Duncan research files of
Mary Ann (Duncan) Dobson
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1840 Livingston Co. IL Census
Pg.229 Charles Duncan 1100,001 - 1110,01
1850-1860 Livingston Co. IL Census
No Duncan indexed
MAD: David D. and Mary M. Duncan had Public Domain Land Tracts in Livingston Co. IL in 1853 and 1854.
1870 Livingston Co. IL Census
Fairbury Town
Pg.162, #117-117, DUNCAN, Chas. M. 51 PA physician $8000-$8000
Jane 50 NY keeping house
(no children)
(MAD: 1860 Putnam Co. IL census)
Reading Twp.
Pg.316, #69-69, SAMUELS, John 36 ENG coal miner $0-$00, parents of foreign birth
Ann 30 IRE keeping house, parents of foreign birth
Margaret 9, Jemima 6 IL at home, parents of foreign birth
DUNCAN, Thomas 29 ENG coal miner $0-$0, parents of foreign birth
Livingston Co. IL Deed Indexes (copied by CVD in SLC 5/7/2013)
Grantee index v.1 Mar 1853-Oct 1867 (FHL film 1,401,697 item 3)
Book-page: Grantee, Grantor, Date filed, instrument, description
L-443: Duncan, Mary M. from United States, June 9, 1857, patent, SW SW 36-26-7
L-444: Duncan, Mary M. from U.S., June 9, 1857, patent, NW SW 36-26-7
L-442: Duncan, Mary M. from U.S., June 9, 1857, patent, NE SW 36-26-7
L-441: Duncan, Mary M. from U.S., June 9, 1857, patent, NW NW 36-26-7
L-439: Duncan, Mary M. from U.S., June 9, 1857, patent, E 1/2 NW 36-26-7
L-437: Duncan, Mary M. from U.S., June 9, 1857, patent, SW SW 36-26-7
L-435: Duncan, Mary M. from U.S., June 9, 1857, patent, NW SE 36-26-7
L-432: Duncan, Mary M. from U.S., June 9, 1857, patent, SW NW 36-26-7
L-430: Duncan, Mary M. from U.S., June 9, 1857, patent, SE SE 36-26-7
L-429: Duncan, Mary M. from U.S., June 9, 1857, patent, NW SE 36-26-7
L-428: Duncan, Mary M. from U.S., June 9, 1857, patent, NE SW 36-26-7
L-426: Duncan, Mary M. from U.S., June 9, 1857, patent, SW SE 36-26-7
L-434: Duncan, Charles Convert from U.S., June 9, 1857, patent, SE 35-26-7
M-466: Duncan, James from Christopher Brant, Apl. 21, 1858, deed, NE 1/4 14-28-7
Next entry 1864, quit
Grantee index v.2-4 Mar 1860-Dec 1879 (FHL film 1,401,698 item 1)
D names start May 1865
Grantor index v.1-3 Apr 1853-Dec 1867 (FHL film 1,401,700 item 1)
M-313: Duncan, James M. to John J. Henderson, W.D., Mch. 15, 1858, N 1/2 Sec.11 and NE 1/4 Sec.10, T28 R6
Quit 1863
Original entries 1853-1857 (FHL film 1,401,702 item 2)
Date of Entry, by whom entered, subdivision of section, Sec.-T.-R., acres
28 June 1853, Mary M. Duncan, NE 36-26-7, 160 acres
28 June 1853, Mary M. Duncan, NW 36-26-7, 160 acres
28 June 1853, Mary M. Duncan, SW 36-26-7, 160 acres
28 June 1853, Mary M. Duncan, SE 36-26-7, 160 acres
1880 "Records of the olden time, or, Fifty years on the prairies : embracing sketches of the discovery, exploration and settlement of the country, the organization of the counties of Putnam and Marshall [Illinois], incidents and reminiscences connected therewith, biographies of citizens, portraits and illustrations" by Spencer Ellsworth; pub. Lacon, Ill.: Home Journal Steam Printing Establishment, 1880 (HeritageQuest image 3/2007, Local History Reel/Fiche Number 4479; FHL film 1,000,510 item 4)
Pg.641, Putnam Co. IL, Hennepin Township: Dr. C.M. DUNCAN. This gentleman is a practicing physician and surgeon of Hennepin. He was born in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 17, 1816, graduated from Beech Medical Institute in that city in 1837, and after practicing his profession in Philadelphia two years removed to New Orleans, Louisiana, where he also practiced two years. He then returned to Philadelphia. In 1842, at Louisville [Jefferson Co.], Kentucky, he married Miss Jane E. Noxon, and in 1845 located in Hennepin. May 24, 1872, his wife died, leaving three children - Aspasia L., Zach. T., and Charles M. In 1875 he married Miss Vesta A. Turner, a native of Oxford county, Maine. He removed to Fairbury, Livingstone county, Illinois, in 1868, but returned to Hennepin in 1870, since which time he has followed his profession successfully, securing an extensive and lucrative practice.
"History of Dwight : from 1853 to 1894" (Livingston Co. IL) by William G. Dustin; pub. Dwight, Ill.: Dustin & Wassell, 1894?, 179 pgs. (LH11606, HeritageQuest images 4/2007)
Pg.126: The Dwight Guards and the 10th Battalion: ... David Duncan (MAD: ca 1877)
"The History of Livingston County, Illinois : containing a history of the county -- its cities, towns, &c., a directory of its tax-payers, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion, portraits of early settlers and prominent men, general and local statistics, map of Livingston County, history of Illinois, illustrated, history of the Northwest, illustrated, Constitution of the United States, miscellaneous matters, &c., &C." by O.F. Pearre; pub. Chicago: W. Le Baron, Jr. & Co., 1878, 871 pgs. (LH5449, HeritageQuest images 4/2007; FHL 934,999 item 3)
Pg.627-628: THOMAS CLELAND, retired, Pontiac; was born near Rochester, N.Y., Nov. 22, 1814; when about 6 years old, he removed with his parents to Chautauqua Co., age of 14 left home, removed to Erie Co., Penn., thence to Geauga Co. OH, thence to Cuyahoga Co. Here he was married Nov. 22, 1837, to Miss Mary A. Duncan; she was born in Butler Co. PA, Oct. 17, 1817; they have had six children, four of whom are living - Clara, now Mrs. J.C. Cheesebro, of Saunemin; William H., Walter M. and Thomas O. From Ohio he moved to Mercer Co., Penn., and three years later to Allen Co., Ohio; in 1847, he came to Kendall Co., IL; in 1850 he went [to] California, leaving his family in Kendall Co., returning in 1852, he removed with his family to Pontiac, and has been a resident of Livingston Co. ever since.
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