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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