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HENRY CO. IL
Formed 1825 from Fulton
Jo Daviess formed 1827 from Henry, Mercer, Putnam
Whiteside formed 1836 from Jo Daviess, Henry
CENSUS RECORDS
1830-1850 Henry Co. IL Census
No Duncan indexed
1860 Henry Co. IL Census
Galva
Pg.703, #1258-1209, A?.H. CHAFFEE (m) 26 VT carpenter $1500-$100
Isabella 21 PA wife
George 2, Laura 1 IL
Jane DUNCAN 14 PA
(MAD: A.H. Chaffee mar. Isabella Duncan 1/7/1857)
Town of Weller
Pg.844, #2308-2205, Eliz. DUNCAN 45 PA widow farmer $0-$0
Wm. 24 PA farmer
Jno. 18, Sarah 16 PA
Matilda 11, Saml. 10 PA
Robt 6, Mary 4 IL
(MAD: ? Elizabeth Filey, widow of Robert H. Duncan of 1850 Bedford and/or Blair Co. PA census; 1870 Greene Co. IA census)
Town of Phoenix
Pg.958, #3166-3065, Wm. DUNCAN 63 PA farmer $5000-$2000
Mary 52 "YY" wife (not "NY" as others on page)
W.T. (m) 19, Edwin 12 IL
Pg.959, #3171-3070, Jws. DUNCAN 33 (blank) farmer $6000-$900
Sarah 23 IL
Julia BROWN (f) 14 IL
Lely? WOTHINE? (WATHINE?) (m) 25 IL farm laborer
(MAD: James Duncan mar. Sarah Caroline Browning 4/5/1856 Rock Island Co. IL; b. 1827 Crawford Co. PA, died 1886 en route to see brother William Duncan of Jasper Co. IA per obit; had sister Ruby in 1880 census)
Pg.963-4, #3199-3198, Peter HAYNE 69 PA farmer $5000-$2000
Christine 64 PA wife
Ruby DANCAN (f) 19 IL
Harrison BENSON (m) 22 NY farm laborer
Wm. W. DUNCAN 24 PA farmer
Margt. 24 IL wife
Sarah 1 IL
(MAD: 1860 Jasper Co. IA census; one William Duncan mar. Georgiannia Withrow 9/23/1858)
1870 Henry Co. IL Census
Alba Twp.
Pg.238, #4-4, BROWN, Allen 65 ENG farmer $0-$0, parents of foreign birth
Betty 55 ENG keeping house, parents of foreign birth
DUNCAN, Lydia 18 ENG (blank), mar. Jany., parents of foreign birth
John 22 ENG farmer, parents of foreign birth
BROWN, D.S. (m) 10 IL at home, parents of foreign birth
DUNCAN, Thos. (m) 50 ENG (white) domestic servt., parents of foreign birth
Annawan Twp.
Pg.254, #183-183, DUNCAN, A.M. (m) 34 PA (white) domestic servt. $0-$0
TOMPKINS, C. (f) 26 IL keeping house
DUNCAN, H. (f) 9 IL at home
Clella (m) 7 IL
Atkinson Twp.
Pg.288, #113-113, TAYLOR, A.E. (m) 49 NH butcher $0-$0
Chas. A. (m) 24? (20?) NH at home
DUNCAN, N. (m) 47 NH butcher $0-$0
(MAD: ?? Nathaniel J. Duncan, 1860 Middlesex Co. MA census)
Clover Twp.
Pg.335, #36-41, (hotel) including
DUNCAN, Wm. 19 PA photographer $0-$200
Galva Twp.
Pg.413, #315-323, DUNCAN, Wm. L. 34 PA (white) domestic servant $0-$0
M.E. (f) 28 NY keeping house
Mary 3 IL at home
Willie (m) 1/12 IL b.May
CHICHESTER, E. (m) 69 NY farmer $3000-$500
Mary 64 NY keeping house
CAMCLE?, Frank 36 ENG coal digger, parents of foreign birth
Geneseo City
Pg.455, #127-125, DUNCAN, Jas. 43 PA "no occupation" $4600-$490
Sarah 33 IL keeps house
BROWING, Julia A. 62 IL "no occupation"
(MAD: Browing as spelled)
MILITARY RECORDS
Pension Index Card File, alphabetical; of the Veterans Administrative Contact and Administration Services, Admin. Operations Services, 1861-1934; Duff to A-J Duncan (negative FHL film 540,888, some cards very faint); Joseph Duncan to Dunn (positive FHL film 540,889, some cards very dark)
Cataloged under Civil War, 1861-1865, pensions, indexes; does not say if Confederate or Federal, but probably Federal. Negative film, some cards much too faint or dark to read, some cards blurred or faded, particularly the service unit and the dates of application. Most of the very faint or dark cards were in a slightly different format, with space for years enlisted and discharged which were sometimes filled in. Many of these were for service in later years, although one or two were for service ca 1866.
Name of soldier, alias, name of dependent widow or minor, service (military unit or units), date of filing, class (invalid or widow or minor or other), Application #, Certificate #, state from which filed (sometimes blank), attorney (sometimes blank, MAD: did not usually copy), remarks. Sometimes the "Invalid" or "Widow" class had an "s" added to it before the application #; occasionally the area for the service information included a circled "S". The minor's name was frequently that of the guardian rather than the minor.
The military unit was frequently the Company Letter, the Regiment Number, sometimes US Vet Vol Inf. (US Veteran Volunteer Infantry), L.A. (Light Artillery), H.A. (Heavy Artillery), US C Inf (US Colored? Infantry), Cav. (Cavalry), Mil. Guards, V.R.C. (?Volunteer Reserve Corps?), etc. Sometimes there were several service units given.
Cards appear to be arranged by the last name, first name, middle initial if any, and state (including "US") of service.
Duncan, Francis M., widow Duncan, Mary A.; K 112 Ill Inf.; 1886 April 12, Invalid Appl. #569562, Cert. #417357; 1891 Feb. 18, Widow Appl. #498877, Cert. #585780, S.D. (MAD: mar. Mary Alice Grey 12/1861 in Henry Co. IL; ?? 1870 Jackson Co. AR ??; James Duncan & wife Mary in 1880 Henry Co. IL census; she ?? 1900 Davison Co. SD, son Burdett J. b.1876 IL)
Duncan, William L., widow Duncan, Mary E.; L 7 Ill. Cav.; 1879 July 28, Invalid Appl. #300489, no cert.; 1892 June 28, Widow Appl. #553641, Cert. #383680, Ill. (MAD: Bishop Hill [Henry Co.] IL per IL Civil War database)
HISTORIES before 1923
1877 "The history of Henry County, Illinois : its tax-payers and voters : containing also a biographical directory, a condensed history of the state, map of the county, a business directory, an abstract of every-day laws, war record of Henry County, officers of societies, lodges, etc., etc." by P.T. Barnum, F.W. Arlen; pub. Chicago: H.F. Kett & Co. (LH4094, HeritageQuest images 4/2007; FHL film 934,986 item 2)
Pg.267, Atkinson Township: Duncan, S.M., Sec.21; P.O. Atkinson; farmer; Rep; from Ill.
Pg.351, Galva Township: Duncan, W.L., P.O. Galva; baggage express agt. Galva; Rep; Prot; from Pa.
Pg.375, Western Township: Duncan, Thos. Farmer, Sec.20, P.O. Orion; born in Ireland, Nov. 21, 1835; came to this county in 1861; Ind; Pres.; owns 106 acres of land, value $6,000; son of James Duncan, County Antrim, Ireland; vol. Co.C, 112th Ill. I.; was out about three years; was besieged at Knoxville 28 days on 8 days' rations; was wounded at the battle of Resaca, Ga. and laid up in the hospital nine months; name of wife, Elizabeth Bolles, daughter of Jesse Bolles, born Oct. 28, 1835, at Thompson, Ct.; married Feb. 7, 1862; four children living, Lenora B., born April 30, 1866, William E.; born Aug. 17, 1869, James T. and Jesse B. (twins), born Aug. 7, 1873; Mrs. Duncan's first husband was James Ludi, leaving one son, Nelson J. Ludi, who died Jan. 1857.
Pg.407, Burns Township, Annawan: Duncan, A.M., Prop. Hotel.
1885 "Portrait and biographical album of Henry County, Illinois : containing full-page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and biographies of all the governors of Illinois, and of the presidents of the United States : also containing a history of the county, from its earliest settlement to the present time." (anonymous); pub. Chicago: Biographical Pub. Co. (LH10355, HeritageQuest images 4/2007; FHL film 934,986 item 3)
Pg.243-244: JAMES DUNCAN, of Geneseo, came to Henry County in 1838, and has been a resident of the State since 1837. He has been prominent in the development of the resources of the county from the beginning of his active and independent management of his own affairs, and is at present the senior partner of the firm of Duncan & White, hardware merchants, and of the business house of Duncan & Martin.
He was born March 1, 1827, in Erie Co. Pa., and is the son of William and Mary (Thomas) Duncan. His father was of unmixed Scotch origin, his ancestors having been among the dissenters from the Scottish "Kirk," who left their native land in 1619 to escape the persecutions of King James. They encountered difficulties there which were scarcely less perplexing and quite as hard to bear. From the latter fact the purity of the race known as Scotch-Irish was retained throughout a period of exactly 100 years. In 1719 the emigration of their descendants to the United States commenced, and from the settlement of Dunbarton, N.H., they have scattered to all parts of this land, and everywhere form one of the best elements .... The father of Mr. Duncan was the son of a pioneer of the State of Pennsylvania, and there several of their children were born, among them their son William. The Thomas family, to which the mother belonged, was of English extraction, and were pioneers of the Dominion of Canada. Her father's family went to the State of New York just prior to her birth, and she was born in the Empire State.
The parents removed to Crawford Co., Pa., when their son was seven years old, and in the spring of 1837 they came to Illinois. They lived a year in Knoxville, and in the spring of the following year they made a final transfer of their affairs and interests to Henry County, where they arrived April 15th. The father became a farmer in the Township of Phenix, and the children were there reared to maturity.
The first event of marked importance in the life of Mr. Duncan, of this sketch, was his marriage to Sarah C. Browning, of Phenix, April 10, 1855. Mrs. Duncan is the daughter of Joshua Browning, and she is a native of Phenix Township, in Henry County. Mr. Duncan continued the business in which he had been reared after his marriage until the spring of 1865. That was the date of his removal to Geneseo, where he has since resided continuously. ... In 1870, he entered into a partnership with E.M. Way, ... the style of Way & Duncan, which was in operation until 1880. Mr. Duncan bought the claim of his partner, and within the same year formed an association with Charles H. Martin ... In 1882 the hardware house of Duncan & White was established ...
In 1850 Mr. Duncan went to California. He set out for that distant region on the 1st day of March, traveling across the plains. He passed nearly three years in the Golden Gate, and was engaged in mining at various points. He returned by way of the Isthmus to New York. .... Mr. Duncan is a Republican in political faith and connections, and both himself and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Pg.379-380: JOHN LOVE, deceased, formerly a resident of Bucks Co. PA, and a blacksmith by occupation, was born in County Antrim, Ireland, of English parentage and ancestry. He was educated in his native country, and was married there April 30, 1825, to Miss Mary A. Duncan, who was born in the same county (MAD: "county" and not "country"), June 18, 1810, the daughter of a farmer of Scotch parentage. He had come from Scotland to Ireland on account of religious persecution in his native country, he being of the Presbyterian faith. ... early history of Mr. Love ... His father had become a skillful smith in his native country, and after his marriage he lived in his native country until 1849. Family were all born near Belfast, Ireland ... ten children, Ann, who was born May 24, 1827; Eliza, who married John Blair and died in Millville, N.J., leaving two children, J.B. and Anna L.; the latter is a teacher; the third child in the family above mentioned was Jane W.; the fourth is Mrs. Nancy Watson, now residing in Wetern Township, this county; Mrs. Matilda A. Finlay is now a resident of Orion, this county; Mrs. Mary Garrity resides in Philadelphia, PA; William is also married and resides in Western Township; Maria L. and James; Alexander is married, and is yet residing at the parental home. On arrival in America the family located in Bucks Co. PA, near Trenton, N.J., July 2, 1849. The father died there September 3, following, aged 46. ... The mother and children .. secured a farm in Bucks Co., near Trenton, ... in 1871 to Illinois, Western Township (this county).
Pg.626: JAMES E. BRECKENRIDGE, residing at Galva, was born July 7, 1834, in Bourbon Co., Ky., and is a son of Oliver H.P. and Nancy (Ellis) Breckenridge. The Breckenridge family came from Scotland to America in an early day, and settled in Virginia. The grandfather of James E. (John Breckenridge) moved to Bourbon Co., Ky., when he was a young man, and there followed the occupation of a farmer. He was married twice, his first wife being Miss M. Duncan, a native of Kentucky, and a sister of Governor Joseph Duncan, of this State, and was the mother of Oliver H.P. Breckenridge, who was the father of the subject of this notice. His mother died when he was six weeks old, and his father was a second time married, to Nancy Brooks, also a native of Kentucky. She is yet living near Paris, that State, and is the mother of 8 children, five boys and three girls. Her husband died in Kentucky in 1853, aged 81 years. He was a farmer by occupation. The father of our subject removed to Schuyler County, this State, in 1852, ... resided until the following year, returned to KY on a visit and there died, in 1853, at the age of 51 years. Married Nancy Ellis in Bourbon Co., who is yet living in Plattsburg, Mo., aged 71 years, 8 children ...
1910 "History of Henry County, Illinois" by Henry L. Kiner; pub. Chicago: Pioneer Pub. Co. (LH5436, HeritageQuest images 4/2007; FHL book 977.338 D3k v.1&2 and film 934,987 items 1-2)
Pg.57: A generation ago, Charles Martin and James Duncan had a slaughter house and rendering establishment in the edge of the Green River forest, a little northeast of the old bridge, half a mile west of the present one.
Pg.787: 1890. December 8. Francis M. Duncan dies in South Dakota. Native of Henry county. Member 112th Illinois Volunteers.
Vol.II, pg.867-868: GEORGE BAXTER DUNCAN, M.D. ... One of the best known physicians of Henry county is Dr. George Baxter Duncan, who has lived in Kewanee since 1897 and is now recognized as one of its leading medical men. He was born in Waukesha county, Wisconsin, October 26, 1854, a son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Cation) Duncan. The father was a native of Scotland, who came to the United States when twenty-five years old, about 1830. Although a tailor by trade, he began farming upon his arrival in the new world. He had learned his trade in Edinburgh. His death occurred when he was eighty years old, but his wife died when sixty-two years old.
Dr. Duncan was educated in the country schools and remained on the farm until he was twenty-three years old, when he decided to begin the study of medicine at Milton, Wisconsin, and was graduated in 1896 from what was then the National Medical College of Chicago but is now the Homeopathic Medical department of the Northwestern University. Subsequent to his graduation, Dr. Duncan went to Constantine, Michigan, but in 1897 located in Kewanee and has been in active practice here ever since. He is a member of the Physicians Club of Kewanee, ...
In December, 1877, Dr. Duncan married Ella Whitbeck, a daughter of Jacob and Margaret Whitbeck, of Floyd, Iowa. She was graduated from the same school of medicine as her husband in the same class but has retired from active practice. Three children were born to Dr. and Mrs. Duncan, namely: Maud, who married Arthur Caverno, of New York city, manager of the Kewanee Water Supply Company; Edith, who married Fred Steer, of Kewanee, assistant foreman of the National Tube Works of Kewanee; and Ida, who married Thomas M. Biddlecombe, principal of schools of La Fayette, Illinois. Dr. Duncan is an excellent physician ...
Vol.II, pg.897-898: WILLIAM HENRY, ... living in Wethersfield, native son of Henry county, born Kewanee, November 24, 1870. His father, George Washington Henry, was born in the town of Moy in the north part of Ireland, June 7, 1835, and was of Scotch parentage. Coming to this country when a young man, he made his way to the south, where he remained until the outbreak of the Civil war. He then enlisted in a southern regiment and served for two years in defense of the Confederacy. In 1863 he was married in Mexico to Miss Elizabeth Duncan, a native of Scotland, and they became parents of five children, namely: Mrs. F.G. Goodrich, of Kewanee; Thomas, who is now living on a farm in Wethersfield township; William, of this review; John B., who makes his home at La Fayette, Knox county, Illinois, where he is engaged in farming; and Anna, the wife of George Humfreville of Kewanee. ... (MAD: more on William Henry, not copied)
Vol.II, pg.926-927: ALEXANDER L. LOVE ... who owns the greater part of section 8, Western township. He was born in County Antrim, Ireland, August 18, 1849, his parents being John and Mary A (Duncan) Love. He was but an infant in arms when they left their home and started upon their journey to the new world. After crossing the Atlantic, they settled in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, where the father soon afterward died, leaving a widow with ten children, of whom Alexander was the youngest. ... She managed to rear them and keep them together upon the Pennsylvania farm until 1871, when they removed to Henry Co. Illinois. ... until 1892, when she passed away in her 83rd year. ... One son, William Love, ... Ten children ... Ann, the eldest, has remained unmarried and makes her home with her brother Alexander. Elizabeth became the wife of John Blair but died in Millville, New Jersey, before the family came to Illinois. ... Jane lives in Chicago. Nancy is the widow of Joseph Watson. Matilda married William Finley who died in 1892 ... Mary resides in Chicago, her husband Hugh Gerrity having died several years ago. John also lives in Chicago. William ... died in 1895. Maria L., the next of the family, is unmarried and lives with her brother Alexander. James A. wedded Miss Anna Beatty who died about 22 years ago. Alexander L., the youngest, is the subject of this sketch. ....
1897 "A compendium of Freemasonry in Illinois : embracing a review of the introduction, development and present condition of all rites and degrees : together with biographical sketches of distinquished members of the fraternity" ed. by George William Warvelle; pub. Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co. (LH8099, HeritageQuest images 4/2007)
Pg.769: WILLIAM LOUIS DUNCAN, an enterprising young business man of Galva, who is now proprietor of a grocery store, was made a Mason in Galva Lodge, No.243, F. & A.M. He was initiated as an Entered Apprentice January 19, 1892, passed the Fellow-craft degree on the 9th of February, and was raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason on the 8th of March. ... Mr. Duncan is a native son of the city of Galva. He was born on the 6th of May, 1870, his parents being William Louis and Mary E. (Chichester) Duncan, natives of Pennsylvania and Long Island, respectively. When the father was twenty-one years of age he came to Illinois, in 1858, and he engaged in railroading, thereby obtaining the means to support his family. He died in 1891, at the age of fifty-two years, and his wife now survives him, at the age of fifty-two. He was a faithful and consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church, to which Mrs. Duncan also belongs. They had a family of five children, three of whom are now living.
Mr. Duncan, whose name introduces this review, is the eldest living child. His boyhood days were quietly passed in the city of his birth and to the public-school system of Galva he is indebted for the educational privileges which he enjoyed. He entered upon his business career in a clerical capacity, and for a number of years remained in the employ of the firm of Higgins & Company. In January, 1897, he embarked in the grocery business on his own account, and is now meeting with satisfactory success. ... (MAD: no mention of a wife) (MAD: Galva, Henry Co. IL)
1908 "History of Whiteside County, Illinois : from its earliest settlement to 1908" by William W. Davis; pub. Chicago: Pioneer Pub. Co. (LH10955, HeritageQuest images 4/2007; FHL film 1,000,522 items 1-2)
Pg.1358,1361: R.B. DUNCAN owns and cultivates a farm of ninety-two acres in Erie township, largely devoting his time and attention to stock-raising and always keeping on hand good grades of stock. His life record began in Erie county, Pennsylvania, October 20, 1849, his parents being Alexander and Elizabeth (Chambers) Duncan, natives of Pennsylvania and of England, respectively. The year 1853 witnessed their removal westward to Illinois, at which time they located in Henry county upon a tract of rented land. Subsequently they removed to Whiteside county and Mr. Duncan purchased land, upon which he made his home until his death, converting the farm into a valuable property. He passed away in September, 1886, while his wife survived him for more than twelve years and died on the 4th of November, 1898. Mr. Duncan was married twice. By the first union he had two children: Nancy, now the widow of Milton Segar, a resident of Erie, Illinois; and Elizabeth, the wife of Alfred Clayton, whose home is in Kansas. By his second marriage Alexander Duncan became the father of five children: R.B.; Ella, the deceased wife of Burton Martin; Eva, the wife of David Lisby, a resident of "Campbell county, Illinois"; Mary, deceased; and Sarah, the wife of John Clayton, who is living in Kankakee county, Illinois.
R.B. Duncan, reared upon the home farm, early became familiar with all the duties and labors that fall to the lot of the agriculturist ... until he attained his majority. He then rented a farm for a few years and later purchased the homestead place of fifty-two acres on sections 7 and 8, to which he afterward added by the purchase of an additional tract of forty acres on section 13, Erie township. ...
In 1875 Mr. Duncan was married to Miss Elizabeth Wiggins, who was born in Ohio in 1847, a daughter of Elijah and Julia (Stark) Wiggins, who were natives of the state of New York. The mother died in Ohio and the father passed away in Erie, Illinois. Their family numbered four children: Martha E., the wife of Ray Thompson, of Fenton township; Delbert A., a graduate of the Erie high school; Mabel D., deceased; and Mrs. Duncan. Both Mr. and Mrs. Duncan hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal church ... politically he is a republican ...
1883 "History of the State of Kansas : containing a full account of its growth from an uninhabited territory to a wealthy and important state; of its early settlements; a supplementary history and description of its counties, cities, towns and villages, their advantages, industries and commerce, to which are added biographical sketches and portraits of prominent men and early settlers" ed. by William G. Cutler, A.T. Andreas; pub. Chicago : A.T. Andreas (FHL book 978.1 H2hi 1976 & v.2; FHL film 982,248 items 1-2)
Pg.508: Jefferson Co., Valley Falls, Delaware Twp. JAMES F. DUNCAN, farmer, Section 3, P.O. Valley Falls, is a native of Pennsylvania, and was born in Perry County, September 17, 1834. When two years of age removed with parents to Maryland, afterwards to West Virginia, and eventually to Illinois. In after years was a resident of Iowa for a time, agricultural pursuits being his vocation in life. August 9, 1862, he enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Twelfth Illinois Volunteer Infantry; participated in twenty-four open field engagements; among these were Franklin, Nashville, Atlanta, Lost Mountain and Rocky Face. Served until June 20, 1865, and was honorably discharged. Mr. Duncan came to Kansas in 1872. He is one among the substantial farmers of Jefferson County. He was married in Illinois to Miss Sarah J. Miller, a native of that State. By the union they have three children -- C.W., A.F. and E.E. (MAD: married Henry Co. IL; 1870 Greene Co. IA census)
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