Indiana and settled with her husband on a farm near Carlyle. Mr. Dunlap died shortly after they came here, and Mrs. Dunlap later moved to Iola. For the past ten years she has made her home with her son, Mr. Vannuys.
Mrs. Dunlap leaves, besides Mr. Vannuys, four children, Mrs. Catherine Overstreet, Anderson, Ind., Mrs. Ella LaGrange, Franklin, Ind., M. M. Dunlap of Anderson, Ind. and James Dunlap, Carlyle. She also leaves a brother, Isaac Johns[t]on, of Pleasureville, Ky.
Mrs. Dunlap was a woman of great force. After the death of her husband nearly twenty years ago, she took charge of her farm, although past seventy years of age, and directed the work on it. She superintended the sale of the stock and grain in a most business-like manner,
A short funeral service occurred at the home of Mr. Vannuys this afternoon at three o’clock with Rev. Culberton, pastor of the Presbyterian church, of which Mrs. Dunlap was a member, in charge. The body will be shipped tonight to Franklin, Ind., the former home of the deceased, for burial. Mr. Vannuys will accompany the remains.
The banks of the city, in which Mr. Vannuys was long connected by reason of his being associated with the Northrup bank for thirty years, closed their doors this afternoon at three o’clock for the funeral.
Elizabeth Johnson VanNuys married James Dulap after the death of Isaac VanNuys.
Franklin Democrat, Friday, 28 December 1906, pg 7
On the 13th day of December, 1906 at Iola, Kansas, occurred the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Dunlap, a pioneer of Indiana, and for nearly a half century a resident of Johnson county.
She was born in Louisville, Ky, Jan. 21, 1815, the oldest of twelve children born to John and Elizabeth Johnson.
Her father was a Scotch Presbyterian, a native of Nova Scotia, a mill-wright by occupation. Her mother was of an English-Quaker family, born and reared in Richmond, Va.
At an early age the subject of this sketch removed with her parents to Henry county, Ky., where her father became a successful farmer.
At the age of twenty she was married to Isaac Vannuys, son of Tunis Vannuys, who later became the owner of land on which part of the city of Franklin stands.
Something more than a year subsequent to their marriage the young couple journeyed by wagon from their Kentucky home to Johnson county and located on land near the old Shiloh Presbyterian church, ten miles southwest of Franklin, and there encountered the labors and hardships incident to the foundling of a home in the then surrounding wilderness.
Two years later they purchased the land afterwards occupied as a home by James Vandivier, Sr., on the Martinsville road.
A few years after moving there the young husband died leaving the wife with five small children. Grieving but undaunted and with a will which characterized her life throughout, she bent to the task of rearing and educating her orphan children. By years of toil such as but few women could have endured and with a managerial ability such as still fewer women have possessed, she accomplished the task.
During that period she removed to Hopewell because of its superior school facilities and later to a farm near her first Johnson county home.
In 1858 she was married to James Dunlap, who then owned what is known as “the Kerlin farm,” northwest of Franklin, where they resided for seven years; they then removed to the Hopewell neighborhood where they resided until Mr. Dunlap’s death in 1884.
In 1886 she went to the home of her son, John H. Vannuys, at Iola, Kansas, with whom she resided until her death.
Of seven children born to her one died in infancy. Two others, Archie Vannuys and Mrs. Charity Winchester, have died. Those surviving are Mrs. Julia Lagrange, John H. Vannuys, Mrs. Mary C. Overstreet and Morey M. Dunlap.
Since early womanhood Mrs. Dunlap was a devoted member of the Presbyterian church. On the 15th of December she was laid to rest in the Hopewell cemetery by the companion of her youth.
Such are the meager outlines of a life, but no pen however facile, can adequately portray the strength, the worth, the nobility of the character which that life presented to the world which knew her.
What a long life! Longer than that of the state to which she gave a half century of labor and love. How much of human progress and enlightenment it has encompassed. How filled with good deeds done, truths taught and righteousness exalted. How the world has been bettered by her living.
[Provided by Mark McCrady #47714241 and Cathea Curry #47339429
Contributor: CatheaC (47339429) • [email protected]
DUNLAP, Elizabeth “Betty” (Johnston) [Vannuys]
Date of birth: 21 Jan 1815 – Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Date of death: 12 Dec 1906 – Iola, Allen County, Iowa
Iola Daily Register, Thursday evening, December 13, 1906
DEATH OF MRS. DUNLAP
––––––––
Mother of John H. Vannuys
Passes Away at the Age of 92
––––––––
Was Twenty Years a Resident of Allen County—A Woman of Forceful Character
––––––––
Mrs. Elizabeth Dunlap died this morning at one o’clock at the home of her son, John Vannuys, at 506 East Madison after an illness of two weeks. Mrs. Dunlap was among the oldest citizens in Allen County and would have been 92 had she lived until January. Her death was due to a general breakdown of her system. Mrs. Dunlap has been a resident of the county about twenty years, coming from Franklin, Indiana and settled with her husband on a farm near Carlyle. Mr. Dunlap died shortly after they came here, and Mrs. Dunlap later moved to Iola. For the past ten years she has made her home with her son, Mr. Vannuys.
Mrs. Dunlap leaves, besides Mr. Vannuys, four children, Mrs. Catherine Overstreet, Anderson, Ind., Mrs. Ella LaGrange, Franklin, Ind., M. M. Dunlap of Anderson, Ind. and James Dunlap, Carlyle. She also leaves a brother, Isaac Johns[t]on, of Pleasureville, Ky.
Mrs. Dunlap was a woman of great force. After the death of her husband nearly twenty years ago, she took charge of her farm, although past seventy years of age, and directed the work on it. She superintended the sale of the stock and grain in a most business-like manner,
A short funeral service occurred at the home of Mr. Vannuys this afternoon at three o’clock with Rev. Culberton, pastor of the Presbyterian church, of which Mrs. Dunlap was a member, in charge. The body will be shipped tonight to Franklin, Ind., the former home of the deceased, for burial. Mr. Vannuys will accompany the remains.
The banks of the city, in which Mr. Vannuys was long connected by reason of his being associated with the Northrup bank for thirty years, closed their doors this afternoon at three o’clock for the funeral.
Elizabeth Johnson VanNuys married James Dulap after the death of Isaac VanNuys.
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