Marion Erastus Dunlap

In 1860 he was an unmarried 19 year old farm hand living with his parents and 9 siblings on their farm at Rockford in Coosa County, AL. He enlisted in Montgomery, AL on 15 July 1861 and mustered as a Private in Company C, 13th Alabama Infantry.

He was with his company in action at Turner's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September and at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

He was with his company to at least November 1863 and on furlough in May 1864. He was again on duty from August to October 1864, the latest record in his military file.

In 1870 he was farming back at Rockford, AL, but went to Texas by 1878 and in 1880 was a farmer in Somervell County, TX. In 1900 he had a farm in Throckmorton County, TX and by 1910 he was farming at El Yeso in Chaves County, NM. He was retired and living with his son Walter and family in Portales in nearby Roosevelt County, NM in 1920.

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3, and the Archives.2 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860-1920. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Flora Addie Ingram (1844-1920) in September 1865 and they had 9 children.

His brother John was also in Company C and was with him in Maryland.

05/07/1841; Fayetteville, GA

05/19/1920; Dunlap, NM; burial in Portales Cemetery, Portales, NM