LEWIS AND CLARK CO. MT
Formed 1865; original county
 

CENSUS RECORDS

1870 Lewis and Clarke Co. MT Census
Helena
Pg.177, #98-59, ZIEGLER, Jno. A. 37 PA varcity ?labor? $5000-$11,000
                  Abba (f) 34 OH keeping house
                  Frank (m) 13 WI ("Wis") attending school
                  Elizabeth 11 WI attending school
                  Emma 7 WI at home
                  DUNCAN, Lee (m) 25 OH clerk in ?labor? $0-$1000
                  GLASCAT?, Duncan (m) 27 CANada clerk, parents of foreign birth
                  & another single man
 

HISTORIES before 1923

"An illustrated history of the state of Montana : containing a history of the state of Montana from the earliest period of its discovery to the present time, together with glimpses of its auspicious future, illustrations and full-page portraits of some of its eminent men, and biographical mention of many of its pioneers and prominent citizens of to-day" by Joaquin Miller; pub. Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1894, 924 pgs. (LH12722, HeritageQuest images 5/2007; FHL book 978.6 H2mj)
      Pg.771: GEORGE W. KING, leading medical practitioner of Marysville ... father of our subject, Cyrus W. King, was also born in Vermont. He married Miss Louisa E. Duncan, a native of Quebec, Canada, and a daughter of James Duncan, an early settler of that province and founder of the village of Chrysastum. He resided there until his death, which occurred at the age of 74 years. Mr. and Mrs. King had ten children, six sons and four daughters, nine of whom still survive. The father lived to a good old age, and the mother is still living, aged 87 years. George W. King, the ninth child in order of birth, was born at Malone, New York, October 20, 1852. ... to Marysville, Montana, 1883. ... Dr. King was married July 25, 1881, to Miss Aramella J. Griffin ... (MAD: Marysville, Lewis and Clarke Co. MT)
 

"Montana, its story and biography : a history of aboriginal and territorial Montana and three decades of statehood" by L.E. Munson, ed. by Tom Stout; pub. Chicago: American Historical Society, 1921, 2791 pgs. (LH12734, HeritageQuest images 5/2007 & 8/2007; FHL book 978.6 H2s v.2 and film 1,000,175)
      Vol.II, pg.645: A.J. DUNCAN. Among the men who are representing their districts in offices of civic importance, ... is A.J. Duncan, the clerk and recorder of Lewis and Clark County. He has long been a leader in the local ranks of the democratic party, ... Mr. Duncan, who was born at Oak Grove in Jackson County, Missouri, in December, 1876, traces descent in the paternal line to Scotland, but during colonial times the family became established in the South, as did also his family on the maternal side, who were originally from England. The father of A.J. Duncan was Robert Duncan, born in November, 1834, near Frankfort, Kentucky, and died at Helena, Montana, in October, 1918. The parents of Robert Duncan removed to Jackson County, Missouri, as early as 1840, where they were among the pioneers, and where A.T. Duncan, the grandfather of A.J., was a farmer for many years. He died there shortly before the birth of his grandson. He had served in the campaign against the Indians. His wife bore the maiden name of Elizabeth Bywaters, and both she and her husband were born in Kentucky. (MAD: Helena, Lewis and Clark Co. MT; see Logan Co. KY)
            Robert W. Duncan, a son of these Missouri pioneers, was reared, educated and married in Jackson County, and there for many years he followed farming. In April, 1883, he came to Montana and located in the Prickly Pear Valley near Helena, where he resumed his farming operations and became one of the community's influential citizens. He finally retired from an active life and moved into Helena in 1900, where for eighteen years or until his death he lived in the enjoyment of the rewards of former toil. In 1854, during the days of the California gold excitement, he crossed the plains to that state and spent about eight years in placer mining, returning then to his home in Jackson County, Missouri. He upheld the principles and policies of the democratic party, was a devout and consistent member of the Baptist Church, and for many years enjoyed affiliations with the Masonic fraternity. He joined the order when but twenty-one years of age, ... When trouble arose between the North and South he enlisted for service in 1862 in the Confederate cause, ... been taken prisoner and later exchanged.
            In his early life Robert W. Duncan married Maria Joyce, who survives him and resides at Helena. She was born in Missouri in April, 1843. The following children were born to this union: J.M., a rancher in Richland County, Montana; Effie B., the wife of Thomas Matthews, who came to Montana with the pioneers of the '60s, and is now a retired rancher living at Bozeman; J.F., who is engaged in ranching in Richland County, Montana, near his brother J.M.; Eldridge Hill, who died during his youth; Eugene Herbert, who also died when young; A.J., of Helena; Lilborn, who died when young; Lula, the wife of Charles Grant, a merchant at Condon, Oregon; and Leona C., who resides with her mother in Helena, where she is serving as the deputy county clerk and recorder. During 1913 and 1916 she served as the county superintendent of schools for Sanders County.
            After training in the rural schools of Lewis and Clark County, A.J. Duncan entered the Montana Wesleyan University in Prickly Pear Valley, now known as the Montana Wesleyan College of Helena, where he spent about four years. After attaining his twenty-fourth year he left his father's ranch and came to Helena and was appointed deputy clerk and recorder of Lewis and Clark County in February, 1901. He filled that position for five years, or until the spring of 1906, when he was elected the city treasurer, ... and two years later in 1908 was reelected ... and served for four years. In the fall of 1910 he was defeated ... and then engaged in the real estate business. In November, 1912, Mr. Duncan was elected the clerk and recorder of Lewis and Clary County, ... and during the years of 1914-16-18 was returned to the office and is the present incumbent ...
            The home of Mr. Duncan is at 701 Sixth Avenue, Helena. He was married in 1905, in Bozeman, Montana, to Miss Esther Gullic, a daughter of F.B. and Martha (Wallis) Gullic. The father, who was a mine operator in California, died in that state, and the mother is now living in Helena. The two children of Mr. and Mrs. Duncan are Maria, born in April, 1907, and Robert Wallace, born in June, 1910. ...
 

"Montana, its story and biography : a history of aboriginal and territorial Montana and three decades of statehood" by L.E. Munson, ed. by Tom Stout; pub. Chicago: American Historical Society, 1921, 2791 pgs. (LH12734, HeritageQuest images 5/2007 & 8/2007; FHL book 978.6 H2s v.2 and film 1,000,175)
      Vol.III, pg.867-868: LESLIE DUNCAN. ... Manager of the Helena branch of the National Biscuit Company ... A son of J.H. Duncan, he was born January 30, 1880, in Cooper County, Missouri, of thrifty Scotch lineage, his emigrant ancestor having emigrated from Scotland to Missouri in pioneer days.
            Born in 1858 in Missouri, J.H. Duncan was there bred and educated. Engaging in agricultural pursuits when young, he was engaged in farming in Cooper County until 1884, when he removed with his family to Saline County, Missouri, where he was similarly employed for four years. In 1888 he came to Helena, Montana, which has since been his home. Until 1892 he was in the employ of Sanford & Evans, pioneer merchants of this city, and for several years thereafter worked in the Helena Flour Mill ... change of occupation ... (MAD: other emplyment not copied) The following four years he was janitor at the State Capitol, after which he served as jailor during his son Rolla's term as sheriff of Lewis & Clark County. He is now custodian at the State Capitol. He is a stanch republican in politics, and for many years has been an active member of Red Cross Lodge No.32, Knights of Phythias. (MAD: Helena, Lewis and Clark Co. MT)
            J.H. Duncan married in Missouri Amelia Susan McMahan, who was born in that state in 1861, and to them children have been born as follows: Leslie, the special subject of this sketch; Rolla, engaged in the theatrical business at Lewiston, Idaho; Thomas, who died at the age of two years; Stella, living in Helena, is the widow of Charles ne Flette (MAD: sic), formerly superintendent of the Lewis & Clark County Poor Farm; Elmer lived but two years; Mabel, wife of Emmett McMahan, an oil promoter of California; Lillian, wife of E.C. Kempter, who has charge of the State Nurseries at Helena; John, who died at the age of two years; Rowena, wife of James Hix, who was until recently engaged in farming at Roxbury, Idaho, is now living in Helena; Irene, attending the Helena Business College; and Grayce, who is with the M.S.T. & T. Company of Helena.
            Completing the course of instruction in the public schools of Helena, Leslie Duncan took a business course at the International School of Correspondence at Scranton, Pennsylvania. At the early age of fourteen years he began life as a wage earner in ... about 1896, ... returning to Helena, he clerked for six months ... the following eight years Mr. Duncan ... (MAD: more on his work and business history not copied) ... in May, 1916, he was made manager of the company's largest establishment in Helena (National Biscuit Company) ... Religiously Mr. Duncan ... Presbyterian. Politically ... republican party. ... Mr. Duncan married in 1897, in Helena, Miss Myrtle Fowler, a daughter of D.D. and Ida (Grandie) Fowler, residents of Seattle, Washington, where Mr. Fowler is actively engaged in mercantile pursuits. Three children have blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Duncan, namely: Wesley, born July 4, 1899, was graduated from the Helena High School and is now bookkeeper for the National Biscuit Company; Russell, born August 2, 1900, is employed in the packing department of the National Biscuit Company; and Raleigh, born March 22, 1907. In 1918 Wesley Duncan, the eldest child of the parental household, enlisted for the World war in the Marine Corps ...
 

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