Duncans in Schuyler Co. IL

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Duncan research files of
Mary Ann (Duncan) Dobson
the Genealogy Bug

Last revised February 5, 2014

SCHUYLER CO. IL
Formed 1825 from Pike, Fulton
McDonough formed 1826 from Schuyler
Brown formed 1839 from Schuyler
 

CENSUS RECORDS

1830 Schuyler Co. IL Census                           Township
Pg.84  Jonathen Marlowe Snr    1000,1       - 0000,1      2N1W
   87  Hanson Marlowe          1000,1       - 1200,1      1S2W
   88  Timothy Harris          0000,0001    - 2000,1      1N2W
   90  William Green           2100,001     - 1120,01     2N2W
   92  John Belyew             2110,1001    - 4200,2      4N2W
   95  Russell Duncan          1100,2       - 0000,1      7N4W
         (MAD: died McDonough Co. IL)
   96  Isaac Harris            2111,01      - 0100,01
       Reuben Harris Snr       1000,1000,1  - 1001,0001
       Reuben Harris Jnr       1100,1       - 1100,1
       James Harris            2000,1       - 0000,1
       James Haly              1100,1       - 1000,1
       Abele Rusell            0000,1       - 0001

1840 Schuyler Co. IL Census                           Precinct
Pg. 91  Settlen Wal(t?)ker     0000,1       - 0            1st
    97  Hanson Marlow          2210,001     - 0222,01      2nd
    98  Alfred Marlow          1100,001     - 1000,1
   101  Andrew Walker          0011,2001    - 0101,1001    3rd
   102  Felix Walker           0100,01      - 2200,11
   106  James Hunter           1000,03      - 0000,1       4th
   122  Rece? Dunbar           1001,1101    - 1110,01

1850 Schuyler Co. IL Census (MAD: looking for families who might be related to the Duncans of Hancock & McDonough Co. IL; no Duncan indexed)
Twp.3N Range 4W
Pg.363, #74-80, Daniel JAMES 36 KY farmer $600
                  Elizabeth A. 34 KY
                  Mary A. 15, William J. 13 IL
                  George P. 11, Martha E. 9, Nancy 6 IL
                  Margaret S. 2, Lucretia K. 2/12 IL
                  Sarah A. HARRIS 5 IL
Twp.2N Range 4W
Pg.371 (737), #48-50, William R. HARRIS 31 TN farmer $350
                  Katharine 25 KY
                  Rebecca 7, Sarah E. 5, Evan T. (m) 2 IA
Pg.373, #77-79, John HARRIS 39 TN
                  Ruth 35 NC
                  Francis M. 14, Tabitha E. 13 IA
                  William R. 11, Zerelda C. (f) 4 IA
Camden Twp.2N Range 3W
Pg.375, #7-7, Hanson MARLOW 53 MD farmer $1500
                  Esther 48 VA
                  Alfred (m) 19 IL farmer
                  Hanson (m) 13, Henry 13 IL
                  John W. 10, Levi 7 IL
                  Sarah AYRES 18
                  Stephen 15 IL farmer
Pg.375, #11-11, Alfred MARLOW 47 MD farmer $1000
                  Rhoda 33 KY
                  Greenberry 15, William S. 14 IL
                  Hester A. 12, Lucy J. 10 IL
                  James E. 8, Robert J. 6 IL
                  Mary E. 4, Sarah J. 1/12 IL
Pg.376, #29-29, William MELVIN 26 ME blacksmith $240
                  Amelia 22 OH
                  Alice J. 1 IL
                  Henry CADY 22 NY blacksmith
                  Nesbit ANDERSON 36 KY cooper
Buena Vista Twp.2N Range 2W
Pg.384 (766), #49-50, Edward P. SWAN 40 KY farmer $2500
                  Margaret A. 32 KY
                  Margaret J. HARRIS 12 MO
                  James H. 10 MO
Woodstock Twp.1N Range 2W
Pg.396, #57-57, Matthew CURRY 31 KY farmer $0
                  Nancy 33 KY
                  Henry C. 16, James 14, William 11 KY
                  John 8, Serena A. 6, Sallie 5, Tayler 2 IL
Pg.400 (797), #115-115, Timothy HARRIS 51? NY farmer $150
                  Rhoda 45 KY
                  Elizabeth 24, Louisa 22 IL
                  Thomas H. 17, Malinda 15 IL
                  Sarah A. 13, Mary A. 9, William H. 1 IL
Twp.1S Range 2W
Pg.401 (799), #6-6, Aaron HARRIS 21 IA cooper $0
                  Rebecca 17 IL (mar/in/year)
Pg.401 (799), #7-7, William HARRIS 28 IA cooper $0
                  Katharine 18 IL (not mar/in/year)
Bainbridge Twp.1N Range 1W
Pg.(814), #86-88, John J. SMEDLEY 40 TN farmer $400
                  Katharine 36 TN
                  William A. 15, Mary 14, Jacob W. 12 IL
                  John 10, Thomas 8, Daniel 6 IL
                  Henry 4, George 1 IL
Pg.410 (818), #112-115, James LAWLER 53 VA farmer $1500
                  Ann 53 VA
                  Sarah E. 25, John H. 24, James W. 19 VA
                  Albert B. 9 IL
                  Philip KREMER 23 PA cooper
                  John H. HARRIS 9 IL
Pg.411 (820), #129-133, Hardin HARRIS 29 KY farmer $0
                  Sarah 25 IA
                  William 4 MO
                  Mary E. 1 IA
                  Sarah BELL 66 VA
Browning Twp.2N Range 1E
Pg.428 (851), #104-111, Fields HARRIS 45 VA farmer $0
                  Louisa 44 KY
                  Dicy 13, William 9, Marion 6 IL
Pg.428 (851), #105-112, George HARRIS 24 KY farmer $0
                  Rachel 23 IA
                  Solomon 1/3 of 1/2 months IL

1860 Schuyler Co. IL Census
Rushville Twp.
Pg.363, #2372-2377, John DUNCAN 50 IRE laborer $300-$50
                  Kate 50 IRE
                  (no children)

1870 Schuyler Co. IL Census
Birmingham Twp.
Pg.23, #83-84, DUNCAN, James M. 29 IL farmer $400-$490
                  Melvina 26 IA keeping house
                  Arilla (f) 6, Mary 4 IL
                  George W. 2 IL
                  MARLOW, Jasper 16 IA working on farm
                  (MAD: 1860 and 1880 Hancock Co. IL census)
Pg.23, #86-87, DUNCAN, William E. 48 TN farmer $3000-$675
                  Elisabeth 46 TN keeping house
                  Charles T. 19, Samuel C. 16 IL working on farm
                  Stephen 12, William 9 IL
                  (MAD: 1850 Hancock Co. IL census; 1860 Henderson Co. IL census)
Oakland Twp.
Pg.165, #149-154, SPROUL, James 69 IRE farmer $3000-$925, parents of foreign birth
                  Elisabeth 65 IRE keeping house, parents of foreign birth
                  Elisabeth 19 PA going to school, parents of foreign birth
                  Hannah 16 PA going to school, parents of foreign birth
                  DUNCAN, James 8 IL father of foreign birth
                  Elisabeth 3 IL father of foreign birth
Rushville Corporation
Pg.196, #121-120, DUNKEN, John 50 IRE laborer $1500-$100, parents of foreign birth
                  James 8, "Mggie" (f) 5 IL father of foreign birth
                  Elizabeth 2 IL father of foreign birth
 

MARRIAGE RECORDS

Schuyler Co. IL Marriages (Rushville courthouse, Schuyler Co. IL, 10/1979)
      #1927 Joseph Duncan, 21, to Martha Huff, over 18, married 16 Dec. 1852 (MAD: 1860 McDonough Co. IL census)
      no Wm. J. Duncan Book B or C, to 1903
      Marriage of Robert Duncan to Rachel Martin, license 14 March 1835, married by Justice of Peace Isaac Lowe/Love 15 March 1835; Jacob Clarke signed that Rachel Martin was of 18 years of age. (from Schuyler Co. IL Historical Society to Alice Young Duncan 12/1980)
 

LAND RECORDS

Schuyler Co. IL Deed Indexes (copied by CVD in SLC 5/10/2013)
   Schuyler Co. IL Deed Indexes from Deed Books
   Deed record Book B 1831-1834 (FHL film 1,311,519, item 3)
      B-498: Duncan, Joseph from R.C. Weightman
      B-510: Duncan, Joseph from R.C. Weightman
      B-512: Duncan, J. from G.B. McKnight
      B-513: Duncan, J. from Wm. Prout
      B-514: Duncan, J. from J. Prout
      B-516: Duncan, J. from R. Prout
      B-517: Duncan, J. from Mary Prout
   Book C (to p. 213) 1834-1835 (FHL film 1,311,519, item 4)
      C-99: Duncan, Joseph from Isaac Beers and Milly Ann Beers
   Book D 1836 Book E 1836-1837 (FHL film 1,311,520, item 2)
      D-20: Duncan, Joseph from H. Eddy & wife
   Book E 1836-1837 (FHL film 1,311,520, item 3)
      "D" index here is duplicate of "D" index in Vol.D but the deed on pg.20 does not appear to be Duncan-Eddy deed
   Book F 1836-1837, Book G 1837-1838, Book H (to p. 395) 1838-1839 (FHL film 1,311,521) - no Duncan
   Book I 1839-1840 (FHL film 1,311,522 item 2)
      I-29: Duncan, Joseph to Charles F. Moulton & others
      I-555: Duncan, Joseph to Clayton Montgomery
      I-555: Duncan, Joseph to John Lodhunter?
      I-556: Duncan, Joseph to Clayton M. Montgomery
      I-557: Duncan, Joseph to Clayton M. Montgomery
   Book K (no book J) 1840-1842 (FHL film 1,311,522 item 3)
      K-105: Duncan, Joseph to Martin H.M. Knight
      K-211: Duncan, Joseph to Joseph Hoffman
      K-259: Duncan, Joseph to Bank of Illinois
   Book L (to p. 25) 1842-1845 (FHL film 1,311,522 item 4)
      L-470: Duncan, Joseph to George M. Wells
   Book M 1845-1846 (FHL film 1,311,523 item 2)
      M-450: Duncan, Margaret S. from T.G. McCulough et al
   Book N (to p. 227) 1846-1848 (FHL film 1,311,523 item 3)
      No Duncan
   Book N (cont'd. from p. 227) Book O 1848 Book P 1849-1850 (FHL film 1,311,524)
      No Duncan Book O or P
   Book Q 1850-1851 Book R 1850-1851 (FHL film 1,311,525)
      No Duncan Book Q or R
   Quit
   General Index: Many books not covered by the general index are accompanied by their own index.
      Not looked at - 1,311,517 item 1 was index to Government land
   General Index, Grantor Book 1, 1857-1868 (FHL film 1,311,517 item 2)
      Z-444: Duncan, B.L. to Roger Amlin & Co., Apl. 15, 1857, recorded June 13, 1857, Deed, SE 11 2N 2E
      27-435: Duncan, James to James Taylor, Apl. 18, 1859, recorded Apl. 22, 1859, Deed, Lot 2 Block 8 and S 1/2 Lot 3 and 10 feet off of N 1/2 Lot 3, also 40 feet off W end S 1/2 Block 9 O.T. of Town of Rushville, Schuyler Co. IL
      27-515: Duncan, John to Isaac R. Hitt, May 3, 1859, recorded May 30, 1859, Deed, SE of SE 2A and NE of NW and NW of NE 29 2N 3W
      Next deed past 1860, quit
 

Schuyler Co. IL Deeds (SLC 12/13/2013)
      Did not copy Joseph or J. Duncan deeds; Governor Joseph Duncan had a LOT of land transactions
      M-450/453: 22 Sept. 1845, Robert Lemmon of City and County of Baltimore, MD, and Thomas G. McCulloh at the time he executed these presents in the said City of Baltimore, surviving trustees as named in the will of Alexander MacDonald late of the same place, deceased, which will bears date 23 July 1836, proved and of record in office of Register of Wills for Baltimore Co. afsd, Liber L.M.B.? on 16 folio 802?, to Margaret S. Duncan of City of Baltimore afsd, that said Alexander Macdonald by his will ... trustees should act as they or his heirs deem advisable, they convey to party of second part that part that they have consented to take at the valuation of $5,977.50, now Robert Lemmon and Thomas G. McCulloh as surviving trustees convey to Margaret S. Duncan that parcel of land containing 160 acres in Adams Co. IL, being NE 1/4 Sec.8 Twp.3S Range 7W granted by US to Thomas Redmond by patent 22 Nov. 1817 and conveyed to Alexander MacDonald by deed 31 Jan. 1818 recorded at Edwardsville in Book O? page 52&c, also 160 acres in Adams Co. IL, SW 1/4 Sec.9 Twp.2N Range 8W granted to Lazerous Summers by patent 18 Dec. 1817 and conveyed to Alexander MacDonald by deed 31 Jan. 1818 recorded Book O pg.53&c, also 160 acres in Schuyler Co. IL, NE 1/4 Sec.8 Twp.2S Range 1W granted to William Clayton by patent 8 Dec. 1817 and conveyed to Alexander MacDonald by deed dated same day and recorded Book O page 23&c, also 160 acres in Pike Co. IL, NW 1/4 Sec.21 Twp.5S Range 4W granted to Nicholas Fortune by patent 9 Dec. 1817 and conveyed to Alexander MacDonald by deed dated same day and recorded Book H page 390, and 160 acres in McDonough Co. IL, NE 1/4 Sec.14 Twp.6N Range 2W granted to Joseph Stewart by patent 9 Dec. 1817 and conveyed to Alexander Macdonald by deed 8 Jan. 1818 recorded Book C page 60, and 160 acres in Fulton Co. IL, SE 1/4 Sec.18 Twp.7N Range 3E granted to George Metzerger by patent 17 Jan. 1818 and conveyed to Alexander Macdonald by deed 19 Jan. same year and recorded Book C pg.60&c, also 160 acres in Knox Co. IL, SW 1/4 Sec.36 Twp.9N Range 2E granted to Andrew Smith by patent dated 20 Nov. 1817 and conveyed to Alexander Macdonald by deed dated 31 Jan. 1818 recorded Book C pg.48&c, and 320 acres in Warren Co. IL, S 1/2 Sec.8 Twp.9?N Range 1W granted to John Shoanee? by patent 24 Dec. 1817 and conveyed to Alexander Macdonald by deed dated same day, recorded Book C page 13&c, together with rights and appurtenances. /s/ Robert Lemmon, T.G. McCulloh. Wit. Wm. Stevenson, Geo.? W.K. To??. Received from Margaret S. Duncan, $5 in full, /s/ Robert Lemmon, T.G. McCulloh. Wit. Wm. Stevenson. Ack. before A.R. Loverning?, Commissioner of Deeds, Baltimore City, MD, 22 Sept. 1845. Recorded June 18, 1846. (FHL film 1,311,523)
      Z-444: Benjamin L. Duncan of Monroe Co. IA for $1400 paid by Roger Amlin & Co., Lawrence Co. OH, sell to said Roger Amlin & Co. property, the SE 1/4 Sec.11 Twp.2N Range 2E of 4th P.M. containing 153 acres more or less, being in Schuyler Co. IL, warrant title. 15 April 1857. /s/ Benjamin L. Duncan. He ack. deed before W.J. Shelbon, J.P., Wapello Co. IA, 15 April 1857. Certification by Joseph N. Campbell, Clerk of Wapello Co. IA Court, for W.J. Shelbon, 30 April 1857. Recorded June 13, 1857. (FHL film 1,311,529)
      Z-444/445: For $525 paid, we hereby convey to Benjamin L. Duncan, real estate in Schuyler Co. IL, the SE 1/4 Sec.11 Twp.2N Range 2E 4 P.M. containing 153 acres more or less, and warrant title. 13 Jan. 1857. /s/ George R. Wright, Manerva Wright. They ack. deed 13 Jan. 1857 before James Blanchard, Clerk of District Court of Union Co. IA. Recorded June 13, 1857. (FHL film 1,311,529)
      27-435: 18 April 1859, James Duncan of Schuyler Co. IL to James Taylor of Schuyler Co. IL, for $300 paid, sell parcel of land in Schuyler Co. IL, all of Lot No.2 in Block 8 of Wm. McCreerys addition to the town of Rushville, also S 1/2 Lot No.3 and 10 feet off the south side of N 1/2 Lot No.3 in Block No.8 adj. the same in William McCreerys addition to town of Rushville, also 40 feet off western end of S 1/2 Block No.9 on the original plat of the town of Rushville, with appurtenances. /s/ James Duncan. Wit. John P. Runkle. He ack. deed 18 April 1859 before John P. Runkle, Notary Public, Schuyler Co. IL. Recorded May 22, 1859. (FHL film 1,311,530)
      27-515/516: 3 May 1859, John Duncan to Isaac R. Hitt of LaSalle Co. IL, for $1 paid, sell his interest in the parcel of land, the SE 1/4 SW 1/4 Sec.20 and NE 1/4 NW 1/4 and NW 1/4 NE 1/4 Sec.29 Twp.2N Range 3W 4th P.M. in Schuyler Co. IL, with appurtenances. /s/ John Duncan. (no wit.) He ack. deed 18 May 1859 before Nicholas Duncan, Notary Public, City of LaSalle, LaSalle Co. IL. Recorded May 30, 1859. (FHL film 1,311,530)
 

REFERENCES FROM OTHER LOCALITIES

Adams Co. IL Deeds
      D-139: 8 Nov. 1834, Joseph Duncan and Elizabeth C. Duncan his wife of Morgan Co. IL to C.K. McCoy, R.R. McCoy and John McCoy of Adams Co. IL, for $500? paid, sell lots or tracts, SE 1/4 Sec.30 Twp.1N Range 4W, containing 160 acres more or less in Schuyler Co. and NE 1/4 Sec.34 Twp.1N Range 5W containing 160 acres moe or less in Adams Co., both State of IL, warrant title. /s/ Joseph Duncan, Elizabeth C. Duncan. Ack. 10 Nov. 1834 before Saml. D. Lockwood, one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the State of IL. No.1672, Mar?. 2, 1835. (FHL film 967,536)
      Z-350/353: 22 Sept. 1845, Robert Lemmon of City and County of Baltimore, MD, and Thomas G. McCulloh at the time of executing these presents in the said City of Baltimore, surviving Devisees in Trust as named in the will of Alexander Macdonald late of same place decd, which will bears date 23 July 1836 has been executed and proved and now of record in Office of the Register of Wills for Baltimore Co. afsd in Liber D.M.P. No.16 folio 80 &c, to Margaret S. Duncan of City of Baltimore; that Alexander MacDonald by his will for purpose of ... settling his estate the trustees may sell any part of his estate ... and they convey the lands and premises described for the valuation of $2,977.50, now this indenture ... for $5 paid, Robert Lemmon and Thomas G. McCulloh as surviving devisees in trust ... convey to said Margaret S. Duncan all that parcel of land containing 160 acres in Adams Co. IL, the NE 1/4 Sec.8 Twp.3S Range 7W granted by US to Thomas Redmond by patent 22 Nov. 1817 and conveyed to said Alexander Macdonald by deed 31 Jan. 1818 recorded at Edwardsville in Book O? page 52; also 160 acres in Schuyler Co. IL, NE 1/4 Sec.18 Twp.2N Range 1W granted William Clayton by patent 8 Dec. 1817 and conveyed to said Alexander Macdonald by deed the same day, recorded at Edwardsville in Book O page 23? &c; also 160 acres in Pike Co. IL, NW 1/4 Sec.21 Twp.5W Range 4W granted to Nicholas Fortune by patent 9 Dec. 1817 and conveyed to said Alexander Macdonald by deed the same day recorded Book 76? (H?) page 390 &c; also 160 acres in McDonough Co. IL, NE 1/4 Sec.14 Twp.6N Range 2W granted to Joseph Stewart by patent 9 Dec. 1817 and conveyed to said Alexander Macdonald by deed 8 Jan. 1818 recorded Book O page 65 &c; also 160 acres in Fulton Co. IL, SE 1/4 Sec.18 Twp.7N R3E granted to George Metsinger by patent 17 Jan. 1818 and conveyed to said Alexander Macdonald by deed 19 Jan. same year and recorded Book O page 60 &c; also 160 acres in Knox Co. IL, SW 1/4 Sec.36 Twp.9N Range 2E granted to Andrew Smith by patent 20 Nov. 1817 and conveyed to said Alexander Macdonald by deed 31 Jan. 1818 and recorded Book O page 4?xxc?; and also 320 acres in Warren Co. IL, the S of Sec.8 Twp.9N Range 1W granted to John Shoame by patent 24 Dec. 1817 and conveyed to Alexander Macdonald by deed the same day and recorded Book O page 13 &c; together with appurtenances, to hold the 8 parcels above described ... /s/ Robert Lemmon, T.G. McCulloh. Wit. Wm. Stevenson, N?.H?.K?. Foard. Received from Margaret S. Duncan, $5, /s/ Robert Lemmon, T.G. McCulloh. Wit. Wm. Stevenson. Ack. 22 Sept. 1845 before A.R. Levering, Commissioner of Deeds, Baltimore, MD. No.6948, Filed July 17, 1846. (FHL film 967,546)
 

MILITARY RECORDS

Pension Index Card File, alphabetical; of the Veterans Administrative Contact and Administration Services, Admin. Operations Services, 1861-1934; Duff to A-J Duncan (negative FHL film 540,888, some cards very faint); Joseph Duncan to Dunn (positive FHL film 540,889, some cards very dark)
      Cataloged under Civil War, 1861-1865, pensions, indexes; does not say if Confederate or Federal, but probably Federal. Negative film, some cards much too faint or dark to read, some cards blurred or faded, particularly the service unit and the dates of application. Most of the very faint or dark cards were in a slightly different format, with space for years enlisted and discharged which were sometimes filled in. Many of these were for service in later years, although one or two were for service ca 1866.
      Name of soldier, alias, name of dependent widow or minor, service (military unit or units), date of filing, class (invalid or widow or minor or other), Application #, Certificate #, state from which filed (sometimes blank), attorney (sometimes blank, MAD: did not usually copy), remarks. Sometimes the "Invalid" or "Widow" class had an "s" added to it before the application #; occasionally the area for the service information included a circled "S". The minor's name was frequently that of the guardian rather than the minor.
      The military unit was frequently the Company Letter, the Regiment Number, sometimes US Vet Vol Inf. (US Veteran Volunteer Infantry), L.A. (Light Artillery), H.A. (Heavy Artillery), US C Inf (US Colored? Infantry), Cav. (Cavalry), Mil. Guards, V.R.C. (?Volunteer Reserve Corps?), etc. Sometimes there were several service units given.
      Cards appear to be arranged by the last name, first name, middle initial if any, and state (including "US") of service.
      Duncan, Joseph, widow Duncan, Eliza J.; D 33 & D 124 Ill. Inf.; 1888 Feb. 28, Invalid Appl. #642608, Cert. #430747, Ill.; 1916 Feb. 14, Widow Appl. #1060899, Cert. #811559, Ill. (MAD: of Brooklyn [Schuyler Co.] IL per IL Civil War database)
      Duncan, William E., widow Duncan, Amelia; B 91 Ill. Inf.; 1890 July 18, Invalid Appl. #869446, no cert., Ill.; 1891 Jan. 15, Widow Appl. #501081, Cert. #371174, Ill. (MAD: Pike Co. IL; 1850 Hancock Co. IL census; 1860 Henderson Co. IL census; born White Co. TN, from "The Schuylerite" Schuyler Co. IL newsletter Vol.VII-2 Summer 1978 pg.62)
 

HISTORIES before 1923

1892 "Biographical Review of Cass, Schuyler and Brown Counties Illinois : containing biographical sketches of pioneers and leading citizens" pub. by Biographical Review Pub. Co. (FHL film 934,972 item 1)
      Pg.238-9: JOHN L. BENNETT, born in McDonough Co. IL, December 13, 1832, is the son of Isaac Bennett, born in NC, May 22, 1808. He married in White Co. TN, Mary Lynch, April 8, 1834. She was the daughter of Charles and Mary Lynch. (MAD: Isaac Bennett's wife was Mary Duncan, daughter of Thomas Duncan and Mary Lynch) The latter was born August 7, 1814. Her parents, who were farmers, reared eight children, the father dying in TN, at the age of 45, her mother in Hancock Co. IL, aged 84 years. Grandfather Bennett died in KY in 1831, and his wife in Hancock Co. at the age of 80 years. She came to IL in 1834, her son, Isaac, coming with her. They first settled in McDonough Co., coming from TN in ox carts, taking about eight weeks to the trip. They were in humble circumstances, and lived in McDonough Co. for two years, and then went from there to Hancock Co., where they took up a claim of 160 acres of wild land with no improvements. .... They had eleven children: John L., the second, is a farmer and stock grower of Hiar (sic) township, McDonough Co.; Mary Jane was the wife of Philo McPeigh, who died and left two children; Norelan is a large farmer of Hancock Co., and has three children; Barbary Ann was the wife of George Bradly, and died, leaving four children; Rufus, a farmer of Hancock Co. IL; Lorinda, killed by a kick from a horse at the age of eleven; Zilpha died at fourteen; Jeremiah, a wealthy ranchman and stock-grower of Texas; Lucinda, wife of William Duncan, died leaving five children; Phoebe is married and resides in St. Louis, and has two children.
            He married at 21 and soon left home. His wife was Elizabeth Carder, born in IN where she was reared, daughter of Cooper B. Carder, of SC who came to IL in 1839. Her mother was a Miss Dudney, of TN. Mr. and Mrs. Carder came to IL in 1839, where the latter died in 1853, leaving Elizabeth to care for the home. Mrs. Bennett's father, nearly 80 years of age, is living with her on the farm, of 180 acres.
 

"Biographical review of Cass, Schuyler and Brown Counties, Illinois : containing biographical sketches of pioneers and leading citizens." (anonymous); pub. Chicago: Biographical Review Pub. Co., 1892, 631 pgs. (LH13145, HeritageQuest images 4/2007; FHL book 977.34 D32i and film 825,555 and 934,972 item 1)
      Pg.479-480: GEORGE P. HUFF was born in Schuyler County, Illinois, July 28, 1850. His father was William Huff, born in North Carolina in 1808, and his grandfather John Huff, also of North Carolina, where he lived and died. The name of his grandmother was Charity Adams, born in North Carolina. William A. Huff married Betsy Ann Teaney, daughter of John and Nancy Teaney. She was born in Pennsylvania in 1812. When she was 14, her parents moved to Bartholomew county, Indiana. Mrs. Huff was married at the age of 23, 57 years ago. They set out for Illinois .. reached Rushville in the fall, where they remained for thirteen years, then moved to their present home. In 1860 they built the present frame house, which was nearly completed in the fall of 1861, when he died. They had buried one son, John, who left a widow. Since the death of her husband she has buried, Sarah Huff, aged 34; Melissa Tucker, about 40 years old, and Martha Duncan, who died at 52 years, leaving ten children. Mrs. Huff has eight children still living: Mary Clampitt of Greeley, Kansas; Amanda Lineburger, of Hancock county, Illinois; Maria Fisher, of Creston, Iowa; Francis, a stock dealer of Hancock; George F. and Homer W., are still at home; Perry P., a farmer on an adjoining farm, and Eliza Wilborn, living on the old homestead. Mrs. Huff is still well and active ... being now 80 years old. Methodist Church, Republicans.
 

"Historical encyclopedia of Illinois and history of Schuyler Co." by B.C. Gillam; Schuyler Co. Hist. ed. by Howard F. Dyson; pub. Chicago: Munsell Pub. Co., 1908, 1102 pgs. (LH6212, HeritageQuest images 4/2007; FHL book 977.3475 H2sh and film 982,081 item 1)
      Pg.948: TURNER, John S., on Sec.12, Birmingham Township, Schuyler Co., for nearly 15 years ... descended from Southern ancestry, he was born in Adair County, Ky., February 22, 1840, a son of W.S.P. and Sarah (James) Turner, who were born in Virginia and Adair County, KY., respectively. With his parents, W.S.P. Turner went to Kentucky and settled in Adair County, and there some time later occurred his marriage with Miss James. In 1853, after the birth of six of their children, the parents came to Illinois, and in Browning Township, Schuyler Co., Mr. Turner purchased 80 acres ... sold the property in 1873 and removed to Astoria, Fulton Co. Ill., where for a short time he followed a mercantile business; in 1874 he went to Hancock Co. and resumed farming ... He passed away at the ripe old age of 83 years, his wife also dying in Hancock Co. Methodist Episcopal Church. Nine children blessed the marriage of W.S. Turner and his wife, of this number John S. being the eldest. The next two children, Amanda and George B., are both deceased. Ellen became the wife of D.M. Stockman, a veteran of the Civil War and they make their home in Omaha, Neb. Mary is the wife of a Mr. Scott, who owns a large farm in Hancock Co., and Albert is a resident of Texas. Sarah is the wife of Zachariah Duncan, who is a carpenter in Carthage, Ill. Martha, deceased, was the wife of W.D. Cloud. The youngest child, William R., makes his home in St. Mary, Hancock County. (MAD: more on John S. Turner, not copied) (MAD: Carthage, Hancock Co. IL)
 

1872 "Atlas map of Schuyler County, Illinois [1872]; compiled, drawn and published from personal examinations and surveys by Andreas, Lyter & Co." pub. by Andreas, Lyter (FHL book 977.3475 E72i and film 432,003; from Fran Laaker 5/1988)
      Birmingham Twp: Wm. E. Duncan had W 1/2 SW 1/4 Sec. 1
      Brooklyn Twp: Wm. E. Duncan, land in Sec. 14, 15, 23
      Camden Twp: John Duncan, Sec. 29
      Oakland Twp: John Duncan, Sec. 30
 

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