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1850 Butler Co. MO Census (also from Vivian Biddle 1982)
District 10
Pg.164, #215-220, Mary DUNCAN 46 NC (blank) $0
Eliza 23 TN
Thomas 17 TN farmer $0
Wiley (m) 14, Cintha 12 TN
Nancy 10 TN
Martha 8, Minerva 6 TN
(MAD: ??? widow of Turner Duncan of 1830 Cape Girardeau Co. MO census, 1840 Wayne Co. MO census; ?? perhaps mother of Sarah Duncan mar. Theophilus Grand 3/8/1849, Mary Duncom mar. John B. Tailor 9/5/1852, Eliza Duncom mar. James (W)Right 11/6/1851)
1860 Butler Co. MO Census
Poplar Bluff
Pg.615, #292-307, Wyley DUNCUM 24 TN farmer $0-$350
Mary 55 NC housekeeper
Cynthia 22, Nancy J. 20 TN housekeepin
Martha 18 TN housekeepin
(MAD: Mary in 1870 Washington Co. AR census; 1880 Carroll Co. AR census)
Pg.615, #293-308, Thomas F. DUNCUM 27 TN tanner $500-$150
Sarah 27 TN housekeeper
John CARTER 6 MO
Mary DUNCUM 1 MO
(MAD: Thomas Duncom mar. Sarah Cotter 2/21/1858)
1870 Butler Co. MO Census (also from Shelby Wild 1985)
Ash Hills Twp., pg.8
Pg.1, #10-9, DUNKIN, Levi P. 25 TN farmer $0-$266
Mary E. 22 TN keeping house
James D. 6 TN at home
Sarah E. 3 KY at home
Mary L. 1 MO at home
Jimmie A. (f) 6/12 MO b.Jan. at home
Margret A. 58 KY at home
Eliza J. 20, Margret C. 13 TN
(MAD: per Shelby Wild, Levi Duncan mar. Margaret Vance 6/9/1841 Obion Co. TN, he died ca 1849; family on 1850 Obion Co. TN census; she and son Levi P. Duncan to Butler Co. MO ca 1869)
Poplar Bluff Twp., pg.77
Pg.45, #83-77, MAYSE, John 40 TN farmer $800-$200
Martha 40? (43?) KY keeping house
Thomas 10 KY at home
Lewis 8, Martha 6, Mary 6 MO at home
Viola 2 MO at home
Columbus 6/12 MO b.Nov. at home
DUNKIN, Rose A. 16 MO at scshool
William 13, Mollie A. 10 KY at home
1876 Butler Co. MO State Census (from Shelby Wild 8/1993)
Pg.? Levi P. DUNCAN 32
Mary C. or H. 28
James D. 12, George W. 3, Jennie A. 6 to 18, Mary A. 8
(SW: Levi is twin brother to Elizabeth Ann Duncan mar. George W. Haislip; Levi is listed as a taxpayer in 1890, land records show he purchased land at Ash Hill MO from George W. Haislip)
Butler Co. MO Probate Court Record Index (FHL film 927,571)
Vol. A, 1849-1867 & later - D index faint pages, no Duncan spotted
Butler Co. MO Deeds (index on FHL film 927,258)
Direct index 1849-1874 - no Duncan through Book E, after 1867; quit
1888 "History of Southeast MO ... Counties of Ste. Genevieve, St. Francois, Perry, Cape Girardeau, Bollinger, Madison, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Dunklin, Scott, Mississippi, Stoddard, Butler, Wayne and Iron" by Goodspeed (FHL film 908,664 and 1,000,277; from Sue Monaghan 2/1988)
Pg.1070, Butler Co. Byrd Duncan, of the firm of B. Duncan & Co., is a native of Wilson Co. TN, born July 20, 1846. His father, Richard M. Duncan, also a native of TN, was of NC ancestry, while his wife, Miss Alapher Breece, was a native of the same State but of British stock. Father was a stonecutter by trade, about 1859 engaged in the business near Bowling Green [Warren Co.], KY. With the opening of the war he moved to Shawneetown [Gallatin Co.], IL, where the mother died in 1870 at age 62. He still lives there at age 76. Now a Republican, earlier a Whig. Both parents Baptist. Byrd, youngest of seven children, common school education, age 16 began brick-layer's trade, for about 7 years. To Wayne Co. MO 1873, clerk, until to Poplar Bluff [Butler Co.] in 1878; then he became a member of the firm of B. Duncan & Co. with Pat Harmon. ... In 1879 he married Miss Mollie Spence, native of Butler Co. Have two sons and two daus. (not named). (MAD: Richard M. Duncan in 1850 DeKalb Co. TN census; son of John Duncan died Smith Co. TN)
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