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Duncan, James W

Male 1814 - 1886  (71 years)


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  • Name Duncan, James W 
    Born 1 Aug 1814  Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Name James W Dunkin 
    Died 11 Apr 1886  Duncans Bridge, Monroe, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Aft 11 Apr 1886  Old Dunkin Cemetery, Duncans Bridge, Monroe, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I1676  Colley-Garner Genealogy
    Last Modified 20 Dec 2017 

    Father Duncan, David Daniel,   b. 11 Mar 1786, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Dec 1866, Duncans Bridge, Monroe, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Mother Finnell, Elizabeth B,   b. 17 Feb 1794, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship Natural 
    Married 27 Feb 1811  Garrard, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F565  Group Sheet

    Family 1 Taylor, Mary Virginia,   d. Bef 1860 
    Married 21 Aug 1836 
    Children 
     1. Duncan, John W,   b. 9 Jul 1841, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Mar 1863  (Age 21 years)
     2. Duncan, Greenberry Fountain,   b. 20 Sep 1843, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jan 1920  (Age 76 years)
     3. Duncan, James Willis,   b. 13 Aug 1846, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Feb 1925, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     4. Duncan, Carter T,   b. Abt 1849, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Duncan, Frances Marion,   b. 1852, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1926  (Age 74 years)
     6. Duncan, Minerva,   b. 1856, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Duncan, Malinda Virginia,   b. 21 Jun 1837, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. May 1856  (Age 18 years)
     8. Duncan, Elizabeth C,   b. 14 May 1839, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Aug 1853, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 14 years)
     9. Duncan, Pamelia Jane,   b. 1844, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F684  Group Sheet

    Family 2 Capp, Elizabeth,   b. 16 Aug 1836, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Sep 1918, Buchanan, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 30 Apr 1860 
    Children 
     1. Duncan, Lucinda Caroline,   b. 1 Aug 1865, Duncans Bridge, Monroe, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 May 1916  (Age 50 years)
     2. Duncan, Elisha A,   b. 1867, Duncans Bridge, Monroe, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Duncan, Squire Willard,   b. 2 Jun 1869, Duncans Bridge, Monroe, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Apr 1936  (Age 66 years)
     4. Duncan, Sarah Josephine,   b. 30 Jan 1876, Duncans Bridge, Monroe, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Duncan, Eunice,   b. 1872,   d. 1917  (Age 45 years)
     6. Duncan, Ewen Tucker,   b. 6 Nov 1872, Duncans Bridge, Monroe, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Aug 1950, Portland, Clackamas, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     7. Duncan, John W,   b. Abt 1863, Duncans Bridge, Monroe, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Duncan, Thrasher
     9. Duncan, Everitt Harrison
    Family ID F682  Group Sheet

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1 Aug 1814 - Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - Aft 11 Apr 1886 - Old Dunkin Cemetery, Duncans Bridge, Monroe, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • JAMES DUNCAN
      (Farmer, Post-office, Duncan's Bridge)
      It was for Mr. Duncan's father, David Duncan, that Duncan's Bridge was named, and he, the father, was one of the sturdy pioneers of Missouri. He came to this State with his family away back in the territorial days of the country. His wife was a Miss Elizabeth Finney before her marriage and they reared a worthy family of children. On coming to Missouri they first located in Howard county, then a sort of center for settlers. But later along they removed to Randolph county and finally settled permanently in Monroe county. Their family was the only one for considerable time throughout all the region round about Duncan's Bridge, and it was a great stopping place for people passing this way. They were old-fashioned, great-hearted, hospitable people, always with plenty to eat, a big fire in the winter time and warm, thick feather beds, and their latch string was always on the outside for every worthy person who chose to partake of the hospitalities. These good old people have long since passed away, but the memory of their kind and generous lives hovers like a beautiful halo in the minds of those who knew them, and mingled with them at the places that now know them no more, around their own fireside, at the homes of their neighbors, in the old-fashioned log churches and at neighborhood gatherings. Let them not be forgotten while the truer and better qualities of head and heart are cherished among men. James Duncan, the subject of this sketch, was born in Kentucky, August 1, 1814, but was principally reared in Missouri. He was brought up to an honest, hard-working, farm life, which has continued to be his occupation with but little interruption.
      Away back in 1835, he was married to Miss Mary V. Taylor. She lived 27 years after she wore her bridal wreath, and became the beloved mother of seven children, but three of whom are now living: Greenbury, James and Francis. John W. died after his marriage, the others, young and unmarried. In 1862 Mr. Duncan was married to Miss Elizabeth Capp. They have seven children: Caroline, Elisha, Willard, Thrasher, Josephine, Urna and two are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Duncan are members of the Christian Church. His farm contains 120 acres, and is comfortably improved. Aside from a trip to California in 1850, his whole life has been spent in Monroe county up to this time and from the first settlement of his father's family at Duncan's Bridge.
      History of Monroe and Shelby Counties Missouri 1884 (downloaded from http://genealogytrails.com/mo/monroe/bios_d.html on 2017-12-11)

  • Sources 
    1. [S42] Tipton, Jim, Compiler, Find A Grave, Accessed 2017-12-10. Memorial page for James Dunkin (1 Aug 1809–11 Apr 1886), Find A Grave Memorial no. 94449601, citing Old Dunkin Cemetery, Duncans Bridge, Monroe County, Missouri, USA ; Maintained by Tree Leaf (contributor 47481781) .
      Headstone shows wrong year of birth; does not fit with any available census records.