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Mary Ann (Duncan) Dobson
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1874 "Biographical Encyclopaedia of PA of the 19th Century" by Galaxy Pub. Co. (FHL book 974.8 D3be)
Pg.166: DUNCAN, C.M., Lawyer, was born May 28, 1831, at Cashtown, Adams Co. PA. His early education was thorough, and after due preparation, he entered Franklin and Marshall College, at Lancaster, PA, from which institution he graduated with high honors. He immediately applied himself to the law, and purused his professional studies in the office of Hon. Wilson Reiley, completing them under the auspices of Hon. J. McDowell Sharpe. Upon his admission to the bar, he commenced practice in Chambersburg, PA ... In 1865, he was elected to the State Senate, from the district composed of the counties of Adams and Franklin. ... His term of service in the Senate having expired, he declined re-election, and returned to the practice of his profession in the town of Chambersburg. There he still resides, conducting a large and lucrative practice, and enjoying the high esteem of the community. (no mention of parents or wife and family).
Pg.533: DUNCAN, WILLIAM, Brigadier-General, was born in that portion of York -- since set off and called Adams -- county, PA, in the year 1771, and was one of a large family of children. His father had been a soldier in the Revolutionary War, but had died shortly afterwards. His early education was carefully attended to, and, among other studies, he became a proficient in land surveying. When about nineteen years of age, he was engaged by his brother-in-law, John Nicholson, one of the projectors of the American Land Co., to survey some of his lands lying near Pittsburgh. While en route for that destination, at that time almost a frontier town, he joined, as a volunteer, a detachment of US troops, under the command of Colonel Zebulon Pike, who were in search of hostile Indians. This officer gave him his first lesson in military tactics; he also made the acquaintance, and formed a friendship for his son, afterwards the brave General Pike, who fell at Little York, Canada. On his return to Philadelphia, ... During the War of 1812, General Duncan was made Superintendent of US Military Stores, at the Schuylkill Arsenal, and resided there. ... For many years he represented the city of Philadelphia in the State Legislature. In 1829, he was commissioned by President Jackson, Surveyor of Customs for the Port of Philadelphia, and was re-appointed in 1833, thus serving, in that office, 8 years consecutively. Democrat; one of founders and trustees of Jefferson Medical College; First Baptist Church. He was thrice married; first, in 1792, to Mary, daughter of William Moulder, and who died in 1818. Two years after this bereavement, he was united to her sister Sarah, who died in 1832. After remaining a widower for nine years, he was married, in 1841, to the widow (unnamed) of Rev. Dr. William Staughton, and daughter of James (the brother of Charles Wilson) Peale, who yet survives him (1874). He died February 16th, 1864.
1886 "History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania : containing history of the counties, their townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc.; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; biographies; history of Pennsylvania, statistical and miscellaneous matter, etc." pub. by Warner, Beers & Co.; Part 2, Adams Co. (FHL book 974.84 H2h pt.1&2)
Pg.82: Celebration of July 4, 1814, ... at the house of Frederick Rupley; ... Dr. Crawford and James Duncan were chosen presidents of the meeting ...
Pg.87-94: Adams Co. ... In 1856 Mr. Stahle in his paper, the Compiler, published a list of county officers. This chapter will complete that list to date. ...
Congress (District: Adams, Franklin, Cumberland and Perry Counties), 1820, James Duncan.
Congress (District: Adams, Cumberland and York Counties), 1882, William A. Duncan. 1884, Duncan was re-elected and died before being qualified.
State Senators. (District: Adams and Franklin Cos), 1865, Contest between C.M. Duncan and David McCanaughy; the latter admitted to the seat. 1868, C.M. Duncan.
Prothonotaries. 1800 to 1821, James Duncan appointed.
Registers and Recorders. 1800, James Duncan, to 1821.
Clerks of the Courts. 1800 to 1821, James Duncan.
Pg.98-103. Lawyers. ...
1815, Stephen Duncan (was admitted to practice).
1859, William A. Duncan
1885, Charles S. Duncan read in Philadelphia
Pg.106-115: Political. The Republicans had a meeting (1800) and nominated a ticket (Senate and Assembly). The delegates to this convention were ... J. Duncan, secretary. The Republican party then was soon known as the Democratic party, and the Federalists became the Whigs.
The Democrats held a convention soon after this (Sept. 16, 1805) and nominated ... Then James Duncan, and others, "rushed into print," and paper bullets of the brain fairly sung and whistled in the air -- sulphurous political lightning all around the sky.
At the October election, 1812, ... James Duncan, 1,581 (votes). ... Cumberland and Franklin Counties voted overwhelmingly democratic and elected ... over the Federal candidates Edward Crawford and James Duncan, who ran so largely ahead of their opponents in Adams Co.
At the October election, 1814, the vote in the county stood ... Auditors, ... John Duncan, 371.
Pg.137: December 9, 1813, there was organized ... a society styled "The Getysburg Debating and Sentimental Society," (which) went down about September, 1816. ... Admitted members, John M. Duncan.
Pg.138-143: Newspapers. "The Centinel" The paper reached its Vol. II, No. 1, December 2, 1801. The total of its "ads" for this issue are: James Duncan, register; ...
In the "Centinel" of May 6, 1807, James Duncan, register, gives notice to Elizabeth Dehl, of the estate of Sally Dehl (and other estate notices).
Pg.145-148: Old Time Reminiscences, Citizens in Getysburg Between 1817 and 1829 ... Hon. J.K. Longwell, born in Gettysburg, and for many years a citizen of Westminster, MD, some years ago wrote a communication to the "Star and Sentinal" of Gettysburg and gave the names from memory of those who were citizens here between the years 1817 and 1829 ... James Duncan. ... James Duncan, the first prothonotary of the county.
Pg.183-201: Borough of Gettysburg. ... An old plat of the town, on parchment, has been found ... list of the lots and their owners ... on Baltimore Street: 20. James Duncan; Chambersburg Street: 107. James Duncan.
Societies: Good Samaritan Lodge No. 200, F.&A.M., was instituted January 1, 1825. ... The lodge was revived and reorganized January 23, 1860 ... the officers of the new organization were ... William A. Duncan, Sec. (also a charter member)
Pg.216-217: Borough of Abbottstown, 1753-1886, Berwick Twp. Residents whose property was assessed in 1799 ... James Duncan, merchant, $218 value.
Pg.225: Beechersville, Butler Twp. The Conowago Paper Company was organized in May, 1873, with ... W.A. Duncan, treasurer.
Pg.243-6: Cumberland Twp. The single men residing in the township in 1799 were ... Henry Duncan, joiner ...
Schools. In April, 1800, the following named residents of Cumberland Twp agreed to send their children to a school at Gettysburg to be conducted by a teacher of their own choice: James Duncan ... agreed to send two children.
Pg.272: Hamilton Twp. was formed out of Berwick in 1810. The first assessment was made in 1811, and from it the following list is made up: ... John Duncan, $3,450; Widow Christina Duncan, $1,380.
Pg.350: Borough of Gettysburg. G.J. BENNER, attorney at law, Gettysburg, was born in that place April 13, 1859, ... admitted to the bar December 31, 1881, and at once commenced practice, in company with Hon. W.A. Duncan, now deceased. ...
Pg.353: Borough of Gettysburg. HON. WILLIAM A. DUNCAN, in his extraction a Pennsylvanian, was born in Franklin Twp, Adams Co. PA, February 2, 1836. He died at Gettysburg November 14, 1884, in his 49th year. His paternal ancestors originally went from the neighborhood of Edinburgh, Scotland, to Donegal, Ireland, from whence, about the year 1750, his grandfather, Seth Duncan, immigrated to America, and located in Lancaster Co. PA. He there married and lived until late in life, when he removed to Abbottstown, then York (now Adams) Co. Seth had a number of children, most of whom became notable people. His son, Adam Seth Enos Duncan, the father of the subject of this sketch, died in 1840, aged 51 years, and Mr. Duncan was left an orphan boy at the age of 4 years, with two other brothers, but a few years older, to the charge of a widowed mother. He ... matriculated at the age of 17 at Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA, in 1853. ... (no mention of wife and children)
Pg.353: Borough of Gettysburg. CHARLES S. DUNCAN, attorney at law, Gettysburg, was born here April 2, 1864, a son of Hon. William A. and Catherine W. (Schmucker) Duncan. His paternal and maternal ancestors were among the early settlers of the State. His mother was of German and his father of Scotch-Irish lineage. The latter was born in Cashtown, Adams Co. PA, in 1835, a lawyer, who met with marked success (the above William A. Duncan). Charles S. is the eldest of four children, of whom William, the second child, is private secretary to Congressman Swope, of Washington D.C., and John S. and Schmucker are students in PA College. The mother was a member of the Lutheran Church. ...
Pg.508: Straban Twp. DR. CHARLES EDWARD GOLDSBOROUGH, Hunterstown, was born December 16, 1834, at Graceham, Frederick Co. MD. ... William Goldsborough (grandfather) also a lawyer by profession, married Miss Sallie Worthington, of Annapolis, MD, and located at Frederick City after the Revolutionary war, where, in May, 1804, Leander W., his youngest son, was born, who married Sarah Ann, daughter of Capt. Perry Dunkin, who for many years sailed from Baltimore, and was finally lost in the ship "Cervantes." From this marriage six sons and one daughter were born, Charles Edward being the third child. ....
"The story of the Adams County, Pennsylvania, and of the selection of Gettysburg as its seat of justice : an address before the Historical Society of Adams County, on its first anniversary, May 6, 1889" by Edward McPherson; pub. unknown: unknown, 1889, 51 pgs. (LH 722, HeritageQuest images 6/2007)
Pg.14: 1791, February 15, (entry on the House Journal) petition of Andrew McIlwain, Samuel Smith and Matthew Duncan, of Berwick Township, ...
"History of Saint Aloysius Church of Littlestown, Penn'a" (Adams Co. PA) by William McSherry; pub. unknown: unknown, 1893, 134 pgs. (LH 718, HeritageQuest images 6/2007; FHL fiche 6,045,293)
Pg.77-78: Rev. James Duncan was born in York, York county, Penn'a, about 1833. When a boy of about ten years, he was, through the influence of the McAleers and that of Frs. Shorb and Dietz, taken into the family of John Shorb, Esq., of Adams county. Mr. Shorb was a very kind man and cared for young Duncan with the affection of a father. After the death of this estimable gentleman, Mr. Duncan became in turn a member of the family of Pius P. Fink and Samuel J. Shorb. It was through the care of these gentlemen that this poor boy grew to manhood, and received the instruction which afterwards became the foundation of his clerical studies. After he had arrived at the age of maturity he left the State of his birth and entered the Confederate Army. We next find him as a student at St.Charles' College, in Maryland, and after a short course at St.Mary's Seminary, Baltimore, Md., he was ordained a priest by Bishop Gibbons, now Cardinal, and sent to the South. This was about 1871. He remained there for some years; and afterwards was appointed chaplain at St.Agnes' Hospital in Baltimore. In 1885 his mind began to fail, and through the liberality of his home friends, he was cared for at Mount Hope, near Baltimore, where he died that year, and is buried.
Fr. Duncan was the son of a Protestant father and a Catholic mother. He was a member of the Littlestown Catholic Church, and much of his life was passed in that parish. He was a very meek and pious priest, doing his duty the best he knew how.
"Biographical annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania : containing genealogical records of representative families, including many of the early settlers, and biographical sketches of prominent citizens." (anonymous); pub. Chicago: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1905, 778 pgs. (LH687, HeritageQuest images 4/2007; FHL book 974.844 D3b pt.1-2 and film 908,210 item 4; pg.638 from Kathy Cawley 11/2005)
Pg.638-641: DUNCAN FAMILY. SETH DUNCAN (born in Scotland about 1724) went to County Donegal, Ireland, but about 1750 emigrated to Pennsylvania. He first settled in Lancaster county, but late in life removed to Abbottstown, York (now Adams) county. He was twice married. The name of his first wife was Reinhold, and she was of a noteworthy German family of Lancaster county. They had issue:
1. JAMES was appointed second lieutenant in the 2d Canadian (Hazen's) Regiment, Nov. 3, 1776; he was promoted to be first lieutenant, April 8, 1777, and captain, March 25, 1778. He retired Jan. 1, 1783.
2. MATTHEW was a volunteer in the Canada expedition, under Col. Benedict Arnold, in 1775, and was taken prisoner in the assault upon Quebec, on the last day of that year. While he was a prisoner he was commissioned, Jan. 5, 1776, captain in the 5th Pennsylvania Battalion, Col. Magaw, and was reported in the rolls of the 6th Regiment, Pennsylvania Line, Feb. 18, 1777, a prisoner on parole.
3. WILLIAM (born in Adams county Oct. 14, 1772 - died Feb. 16, 1864) was a merchant in Philadelphia. He was superintendent of U.S. military stores at the Philadelphia arsenal in 1812, ... For many years he was a member of the Legislature from Philadelphia. He was surveyor of customs at the port of Philadelphia, 1829-38. He was one of the founders of Jefferson Medical College. He married (first) Oct. 31, 1792, Mary Moulder (died in 1818), daughter of William Moulder; (second), 1822, Sarah Moulder (died in 1832), sister of his first wife; and (third) Anna C. (Peale) Staughton, daughter of James Peale, and widow of William Staughton, D.D.
4. ABNER L. was admitted to the Philadelphia Bar, Feb. 26, 1798; he removed to New Orleans, where he rose to eminence at the Bar. He was one of Gen. Jackson's aids at the battle of New Orleans, ...
5. HANNAH married John Nicholson, comptroller-general of Pennsylvania, 1782-94, and escheator-general, 1787-95. He was an extensive landowner in Pennsylvania, ... ... the greater part of his land reverted to the Commonwealth. Among these were two tracts sold in Chambersburg July 15, 1807, the original warrants for which were in the names of Matthew and Seth Duncan. These tracts were described as on the "head waters of Conedwinnett." Mr. Nicholson died in the debtors' prison in Philadelphia in 1800.
6. MARTHA married June 23, 1791, William Moulder. He was appointed an associate judge of the court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia, Aug. 2, 1813, and he was treasurer of Philadelphia county, 1827-30.
Mr. Duncan married (second) Christiana Bedinger (Bittinger), of Adams county; they had issue:
1. JOHN (born in 1779 - died in 1851) was a physician; he lived at Duncan's Mill, on the Falling Spring, until late in life, when he removed to Adams county, where he died. He amassed a large fortune for that period, amounting to about $200,000. He never married.
2. POLLY died in 1817.
3. ADAM S.E. (II)
(II) ADAM SETH ENOS DUNCAN (born in Adams county, in 1789 - died in 1840), son of Seth and Christiana (Bedinger) Duncan, served in the war of 1812 ... After the war he taught school for a while, and later returned to Adams county, where he was a farmer and merchant at Cashtown, in Franklin township. He married (first) Mary White, of Lancaster county; they had issue:
1. MARY married (first) Moses B. Meals; (second) John W. Reges.
Mr. Duncan married (second), in 1815, Mary Mark (born in 1798 - died in 1880), daughter of Peter and Anna Maria Mark; they had issue:
1. MARTHA (born April 16, 1816 - died 1859) married Oct. 2, 1847, George Smith (born Feb. 16, 1818 - died 1898), son of Jacob and Margaret (Fleeger) Smith, of Adams county. He was a farmer. In 1852 he settled on the farm near Mount Alto, Quincy township, which he afterward owned. He also acquired the ownership of Duncan's Mill, on the Falling Spring, now known as Smith's Mill. ... (MAD: children not copied)
2. SUSAN ELIZA, born July 8, 1819; died in infancy.
3. ANNA MARIA, born Dec. 8, 1822, died Dec. 9, 1843.
4. JOHN MONROE, born May 6, 1825, died Oct. 8, 1851.
5. ABNER JACKSON, born Sept. 15, 1827, died in infancy.
6. AUGUSTUS (III)
7. CALVIN MARK (born May 28, 1831 - died March 22, 1894) was graduated at Franklin and Marshall College in 1856. He studied law in Chambersburg, and was admitted to the Franklin County Bar, April 12, 1858. He was elected to the State Senate in 1865, and re-elected in 1868. He married Dec. 16, 1858, Mary Grace Metzger (born in 1840), daughter of Jacob and Ana (Downing) Metzger, of Lancaster; they had issue: William Augustus, born Oct. 1, 1859, died Sept. 22, 1893; Calvin Mark, born Aug. 31, 1861; Francis Metzger, born Sept. 18, 1865; Robert Spencer, born Sept. 30, 1868; and John McClurg, born Nov. 9, 1874.
8. JOANNA, born Nov. 21, 1833, died aged nine years.
9. WILLIAM ADDISON (born Feb. 2, 1836 - died Nov. 14, 1884) was graduated at Franklin and Marshall College in 1857, and was admitted to the Adams County Bar in 1859. He was prosecuting attorney of Adams county, 1862-65, and 1868-71. He was elected to the XLVIIIth Congress in 1882, but died before the expiration of his term. He married Catherine Schmuker, daughter of Dr. Samuel S. and M. Catherine (Sheenberger) Schmuker; they had issue: Charles M., born April 2, 1864, a lawyer at Gettysburg; William M., born July 14, 1865; John S., born July 7, 1867; and Schmuker.
(III) AUGUSTUS DUNCAN (born at Cashtown, Adams County, March 8, 1829), son of Adam S.E. and Mary (Mark) Duncan, is the only survivor of his family. He was educated in the public schools and in the preparatory department of Marshall College, at Mercersburg. In 1853 he came to Guilford township, where he took charge of the Duncan Mills, on the Falling Spring, which he conducted until 1860 ... After relinquishing the mill he removed to Chambersburg. In 1867 he became one of the purchasers of the "Valley Spirit" newspaper, which he conducted in conjunction with John M. Cooper and William S. Stenger, and later under the firm name of Duncan & Stenger, until 1876. Since the latter year he has led a retired life ... Mr. Duncan married, in 1853, Florence Rowan (died in January, 1860), daughter of Mrs. Catherine Rowan. Children:
1. ANNIE HELEN died aged fifteen years.
2. JEANETTE died aged three years.
3. FLORENCE died when one year old.
1887 "History of Franklin Co. PA" by Warner, Beers & Co. (from Florence Dyess 3/1987)
Pg.635-6: Borough of Chambersburg: AUGUSTUS DUNCAN, Chambersburg, was born in Franklin Twp, Adams Co. PA, March 8, 1829, son of A.S.E. and Mary (Mark) Duncan. He was educated in the public schools and the preparatory department of Franklin & Marshall College, then at Mercersburg, PA. Prior to completing his education he had learned the carpenter's trade. Our subject was married in 1853 to Florence Rowan. The same year he moved to Guilford Twp, this county, where he took charge of the Duncan Mills, at Falling Springs, which he conducted until 1860 .... To Mr. and Mrs. Duncan were born three children, two of whom died in infancy, and one, a daughter, at the age of 15. Mrs. Duncan departed this life in 1860. ...
Pg.893-4: Quincy Twp: GEORGE SMITH, farmer, P.O. Mont Alto, was born in Huntington Twp, Adams Co. PA, Feb. 16, 1818, the youngest of the family of Jacob (a farmer) and Margaret (Fleeger) Smith, former of whom a son of Balcher Smith, died about 1856, at the advanced age of 80 years. On October 2, 1847, he married Martha Duncan, who was born in Cashtown, Adams Co. PA, a daughter of Adam Duncan. After marriage he resided two years in Adams Co., then sold his interest (in a farm) to his brother and rented two years. In 1852 he located on the farm he now owns near Mont Alto, ... He and Mrs. Smith have three children living: Mary Ann L., wife of John R. Avery; Clara D., and Lunetta M., wife of James Zug. Mr. Smith is a Republican; he and his wife are members of the Reformed Church.
"The Kittochtinny magazine : a tentative record of local history and genealogy west of the Susquehanna. v. 1, Jan.-Oct. 1905." (Franklin Co. PA) by G.O. Seilhamer; pub. Chambersburg, Pa.: G.O. Seilhamer, 1905, 438 pgs. (LH 690, HeritageQuest images 6/2007; FHL fiche 6,045,265)
Pg.245-246: Along the Falling Spring, some early surveys ... The mill lands were in two pieces of about 15 acres each, one adjoining the Nancy Lindsay tract, and the other contiguous to the lands of John Lindsay ... David Andrew sold the mill properties to Peter Eberly, April 3, 1822, and Eberly's executors conveyed to Dr. John Duncan, March 31, 1838. Dr. Duncan came from Adams county, and lived in the stone house, still standing at the intersection of the New Franklin road. The house was probably built by David Andrew soon after the Revolution ... The mill, known as Duncan's for nearly half a century, was apparently the second Andrew mill on the upper Falling Spring, ... In 1852, the Duncan mill, then owned by Augustus Duncan, a nephew of Dr. Duncan, was rated at $6,500. Fifty years ago it was one of the second best flouring mills on the stream, outside of Chambersburg, ...
"The Province and the States : Biography : A History of the Province of Louisiana Under France and Spain, and of the Territories and States of the United States Formed Therefrom" in Seven Volumes, Vol.VII, edited by Weston Arthur Goodspeed, pub. Madison, Wis., The Western Historical Association, 1904 (Google Books 2/12/2011)
Pg.246-248: William Mark Duncan, one of the progressive business men of Eureka Springs, Ark., was born at Gettysburg, Pa., July 14, 1865, and is of Scotch-Irish extraction. His paternal ancestors came from Scotland about the middle of the eighteenth century, and some of the family have participated in every war in which the United States has ever been engaged. His father, William A. Duncan was born in Adams county, Pa., February 2, 1836. He graduated from Franklin and Marshall college in 1857, and in 1860 was admitted to the bar. After serving as district attorney and in the Pennsylvania state senate, he was elected to congress in 1882 and re-elected in 1884. He did not live to complete his second term, his death occurring on November 14, 1884. He was a lawyer of fine ability and as a congressman would have made an enviable record had he lived. In 1863 he was married to Miss Catherine Schmucker, the daughter of Rev. Samuel S. Schmucker, founder and president until his death, of the Theological seminary at Gettysburg. To this marriage were born four sons, of whom the second is the subject of this sketch. William M. Duncan was educated in the private schools of Gettysburg, and in 1883 graduated from Pennsylvania college, in his native city, the youngest man in his class. From the time he left college he was his father's private secretary in congress, and after the death of his father became the private secretary of his successor. He remained in this position until 1887, when he resigned and came to Harrison, Ark., where he organized the Bank of Harrison. He conducted this bank for about two years, then disposed of his interests, came to Eureka Springs and bought a controlling interest in the Citizens' Bank, of which he is now the president. This bank is capitalized at twenty-five thousand dollars, has a surplus of more than ten thousand dollars, and deposits amounting to over one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. In 1889, Mr. Duncan consolidated all the different electric companies into the Citizens' Electric Company, which now controls and operates all the light and power interests of Eureka Springs. He is also president of the Syndicate Company which controls most of the centrally located property of the city, as well as large plantation holdings, timber and mining lands. It has made some of the largest deals in mining property in the zinc and lead fields of Northwestern Arkansas, among them the Red Cloud and McIntosh mines. The company now has under construction a large six story hotel building which will be the finest at the Springs when it is completed. Quite a number of the most progressive business interests in (Eureka Springs are due to the enterprising spirit of Mr. Duncan. He is a member and president of the Commercial club and is identified with almost every movement having for its object the betterment of the business and social conditions of the city. As he is now but little past thirty-five years of age he is just approaching that period in life where a man does his best work and it is quite probable that the field of his operations will be enlarged before he passes his fiftieth milestone on life's highway. (MAD: Harrison, Boone Co. AR; Eureka Springs, Carroll Co. AR)
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