A. L. Dunbar

biography

Dunbar, A. L., Division Superintendent of the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Railway, Meadville, was born in Bushnell, Pike Co., Penn., November 9, 1838, son of Francis K. and Maria (DeWitt) Dunbar, natives of Pennsylvania, the former of Scottish and the latter of Hollandish descent. Our subject, the eldest in a family of six children, received his education in the common schools of Pike and Monroe Counties, Penn., early learning telegraphy, and has been in the employment of railway companies ever since, always proving himself faithful and a competent railway man. He was married in 1867 to Mary J., daughter of John Carr, of Meadville, and they have one child— Harry. Mrs. Dunbar passed from earth in 1880. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Our subject is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is a Trustee.

History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania: containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc., portraits of early settlers and prominent men, biographies, history of Pennsylvania, statistical and miscellaneous matter, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1885, page 734.