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M. C. DUNLEVY, farmer, post office Mansfield Valley, was born in this county in 1849, to Moses and Jane (Ledley) Dunlevy, of Cannonsburg, Pa. They had five children, two of whom are now living, M. C. being the youngest. Moses was a farmer, and for many years kept a hotel on the Washington pike. The building, which is yet standing, was called in early days “ Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in the Bush.” Jeremiah Dunlevy, the pioneer of this family, came from Ireland to America about 1791. He settled in Allegheny county soon after landing, and was a farmer. He had born to him seven children, of whom Moses, father of M. C., was the youngest. Jeremiah died at the age of one hundred and one years. The subject of this sketch was born and reared on his present farm, and educated at the common schools and Duff’s College, graduating in January, 1869. He married, in 1872, Miss Letitia Ledlie, daughter of James Ledlie, of Sunbury, Ohio, and seven children were the result of this union, two of whom are living, Harry and Paul. Mr. Dunlevy is a public-spirited citizen, and takes an active part in all progressive movements in his township. He is a republican, and has been school director fourteen years, justice of the peace two terms, and is now filling the latter office with satisfaction to the people.