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WILLIAM H. DUNBAR, who represents the business interests of
Johnsonville, Northampton County, is a native of this county,
born May 26, 1839. His parents, William and Eve C. (Jones)
Dunbar, were likewise born here, and the family was one of the
earliest established in this section of the state. The founder
was our subject's great-grandfather, who settled here at a very
early day.
The subject of this sketch was reared in Johnsonville,
receiving a good education in the district schools. At the age
of twenty-three he began to work at the blacksmith's trade,
which he followed for thirty-three years, retiring from the
business in September, 1894. At this time he embarked in the
coal and wood business, having purchased the interest of Hon. M.
G. Stier, of Johnsonville. As a business man he is progressive,
energetic and industrious, and deserves the success with which
he is meeting in his enterprises.
For nine years Mr. Dunbar served as Constable of Upper Mt.
Bethel Township, and for seven years officiated as Assessor. He
also acted as Judge and Inspector of Elections, and is
influential in public affairs. His political preferences are
with the Democratic party, and he is prominent in its ranks.
During the late war he enlisted, September 22, 1862, becoming a
member of Company G, One Hundred and Fifty-third Pennsylvania
Infantry, assigned to the Army of the Potomac. Among the many
engagements in which, with his regiment, he took part was the
battle of Chancellorsville, where he was wounded, having his
collar bone and shoulder blade broken and also receiving a
fracture of the right hand. He remained in the hospital from May
4 until July 22, and was discharged from the service on the 24th
of July, 1863. On
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his return home he resumed the pursuits of civic life, which
had been temporarily interrupted.
The union of Mr. Dunbar and Mary E., daughter of the late
Daniel Beck, of Upper Mt. Bethel Township, resulted in the birth
of five children, namely: Josiah L.; Isabella; Moses; Mary F.,
wife of Andrew B. Handelong; and Maggie C. Socially he is
identified with Albert Jones Post No. 383, G. A. R., at Bangor,
of which for the past nine years he has been Commander. He is a
man who enjoys the fullest confidence of the people, and by his
integrity and uprightness has gained the regard of all with whom
he has had business or social relations.