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YOLO CO. CA
Formed 1850, Original County
CENSUS RECORDS
1850 Yolo Co. CA Census
Cache Creek Twp
Pg.188, #85, Francis CLARK 30 IREland rancher $5000
John LATHROP 65 ENGland farmer
Pg.188, #86, Wm. R. LANE 26 IN farmer
Sarah W. 18 AR
E.C. (m) 32 IN physician
J.W. (m) 23 IN miner
Wm. DUNCAN 15 IN herder
Pg.188, #88, Henry RUDD 29 Vermont farmer
James RUDD 25 Vermont farmer
Calvin JAMES 33 MO farmer
Robt. R. DUNCAN 20 VA farmer
Joseph GROOM 33 KY farmer
John GROOM 31 KY farmer
Samuel SMITH 37 TN farmer
(MAD: ?? R.R. Duncan 1860 Leavenworth Co. KS census)
1860 Yolo Co. CA Census
Washington Twp.
Pg.601, #435-435, J.W. GRIFFITH (m) 33 OH farmer $6000-$9470
J.W. (m) 23 OH farmer $0-$200
J.M. ELLIDY (m) 35 IN laborer
W.H. HOYT (m) 22 WI laborer
G.C. ALLIN (m) 33 CT laborer
L. DUNCAN (m) 27 OH laborer
Cottonwood Twp.
Pg.661, #944-944, W.G. DUNCAN (m) 30 VA stock dealer $1000-$2135
W.H. (m) 21 MO
(MAD: Wyatt Godfrey Duncan, 1850 El Dorado Co. CA census)
Slate Range Twp.
Pg.687, #261-232, G.W. BAILEY (m) 45 VA miner $0-$300
Capt. DUNCAN 45 MA ("Mass") miner $0-$300
Wm. SMITH 25 MD miner $0-$200
1870 Yolo Co. CA Census
Buckeye Twp.
Pg.416, #191-175, MASON, Horace S. 30 OH farmer $0-$1000
Jane 28 IA keeping house
Annie (f) 8, Edwin 6, Arthur 2 CA
DUNCAN, Emma 9 CA
Cottonwood Twp.
Pg.460-1, #42-41, DUNCAN, Franklin 32 IN farmer $0-$0
Sarah A. 21 TN keeping house, mar. in Oct.
(MAD: ? Benjamin Franklin Duncan, brother of Wyat G., but see household #239 below)
Pg.469, #236-226, HUNGATE, Harrison H. 34 IL farmer $12,800-$5,000
Mary C. 33 MO keeping house
Charles A. 12, Ida J. 10, Susan N. 7 IL
Nancy E. 3 CA
KEYES, George 40 NY farm laborer
DUNCAN, Cyrus 19 IL laborer $0-$200
HUNGATE, Mattie (f) 29 IL school teacher
Laura 24 IL
(MAD: Harrison Hungate mar. Mary C. Duncan 8/20/1857 McDonough Co. IL; James Cyrus Duncan; ch. of Charles Duncan & Dorcas Coffman of 1860 Henderson Co. IL census)
Pg.469, #237-227, DARBY, Robert R. 42 AL farmer & Co.School Supt. $9600-$1000
Susan E. 36 NC keeping house
Flora L. 16, Alonzo E. 11 CA
Letitia A. 8, Roberta (f) 1 CA
MALLOCK, Daniel 30 KY farmer $1000-$500
Pg.469, #238-228, DUNCAN, Wyat G. 40 VA farmer $25,000-$8,000
William H. 35 MO farming $0-$0
Helen 23 MA keeping house
Elizabeth 6, John 4, Mary 1 CA
Pg.469, #239-229, DUNCAN, Benjamin 30 IN farmer $0-$0
Atlantic (f) 21 MO keeping house
BIBB, Samuel 21 MO farm laborer
(no last name) Jack 20 CA "Ind" farm laborer
(no last name) John 18 CA "Ind" farm laborer
Grafton Twp.
Pg.478, #17-17, HARKNESS, Edson 26 OH farming $0-$0
SMITH, Henry 31 GERmany laborer, parents of foreign birth
DACY, Daniel D. 30 ITaly laborer $0-$400, parents of foreign birth
BURBANK, Charles X. 44 NY farming $0-$700
(no last name) Tom 25 CA "Ind" farm laborer
(no last name) Bill 20 CA "Ind" farm laborer
(no last name) Jim 30 CA "Ind" farm laborer
WILLET, Samuel 30 MI laborer
DUNCAN, Robert 47 IRE laborer, parents of foreign birth
HAMILTON, James 37 IRE laborer, parents of foreign birth
Pg.479, #22-22, HOFFMAN, Henry C. 46 PA farmer $3,200-$3,000
DUNCAN, William 28 IL laborer
Ah Jee 23 China "C" (race) cook $0-$0, parents of foreign birth
Pg.491, #286-265, DALE, Milton 38 MO farmer $7,000-$8,000
Judith F. 29 MO keeping house
Alice 11 MO
Clifford (m) 9, Elizabeth F. 6 CA
Minna L. (f) 4 CA
John M. 4/12 CA b.April
BALL, John 21 MO laborer
DUNCAN, William 26 IL farming
Pg.500, #522-457, DUNGAN, John B. 30 VA farmer $3,500-$2,000
Eliza 31 KY keeping house
Robert Lee 4, Thomas 1 CA
Annie 4/12 CA b.March
CAMPBELL, Lucy 20 MO
Robert 1 CA
Merritt Twp.
Pg.503, #27-25, WELCH, Henry 43 PA farmer $7,000-$650?
Letitia 49 NY keeping house
DUNCAN, James 26 IRE laborer, parents of foreign birth
Putah Twp.
Pg.521, #323-288, DUNCAN, Henry 22 IL farmer $2000-$500 (alone)
Washington Twp.
Pg.533, #111-109, DUNCAN, John 43 KY ship carpenter $0-$150
Mary A. 36 ENG keeping house, parents of foreign birth
Sarah J. 14, Emma K. 8 MO, mother of foreign birth
William T. 5 MO, mother of foreign birth
(MAD: 1860 St.Clair Co. IL census)
VITAL RECORDS
Marriage and Death Records, Yolo Co. CA Recorder's Office, Woodland, CA (personal trip by MAD ca 1977, partial only)
MARRIAGES
Cranston, R.B. to Alma M. Henry, 1 Jan. 1888; Alma M. Henry aged 25, native Michigan.
Duncan, W.G. of Missouri, aged 50 years, to Mary E. Franklin, native CA, aged 19 years, 13 March 1879.
Duncan, Howard Franklyn, father E.E. Duncan of IL; mother Ada Webb (1908-1910) ....
Duncan, William B., father Benjamin Duncan, born Missouri, 13 Oct. 1910, to ....
DEATHS
Duncan, William K., 17 Aug. 1889, aged 64 years 11 mos 20 days, married, native Tennessee.
Duncan, Mrs. W.E., 26 Dec. 1891, age 52 years, native Missouri, widow.
Duncan, Mrs. Wm., 26 Sept. 1893, age 46 years, 4 mos, 25 days, native Miss.
Duncan, James C., 10 Feb. 1899, native CA, aged 27 years 3 mos, -- days, single
Duncan, B.F., 17 Aug. 1895, native Indiana, aged 55 years, 6 mos, 15 days, married
CA Death Indexes, 1905-1929 and 1930-1939 (1905-1929 from CA State Library, Sacramento, and FHL microfilm 1,686,044, A to Emerson, Geo.; 1930-1939 from FHL microfilm 1,686,048, A to Hetterman)
MAD Note: An index to California Birth Records, 1905-1995, and California Death Records, 1940-1997, has been posted at Rootsweb:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/roots-l/USA/ca/data.html
Decedent name (8 characters maximum in first name); Spouse initials; Age, Place, Date of death; Year registered - State file number (MAD: added birth year)
Duncan, Elizebet J.; 68 years, Yolo Co., died 12/28/07; 07-32703
Duncan, Henry C.; spouse D.; 76 years, Yolo Co., died 12/25/25; 25-59398 (b.1849)
Duncan, Nora; spouse H.F.; 35 years, Yolo Co., died 1/4/19; 19-8163
Duncan, Sanford E.; 34 years, Yolo Co., died 10/19/15; 15-33085
Duncan, Sterling S.; 2 years, Yolo Co., died 12/8/14; 14-39330
Duncan, Susan A.; spouse B.F.; 83 years, Yolo Co., died 1/9/33; 33-7129
Duncan, Victor C.; spouse E.; 35 years, Yolo Co., died 1/28/36; 36-7283
Duncan, Wyatt G.; 86 years, Yolo Co., died 4/26/15; 15-13723 (b.1829)
COURT RECORDS
Go to the Yolo Co. CA Court Records
OTHER RECORDS
"Yolo County Great Register & Supplement, 1898" (now in possession of Yolo Co. Historical Society, Woodland)
Pg.10, Capay Precinct
#451 Duncan, Wyatt Godfrey, farmer, age 67, 5'11", light complexion, blue eyes, grey hair, native Virginia, address Capay, Registered 6/19/1896
#452 Duncan, John Wyatt, farmer, age 29, 5'10", light, blue, brown, native CA, 5/11/1896
#453 Duncan, Frank William, farmer, age 24, 6', light, gray, light, native CA, 5/28/1896
#454 Duncan, Robert Iverson, farmer, age 22, 6'1/2", light, blue, light, native CA, 5/21/1896
#455 Duncan, Marshall Lewis, farmer, age 21, 5'9-1/2", dark, black, black, native CA, 8/8/1896
Pg.14, Clarksburg Precinct, Supplement
#665 Duncan, William Marvin, hunter, age 26, 5'8-1/2", light, blue, light, lame in left leg, native CA, address Clarksburg, 8/8/1898
Pg.43, Madison Precinct, Supplement
#2108 Duncan, Walter Godfrey, farmer, age 21, 5'10", dark, brown, black, native CA, 7/23/1898
Pg.60, West Winters Precinct
#2998 Duncan, Jesse Amac, fruit grower, age 60, 5'11-1/2", light, gray, gray, native Missouri, 6/23/1896
Pg.62, West Winters Supplement
#3098 Duncan, Jesse A., laborer, age 62, 5'11-3/4", dark, gray, gray, native Missouri, 7/23/1898
Pg.73, Woodland Precinct No. 2
#3647 Duncan, John, ship caulker, age 69, 5'7", light, gray, gray, scar on nose, left arm off, native Kentucky, 7/11/1896
#3648 Duncan, James Clarence, liquor dealer, age 25, 5'10", med., blue, brown, native CA, 5/21/1896
#3650 Duncan, William Thomas, saloon keeper, age 31, 5'10", dark, blue, black, native Missouri, 5/4/1896
"Index to Capay Precinct Register, 8/16/1910", now in possession of Yolo Co. Historical Society, Woodland; Pg.3
#56 Duncan, Wyatt G., farmer, age 81, democrat, Capay
#57 Duncan, Frank William, farmer, age 38, democrat, Capay
#58 Duncan, Robert Iverson, farmer, age 36, democrat, Capay
#59 Duncan, Walter Godfrey, farmer, age 33, democrat, Capay
#60 Duncan, Wyatt Godfrey, farmer, age 31, democrat, Capay
"Index to Capay Precinct Register, 1912" now in possession of Yolo Co. Historical Society, Woodland
#32 Duncan, Wyatt Godfrey, rancher, male, demo. (Democrat), Capay
#33 Duncan, Mary Franklin, housewife, female, demo., Capay
#34 Duncan, Frank William, farmer, male, demo., Capay
#35 Duncan, Susan Atlanta, housewife, female, demo., Capay
#36 Duncan, Victoria, housewife, female, demo., Capay
#37 Duncan, Mary Irene, housewife, female, demo., Capay
#38 Duncan, Bessie Eleanor, housewife, female, demo., Capay
#39 Duncan, Marcia Mary, housewife, female, demo., Capay
#40 Duncan, Bertha Lee, musician, female, demo., Capay
#41 Duncan, William Bruce, rancher, male, demo., Capay
HISTORIES before 1923
"A Memorial and biographical history of Northern California : containing a history of this important section of the Pacific coast from the earliest period of its occupancy to the present time : together with glimpses of its prospective future, full-page portraits of its most eminent men, and biographical mention of many of its pioneers and also of prominent citizens of to-day." by John B Montgomery, W A Bartlett, J S Missroon, Wm L Todd; pub. Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1891, 871 pgs. (LH10557, HeritageQuest images 4/2007; FHL film 468,756 item 3 and 1,000,098 item 1; CA State Library book qc979.41 M5a)
Pg.376-377: B.F. DUNCAN, an extensive rancher of the Capay Valley, was born February 2, 1840, in Vigo County, Indiana, and the son of John I. and Margaret (Toler) Duncan, natives of Virginia. The senior Duncan followed agricultural pursuits all his life. At one time he was judge of this district. In 1842 he removed to Missouri, where he remained until his death, which occurred when he was seventy-four years old; his wife also died in that State, in 1849. Mr. B.F. Duncan, our subject, was raised on the farm in Missouri. At the age of 21 years he enlisted in Company G., Captain Curry, Eighth Regiment, Colonel Mitchell, Parson's Brigade, Cavalry, and was six months in the service. He was mustered out at Shreveport, Louisiana, after a service of three years and three months. Was wounded four times, twice in one engagement. ... After the war he remained in Missouri until 1870, when he came to California and settled near Cottonwood, Yolo County, on land which he purchased. He remained there until 1878, when he sold out and purchased his present place two miles west of Capay, in the celebrated Capay Valley. This ranch consists of 737 acres of choice bottom land, on which Mr. Duncan carries on a general farming business, and is preparing to establish himself in the fruit industry next year (1891). He is a very practical man and enterprising. He has two brothers in this county, whose sketches will be found elsewhere in this volume. (MAD: nothing said about a wife) (MAD: see Barry Co. MO and Amherst Co. VA)
Pg.619-620: W.G. DUNCAN, a farmer near Capay, Yolo County, was born October 1, 1828, in Amherst County, Virginia, the son of John I. and Margaret (Toler) Duncan, natives also of that State, who moved to the northern part of Missouri when their son was a small boy. Remaining with his parents until 1850, the subject of this sketch, in company with his brother, William H., came overland to California, with Dr. Lane, who supplied the penniless boys with the necessaries of the journey, in consideration of half their earnings for a year. They followed mining at Mud Springs for three months, but with little profit, and Dr. Lane agreed to release them with three months' work for him, which proposition was accepted and the work done. The brothers then followed mining again, until the spring of 1853, when they took up a tract of land two and a half miles from their present place. In 1869 they disposed of that farm to Mr. Woodard. During the previous year they had bought the place where they now reside, a mile from Capay, where they now have 7,300 acres, besides eighty acres near Woodland. Mr. Duncan was married in Woodland, March 13, 1879, to Miss Mary Franklin, a native of California, and they have one child, who was born in 1883 and is named Elvira G.
Pg.619-620, W.G. Duncan of Yolo Co. CA, is also available on the following webpage, transcribed by Bonnie Phelan:
http://www.cagenweb.com/archives/Biographies/yolo/yolo-dunc.htm
Pg.625: HENRY F. JUDY, at Winters, born in Clark County, Kentucky, March 21, 1858. In March, 1860, he was taken by his parents to Missouri, where he lived until 1880, when he came to California. In 1883 to Winters ... He was married in Oakland, September 15, 1885, to Lucy Sparks, who was born October 26, 1864, in Sutter County, this State, a daughter of E.J. and Mary (Duncan) Sparks; her father is a native of North Carolina and her mother of Missouri. (MAD: Winters, Yolo Co. CA)
Pg.697: B.B. FRANKLIN, rancher between Woodland and Madison, is a son of Willis and Mary H. (Hamilton) Franklin, both natives of Virginia. The subject of this sketch was born in Tennessee, in 1828; at the age of 13 years he went to Barry Co. MO, where he remained until 1850 ... to the Golden State (ca 1852) located in Yolo Co. ... His first marriage was to Elvira E. Ditht, a native of Kentucky. They have two children: John H. and Mary E.; the latter is now the wife of G. Duncan, a farmer of Yolo County. Mr. Franklin was married a second time, to Adeline H. Hertford, a native of Tennessee, and they have one son, Benjamin B. ... (MAD: name "Ditht" as given)
1913 "History of Yolo County, California, with biographical sketches" by Tom Gregory, pub. by Historic Record Company (CA State Library book qc979.451 G8; FHL film 547,559 item 1)
Pg.304-6: JAMES M. McHENRY ... A native of White Co. KY (sic), Mr. McHenry removed to MO with his parents, who spent their last years in that section. His father, James McHenry, a farmer by occupation, married Miss Moody, a relative of the famous Evangelist Moody. James McHenry, Jr., successfully conducted a farm in MO until his marriage with Miss Pierce, whereupon he disposed of his eastern interests and crossed the plains with his bride in the early '50s. For some months he mined with varying success, later engaging in the teaming and livery business in Modesto, CA, where he built the first hotel in that section. Upon the death of his wife, who left two daughters, Margareta, Mrs. Paul Tietzen, of Berkeley, and Almeda, Mrs. Davidson, of Santa Maria, he sold his business in Stanislaus Co. and removed to Santa Rosa, where he continued to exert his efforts as a progressive and capable citizen, contributing largely to the development of that locality until 1873, when he settled in Woodland. Shortly thereafter, in partnership with M. Eaton, he opened an up-to-date livery barn, conducting also many other public enterprises, including the survey and maintenance of a stage road between Woodland and Lake county. Upon the sale of his livery interest to H. C. Duncan he engaged in agricultural pursuits near Esparto, Yolo county.
January 25, 1875, Mr. McHenry married his second wife, Mrs. Elizabeth (Duncan) Keithly, born near St. Joseph, MO, and to their union two children were born: William Lane, who now resides near Esparto, and Ethel Terry, who after her graduation from the San Francisco Business College became the wife of Charles P. Murphy of that city. ....
Elizabeth Duncan was the daughter of Charles and Dorcas (Coffman) Duncan, natives of TN and MD, respectively, and received her education in the public schools near St. Joseph, MO. Her paternal grandfather, Joel Duncan, of Scotch parentage, was also a native of TN and settled in McDonough Co. IL, where he farmed until his death. His son Charles spent his youth in IL, removing later to Andrew Co. MO, where he operated a farm for a time. Later he located in Henderson Co. IL, where he remained until 1864, going thence to California, with his wife and seven children, in company with twelve families westward bound, their well-stocked wagons being drawn by horses. After five months of weary travel, not the least of their troubles having been the necessity of frequently keeping the Indians at bay, they reached Yolo county, where Mr. Duncan filed upon a homestead near Plainfield, actively conducting his ranch until his death in 1886, at the age of eighty years, lacking but two weeks. Of the various sections in which Mr. Duncan had made his home, he found no climate so agreeable as that of California, which he termed the land of sunshine and flowers.
Mr. Duncan was united in marriage with Dorcas Coffman, who was born in MD and who accompanied her parents to Hancock Co. IL. Her father, Jacob Coffman, born in MD, was a farmer by occupation, and with his wife spent his last years in IL. Mr. and Mrs. Duncan were blessed with the following children: Louisa J., now Mrs. W.J. Chard, of Washington; Mary C., who became the wife of H.H. Hungate, and who now resides in Walla Walla, Wash.; Elizabeth, Mrs. McHenry; William J., who makes his home in Waitsburg, Wash.; Nancy A., now Mrs. J.T. McJunkin of Hanford, CA; H.C., who resides in Fair Oaks, CA; James C., of Shasta county; and Lane, who prior to his removal to Garfield County, Wash., served for eight years as clerk of Yolo county.
January 25, 1866, Elizabeth Duncan became the wife of William Keithly, who was born in Indiana, and who moved to McDonough Co. IL, with his parents, Jacob and Sarah (Roberts) Keithly. The son assisted upon his father's farm until 1852, when, with his brother John, he crossed the plains to Yolo Co. CA, with the aid of ox-teams. Later he took up a homestead and engaged in stock raising, but owing to continued exposure under adverse climatic conditions his health failed to the extent that in 1869 he was forced to sell his interests. Shortly thereafter he purchased a ranch of one thousand and ninety-two acres in the Esparto section, conducting his affairs with great success until his death in Sacramento in 1872, when but forty-five years old. Mr. and Mrs. Keithly were the parents of three children, as follows: Frank, who is a farmer near Esparto; Charles H., who resides in Prince Rupert, Canada; and Hattie, Mrs. Mehmedoff, of Esparto.
Since the death of her second husband Mrs. McHenry has divided her time between the home ranch and her Woodland residence, continuing an active interest in the affairs of the estate, which, in 1909, was sub-divided and sold, the heirs reserving forty acres each.
William Lane McHenry was married to Rosella Carrick, whose birth occurred in Yreka, Siskiyou Co. CA. They now make their home in Yolo county, where, in addition to his share of his father's estate, Mr. McHenry conducts a ten-acre tract devoted to horticulture, his enterprise and good management having placed him among the leading citizens of the community.
Highly cultured, and of a generous, sympathetic temperament, Mrs. McHenry is greatly beloved ....
Pg.365: WYATT GODFREY DUNCAN .... The founder of the Duncan family in America was Wyatt Duncan, a native of Scotland and for many years a planter in Virginia, but eventually a pioneer of Missouri, where he died in Callaway county at a great age. Among his children was a son, Judge John I. Duncan, who was born in Virginia April 15, 1807, grew to manhood at the old homestead, married Margaret Toler and after his marriage settled in the western part of the Old Dominion. About 1833 he took his family to Missouri and settled upon raw land in Callaway county. Later he returned east as far as Indiana and rented land in Vigo county, but not being satisfied he went back to Missouri, where he bought a large tract in Barry county. .... His death occurred January 18, 1876, when he was almost sixty-nine years of age. His wife was born in Virginia and died August 18, 1849, in Missouri. Her father, Godfrey Toler, came to the United States during young manhood and settled in Virginia, where he engaged in farming. After many years he settled among the pioneer farmers of Indiana. Later he went to Barry Co. MO, and there he passed away November 4, 1843, at an advanced age.
There were twelve children in the family of Judge Duncan. Five of the number are still living. The eldest of the family, Wyatt Godfrey, was born in Amherst Co. VA, October 1, 1828, and was taken to Missouri at five years of age, later went to Indiana with the family and then returned to Missouri, whence he started with a brother, William, to California, April 24, 1850 ... which ended uneventfully September 1, 1850, at the mines near Eldorado.
Thus it was that Mr. Duncan came to Yolo county in 1851. ... With his brother, William, he came to Yolo county during the spring of 1853 from Yreka, Siskiyou county.
The marriage of Mr. Duncan took place March 13, 1879, in Woodland, this state, and united him with Miss Mary Franklin, who was born and reared near that city. Her parents, Benjamin and Elvira (Wright) Franklin, were natives, respectively, of Tennessee and Kentucky ... (Wyatt & Mary) Their only daughter, Elvira Grey, is the wife of J.W. Monroe, of Woodland, and the only son, Wyatt G., assists in looking after the home farm.
1879 "The Illustrated atlas and history of Yolo County, California : containing a history of California from 1513 to 1850, history of Yolo County from 1825 to 1880, and the official county map" pub. by DePue, San Francisco (Yolo Co. Public Library, Woodland, CA; also on FHL film 468,752 item 2)
Pg.86: DUNCAN, WM. H. and W.G., crossed the plains, driving stock for Dr. E.C. Lane, to pay their passage, and W.G. stopped on the way at Mud Springs (El Dorado Co.), and the other brother came on to Yolo county direct. The next Spring both were in the mines. In the Fall they changed places, Wm. H. remaining during the Winter to prospect, while the other brother visited the valley. In the Summer of 1852, they together prospected north until Oregon was reached, and then returned, in the Spring of 1853, to Yolo county together. ... The last named year (1857) W.G. went to Mendocino county ... until 1859, when he drove back a herd of about 900 head of cattle to Cache Creek, where he has remained since. Wm. H. in the mean time had continued in Dr. Lane's employ, which he did not leave until the Spring of 1861, when he joined his brother, but went away again in the Spring of 1862 ... He visited northern California, Oregon, Washington Territory and Idaho, returning the same year ...
William H. was born in Millersburg, Callaway Co. MO, January 30th, 1838. At twelve years of age, he crossed the plains, and was married to Helen M. Reed, of Folsom, Sacramento county, California, August 2d, 1863. Their children's names are Lizzie L., Mary L., John W., Frank W., Lewis M., Walter G., and Clarence H.
W.G. was born in Amherst Co. VA, October 1st, 1828, and before coming to California resided in Barry Co. MO. He was married March 13, 1879, to Mary Franklin, in Woodland, ....
Pg.87: DUNCAN, B.F., was born in Vigo Co. IN, February 2, 1840. His parents moved in 1841 to Missouri, where the subject of this sketch remained until 1871, when he came to California and settled in Yolo county. ... He is a brother of W.G. and Wm. H., and their residence in Yolo county was the main inducement that caused him to break up his home in Missouri and come to this coast. On 30 October 1869, he was married to S.A. Brattin in Barry Co. MO, Professor Morris officiating. They have had six children, four of whom are now living, as follows: M.A., born September 21, 1875; H.M., born April 15, 1877; R.I., born February 20, 1874, and W.G., born December 21, 1878. L.J. was born July 22, 1872, and died March 11, 1875. ....
Pg.98: DUNCAN, Henry C., a native of Illinois, born March 31, 1849. He lived in his native State until he came to California in 1864, across the plains. He settled in Yolo county the same year, and has been engaged in farming since. In 1874, he purchased the Woodland and Lower Lake Stage Line, of which he is still the proprietor. He was married to Dollie Chinn, at Woodland, October 3d, 1878, by Rev. J.N. Pendergast. Mr. Duncan owns 160 acres of land, all of which is under cultivation. His post-office address is Capay.
1879 "McKenney's District Directory for 1878-9 of Yolo, Solano, Napa, Lake, Marin and Sonoma Cos. CA" (FHL fiche 6,125,780; alphabetic within town or township; from page by page)
Yolo County, Capay (pg.11):
Duncan, B.F., 374 acres
Duncan, H.C., liv stab and prop'r Cal Q S M stage line, 160 acres
Duncan, W.H. and H.G., 5632 acres
Hungate, H.H., 720 acres
Yolo County, Woodland (pg.35):
Duncan, Chas., 160 acres
"The western shore gazetteer and commercial directory for the state of California : containing the names of all the adult male citizens of the state, their occupations and professions, the amount of capital invested, value of property, as near as can be ascertained from the most reliable sources, the county, town and election precinct in which each resides, and his post-office address : Yolo County : one volume being devoted to each county of the state, giving a brief history of each county, its organization, past and present county, town and precinct officers, the kind and value of its imports and exports, condition of its finances, its mining, manufacturing and agricultural resources, etc., etc. : the names as well as business and profession of each individual arranged in alphabetical order, convenient for reference : together with a copious index to all advertisements and business callings" by C.P. Sprague; pub. Woodland Calif.: C.P. Sprague & H.W. Atwell, c1870, 608 pgs. (LH11398, HeritageQuest images 4/2007; FHL film 1,000,132 item 5)
Pg.190: (marriages) William Keithly and Elizabeth Duncan, January 25th, 1866.
Residents and Occupations.
Pg.281: Duncan, John, Ky.; caulker, Washington; Post-office, Sacramento.
Duncan, Charles, Tenn.; farmer, residence 8 miles SW from Woodland; one hundred and sixty acres of land, Division 3, all in cultivation; value, two thousand dollars; capital invested, eight hundred dollars; North Putah Precinct, Putah Township; Post-office, Woodland.
Duncan, Henry, Ill.; farmer, resides 8 miles SW from Woodland; one hundred and sixty acres of land, Division 3, all in cultivation; value, two thousand dollars; capital invested, eight hundred dollars; North Putah Precinct, Putah Township; Post-office, Woodland.
Duncan, David, Ireland; laborer, Fremont Township; Post-office, Sacramento.
Duncan, E.G., Mo.; farmer, with Wm. H. Duncan, West Cottonwood Precinct, Cottonwood Township; Post-office, Cache Creek.
Duncan, Wm. H., Mo.; farmer, with E.G. Duncan, residence 7 miles N from Cottonwood, 17 miles NW from Woodland; three thousand four hundred acres of land, Divisions 3 and 4, four hundred acres in cultivation; staple, wheat, value of real estate, seventeen thousand dollars; deals in sheep and wool [see stock tables]; Post-office, Cache Creek. (MAD: stock tables not looked at)
Pg.282: Duncan & Beaumont; farmers, Putah Township Post-office, Davisville.
Pg.505: Business Directory: Caulker. Duncan, John; Post-office, Sacramento.
Pg.534: Shepherds and Sheep-Owners. Duncan, Wm. H., 7 miles N from Cottonwood, sheep and wool for sale; Post-office, Cache Creek.
1906 "History of the state of California and biographical record of the Sacramento Valley, California" by Prof. James Miller Guinn, pub. by Chapman Pub. Co. (FHL film 468,760 item 2 and 1,000,095 item 2; CA State Library book qc 920.079 G9; also from Vivian Biddle; Sacramento FHC book 979.453 H964g)
Pg.1664: JAMES M. McHENRY ... The widow of Mr. McHenry was in maidenhood Elizabeth Duncan, who was born near St. Joseph, Mo. Her father, Charles Duncan, was born in Tennessee, a son of Joel Duncan, also a native of the same state, whence he removed to McDonough Co. IL, and engaged as a farmer until his death. He was of Scotch descent and inherited the qualities of manhood characteristic of the natives of that country.
Charles Duncan became a resident of Illinois in boyhood and in young manhood removed to Andrew Co. MO, where he followed his early training and became a farmer. Subsequently he returned to McDonough Co. IL, thence to Henderson county, same state, where he made his home until 1864, in which year he crossed the plains with his wife and seven children ... making the trip, which lasted from March to July, with horse teams, there being but twelve wagons in the party. Although the Indians were very troublesome they came through safely and upon his arrival in California, Mr. Duncan ... Plainfield, where his death occurred in 1886, lacking but fifteen days of being eighty years old. ...
He was a member of the Baptist Church, as was his wife, formerly Dorcas Coffman, a native of Kentucky, and the daughter of Jacob Coffman, who settled in Hancock Co. IL, where he died. ...
Reared in Illinois, Elizabeth Duncan received her education in the public schools of that state, and in 1864 ... William Keithly ... Born of this marriage were three children, namely: Frank, who conducts a part of the home ranch; Charles H., located in McCloud, Cal.; and Hattie, widow of W.E. West, and now residing in Alaska.
Pg. 1565-6: EDWIN E. DUNCAN. Although a resident but a brief time of Yolo county, Edwin E. Duncan has already established for himself a reputation among the progressive and enterprising farmers. He is located on a forty-acre ranch one mile west of Woodland, which property is given over to the cultivation ....
A native of Illinois, he was born near Pekin, Tazewell county, March 13, 1866. His grandfather and father, both named George, were natives of Scotland, who became early settlers of Illinois, both engaging as farmers in that state throughout their entire lives. His mother, formerly Jessie Tyrie, was also a native of Scotland. She still survives her husband and makes her home in Illinois. She was the mother of ten children, of whom eight are living, Edwin E. being the third in order of birth. He was reared to young manhood in his native state, receiving his education in the district school in the vicinity of his home. When nineteen years old he rented a part of the old home, upon which he engaged in farming and stock-raising until 1901, when he removed to Wapello Co. IA, and in the vicinity of Ottumwa bought a farm of two hundred and three acres. He remained in that location for two years engaged in farming, when he returned to Illinois and in Morton county followed the real estate business. In March, 1904, he came to California and in the vicinity of Woodland purchased property which he still owns and operates, having met with success thus far in his labors. ....
In Morton, Tazewell Co. IL, Mr. Duncan was united in marriage with Ada L. Webb, a native of that place, and the daughter of Francis Webb, a farmer by occupation, but who is now residing in Woodland, on North street. They are the parents of two children, Howard and Stanley. Fraternally Mr. Duncan is identified ....
Pg.1612: WYATT GODFREY DUNCAN. More than one hundred years have passed since Wyatt Duncan crossed the ocean from his native Scotland and settled in Virginia, where he took up the life of a planter in the midst of an environment of activity and enterprise characteristic of the Old Dominion in that era. After a long period of usefulness in that section of the country he eventually removed to Missouri, where he died in Callaway county at an advanced age. Next in line of descent was John I. (father of Wyatt Godfrey), who was born in Virginia April 15, 1807, and grew to manhood on the home plantation. After his marriage he settled in the western part of Virginia, but about 1833 proceeded still further west and identified himself with the pioneers of Callaway Co. MO, where he followed farming and stock-raising. After a few years he removed to Vigo Co. IN, and settled on a rented farm, but, not satisfied with prospects there, he returned to Missouri, where he bought a large tract of land in Barry county. .... His death occurred January 18, 1876, when he was almost sixty-nine years of age.
On the maternal side Wyatt G. Duncan traces his lineage to Godfrey Toler, .... His daughter, Margaret, was born in Virginia, accompanied the family to Indiana, thence went to Missouri, and there died August 18, 1849. .... Among the children born of her marriage to Judge John I. Duncan, was a son, Wyatt Godfrey, whose birth occurred in Amherst Co. VA, October 1, 1829, and who accompanied his parents in their removal westward. Not long after the death of his mother he started out in the world for himself. April 24, 1850, in company with a brother, William, he started for the Pacific coast. (See 1913 History; almost word for word) ....
"Yolo Co. (CA) From Then Till Now" organized by Eleanor K. Bandy, Yolo Co. Superintendent of Schools, as a teaching aid, no date (Yolo Co. Public Library, Woodland, CA)
LANGVILLE. The little town of Langville, a hamlet between the hills, rested at the entrance of "Barley-de-he," the Indian garden of Eden ... In 1857, the firm of Empyre and Munch erected a two-story building ... James McHenry came in 1874 and started in September a line of stages between Woodland and the young town. On the 31st of December of that year, just upon the threshold of a change from the new to the old, the town plat was filed for record, and Langville was first known among her sister villages on the first morning of the new year 1875. H.C. Duncan became the proprietor of a stage line in 1874, that was extended, first to the Quicksilver Mine in 1874 and again to Lower Lake, in Lake County, in July, 1879, making a total length of sixty-five miles of staging, views rarely surpassed for scenic grandeur. The town of Langville then consisted of about twenty-five dwelling houses, two hotels, ... two livery stables, one harness shop, a hall, post office, and school house. (MAD: later name changed to Capay.)
1885 "History of McDonough County, Illinois : together with sketches of the towns, villages and townships, educational, civil, military and political history, portraits of prominent individuals, and biographies of the representative citizens" by Continental Historical Co. (FHL book 977.342 H2h and film 1,000,503 item 2)
Pg.90: Russell Duncan, was also a settler of 1830. ... With him came his brother Charles Duncan, who was a single man. He made his home sometime with his brother, but moved to Hancock (sic) county. Later he came back, but afterwards, during the time of the rush to California, he fell in with the tide of emigration, and moved to that Eldorado of the west, where he now resides. (MAD: Yolo Co. CA)
Pg.860: Blandinsville Township: Russell Duncan also came in 1830. Charles Duncan came about the same time. As he was a single man, he took up a claim with his brother, Russell, with whom he lived until his father came to the township. He afterward removed to Hancock county, but did not remain there a great while, returning to this township. He subsequently removed to California, where he now resides.
OTHER SOURCES
A cemetery transcription of the Capay Cemetery in Yolo County has been posted by Fred Kemmerle in 2006:
www.interment.net/data/us/ca/yolo/capay/index.htm
"The McClure Story" by Jerry Duane Duncan, 1983 (FHL book 929.273 M132d)
MAD: Pg.116 contains information on John Risel Duncan, b. Scotland, to CA during the Gold Rush or shortly thereafter, said to have returned to VA, married Sarah Ellen Ecker. Children include Frank Duncan, James Bradford Duncan b. 10/18/1861 Winters [Yolo Co.], CA, Lee Duncan, Ollie Duncan, Etta Duncan, Eva Duncan, Sarah Duncan. The book gives some more information about the family.
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