| Birth: | Nov. 30, 1875
Aurora
Lawrence County
Missouri, USA | | Death: | Apr. 24, 1959
Meridian
Bosque County
Texas, USA | 
LEVI ARTEMAS DUNLAP
EDITOR - THE MERIDIAN TRIBUNE
EARLY 1900's
Levi Artemas DUNLAP was born on 30 Nov 1875 in Aurora, Lawrence Co., MO. He died on 24 Apr 1959 in Meridian, Bosque Co., TX. He was buried in Meridian Cem., Meridian, Bosque Co., TX.
Levi married Mary Jane ADAMS daughter of John William 'Billy' ADAMS and Matilda Elizabeth 'Babe' ODLE on 7 Feb 1900 in Bosque Co., TX. Mary was born on 28 Nov 1875 in On Hog Creek, Bosque Co., TX. She died on 11 Jun 1945 in Meridian, Bosque Co., TX. She was buried in Meridian Cem., Meridian, Bosque Co., TX.
They had the following children:
Leslie Moran DUNLAP (1900-1951)
Irene P DUNLAP (1902-1984)
Artie Reynolds DUNLAP (1904-1955)
Jay Teel 'Jakey' DUNLAP (1908-1970)
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OBITUARY
Levi Artemas DUNLAP was the third child of Lewis Alexander and Nancy Melanda DUNLAP and was born at Aurora, Missouri, on November 30, 1875. He came to Texas with the family in 1889, living first at Richardson.
He attended the old Denton Normal (now NTSU) and graduated highest in his class. He got jobs as "printer's devil" at every town where his father was pastor and at Richardson also operated a rubber stamp business as a sideline. When the family moved to Mansfield in 1893, he and his brother, Edwin, published the Mansfield Rustler from their shop in the back of a mercantile store. Subscription to the weekly was thirty cents per year, but the venture fell into serious financial trouble and had to cease publication after four months, but each paid-up subscriber was refunded half of his money.
The DUNLAP family moved to Meridian in December 1896, and in 1898 Levi A. borrowed $50 with which he instigated the purchase of "The People's Tribune" , a Populist newspaper. He changed it to the Democratic "The Meridian Tribune" which he owned and edited continuously for 50 years until his retirement on January 1, 1956. The Tribune is still in business in its 76th year (1974). At various times during his operation of the Tribune plant he was assisted by his brothers, Edwin and Teel, and his sister, Minnie. Levi A. gained many honors and recognitions during his printer-publisher days, having produced one of the best small town weekly's in Texas and having operated a very efficient job printing and publishing plant patronized throughout the state.
On February 7, 1900, Levi "Artie" DUNLAP and Mary Jane ADAMS were married at Meridian. She was the daughter of Capt. James William and Elizabeth ADAMS and was born near Valley Mills on November 20, 1875. The couple through their music and talents, contributed much to the cultural and social life of the area. They owned the first phonograph in the town. He was as a big booster for Meridian Junior College, and before that, was one of the organizers of the Bosque County Fair and was its fireworks specialist.
The four children of this marriage were Leslie Moran, a journalist, printer and postmaster. Irene, a school teacher, she married a retail merchant who later was a soft drink bottler and a foods representative-salesman. Artie Reynolds, a salesman, commercial artist and advertising agency representative. Jay Teel, an architect.
After the death of Mary Jane DUNLAP at Meridian on June 11, 1945, Levi A. continued to live at the homeplace he had built in 1915 until his passing on April 24, 1959. During these last fourteen years, his widowed sister, Lealia Knapp DUNLAP Odle, also lived at the homeplace.
The entire block on which the Levi A. DUNLAP home sat at the northwest corner of Bosque and Houston Streets, was sold to the Meridian Housing Authority in 1967. The home was torn down and a low-rent housing group for the elderly was constructed on the site, a fitting monument to a couple who contributed so much pleasure and happiness from that spot for nearly half a century.
By Jay Teel Dunlap 1974
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Name: Levi A. Dunlap
Death date: 24 Apr 1959
Death place: Meridian, Bosque, Texas
Gender: Male
Race or color (on document): W
Age at death: 83 years 4 months 24 days
Estimated birth year:
Birth date: 30 Nov 1875
Birth place: Mo.
Marital status: Widowed
Father name: Levi A. Dunlap
Mother name: L. Cook
Occupation: Newspaper Publisher
Residence: Meridian, Bosque, Texas
Cemetery name: Meridian
Burial place: Meridian, Texas
Burial date: 25 Apr 1959
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
SPECIAL NOTE: As a boy, our family lived in Pasadena, near Houston. I remember we received the Tribune in the mail because my father, George Adams being born in Meridian and away for years, was highly interested in what was happening back in his hometown. George was a nephew of Levi and his wife Mary Adams DUNLAP.
Inscription:
SON OF
REV. AND MRS. LEWIS A. DUNLAP
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Meridian Cemetery
Meridian
Bosque County
Texas, USA |
Created by: Hugh Adams
Record added: Mar 02, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 34372413 |
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