HAMILTON CO. OH
HISTORIES and DIRECTORIES
 

HISTORIES before 1923

"History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio : their past and present, including early settlement and development, antiquarian researches, their aboriginal history, pioneer history, political organization, agricultural, mining and manufacturing interests, a history of the city, villages and townships, religious, educational, social, military and political history, statistics, biographies and portraits of pioneers and representative citizens, etc." by W H Venable, A S Dudley, D Thew Wright, Dudley Ward Rhodes, et al; pub. Cincinnati: S.B. Nelson & Co., 1894, 1319 pgs. (LH10222, HeritageQuest images 5/2007; FHL book 977.177 H2hi and film 1,000,317 item 3 and film 941,307-941,308 and fiche 6,016,285-6,016,294)
      Pg.207: Baptist Church ... The largest and most influential of the Baptist churches is the Ninth Street Church, over which the Rev. Johnson Meyers has presided for seven years. ... Rev. Samuel W. Duncan, D.D., was pastor here for many years, and many notable ministers have preached in its pulpit.
      Pg.248: Senate, 1831-32: House, Alexander Duncan, ...
            Senate, 1832-33: Alexander Duncan. (& 1833-34)
      Pg.253: Representatives in Congress: Alexander Duncan, two terms, 1837-41, 1843-45
      Pg.388: Madisonville. ... From Mr. Nelson's work on "Suburban Homes" the following interesting extracts regarding the history of Madisonville have been taken: ... "Madison was also the home of several men who became distinguished members of the body politic. Among them we may mention Dr. Alexander Duncan, a well-known member of Congress, who disappointed his Democratic friends by stepping over to free soil." (pg.452 has character info, but no family info)
      Pg.389: "The oldest citizen is Samuel Earhart, who was born January 22, 1784. Next to him is Esquire Isaac Giffin, born August 24, 1785. Mrs. Hattie Ward is the same age as Mr. Moore. Mrs. Duncan, Ayers Bramble, Colonel I.F. Waring, and Timothy Maphet, are all respectively about seventy-five years of age."
      Pg.443: The First Presbyterian Church of Glendale was organized November 29, 1855, in the chapel of Glendale Female College, with seventeen members. ... The following is a list of elders: ... Thomas J. Duncan ...
 

"The Ohio hundred year book : a hand-book of the public men and public institutions of Ohio, from the formation of the Northwest Territory (1787) to July 1, 1901" by Elliot Howard Gilkey; pub. Columbus: F.J. Heer, state printer, 1901, 779 pgs. (LH7211, HeritageQuest images 5/2007; FHL book 977.1 H2gi and film 982,320 item 2)
      Pg.258: Alphabetical list of members of the General Assembly: Name, Residence, Term of Service:
            Duncan, Alexander, Hamilton County, House, 1828-1829, 1831
      Pg.579: Representatives in Congress from Ohio. Members from the First District: 1837-1838, 25th Congress, Alexander Duncan, Hamilton Co. 1839-1840, 26th Congress, same. 1843-1844, 28th Congress, Alexander Duncan, Hamilton Co.
 

"Ohio centennial anniversary celebration at Chillicothe, May 20-21, 1903 : under the auspices of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society : complete proceedings" by J. Haskell; pub. unknown: The Society,, 1903, 761 pgs. (LH7132, HeritageQuest images 5/2007; FHL film 941,310 item 1 and 934,872 item 3)
      Pg.172: Independent Companies, Mexican War. There were fifteen independent companies, which were each known by the name of its captain, as follows: Duncan's (John R.), mustered in at Cincinnati June 1, 1847, and mustered out there August 2, 1848. This company was mounted. (pg.173) Captain Duncan's Independent Company (mounted volunteers) performed valuable service on the Rio Grande Route, with headquarters mainly at Ceralvo, Mexico. (MAD: Cincinnati, Hamilton Co. OH)
      Pg.309: Ohio Centennial: Duncan, Alexander - Twenty-fifth, Twenty-sixth, Twenty-eight, Hamilton. Duncan, Daniel - Thirtieth, Licking.
 

"Ohio in Congress from 1803 to 1901 : with notes and sketches of senators and representatives and other historical data and incidents" by William Alexander Taylor; pub. Columbus, Ohio: XX Century Pub. Co., 1900, c1899, 319 pgs. (LH7153, HeritageQuest images 5/2007)
      Pg.138: Ohio in Congress: Duncan, Alexander - Twenty-fifth, Twenty-sixth, Twenty-eight, Hamilton. Duncan, Daniel - Thirtieth, Licking.
      Pg.173: ALEXANDER DUNCAN Represented Hamilton county in the house in the Twenty-seventh and Thirtieth general assemblies, 1828-1829 and 1831-1832, and was a member of the state senate from 1832 to 1834. He was elected to the Twenty-fifth congress in 1836 from the First district, Hamilton county, and re-elected to the Twenty-sixth in 1838, and the Twenty-seventh in 1842. During his three terms in congress Mr. Duncan was an industrious and painstaking legislator. He was born in 1788, and died March 22, 1852.
 

"The past and present of Mill Creek Valley : being a collection of historical and descriptive sketches of that part of Hamilton County, Ohio : containing facts, incidents and anecdotes illustrating the toils and privations, as well as the manners and customs, of the early settlers : also, pen-portraits of the villages, suburban residences, and other improvements, designed to show the growth and development of this valley" by Henry B. Teetor; pub. Cincinnati: Cohen & Co., printers, 1882, 341 pgs. (LH12236, HeritageQuest images 5/2007)
      Pg.304: Glendale ... The Residents of the valley, not elsewhere named, who have procured homes in this village are: Thos. J. Duncan, Esq. (MAD: no date)
 

"Cincinnati, the Queen City : 1788-1912" (Hamilton Co. OH) by Charles Frederic Goss; pub. Chicago: S.J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1912, 3120 pgs. (LH8153, HeritageQuest images 2/2007 & 5/2007; FHL book 977.178 H2go v.1-4 and film 925,035 and 925,036 items 1-2)
      Vol.1, pg.502: [Ninth] Street Baptist Church ... In January, 1875, a call was extended Rev. Samuel W. Duncan, of Cleveland, O., and accepted. He entered upon his duties in March, and served this church eight years, resigning in 1883 to accept a call to the Second Baptist Church, of Rochester, N.Y. ... (MAD: Rochester, Monroe Co. NY)
      Vol.4, pg.190-192: JACOB BURNET, Jr. ... was born in Cincinnati in 1830, a son of William Burnet. Studied law, in 1871 turned to insurance business. In 1856, Jacob Burnet Jr. was married to Miss Mary Scott Duncan, of Louisville. His death occurred on the 4th of April, 1891. (MAD: Louisville, Jefferson Co. KY)
      Vol.4, pg.454: THE BANKS FAMILY ... the grandfather John Banks, D.D., born in Scotland, first professor of Scotch Presbyterian Theological Seminary of Philadelphia, ... His son, Dr. William Y. Banks, was born in Philadelphia and took up the study of medicine ... became prominent physician of Xenia, Ohio, where he practiced for many years, but two years before his death removed to Charleston, South Carolina, where his last days were passed. ... He was united in marriage to Miss Mary A. Duncan, also a native of Pennsylvania, who came to Ohio with her father, John Duncan, who made the journey by wagon in 1812, settling in Greene county, where he followed the occupation of farming for many years. Eventually, however, he retired from general agricultural pursuits and lived in Xenia up to the time of his demise. ... Unto Dr. and Mrs. Banks were born three children. The two sons became closely identified with the business and professional interests of Cincinnati. One of these, John D. Banks, ... died in 1892, age 55 years. The other brother, William Y. Banks, passed away at age of 55 years, in 1903. The sister, Miss Frances M. Banks, has been a resident of Cincinnati since 1860, when the family came from Xenia, Greene county, Ohio, where her birth occurred, to this city. ...
      Vol.4, pg.684-685: JAMES BARKER SR., ... died in Cincinnati in 1905, born at Bilton, near Birmingham, England, in 1840, ... in 1863 to Cincinnati, Ohio, ... his wife, a niece of Joseph Troutman, ... On the 5th of March, 1865, Mr. Barker married Miss Ellen Patton, a daughter of David and Ellen (Smith) Patton, ... Unto Mrs. and Mrs. Barker were born ten children, as follows: Joseph, living in Cincinnati, who is married and has two children; James, Jr., who wedded Ada Keayes, who passed away in December, 1906; Madge, the wife of Israel Hirschberg, of Cincinnati, Ohio; Helen, at home; Harriet, the wife of Samuel B. Duncan, of Coloma, Michigan, by whom she has two children; Sarah, who gave her hand in marriage to Frank Lukens, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by whom she has one son; Herbert, who is still at home; and three who died in infancy. ... (MAD: Coloma, Berrien Co. MI)
 

"Biographical Encyclopedia of Ohio of The Nineteenth Century" Galaxy Publishing Co., 1876 (Los Angeles Public Library book R977.1 B6153; and from Kathy D. Cawley 5/2007)
      Pg.562: DUNCAN, COMMANDER JAMES N., an Officer of the United States Navy, was born, 1820, in the town of Madisonville, Ohio. He entered the navy as a midshipman in 1837, and subsequently passed through a course of study in the Naval School at Philadelphia. He took an active part in the Mexican war, and especially distinguished himself in the contest which preceded the annexation of California. At the commencement of the late civil war he was serving as a Lieutenant on the United States steamer "Crusader," then just completing a two-years' cruise after slavers on the coast of Cuba. In 1862 he was appointed Commander, and assigned to the store-ship "Relief." Subsequently he was transferred to the monitor "Weehawken," of which he was commander, when she went down in Charleston harbor; but he was providentially on board of the flag-ship at the time of the disaster. He was next appointed to the command of the "Norwich" steam gun-boat, and assisted in the bombardment of Fort Pulaski, and of Jacksonville, Florida. During his service on the Gulf blockade, he contracted a disease of the heart which terminated his life. He died at Brooklyn, New York, August 21st, 1864.
      (MAD: Madisonville, Hamilton Co. OH; KDC: married 1857 in Brooklyn, Kings Co. New York, to Mary K. Waring, 1860 Kings Co. NY census, will filed in Hamilton Co. OH.)
 

"A history of the Baptists in the western states east of the Mississippi" by J.A. Smith; pub. Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, 1896, 421 pgs. (LH9056, HeritageQuest images 2/2007 & 5/2007)
      Pg.152: Cincinnati ... Eighteen months passed after the close of Dr. [Reuben] Jeffrey's pastorate (4 years after 1869) before his successor was found in the person of Dr. S.W. Duncan. In 1875 Dr. Duncan accepted the service offered him, remaining until 1883, when he left to become pastor of the Second Baptist Church in Rochester, N.Y. ... Dr. Duncan ... was ably seconded by Mrs. Duncan, ...
      Pg.345: May 1867, ... As speaking for the university, we find ... Hon. J.W. Duncan, of Worcester, Mass., ... (MAD: Cincinnati, Hamilton Co. OH)
 

1922 "Centennial History of Arkansas" Vol.II, ed. by Dallas T. Herndon, pub. by S.J. Clark Pub. (FHL film 934,820 item 2; from Evelyn Sigler 12/1983)
      Pg.266: DAVID HENRY DUNCAN, lumberman of Pine Bluff [Jefferson Co. AR], born Nashville [Davidson Co.], TN, Feb. 22, 1865. His father, David Duncan, was born in Glasgow, Scotland, came to this country when quite a young man, settled in Cincinnati [Hamilton Co. OH], afterwards moving to TN. He married Miss Harriett Dobb of Philadelphia, whose brother gained great distinction as an instructor in Gambler College; another brother, the Rev. Alexander Dobb, was rector for many years of the historic and famous Trinity Church in New Orleans ... David Henry Duncan spent his childhood in Paducah [McCracken Co.] KY with his father, who operated a large hub and spoke factory. When only a boy the care and responsibility of the business fell upon his shoulders, on account of the failing health of his father. He manfully met his duty, and as his sister, Mrs. T.W. Moore of Redfield, Arkansas, who alone of the children survives ... He came to Arkansas 20 years ago and engaged in the lumber business and for the past 12 years was identified with John F. Rutherford of the Bluff City Lumber Co. ... In 1892 he was married to Miss Martha Rose Dorsey of Atkins, Arkansas, who with four children survives him and mourns his untimely death ... died 22 March 1909.
 

1887/8 "History of West TN" by Goodspeed ("History of Lauderdale, Tipton, Haywood and Crockett Cos." from Evelyn Sigler 11/1983; FHL film 899,867)
      Pg.854: Lauderdale Co.; J.W. Duncan, an extensive merchant and cotton planter of Golddust, Lauderdale Co., was born Jan. 26, 1848, at Rising Sun, [Ohio Co.] Ind., and was the oldest of 7 children born to Wilson N. and Frances E. Duncan. The father was a native of VA, and died in 1881 at Golddust. The mother was a native of Indiana and died in 1870. The father was a steamboatman, and our subject was engaged in the same business when 15 years of age, at Cincinnati, [Hamilton Co.] OH, until 1876, when he commenced merchandising at Ashport and Golddust, and has since continued. During the war he was on steamboats employed by the Government to transport goods from the war department. July 11, 1877, he married Amelia B. Volkmar, the daughter of Frederick and Mary Volkmar, of Memphis, TN, and they have had 3 children: Berdie May, born Aug. 1878; Willie, born Oct. 1882; and Fannie, born Sept. 18, 1886. ....
 

1912 "History of Kentucky and Kentuckians," by E. Polk Johnson, three volumes, Lewis Publishing Co., New York & Chicago, 1912. (complete text posted by Sandi Gorin 10/1997 on [email protected] mailing list)
      Vol.II, pg.1320-21, Kenton Co., contain a biography of Walter S. Hatfield, born 23 June 1854 near South Bend, IN, married 29 Aug. 1887 to Miss Elizabeth Heron, born Toronto, Canada, dau. of John Heron and Sarah Dunkin from England to Canada, in 1863 to Cincinnati [Hamilton Co.], OH, where John Heron died about a year later, Mrs. Heron died in 1889 in Covington [Kenton Co.] KY.
 

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DIRECTORIES

"The Cincinnati [Ohio] directory for the year 1834 : containing the names of the inhabitants, their occupations, places of business and dwelling houses, and a complete list of the streets and alleys : with an appendix containing the names of city, township, county, and state officers and the names and officers of the various public, literary, benevolent, and religious institutions : with a variety of interesting statistical notices : to which is appended a statistical account of the towns of Covington and Newport, Ky." (anonymous); pub. Cincinnati: E. Deming, 1834, 289 pgs. (LH7308, HeritageQuest images 5/2007)
      Pg.54: Duncan, James, sexton, Baptist burial ground, c 6th and Western Row
      Duncan, Solomon, coach maker, Plumb b 2d & 3d
      Duncan, Jesse, merchant, boards at Mrs. Patterson's
      Duncan, James, laborer, alley b Main and Syc. 8th and 9th
 

"Shaffer's advertising directory for 1839-40" (Hamilton Co. OH and Kenton Co. KY) by David Henry Shaffer; pub. Cincinnati: Printed by J.B. & R.P. Donogh, c1839, 533 pgs. (LH8071, HeritageQuest images 5/2007)
      Includes The Cincinnati, Covington, Newport and Fulton directory for 1840 (MAD: Cincinnati, Hamilton Co. OH)
      Pg.161: Cincinnati: Duncan, Solomon (Md) Coach-mkr, Sycamore b 4th and 5th
      Duncan, James (Ire) Clk at 152 Main, res, Syc b 6th and New.
      Duncan, John (Ky) Blk-smith at Harkness', res, cor 4th & John.
      Duncan, James (Eng) Sexton Babtist (MAD: sic) Burying Ground, res, W s Fulton b Kimball and Richmond.
      Duncan, Wm. C. (Ky) Dentist, bds at J Duncan's.
      Pg.437: Covington. Duncan, J.M. (Va) Engineer at Cotton Fcy, res near same. (MAD: Kenton Co. KY)
 

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