IROQUOIS CO. IL
Formed 1833 from Vermilion
Will formed 1836 from Cook, Iroquois
Kankakee formed 1853 from Iroquois, Will
 

CENSUS RECORDS

1840-1850 Iroquois Co. IL Census
      No Duncan indexed

1860 Iroquois Co. IL Census
Ashkum
Pg.163, #1282-1164, James DUNKIN 39 SCT farmer $6270-$5900
                  Christine 30 SCT
                  Hector 13 NY
                  James 11, Hattie 9, John 7 NY
                  William 5, Robert 3 NY
                  Isabela 1 IL
                  J.B. KERR (m) 40 SCT carpenter $6000-$100
                  P. BONCE (m) 23 SCT carpenter $0-$50
                  Wm. ROGER 20 ENG farm laborer
                  M. ALTMAN (m) 22 NY farm laborer
                  Edwin WILKS 18 ENG farm laborer
                  Mary WATERS 19 ENG servant
                  (MAD: 1850 Erie Co. NY census; Hector Duncan in 1870 Cook Co. IL census)

1870 Iroquois Co. IL Census
Ash Grove Twp. (first names first)
Pg.218, #69-65, Newal DUNCAN 40 IL farmer $4800-$800
                  Mary J. 33 IL housekeeper
                  Harry (m) 16, Cring (f) 13 IL
                  Alva (m) 11, Frank 8 IL
                  Mary 4, Asa 2 IL
                  Liza 5/12 IL b.March
                  Frank BRATTON 12 IL
                  George 10, Thomas 6 IL
                  (MAD: 1860 Vermilion Co. IL census; Cring 13 was Christian 4 in 1860)
Onarga Twp., Town of Onarga (households have two sets of numbers)
Pg.424, #446-442, (written above)
                  #346-342, (on line, in same handwriting as rest of text)
                  SMITH, George 24 MD farmer $0-$600
                  DUNCAN, Ben 34 IL farmer $0-$650
                  "Matha" (f) 22 IN keeps house
                  Edward 3, Jessee (m) 2 IL
 

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, Benjamin F., widow Duncan, Martha E.; B 25 Ill. Inf.; 1882 Aug. 31, Invalid Appl. #458601, Cert. #238914, Ill; 1918 Nov. 30, Widow Appl. #1132067, Cert. #862657, Kans. (1900 Jewell Co. KS, b.1836 IL; 1870-1880 Iroquois Co. IL, 1880 as Frank Duncan)
      Duncan, Charles, widow Duncan, Mary J.; H 85 Ill. Inf.; 1890 Aug. 4, Invalid Appl. #858249, Cert. #916807, IL; 1926 Nov. 26, Widow Appl. #1562228, Cert. #A-4-18-27, IL. (MAD: from Woodland [Iroquois Co.] IL per IL Civil War database)
      Duncan, Newell, widow Duncan, Mary J.; K 76 & B 125 Ill. Inf.; 1891 Feb. 10, Invalid Appl. #995016, no cert., Colo.; 1892 Jan. 11, Widow Appl. #536833, Cert. #395276, Colo. (MAD: 1850-1860 Vermilion Co. IL; 1870-1880 Iroquois Co. IL; she in ?? 1900 Weld Co. CO)
      Duncan, William; Cav. Co. B 36 Ill. Inf., K 15 Ill. Cav., K 10 Ill. Cav.; 1893 March 6, Invalid Appl. #1147124, Cert. #1034454, Minn.; remarks C2544357. (MAD: enlisted Plato, Iroquois Co. IL)
 

HISTORIES before 1923

"Past and present of Iroquois County, Illinois" by J.W. Kern; pub. Chicago: S.J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1907, 739 pgs. (LH5443, HeritageQuest images 4/2007; FHL book 977.364 D3k)
      Pg.515-516: ALBEN L. BROUGHER, resident since 1871 ... Prairie Green township ... native of Pennsylvania, born near Harrisburg on 6 Aug. 1846; his father, John Brougher, was born in the same county of Pennsylvania ... married Mrs. Eleanor Ann Lutz, nee Gregory ... he died 1876, having for about two years survived his wife who died in 1874. ... Alben L. Brougher ... married in Keystone state to Miss Mary Ann Messinger, who later died in PA when but a young woman of 18 years. One child of that marriage, Miles Brougher, now a businessman of Stephenson, PA. In 1871 to Indiana, first at Allerton where in 1872 he married present wife, maiden name Nancy E. Brown, ... then Prairie Green township, likewise owns a farm in Vermilion County. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Brougher have been born six children: John R. and Merwin W., who are twins and are now married; Alben J., at home; Velera Ann, the wife of David Hazner, a farmer of Prairie Green township; Leah, the wife of Edward Duncan, of Ellis Station, Illinois; and Mary, the wife of George Dobson, of Stockland township. ...
      7/17/2010, Note by Wade Dick: The daughter of Alben L Brougher was Velena Ann, not Velera Ann, and she married David H Hainer, not Hazner.
 

1880, c1879, "History of Iroquois County [Illinois] : together with Historic notes on the Northwest, gleaned from early authors, old maps and manuscripts, private and official correspondence, and other authentic, though, for the most part, out-of-the-way sources" by H.W. Beckwith; pub. Chicago: H.H. Hill and Co. (LH5437, HeritageQuest images 2/2007 & 5/2007; FHL book 977.364 H2b and film 924,665 and 825,578 and 934,987 item 3)
      Pg.630-631: Onarga Township. Benjamin F. Duncan, farmer and stock-raiser, Onarga, is a son of Asa Duncan, and was born in Newell township, Vermilion county, Illinois, August 9, 1835, and there lived with his parents, engaged in farming and attending school till about twenty years of age. The love of adventure then led him west, where he visited Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming. ... in the spring of 1861 when the war of the rebellion broke out, he returned home and enlisted in Co. B, 25th Ill. Vol. Inf. ... On returning home he at once came to Iroquois county to look after the family of his brother, who was still in the service. January 25, 1866, he married Miss Martha E. Drake, who was born April 26, 1848, in Vermilion county, Indiana, and is the eldest daughter of Jesse Drake, Esq., one of this county's early settlers. Mr. Duncan now has three children: Edward E., Jesse Elmer and George M., and is engaged in farming and stock raising in Onarga township.
 

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