TAZEWELL CO. IL
Formed 1827 from Sangamon
McLean formed 1830 from Tazewell, Unorganized Territory
Mason formed 1841 from Tazewell
Woodford formed 1841 from Tazewell, McLean
 

CENSUS RECORDS

1830-1840 Tazewell Co. IL Census
      No Duncan indexed
 

1850 Tazewell Co. IL Census
Pg.1, #13, John R. SCOTT 36 PA farmer $2200
                  Asenath 30 OH
                  Martha 1 IL
                  Hannah MURPHY 10 IA
                  George DUNCAN 22 SCT farmer $0
                  Levin P. HEREFORD 33 VA farmer
                  Louisa 30 VA
                  John 10 IL, Mary ("m") 8 IL
                  James 6, Sarah 3, Charles 5/12 IL
                  Elizabeth POWELL 72 VA
     (MAD: one Anne Duncan 42 "SL" (SCT) d. Jan. 1850, from mortality schedule; George Duncan mar. Jessie Tyrie 7/4/1860 Peoria Co. IL)
Pg.75, #1023, R.A. DUNCAN (m) 45 PA farmer $2000
                  S.A. (f) 49 PA
                  Servilles (m) 21 PA
                  John A. 10, Robt. Bruce 8 IL
                  Lora (f) 4, Symon T. 2 IL
Pg.75, #1025, Wm. WATSON 40 TN miller $1500 & family
                  James DUNKAM 25 PA miller $0
 

1860 Tazewell Co. IL Census
Washington
Pg.52, #407-395, Joseph KID 55 SCT farmer $1000-$500
                  Isabella 49 SCT
                  Joseph DUNCAN 5 IL
Pg.71, #549-533, James DUNCAN 29 SCT farmer $0-0
                  Catharine 30 SCT
                  Jane 8, Margaret 5 IL
                  George 3, Mary 2 IL
                  (MAD: James Duncan mar. Catharine Whitten 9/5/1850)
Fremont
Pg.104, #787-763, Richard AINSLOW 44 ENG farmer $5650-$1224
                  Mary 44 ENG
                  William F. 14, C.M. (m) 14 (sic) ENG
                  Sharlott SHIVER (f) 17 IL domestic
                  Wm. DUNCAN 30 ENG lab.
Deer Creek
Pg.106, #800-776, George D. GIBSON 49 PA farmer $15000-$1400
                  John 18, Charles 15, Martha 7 IL
                  George 4, William 2 IL
                  Ebin Sarts " (GIBSON) 27 VT
                  Anna MERRILL 19 IN domestic
                  George DUNCAN Sr. 67 SCT farmer $4800-$200
Morton
Pg.124, #930-903, Benjamin LEWIS 42 IND farmer $4000-$1000
                  Kesiah 32 OH
                  Mary 13, James 11 IL
                  Jonathan 9, Buchanan 7 IL
                  Anabel (f) 5, Juliet 3, Wesley 9/12 IL
                  James DUNCAN 30 SCT laborer
Delavan
Pg.478, #1647-1647, J.C. DUNKIN (m) 38 PA farmer $10,000-$500
                  Margaret 36 PA
                  Nancy Bell 14, Joseph V. 11 PA
                  Thomas W. 9, Mary E. 6 IN
                  William C. 4, Margaret S. 2 IL
                  (MAD: 1850 Fayette Co. IN census; Joseph Culbertson Duncan, born July 29, 1822, at Big Spring, Cumberland Co. PA. With his parents he moved to Mercersburg, Franklin Co. PA, in 1826; he married Miss Margaret McKinstry on February 4, 1845; in 1850 to Connersville, Fayette Co. IN; to Delavan, Tazewell Co. IL in 1856; wife died in 1896, he died March 18, 1897. From pgs.50 and 70 of the book "Delavan : 1837-1937 : a chronicle of 100 years" pub. 1937.)
Spring Lake
Pg.543, #2105-2105, Nancy DUNCAN ("m") 36 IL widow $100-$100
                  Francis W. (m) 16, Terrassa J. (f) 14 IL
                  Martha A. 11, Ellen G. 8, Lydia E. 3 IL
                  (MAD: widow of Ash Duncan, 1850 Mason Co. IL census)
 

1870 Tazewell Co. IL Census
Deer Creek Twp.
Pg.24, #42-42, DUNCAN, George 79 SCT farmer $4000-$200, parents of foreign birth (alone)
Pg.24, #44-44, DUNCAN, George 42 SCT farmer $4800-$600, parents of foreign birth
                  Jessie (f) 28 SCT keeping house, parents of foreign birth
                  Betsey 14, David 9 IL, parents of foreign birth
                  Florida (Flouda?) (m) 7 IL, parents of foreign birth
                  Edwin 5, Charles 2 IL, parents of foreign birth
Delavan Twp.
Pg.49, #270-276, DUNCAN, Joseph C. 47 PA farmer $0-$0
                  Margaret 46 PA keeps house
                  Anna Belle 24 PA at home
                  Joseph 21 PA at home
                  Thomas 19, Elizabeth 16 IN at home
                  William 14, Maggie (f) 12, Florance (f) 9 IL at home
                  MANUEL, Esther 48 TN domestic Ct.?
                  ROBINSON, James 19 OH BLACK farm hand
                  EMMONDS, William 17 IL (white) farm hand
Malone Twp.
Pg.179, #6-6, DUNCAN, John A. 33 OH farmer $0-$400
                  Harriet 20 OH keeping house
                  Izella N. (f) 2 IL at home
                  James 10/12 IL b.Aug. at home
                  St.JOHN, Stephen S. 17 OH farmer
Tremont Twp.
Pg.312, #35-31, DUNKIN, William 40 ENG farmer $3000-$500, parents of foreign birth
                  Elizabeth 23 IN keeping house
                  Stephen 9/12 IL b.Oct., father of foreign birth
Washington Twp.
Pg.328, #14-14, KIDD, Joseph 66 SCT farmer $2400-$425, parents of foreign birth
                  Isabell 60 SCT keeping house, parents of foreign birth
                  DUNCAN, Joseph 14 IL (white) farm laborer
Washington
Pg.363, #190-192, CORNELISON, Isaac 41 PA minister $1800-$1200, mother of foreign birth
                  Agnes 40 PA keeping house
                  Elizabeth 13, James 10, William 4 IL
                  Robert 11/12 IL b.July
                  DUNCAN, Maggie (f) 16 IL (white) domestic
                  PLOSS, John 36 NY carpenter $1600-$0
Pg.366, #240-238, DUNCAN, James 40 SCT constable $0-$200, parents of foreign birth
                  Catherine 40 SCT keeping house, parents of foreign birth
                  Jane 18, Margaret 16 IL, parents of foreign birth
                  George 14, Elizabeth 10 IL, parents of foreign birth
                  James 7, Charles 5 IL, parents of foreign birth
 

HISTORIES before 1923

1905 "Historical encyclopedia of Illinois and history of Tazewell Co." by G.W. Patten; ed. by Newton Bateman & Paul Selby, Tazewell Hist. ed. by Ben C. Allensworth; pub. Chicago: Munsell Pub. Co. (LH5470, HeritageQuest images 4/2007; FHL fiche 6,078,647)
      Pg.828: The Presbyterian church was organized on the 19th day of June, 1855. At the April meeting of the Peoria Presbytery, a petition for the organization of a Presbyterian church had been presented by Mr. J.C. Duncan, signed by nineteen members. ... J.C. Duncan and Ralph Martin were the first ruling elders.
      Pg.1038: D. FRANK LAWLEY, lawyer, was born in Ball Township, Sangamon County, Ill., June 26, 1863. He comes of good Southern stock, his paternal grandparents, William and Mary (Duncan) Lawley, being born in Virginia, while his maternal grandparents, Jonathan R. and Minerva E. (Barnard) Peddicord, were natives of Kentucky. His parents were D.W. and Cassandra P. (Peddicord) Lawley, the father's place of birth being Sangamon County, Ill., in the year 1828. His mother was born in Kentucky in 1836. ...
      Pg.1081: GEORGE H. SMALL, Deer Creek, was born March 4, 1844, on a farm not far from his present home, where his father, Robert Small, settled in 1822. ... On March 2, 1871, Mr. Small was married to Maggie Pinkard, born in Lexington, McLean County, Ill., April 10, 1849, the daughter of Rev. John and Caroline (Gibson) Pinkard. ... Mrs. Small died in 1897, after rearing five children: Frank Edwin, Mertal, Della, Jennie, and Ora. The present Mrs. Small was formerly Mrs. Jessie (Tyric) Duncan, born in Arbroath, Scotland.
 

1906 "History of the state of California and biographical record of the Sacramento Valley, California" by Prof. James Miller Guinn, pub. by Chapman Pub. Co. (FHL film 468,760 item 2 and 1,000,095 item 2; CA State Library book qc 920.079 G9; also from Vivian Biddle)
      Pg.1565-6: EDWIN E. DUNCAN. Although a resident but a brief time of Yolo county, Edwin E. Duncan has already established for himself a reputation among the progressive and enterprising farmers. He is located on a forty-acre ranch one mile west of Woodland, which property is given over to the cultivation ....
      A native of Illinois, he was born near Pekin, Tazewell county, March 13, 1866. His grandfather and father, both named George, were natives of Scotland, who became early settlers of Illinois, both engaging as farmers in that state throughout their entire lives. His mother, formerly Jessie Tyrie, was also a native of Scotland. She still survives her husband and makes her home in Illinois. She was the mother of ten children, of whom eight are living, Edwin E. being the third in order of birth. He was reared to young manhood in his native state, receiving his education in the district school in the vicinity of his home. When nineteen years old he rented a part of the old home, upon which he engaged in farming and stock-raising until 1901, when he removed to Wapello Co. IA, and in the vicinity of Ottumwa bought a farm of two hundred and three acres. He remained in that location for two years engaged in farming, when he returned to Illinois and in Morton county followed the real estate business. In March, 1904, he came to California and in the vicinity of Woodland purchased property which he still owns and operates, having met with success thus far in his labors. ....
      In Morton, Tazewell Co. IL, Mr. Duncan was united in marriage with Ada L. Webb, a native of that place, and the daughter of Francis Webb, a farmer by occupation, but who is now residing in Woodland, on North street. They are the parents of two children, Howard and Stanley. Fraternally Mr. Duncan is identified ....
 

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.1450: Butler Co., Prospect Twp. JOHN A. DUNCAN, farmer and stock raiser, Section 27, P.O. El Dorado, is a native of Ohio, born February 27, 1836. He was educated and reared in that State. In 1861 he enlisted in the Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving three years in the Department of the Cumberland. Was mustered out at expiration of three years and came to Illinois. For several years he was a resident of Champaign County, Ill. He was married to Miss Harriet K. Hammond, in Ill. They have eight children -- Zelia M., James E., Harry E., Lavina B., Charles S., Rose G., Grace A. and Mattie L., (infant). (MAD: married DeWitt Co. IL; 1870 Tazewell Co. IL census)
 

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