Saturday, June 9, 2012

Captain William M. Duncan


CAPTAIN WILLIAM M. DUNCAN, deceased, was a gallant and faithful soldier during the war of the Rebellion. He enlisted in the defense of his country July 26, 1862, and was unanimously elected Captain of Company C. He was a brave officer, and was loved and honored by all who knew him. He served his country three years, and at the expiration of his term of service received an honorable discharge.

The subject of this sketch was a native of Kent County, Kentucky, born August 14, 1828, a son of James and Margaret Duncan. When six years of age he was taken by his parents to Monroe County, Indiana, where he was reared to manhood, his youth being spent on a farm. His education was received in the common schools, and after leaving school he taught several terms in Indiana.

He was united in marriage to Mary J. Morgan, of Morgan County, Indiana, April 10, 1851, and in 1855 he removed with his wife and two children to Iowa, locating in Warren County, where he was engaged in teaching school for eighteen months. In 1857 he came to Clarke County, Iowa, where he followed the teacher’s profession and worked at the carpenter’s trade alternately. He was an earnest and consistent Christian, being a member of the Missionary Baptist church till his death, which occurred May 3, 1879. He left a wife and two children to mourn the loss of a kind husband and affectionate father. His widow still resides with her family in Knox Township.

SOURCE: Biographical and Historical Record of Clarke County, Iowa, Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1886 p. 392-3

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