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James Charles Duncan

Birth	:	13 Oct 1835 Blount County, Tennessee, USA
Death	:	12 May 1917 Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Allerton Cemetery, Allerton, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.7202988, -93.3542023
Plot	:	Lot 18
Description	:	The Biographical and Historical Record of Wayne and Appanoose Counties Iowa Originally published 1886 James C. DUNCAN, residing on section 6, Warren Township, is a son of William and Eliza A. (Edmondson) Duncan, and a grandson of James and Mary Duncan. The parents had a family of ten children, seven of whom are living -- Mrs. Janet Shaw, James C., Mrs. Mary E. Duncan, Andrew H., Mrs. Eliza A. Edmondson, Mrs. Martha E. Able and George W., all being residents of Wayne County except George W., who lives in Nebraska. In 1851 the parents removed... Read More	The Biographical and Historical Record of Wayne and Appanoose Counties Iowa Originally published 1886 James C. DUNCAN, residing on section 6, Warren Township, is a son of William and Eliza A. (Edmondson) Duncan, and a grandson of James and Mary Duncan. The parents had a family of ten children, seven of whom are living -- Mrs. Janet Shaw, James C., Mrs. Mary E. Duncan, Andrew H., Mrs. Eliza A. Edmondson, Mrs. Martha E. Able and George W., all being residents of Wayne County except George W., who lives in Nebraska. In 1851 the parents removed with their family, which then consisted of nine children, to Louisa County, Iowa, and in 1868 located in Wayne County, on section 6, Warren Township, where the father lived till his death. His widow still resides on the homestead farm. James C. Duncan, whose name heads this sketch, was born in East Tennessee, October 13, 1835, his father being a native of the same State. He came to Iowa with his parents in 1851, and in September, 1861, enlisted in Company C, Eleventh Iowa Infantry. He received a severe gunshot wound in the elbow of his right arm on the first day of the battle of Shiloh, which resulted in the amputation of his arm a few days later, receiving his discharge September 15 of the same year. He has made agricultural pursuits the principal avocation of his life, and notwithstanding the misfortune which happened to him while in the service of his country, he has been a successful farmer. He came to Wayne County in the fall of 1867, and has resided on his present farm since the spring of 1868, having broken the first eighty acres of his land almost entirely without assistance. Mr. Duncan was first married to Nancy J. Johnston, a daughter of George B. Johnston. She died June 27, 1870, leaving two children -- William F. and George A. He was then again married, taking for his present wife Mary S. Johnston, a daughter of Francis H. and Jane (Ferguson) Johnston. Three children have been born to this union -- Freddie H., Robert J. and Marietta. The latter died aged ten months. Politically Mr. Duncan is a Republican, casting his first presidential vote for John C. Fremont in 1856. His farm now contains 160 acres of choice land, on which he has made all the improvements. Both he and his wife are members of the United Presbyterian church. Mrs. Duncan's parents were both born, reared and married in Tennessee, and in that State their eleven children were born. They came to Iowa, locating in Louisa County, in the fall of 1856, leaving their native State and the parents of Mr. Duncan, because of the existence of slavery. They made their home in Louisa County till their death, the death of their father taking place December 24,1882, at the age of eighty years, the mother dying in her seventy-sixth year. Eight of their children still survive -- James H., John N., Mrs. Robert Orr, Mrs. Esther McConnell, Thomas J. (who served with Mr. Duncan in the Eleventh Iowa Infantry), Mrs. Margaret L. Tedford, Mrs. Mary S. Duncan and Mrs. Sarah I. Duncan. Mrs. Mary S. Duncan being the only one now residing in Wayne County

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James Charles Duncan's memorial is located at: Allerton Cemetery, Allerton, Wayne County, USA.
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James Charles Duncan death on 12 May 1917 in Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 40.7202988
Longitude: -93.3542023

Family Members:

Parent

William M Duncan

(1808 - 1873)

Eliza A Edmondson Duncan

(1809 - 1897)

Spouse

Mary Sophronia Johnston Duncan

(1842 - 1903)

Nancy J Johnston Duncan

(1843 - 1870)

Siblings

William W Duncan

(1837 - 1873)

Mary Ellen Duncan Duncan

(1839 - 1894)

Eliza Ann Duncan Edmondson

(1846 - 1932)

Andrew H Duncan

(1848 - 1887)

Martha Emaline Duncan Abel

(1850 - 1909)

Mathew Washington “George” Duncan

(1853 - 1934)

Children

William Frances Duncan

(1863 - 1925)

George A Duncan

(1867 - 1903)

Marietta Duncan

(1875 - 1876)

Frederick Humes “Fred” Duncan

(1877 - 1937)

Robert Johnston Duncan

(1883 - 1967)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Allerton Cemetery
Allerton, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7202988, -93.3542023

2. Hazel Dell Cemetery
Allerton, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7392006, -93.3861008

3. Corydon Cemetery
Corydon, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7500000, -93.3249969

4. Rankin Cemetery
Allerton, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6719017, -93.3360977

5. Greenlee Cemetery
Humeston, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7779900, -93.3911060

6. Richardson Chapel Cemetery
Harvard, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6694412, -93.2981262

7. Green Ridge Cemetery
Allerton, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6664009, -93.4261017

8. Shriver Cemetery
Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6808014, -93.2621994

9. Rush Cemetery
Cambria, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8065000, -93.3828000

10. Thomas Cemetery
Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6333008, -93.3099976

11. Shriver-Higley Cemetery
Clio, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7107000, -93.4777000

12. Moss Sturgeon Cemetery
Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6399994, -93.2861023

13. Ripper Cemetery
Corydon, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6957000, -93.2290000

14. Hogue Cemetery
Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8208000, -93.3468000

15. Kirby Cemetery
Cambria, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8146500, -93.4176900

16. Bollman Cemetery
Promise City, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7152600, -93.2088800

17. Banta Cemetery
Sewal, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6096992, -93.3103027

18. Cambria Cemetery
Cambria, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8377800, -93.3833300

19. Sharp Cemetery
Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6916700, -93.2002000

20. Clio Cemetery
Clio, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6341742, -93.4654947

21. Lacey Cemetery
Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7952995, -93.2136002

22. Shield Goff Cemetery
Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6674995, -93.5171967

23. Greer Cemetery
Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.5833015, -93.3735962

24. Edmond Cemetery
Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.5849991, -93.3193970