Biographical Sketch of Rev. James DUNLAP, D.D. (1881); Chester County, PA

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From THE HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY, by Futhey and Cope (1881);

pg. 526

DUNLAP, Rev. James, D.D., was born in Chester Co., Pa., in 1744.  He received 
his early education at the school of Samuel Blair, at Fagg's Manor, and 
graduated at Princeton College in 1773.  He was a tutor in the college from 1775 
to 1777.  He was ordained by the Presbytery of New Castle, at Fagg's Manor, in 
1781, and shortly thereafter removed to Western Pennsylvania.  He was pastor of 
the congregations of Laurel Hill and Dunlap's Creek, in Fayette county, until 
1803, when he was chosen president of Jefferson College, at Canonsburg, in 
Washington county, which situation he held with great respect until 1812.  In 
1806 the title of Doctor of Divinity was conferred on him by the college over 
which he presided.  He was eminent for his minute and accurate attainments in 
classical literature, with which it is said he was so familiar as to have the 
ancient classics in his memory to recite, or hear and correct the recital of 
others.  Even in his old age in was his delight to devote a part of each day to 
his favorite Latin and Greek authors.  His influence in the college was very 
great, and he contributed much to its upbuilding.  He died Nov. 22, 1818.