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ARMSTRONG CO. PA
Formed 1800 from Allegheny, Indiana, Clarion, Butler, Jefferson, and Westmoreland
Clarion formed 1839 from Venango, Armstrong
CENSUS RECORDS
1820 Armstrong Co. PA Census (semi-alphabetic)
Pg.254 Duncan, Alexander 310020 - 00010 Allegheny
1830 Armstrong Co. PA Census
Pg.174 Andrew Duncan 3000,01 - 2000,01 Allegheny
231 Alexander Duncan 1220,11 - 1000,01 Toby
1840 Armstrong Co. PA Census
Pg. 44 Jonas Duncan 1001,1 - 1000,101 Allegheny
128 Alex. Duncan 1112,101 - 1010,0001 Madison
one name
George Duncan 0000,1 - 0001
1850 Armstrong Co. PA Census
Perry
Pg.5, #57, Alexander C. DUNCAN 24 PA merchant $100
Eliza J. 22 PA
Nancy A. 1 PA
Mary FORBES 48 IRE
Sugar creek
Pg.15, #60, Jonathan BEATY 25 PA laborer $700
Mary 24 PA
Clarence? B. (f) 13, Saml. 1 PA
Mary DUNCAN 7 PA
Bradys Bend
Pg.38, #97-97, George DANCAN 65 PA weigh master
Mary 58 PA
Nathaniel 20 PA teamster
Jane 24 PA
Susanah 36 PA
David 18 PA weighmaster
(MAD: 1860 Cambria Co. PA census)
Pg.46, #244, Saml. DUNCAN 33 PA laborer
Grace 26 PA
James M. 9, Geo. S. 7 PA
Saml. W. 5, Washington 2 PA
(MAD: 1860 Cambria Co. PA census)
Cowanshana
Pg.220, #11, John HUGHES 45 IRE -- $1000
Eliza J. 34 IRE
Robert 13, John 10 PA
Jackson 8, Samuel 6 PA
William J. 5/12 PA
Nancy DUNKEN 68 IRE
George NELSON 22 PA
Madison
Pg.254, #20, John DUNCAN 29 PA farmer $1000
Lucy 23 PA
Rebecca J. 8, Elizabeth 5 PA
Washington L. 3, Lucy M. 2 PA
John A. 7/12 PA
(MAD: 1860 Gallia Co. OH census; ? 1870 Cherokee Co. KS census)
Pg.259, #102, Jacob DUNCAN 29 PA farmer $1500
Elizabeth 19 PA m/in/yr
Pg.259, #103, George DUNCAN 37 PA farmer $200
Maria 33 PA
Mary 6, Alonso (m) 4 PA
Jemima 3 PA
Pg.260, #107, Simon DUNCAN 21 PA farmer $3000
Sarah 23 PA
Elizabeth 60 PA
David 18, Alexander 13 PA
(MAD: ? 1865 Larimer Co. CO ??)
Kiskiminitas
Pg.318, #190, Andrew DUNCAN 59 PA blacksmith
Sarah 12, John 8 PA
Andrew 6, Elizabeth 4 PA
Pg.327, #315, John FINDLEY 30 PA tailor $500
Nancy 18, Lidia J. 10 PA
Elizabeth 9, Samuel 7 PA
Lidia DUNCAN 18 PA
Plumcreek
Pg.344, #151, Samuel DUNCAN Sr. 66 PA farmer $1820
Margaret 57 PA
Samuel E. 27, Joseph M. 25 PA
Margaret 21 PA
(MAD: mar. 1816 Margaret Kyle in Huntingdon Co. PA; 1840 Sangamon Co. IL census, see 1848 deed there)
Pg.346, #176, Wm. S. DUNCAN 20 PA farmer $1500
Jane 19 PA
Napolian 1 PA
1860 Armstrong Co. PA Census
Kittanning Twp.
Pg.691, #139-134, T.J. DUNCAN (m) 56 IRE farmer $4000-$300
Clara 43 ENG housekeeper
Thomas 24 PA clerk
Robert 22 PA laborer
L?rinda (f) 12 PA
Alexander 16 PA
Samuel 5, Jackson 3 PA
(MAD: Thomas John Duncan, 1850 Allegheny Co. PA census, Pittsburg Ward 3; 1870 Pittsburg Ward 8; "L?rinda" was "Clarinda" in 1850)
Allegheny Twp.
Pg.39, #660-678, Saml. DUNCAN 76 PA miller $2000-$6000
Margret 66 IRE
Wm. S. 29 PA laborer $0-$50
Jane 28 PA
Labella (f) 9, Willington (m) 7 PA
Cowanshannoc Twp.
Pg.117-8, #1282-1282, John HUGHES 58 IRE farmer $4000-$1000
& family
Susan BACKOVEN 17 GERM H.work
Nancy DUNCAN 80 IRE H.work
Madison Twp.
Pg.338, #800-724, George DUNCAN 43 PA farmer $3070-$845
Mary E. 17, Alonzo M. (m) 14 PA
Jemima A. (f) 12 PA
James H. CROIV? 16 PA
Cate. SHIEK (f) 23 PA domestic
Mary A. LOWRY 1 PA
(MAD: Alonzo in ? 1870 Cherokee Co. KS census)
Pg.341, #823-747, Alexander DUNCAN 23 PA inn keeper $1000-$200
Emanda (f) 20 PA
Almira 1 PA
Eliza DUNCAN 70 PA domestic
James ANTHONY 13 PA
(MAD: 1870 Cherokee Co. KS census)
Pg.344, #841-763, Wm. DUNCAN 36 NY ore digger $0-$50
Sarah 30 PA
Nancy 11, Wm. 9 PA
Geo. 5, Philip 1 PA
Pg.345, #847-769, Jacob DUNCAN 40 PA inn keeper $2000-$96
Maria 39 PA
Emeline 9, Eliza J. 8 PA
Mary F. 6, Ross A. (m) 2 PA
Wm. GARDNER 74 PA day laborer pauper
Perry Twp.
Pg.507, #596-519, David DUNKINE 25 PA day laborer $0-$40
Sarah E. 23 PA
Mary E. 3, Charles 1 PA
(MAD: 1870 Venango Co. PA census)
1870 Armstrong Co. PA Census
Bradys Bend Twp.
Pg.72, #466-481, DUNKIN, Charles 24 PRUssia laborer in R.M. $0-$150, parents of foreign birth
Elizabeth 22 PA keeps house, parents of foreign birth
Barbra (f) 4 PA, father of foreign birth
Margaret 3 PA, father of foreign birth
Emanuel 1 PA, father of foreign birth
Madison Twp.
Pg.227, #111-114, DUNCAN, Jacob 50 PA farmer $7000-$1000
Mariah 40 PA keeping house
Jane 18 PA at home
Florence? (f) 16, Roy?? (m) 12 PA
John 9, Annie 7, Habert (m) 3 PA
Frank 6/12 PA b.Jany.
Pg.235, #199-210, Hotel keeper & family & others, including
DUCAN, Jane 7 PA
Perry Twp.
Pg.283, #137-135, DUNCAN, Beriah (m) 27 PA farmer $4000-$500
Mary 23 PA house keeper
CHILCOTE, John 28 IL Eng., father of foreign birth
(MAD: mark in father of foreign birth column may have been added later)
Pg.289, #234-232, WHITE, Samuel 56 IRE carpenter $2000-$0, parents of foreign birth
Rebecca 42 MD house keeper
Caroline 14 PA (not father of foreign birth)
Josephine 9 PA (not father of foreign birth)
Lulu 7 PA (not father of foreign birth)
SLOAN, Thomas 25 IRE oil operator $0-$800, parents of foreign birth
DOUGHERTY, Victor (m) 26 PA engineer
DUNCAN, Jas. F. 31 PA engineer
DOUGHERTY, Ed. 32 PA engineer
CUNNINGHAM, Chas. 23 PA engineer
GILSON, Lydia 19 PA sevt.
Pg.302, #417-413, WILSON, Wm. 50 SCT machines eng. $0-$0, parents of foreign birth
Mary 40 SCT house keeper, parents of foreign birth
John 12, Peter 4 SCT, parents of foreign birth
JAMES Scott 38 SCT machines eng., parents of foreign birth
REED, Adam 33 SCT machines eng., parents of foreign birth
ANGUS, David 22 SCT blacksmith, parents of foreign birth
HAINEL?, Hallard? (m) 35 SCT blacksmith, parents of foreign birth
DUNCAN, Alex 25 SCT boiler maker, parents of foreign birth
(MAD: James Scott as written, but last name may be Scott)
Pine Twp.
Pg.345, #230-250, FREEMAN, Joseph 33 PA hotel keeper $0-$3000
and family and others, including
DUNCAN, Bigler (m) 19 PA stage driver
Plum Creek Twp.
Pg.366, #249-249, SMELTZER, Christ. (m) 28 PA farmer $1800-$500
Sarah 19 PA keeping house
DUNCAN, Mary C. 13 PA at home
Kittanning Borough
Pg.506, #218-252, DUNCAN, B.F. (m) 54 PA oil business $0-$300
Mary 43 PA keeping house
Agness (f) 15, Hannah 13 PA
Kate 9, Wm. 8, Benjamin 3 PA
ESTATE RECORDS
Armstrong Co. PA Will (from Harriet Larsen 5/1984 and Neva Fisk 4/1985; extract also in "Your Family Tree" Vol.10 or 11)
Robt. Duncan Esq. of Appleby Farm, will dated 5 April 1807; wife Ellenor, dau. Mary (under 21); exec. brother James of Boro. of Carlisle [Cumberland Co.], brother Samuel of Lewiston, Mifflin Co.; proved 2 May 1807.
Armstrong Co. PA Will (Index to wills 1797-1961 and Will Books v. 1-2 1805-1873 on FHL film 861,248; SLC 12/2008)
1-263/264: Will of Alexander Duncan of Madison Township, Armstrong Co. PA, having long been labouring under a chronic disease ... of sound mind, ... my estate ... I authorize and empower my executors hereinafter named to collect all the outstanding debts ... and pay all my debts ... to sell my present property not hereinafter specifically disposed of and apply the proceeds as hereinafter directed. My beloved wife Elizabeth the one third of my personal estate absolutely ... if she remain a widow to have all the income of the mansion farm untill my youngest child comes at years of legal maturity, for the purpose of enabling her to raise and educate the minor children. But in case she shall marry then to allow her only the one third of the income aforesaid and if she lives longer than until the majority of my younger child, then I allow her the one third of the income of my real estate during her life. It is my wish that my son Jacob may live with his mother upon the farm as long as he remains single, and that he be allowed a good living ... the event of his marriage I hope and trust that such arrangement will be made by my executors as will be satisfactory to him with? ?? to my children. Item: I have a tract of land containing in all somewhere about 250 acres known as the Jefferson place. It is my will that my executors sell the whole or such part or parts of the tract as they may deem expedient either at public or private sale and for such price and upon such terms as they may think proper ... Item I have already given to my son George 100 acres of land where he now lives in consideration of his services rendered to me after he became of age - but there is perhaps 50 acres more in the same tract, which I allow him to have at $2.50 per acre on account of his share of my estate, and I do hereby authorize and empower my executors to make him a conveyance of the said tract. Item: When my youngest child comes of age, or as soon thereafter as conveniently may be, I desire my executors to sell the whole of my real estate upon such terms... and the proceeds of the sale together with the proceeds remaining of the personal estate ... it is my will and desire that it be equally divided among all my children share and share alike except that the advances previously made to any of my children shall be deducted out of the share respectively, and excepting also the widow's right of dower as before mentioned, which is to remain in the land during her life. Item: I am indebted to my son Jacob for one years services since he became of age, for which I allow him the young horse called Mike and his saddle and bridle, and $25 worth of other property. Item: I do hereby constitute, ordain and appoint my two sons John Duncan and Jacob Duncan and my friend George Means of Clarion County to be executors of this my last will and testament with full power ... Item: I do hereby publish and declare the foregoing to be my last will and testament hereby annulling and revoking all others ... this tenth day of April 1843. /s/ Alexander Duncan. Wit: Peterson Gray, George Means, Jacob Duncan. Produced by witnesses 23 June 1843. Registered 23 June 1843.
REFERENCES FROM OTHER LOCALITIES
Westmoreland Co. PA Deed (SLC 6/9/2008)
7-188: 27 June 1804, Frederick Bates of City of Philadelphia, scrivenor, to Thomas Duncan and Robert Duncan of Burough of Carlisle, Cumberland Co., $8,000.00, one full equal and undivided half, Kittaning Manor on southeast side of River Allegheny formerly in county of Westmoreland now in Armstrong Co. PA adj. Rebecca Smith, 3,960 acres. Wit. John R. Coates, Philip V. Dunn. Rec. 9 Aug. 1804. (FHL film 929,168)
Sangamon Co. IL Deed (FHL film 1,310,375)
BB-490: 2 Aug. 1848, Joseph M. Duncan and Samuel E.K. Duncan of Armstrong Co. PA to Thomas Pierce & Joel Gordon of Sangamon Co. IL, $350, lot 12 and E 1/2 lot 11 etc. Joseph M. Duncan appeared in Sangamon Co. IL and Samuel E.K. Duncan in Armstrong Co. PA (MAD: sons of ? Samuel Sr.)
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, Joseph M., widow Duncan, Catharine; E 211 PA Inf.; 1890 Aug. 7, Invalid Appl. #841672, Cert. #677585, PA; 1911 Jan. 25, Widow Appl. #956851, Cert. #721187, PA. (MAD: ? 1850 Armstrong Co. PA census)
Duncan, William S., widow Duncan, Jane; Wallings Lt. Batty. M.M. B. US Vols., Co. 1 MO L.A.; 1890 July 9, Invalid Appl. #803469, Cert. #685343, PA; 1908? Oct. 3, Widow Appl. #905604, Cert. #670660, PA. (MAD: 1850 Armstrong Co. PA census)
HISTORIES before 1923
1891 "Biographical & Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Cos. PA" by Samuel T. Wiley, pub. by John M. Gresham (Memphis Public Library book 974.889 W676b; from Evelyn Sigler 2/1985)
Pg.309: Armstrong Co. taxables, 1807: Robert Duncan.
Pg.554: James D. McLean, son of Alexander and Mary (Duncan) McLean, b. Armstrong Co. Feb. 2, 1837. Mary Duncan McLean was dau. of Thomas Duncan, native of PA, and weaver by trade. Thomas Duncan m. Dorcas Todd.
"History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania" by Robert Walter Smith; pub. Chicago: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883, 699 pgs. (LH11312, HeritageQuest images 6/2007; FHL film 1,000,541 item 1)
Pg.150: The borough of Kittaning. A part of the field east of the public road extending from the the head of Market street past the court-house and jail, now owned by Mrs. J.F. Nulton, was used for a while as a burying-ground. Among the interments made in it was that of the remains of Robert Duncan, a former proprietor of a part of the Manor, and a brother of Thomas Duncan, deceased, one of the former justices of the supreme court of this state.
Pg.165: Allegheny Township. The town of Crosbysburgh was laid out on the James Crosby tract, which adjoins the John Montgomery tract, called "Farmers' Delight," on the south, in or perhaps before 1816, for, on the 27th of June, of that year, Alexander Duncan paid James Crosby thirteen dollars as the consideration for two lots, Nos. 7 and 8, each 66 by 65 feet, fronting on the main street, and adjoining land of Robert Parks on the north. The patent to Crosby for this tract, containing seven and one-half acres, is dated July 28, 1817, and the deed for those two lots June 13, 1818.
Pg.234: Kiskiminetas Township. Names were given to some, if not all, of these tracts. For instance: the Thomas Duncan tract, "Oakland;" ...
Pg.253: Pine (including Boggs) Township. ... These nine were a part of the fifty tracts covered by warrants granted to him October 2, 1793, and were covered by warrants Nos. 4140-1-2-3-4-5-7-8-9 (MAD: no 6), all of which [Samuel] Wallis, February 2, 1797, conveyed to Thomas Duncan, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, afterward one of the associate justices of the supreme court of this state, who conveyed the same to Thomas Stewardson, Sr., of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 30, for $6,067.12-1/2, who, by his will, dated the 20th day of the eighth month, 1840, devised all of these tracts to his wife Anna Stewardson. ...
Pg.277: Madison Township. In 1823 land was transferred to Alexander Duncan who was assessed with 200 acres and fifty acres additional, two horses and two cows, at $316. Cooper conveyed 224 acres, parts of "Burton Hall," and tracts 284 and 285, covered by warrants 2876 and 2875, to Duncan, January 23, 1834, for $280, portions or all of which still belong to his heirs. When he first settled here there were not more than six or eight other permanent settlers within the present limits of this township. ... Willink & Co. conveyed 111 acres and 96 perches to Hugh C. Jackson, March 29, 1849, for $111.50. Willink & Co. conveyed 146 acres and 44 perches partly of "Burton Hall" and of tract No. 288, warrant No. 2871, to Alexander Duncan, November 24, 1837, for $109.87, and 254 acres of the latter tract, March 10, 1840, for $392.25. Duncan's executors conveyed 190 acres of the latter tract to George Duncan, June 5, 1851, which was, after his death, awarded to A. McNickle, who conveyed it as containing 201 acres and 154 perches to D.C. Collingwood, May 7, 1870, for $5,600, to whom 196 acres are assessed in 1876 at $2,352. ...
Pg.282: Madison Township. Willink & Co. also conveyed other portions of "Elliott Grove" ... 194 acres and 130 perches to Samuel Balsiger, July 5, for $194.75, a portion of which he conveyed to James Duncan, September 14, 1847, and 1 acre of which Duncan conveyed to James Craig, Samuel Craig, Sr., and Henry Heasley, trustees of the Middle Creek Presbyterian church, June 28, 1854, for $13. ... Duncanville, a hamlet containing eighteen buildings, so called after James Duncan, who in 1854, was first assessed with "a new house and store room," is situated on this parcel. ... North of allotments 2 and 3 of "Elliott Grove" lay ... This tract originally contained 990 acres, a small parcel of which was conveyed to Alexander Duncan ... (MAD: minor mention of Alexander Duncan as one of the first settlers in the northern part of the township)
Pg.311: Manor Township. ... conveyed this entire manor to Frederick Beates, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by deed dated June 26, 1804, in which it is mentioned as "all that tract of land called and known by the name of 'The Kittanning Manor,'" for the sum of $6,400. Beates by his deed, dated the next day thereafter, conveyed "the undivided moiety or half of the Kittanning manor" to Thomas and Robert Duncan for $8,000, and the other undivided moiety to Alexander Cobeau for an equal sum, a gain of $9,600 in the brief space of twenty-four hours. The Duncans and Cobeau mutually agreed upon a partition of this manor tract, by which the former took 2,367 acres and 130 perches of the upper or northern part, and the latter 2,458 acres of the lower or southern part, as mentioned in their quit-claim deeds. ... The quit-claim deeds or releases of the Duncans to Cobeau, and of the latter to them, are respectively dated the 11th and 12th July, 1805.
Pg.327-328: Manor Township. ... [W]hen the Duncans became the owners they determined not to sell in small tracts. ... The Duncan portion of the manor remained undivided until about eighteen years after the death of Robert Duncan. By his will, dated April 5, and registered May 2, 1807, he directed that the residue of his real and personal estate, after paying his debts, should be divided into fifteen parts, nine of which he devised and bequeathed to his wife Ellen Duncan, and six to his daughter Mary. By proceedings in partition, No.32, March term, 1825, in the court of common pleas of this county, 651 acres and 21 perches of the lower part, and 580 acres and 57 perches of the upper part, were awarded to and taken by Thomas Duncan, and 1,130 acres and 141 perches of the central part were awarded to and taken by Ellen and Mary Duncan, under and by virtue of the decree of the court made on March 24, 1825. Thomas Duncan was appointed a puisne (MAD: younger or inferior) judge of the supreme court of Pennsylvania, March 14, 1817, which position he filled until his death, in the spring of 1827. By his last will and testament he authorized his executors to sell and dispose of all his estate, except what he had specifically devised and bequeathed. As he did not specifically devise his manor lands, they were first advertised for sale by Eben S. Kelly, agent for the executors, July 26, 1828. The executors having, at their own request, been discharged from their executorship, without selling these lands, Thomas Chambers was appointed administrator, with the will annexed, who, through his agents, whom he selected after Mr. Kelly's death, disposed of them, viz.: 349 acres and 7 perches to John Christy and Moses Patterson, June 5, 1833, for $3,839.45; 304 acres and 33 perches to John R. Johnston, July 1, 1835, for $2,437.60; 147 acres and allowance to William Ehinger, August 2, 1842, for $1,029; 17 acres and 93 perches to Rev. Gabriel A. Reichert, January 13, 1845, for $123; 111 acres and 17 perches to Mary and Eliza Sibbett, June 12, (MAD: no year given) for $777.70. The records do not show to whom the residue, or 305 acres and 88 perches, adjoining the eastern line of the tract sold to Christy and Patterson, was conveyed. It is said to have been owned by David McLeod and John McGraw, both of whom have been dead for many years.
Ellen and Mary Duncan sold their part of these lands thus: 349 acres and 140 perches to John Mechling, March 16, 1835, for $4,200, and to Daniel Torney 330 acres and 149 perches for $2,887; 108 acres and 34 perches to John Houser, December 28 (MAD: no year), for $324; 222 acres to Jacob and Joseph Hileman, May 22, 1838, for $666; and 106 acres and 64 perches to Jacob Wolf, for $318. Mechling sold his tract to Charles Montgomery, May 3, 1837, for $8,500 - an advance of $4,300 in less than two years.
The territory included within the Thomas Duncan and Ellen and Mary Duncan purparts has since been so divided and subdivided by numerous transfers that ...
Pg.394: South Bend. ... The warrants for some of the 35 original tracts, as they are indicated on the ancient county map, are dated as early as 1773. Those tracts are: ... Stephen Duncan, 322.3 acres. ...
"Commemorative biographical record of the counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and of many of the early settled families." (anonymous); pub. Chicago: J.H. Beers & Co., 1896, 943 pgs. (LH9742, HeritageQuest images 4/2007; FHL book 977.12 D3co and film 908,711 item 1 and 1,000,339 item 4)
Pg.827-828: JAMES S. DUNCAN, proprietor of a flourishing general store at Limestone, and also extensively engaged in the lime business, is a native of Ohio, born July 9, 1858, in Jackson, Jackson County. His parents, James and Amy (Verner) Duncan, were both born in Armstrong county, Penn., the father in 1827, the mother in 1835. They were married in 1851, and are now living at Powellsville, Scioto Co., Ohio, where the father is a contractor and builder. To them were born eight children, five of whom are now living, three sons and two daughters; the sons are all married, but the daughters are still with their parents. James S. Duncan spent his boyhood days at Powellsville, Scioto Co., Ohio, there attending the public schools, from which he graduated in 1877. At the age of nineteen, immediately after graduating, he and his brother (MAD: unnamed) formed a supply company for forwarding lime to Means, Kyle & Co., in which business they continued for about five years, when it was suddenly brought to a close by the death of his brother, he being accidentally killed while handling limestone. Mr. Duncan then went to Marion, Ohio, as superintendent of the lime works for John D. Owens & Son, with whom he remained four years, thence coming to Limestone, Benton township, Ottawa county, where for two years he had the superintendency of a similar business for Swayne & Lawrence. ... In 1889 Mr. Duncan opened a general store at Limestone, of which branch of his business his wife had charge for a time, but finally it was put into the hands of a clerk, Mr. Duncan of course having the general management and oversight of the business. ... In 1892 Mr. Duncan went into partnership with L.W. Buzzard, ... On June 15, 1881, Mr. Duncan was married to Miss Alice M. Worthington, of Ironton, Ohio, and three children have blessed their union, all of whom are living: Royer E., born June 15, 1882; Cleveland, born December 13, 1886, and Clara E., born December 14, 1888. Mrs. Duncan was born in Kentucky September 5 1856, and when a small girl removed with her father's people to Powellsville, Ohoi, where she attended school, graduating in 1864. ... Her father, Findley Worthington, was killed in the war of the Rebellion, and her mother died some seventeen years ago.
1911 "History of Larimer Co. CO" by Ansel Watrous (CA State Library, Sutro Branch)
Pg.497-8: SIMON DUNCAN, one of very few remaining pioneers of the Cache la Poudre valley, died Wednesday, Jan. 30, 1907, at home farm southeast of Fort Collins, age nearly 78. Native of Allegheny Co. PA; to Denver in June 1860; 1865 moved family to ranch near present town of Windsor; 1872 to farm near present village of Timnath, on which he died. Besides an aged wife, he is survived by daughter & 3 sons: Mrs. Lizzie M. Holmes of Denver; Perry A. and John of Sheridan, WY; and Charles A., carrying on the old farm. (MAD: ? See 1850 Armstrong Co. PA census)
OTHER SOURCES FOR INFORMATION
"Trail Breakers" by Clark Co. WA Gen. Society, Vol.6#3, April 1980 (FHL book 979.786 B2t)Pg.13: This issue of the periodical contains information from the Family Bibles of Alexander Duncan Sr. b.ca 1791, died 1 May 1843; and his son Jacob Duncan b. 25 Feb. 1820 (MAD: 1850 Armstrong Co. PA census)
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