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Mary Ann (Duncan) Dobson
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1840 Rock Island Co. IL Census
No Duncan indexed
1850 Rock Island Co. IL Census
Pg.247, #1894, Benjamin DUNGAN 46 PA farmer $500
Elizabeth 19, Jane 15 IN
Joseph 14, Wm. W. 12 IN
Sarah 9, Benjamine E. 7 IN
Pg.257, #2053, John DUNEGEN 30 IRE coal digger w/others
Pg.262, #2120, Edward HOLLITER 42 NY miller lar? $3000
Emma S. 43 NY
Lucy C. 17, Emma L. 15 NY
Albert F. 13, Edward 12 NY
Frederick 7 IL
Charles L. DUNCAN 35 NY laborer $0
1860 Rock Island Co. IL Census
Twp.16N Range 4W, 4th P.M., P.O. Buffalo
Pg.389, #1021-997, John F. DUNCAN 33 VA "farmer (tenant)" $0-$990
Elizabeth 28 IN wife
James M. 8 IL idiotic
Effie C. 3 IL
Sarah 54 VA mother
Joseph A. 26 VA farm laborer
James L. EMMERSON 27 NY farm laborer
(MAD: John F. & fam. in 1870 Seward Co. NE census; John F. Duncan mar. Elizabeth "Emmons" 9/11/1851 Mercer Co. IL)
City of Rock Island, Ward 1
Pg.435-6, #1410-1354, Elihu TURNER 45 NY boot & shoe business $6000-$4000
Anna C. 39 L.CANada wife
Ellen C. 18, George 14, Joseph 12 IL
Mary 10, Ida 4 IL
Thomas DUNCAN 18 L.CANada
Elizabeth CLINK 25 Up.CANada widow
(MAD: one Thomas Duncan mar. Mrs. Elizabeth P. Ludi 2/7/1862)
1870 Rock Island Co. IL Census
Buffalo Prairie
Pg.34, #124-115, DUNCAN, John B. 27 IL teamster $200-$450
Elizabeth 20 PA keeping house
Riley (m) 3 IL at home
Coe Twp.
Pg.122, #124-120, DUNCAN, Chas. 34 HOLstein farmer $4000-$260, parents of foreign birth
Mary 30 HOLstein keeping house, parents of foreign birth
Mary 3, Anna 2, William 1 IL, parents of foreign birth
PINGLE, Henry 19 Holstein works on farm, parents of foreign birth
Pg.124, #143-139, DUNCAN, Frederick 29 PRUSsia farmer $0-$1000, parents of foreign birth
Sophia 22 PRUssia keeping house, parents of foreign birth
Emma 1 IL, parents of foreign birth
Drury Twp. (on Ancestry.com images with Cordova Twp)
Pg.149, #97-92, DUNCAN, Robert 45 SCT laboring newis? $200-$100, parents of foreign birth
Jane 31 IL keeping house, father of foreign birth
Wilton (m) 7 IL father of foreign birth
Adaline 4, Kustine? (m) 1 IL, father of foreign birth
Pg.155, #195-186, SHELL, Aloise (m) 61 WIRTEMBERG farmer $0-$0, parents of foreign birth
Catherine 32 PRUSia keeping house, parents of foreign birth
DUNKER, John 15 IA works on farm $1000-$300, parents of foreign birth
Henry 13 IA works on farm $0-$0, parents of foreign birth
Willy (m) 12, George 9 IA at home, parents of foreign birth
Rock Island Co. IL Deed Indexes (copied by CVD in SLC 5/9/2013 & 5/10/2013)
FHL catalog: Not in strict alphabetical order.
Grantee index, v. 5-7 (C-Dz) 1835-1912 (FHL film 1,392,727; copied 5/9/2013)
I-249: Duncan, Chas. S. from Gilson Alfred, Deed, Aug. 29, 1848, filed Sept. 7, 1848, $750, W 1/2 NW 1/4 and NE NW 1/4 Sec.6 T16 R1W and SW SW and W 1/2 NE 1/4 Sec.31 T17 R1W
K-341: Duncan, Chas. S. from U.S. of America, Certificate, Sept. 25, 1849, filed Feb. 8, 1851, NE SE 1/4 Sec.31 T17 R1W
Grantor index, v. 5-7 (Com-Fz) 1835-1912 (FHL film 1,392,735; copied 5/10/2013)
K-342: Duncan, Charles S. to Hollister, Edmond, Deed, Dec. 9, 1850, filed Feb. 8, 1851, $750, W 1/2 NW & NE NW-1/4 Sec.6 T16 R1W and SW SW & W 1/2 NE 1/4 Sec.31 T17 R1W
W-240: Duncan, Chas. S. to Doxee, Cornwall, Deed, July 24, 1854, filed Feb. 28, 1857, $240, NE SE 1/4 Sec.31 T17 R1W
Next deed 1910
Rock Island Co. IL Deeds (SLC 9/13/2013)
I-249: 29 Aug. 1848, Alfred Gilson and Abigiler A. Gilson for $750 paid by Charles S. Duncan, sell to the said Charles S. Duncan the equal and undivided 1/2 of the following described tracts or parcels of land, the W 1/2 NW 1/4 Sec.6 Twp.16N Range 1W, also NE 1/4 NW 1/4 Sec.6 Twp.16N Range 1W, also SW 1/4 SW 1/4 Sec.31 Twp.17 Range 1W, also W 1/2 NE 1/4 Sec.31 Twp.17 Range 1W, containing 253 acres more or less, in Rock Island Co. IL, with appurtenances, warrant title. /s/ Alfred Gilson, Abigail Ann Gilson. Wit. H.W. Bibb, George Mathews (Mathens?). Ack. Aug. 29, 1848, before Henry W. Bibb, J.P., Lafayette Co. WI. Deed No. 242, Filed & record Sept. 7, 1848. (FHL film 1,415,937)
K-341: Land Office, at Dixon, Illinois, Sept. 25, 1849. It is hereby certified that Charles S. Duncan of Rock Island Co., IL, has this day located the NE 1/4 of SE 1/4 of Sec.31 in Twp.17N Range 1W in district of lands subject to sale at Dixon, IL, containing 40 acres, in satisfaction of Military Land Warrant Certificate No.5167 in the name of Peter McDaniel issued pursuant to the provisions of the 9th section of the Act of Congress approved on 11 Feb. 1847 entitled "An act to raise for a limited time an additional military force, and for other purposes. /s/ Silas Noble, Register. We have this day sold the within described land warrant for $48? and guarantee the same to be genuine & correct, 26 Sept. 1849. /s/ J. & C. Dement. Title: Register of Land Office at Dixon, Illinois, Certificate to Charles S. Duncan, No. 366, Filed and recorded Feb. 8, 1851. (FHL film 1,415,938)
K-342: 9 Dec. 1850, Charles S. Duncan of Rock Island Co. IL to Edmond Hollister of afsd, for $750 paid, sell premises in afsd, the W 1/2 NW 1/4 Sec.6 Twp.16N Range 1W, 4th Principal Meridian, also NE 1/4 NW 1/4 Sec.6 Twp.16N Range 1W, 4th Principal Meridian, also SW 1/4 SW 1/4 Sec.31 Twp.17N Range 1W, 4th Principal Meridian, also W 1/2 NE 1/4 Sec.31 Twp.17N Range 1W 4th Principal Meridian, contining 253 acres more or less, with appurtenances, warrant title. /s/ Charles S. Duncan. Wit. Joel Burden. Ack. 9 Dec. 1850 before Emanuel Crowell, J.P. of Rock Island Co. IL, /s/ E.W. Crowell, J.P. No.367, Filed & Recorded Feb. 8, 1851. (FHL film 1,415,938)
W-240: 24 July 1854, Charles S. Duncan of Carroll Co. KY to Cornwall Doxsee of Rock Island Co. IL, for $240 paid, sell tract or parcel of land in Rock Island Co. IL, NE 1/4 SE 1/4 Sec.31 Twp.17N Range 1W of 4th Principal Meridian, containing 40 acres more or less, warrant title. /s/ Charles S. Duncan. Wit. John Dickson, D. Bramlee Jr. Ack. 24 July 1854 before John Dickson, J.P. Rock Island Co. IL. No.195, Filed & recorded Feb. 28, 1857. (FHL film 1,415,943)
"Portrait and biographical album of Rock Island County, Illinois : containing full-page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county : together with portraits and biographies of all the governors of Illinois, and of the presidents of the United States : also containing a history of the county, from its earliest settlement to the present time." (anonymous); pub. Chicago: Biographical Pub. Co., 1885, 815 pgs. (LH10593, HeritageQuest images 4/2007; FHL film 1,000,512 item 1)
Pg.357: LEVI McCAIN, of Moline, was born in Henderson Co., KY., Oct. 11, 1812, and was the youngest and now the only one living of six sons of James and Eleanor (Boyd) McCain. ... to Moline in 1845 ... He has been thrice married, first in 1832, in Henderson Co., KY., to Elizabeth Johnson, who died in Southern Indiana in 1844. Of the six children she bore, four lived to survive for a time, but at this writing (June, 1885) they have all joined her in the spirit land. Secondly, in Posey Co., Ind., in 1844, to Elizabeth Williams, who died in Moline in 1866; and thirdly, at the last named place, Dec. 10, 1869, to Mrs. Harriet Foster, a lady who had been twice a widow. Her maiden name was Stroud, and her first husband's name was John Duncan. To him she bore four children: Joseph A., of Henderson, Ky.; Mary J., wife of Robert Shaw, of Davenport, Iowa, and Sarah E. and Amanda E., deceased. Mrs. McCain has six grandchildren, namely, Hattie and John, who are the children of Joseph A. Duncan and reside with their parents in Henderson, Ky., and four children of Mrs. Mary Shaw, - Eva, Joseph, Robert and Mary J. Mrs. McC. in her young days was a pioneer teacher in Southern Illinois. Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. McCain's only daughter, Mary Elizabeth, became the wife of George W. Heck, of Moline, and died March 28, 1864. They had three children ... The last child and son of Mr. McCain, John, became a soldier in the late war ...
"The Past and present of Rock Island County, Ill. : containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., a biographical directory of its citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion, portraits of early settlers and prominent men, general and local statistics, map of Rock Island County, history of Illinois, Constitution of the United States, miscellaneous matters, etc., etc." (anonymous); pub. Chicago: H.F. Kett & Co., 1877, 487 pgs. (LH10282, HeritageQuest images 4/2007; FHL book 977.339 D3p and film 1,000,511 item 4)
Pg.393: Drury Township: Duncan, Henry, renter; Sec.20; P.O. Copper Creek; rep; Ind; from Iowa.
Duncan, John, works for Lewis Bruen; P.O. Illinois City; dem; Ind; from Iowa
"Historical encyclopedia of Illinois and history of Rock Island Co." by Special Authors and Contributors; pub. Chicago: Munsell Pub. Co., 1914, 1785 pgs. (LH4099, HeritageQuest images 4/2007; FHL film 1,000,512 item 4 and fiche 6,104,833)
Pg.1224-1225: KANE, James D. - ... One of the men who has made his restaurant popular because of the quality of the food he serves is James D. Kane of Andalusa. For years he was an agriculturalist, but retired from the farm five years ago. ... in 1910 he opened up his present place. He was born in Bucks county, PA., November 1, 1856, a son of Jacob and Mattie (Duncan) Kane, the former born in Belfast, Ireland, May 3, 1832. His wife was also a native of the same city. They came to the United States the same year that James Buchanan was inaugurated its president, or in 1857. Location was made in Bucks county, Pa., and this remained the family home until 1872, when the father moved to a farm three miles west of Andalusia, Ill. Here he died January 25, 1909, while the mother passed away October 15, 1885. James D. Kane was their only child. ... He was married February 1, 1881, to Fannie E. Hill, born May 6, 1859, a daughter of James and Margaret (Richards) Hill, ...
Pg.1225: KANE, John - Representative citizens of Rock Island ... retired from the activities of farm life ... One of these is John Kane of Andalusia, born in Bucks County, Pa., May 3, 1856, son of John and Jennie (Duncan) Kane, natives of Ireland, where the father was born in March, 1829, and the mother in 1825. They came to America in 1849, locating in Bucks county, Pa., and there they resided until 1856, when removal was made to Davenport, Ia. For a year they remained there, and then coming to Buffalo Prairie township, they spent four years within its confines. In 1862, the father enlisted for service during the Civil War, ... wounded, honorably discharged in 1865 and returned to Rock Island county in July of that year, died in 1900, the mother having passed away March 28, 1894. Two of their sons, James and John Kane, now reside in Rock Island county, the former born in Bucks county, Pa., November 1, 1852. ... John Kane ... married February 7, 1877, to Miss Eveline Shuck, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Chambers) Shuck. ...
1888 "History of Seward County, Nebraska : together with a chapter of reminiscenses of the early settlement of Lancaster County" by William Wallace Cox, pub. by State Journal Co., Lincoln, NE (from Ann Coverstone Davis 1/1983; also SUTRO book F672 S5 C8, CA State Library, Sutro Branch; FHL film 1,000,192 item 4)
Pg.232: DUNCAN. Miss Elizabeth Evans was born October 4, 1838, near Logansport, Ind. Was married to John F. Duncan in 1850 (sic), in Mercer Co. IL, where her parents had taken up their abode during her early childhood. Removed to Seward county and settled on a homestead in May, 1866. To her were born six children, only one, Mrs. Effie Manley, of Iowa, now survives. Three of the children were buried at Seward; a bright little girl (Mary) of eight years, a young son, Isaac, who bore sad affliction during his whole life, and a young infant. Her death occurred in the summer of 1872, and she was buried at Seward. Mrs. Duncan was a most noble woman ... She united with the Missionary Baptist church in her early life. .... She left a husband and two children to mourn her loss, one of which, the infant, soon followed her to the tomb.
(MAD: 1860 Rock Island Co. IL census, he b.1823-1827 VA)
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