AUDRAIN CO. MO
Formed 1831 from Monroe
 

CENSUS RECORDS

1840 Audrain Co. MO Census
      No Duncan indexed
 

1850 Audrain Co. MO Census (no Duncan indexed)
Pg.159, #69-79, Elijah DUNGAN (m) 35 KY farmer
                  Lucinda 49 KY
                  Martha A. 18, James 16 KY
                  Amanda 14, Elija J. (f) 9 KY
                  (Elijah's age 35 written over)
Pg.159, #70-80, Nancy DUNGAN 53 VA
                  Delila 26, Charles 19 KY
                  Mercy 14, Elisha H. 13 KY
                  Francis (m) 10 KY
 

1860 Audrain Co. MO Census
Salt River Twp., P.O. Mexico
Pg.714, #741-736, M.Y. DUNCAN (m) 30 MO farmer & Clerk $3500-$4750
                  Mary 28 MO
                  Carolin (f) 3 MO
                  Sarah BASKET 39 MO seamstress
                  (MAD: Merrit Y. Duncan, 1850 Callaway Co. MO census)
Carver Twp.
Pg.768, #175-184, Jerome DUNCAN 35 KY farmer $600-$400?
                  Mary 25 KY
                  Louisa 8, Sintha (f) 5, George 1 MO
                  (MAD: 1850 Callaway Co. MO census)
 

1870 Audrain Co. MO Census (also from Margo Thiel 1987)
Cuivre Twp., Hickory Creek P.O.
Pg.480, #60-58, DUNCAN, John R. 27 MO farming $0-$0
                  Clarinda (f) 17 MO house keeping
                  (no children)
                  (MAD: John Duncan mar. Clary Allison 3/15/1869)
Loutre Twp.
Pg.504, #51-45, DUNCAN, Onslow (m) 52 KY farmer $2000-$600
                  Julia 52 VA keeping house
                  John 25, Thomas 18 MO working on farm
                  BROADWATER, Margaret 69 VA knitting
                  (MAD: 1860 Callaway Co. MO census)
Salt River Twp.
Pg.532, #23-23, BASSFORD, James 25 VA merchant $5000-$200
                  Kate 36? (26?) (written over) OH keeping house
                  Homer (m) 9/12 MO b.Sept. at home
                  DUNCAN, Mary 16 IL house keeper
Pg.538, #154-138, DUNCAN, Harrie (m) 30 KY BLACK works at farming $0-$0
                  Sallie 52 KY BLACK keeping house
                  Buriah (m) 22 MO BLACK teamster
                  Fannie 18 MO BLACK washerwoman
                  Harriett 17, James 16 MO BLACKS at home
                  Frank 15, Martha 12 MO BLACKS at home
                  Lucinda 10 MO BLACK
                  Margret 8, Mary 6 MO BLACKS
                  Henry 4, John 2 MO BLACKS
                  (MAD: Harrie indexed age 38)
Pg.541, #199-176, DUNCAN, Merrit (m) 40 MO lawyer $10,000-$2500
                  Mary 38 MO keeping house
                  Pallie? (f) 13 MO at school
                  Thurston (m) 6 MO
                  BASKET, Mary 15 MO BLACK domestic servant
                  Henry 11 MO BLACK works on farm
Pg.556, #429-395, EMMA, Julia 67 PA keeping house $2000-$100
                  DUNCAN, Perry (m) 36 IN laborer
                  Nancy 32 IN keeping house
                  Mary 16 IN at home
                  Joseph 13, Sarah 9 IN
                  Levina 3 IN
                  (MAD: Leroy E. instead of Perry in 1860 Orange Co. IN)
Pg.559, #467-432, DUNCAN, Jerome 49 KY farmer $2000-$300
                  Mary 36 KY keeping house
                  Cinthia 13, George 11 MO at home
                  Nanie (f) 9 MO at home
                  Sammie (m) 6 MO
                  Nettie (f) 3, Thomas 1 MO
Salt River Twp., pg.85
Pg.582, #685-630, BRATHER, Joseph, 26 m/w farmer $2000-$0 KY
                  Kitty 26 f/w keeping house KY
                  & family
                  & farm hands, including
                  DANCAN, Ralph 17 IL m/w farm hand
 

MARRIAGE RECORDS

Audrain Co. MO marriage licenses (partial; from Dorothy Franks 4/1989)
      Pg.80: R.W. Griffith of Fulton, Callaway Co. MO, over the age of 21 years; and Cynthia Duncan of Mexico, Audrain Co. MO, over the age of 18 yrs; 6th May 1886; Sol. 6 May 1886 at res. of bride; Certificate rec. 10 May 1886. (MAD: one James L. Duncan mar. Mary E. Griffin 7/1/1856 Audrain Co. MO)
      Pg.176: Samuel J. Duncan of Mexico, Audrain Co. MO, over 21 years; and Mollie L. Kelso of Mexico, Audrain Co. MO, who is over 18 yrs; 9th day of May 1887; Sol. 10th May 1887 at Mexico by Frank W. Allen, MG; Recorded 11th May 1887.
      Pg.189: Jas. W. Wilson of Howard Co. MO, over 21 yrs; and Nellie Duncan of Mexico, Audrain Co. MO, over 18 yrs; Issued 20 Aug, 1887. Sol 20 Aug. 1887 at residence of bride's mother by W.B. Anderson, MG of the Church of Christ; Rec. 30 Aug 1887.
      Pg.225: Thurston B. Duncan of Mexico, Audrain Co. MO, over 21 yrs old; and Miss Alma C. Crigler of Martinsburg, Audrain Co. MO, over 18 years; 12 Dec. 1888, Sol. 14 Dec. 1888 at Martinsburg.
      Pg.294: John W. Duncan of Ralls Co. MO, over 21 yrs; and Ida Belle Key of Audrain Co. MO, over 18 years; 1 Nov. 1888; Sol 1 Nov. 1888 at Mexico by A.A. Wallace MG; rec. 1 Nov. 1888.
      Pg.472: Edgar M. Purdy of Audrain Co. MO, over 21 yrs; and Miss Ida C. Duncan of Audrain Co. MO, over 18 yrs; 28th August 1890, Sol. 2 Sept. 1890 at the bride's home by Rev. W.J. Jessee Ordained Minister; rec. 4th Sept, 1890.
      Pg.198: Robert Duncan of Audrain Co. MO, over 21 yrs; and Emma Johnson of Audrain, Co. MO, over 18 yrs.; 21st Nov. 1893; Sol 21st Nov. 1893 at John Brown's by R. Davis, MG; rec. 23 Nov. 1893.
      Pg.303: C.G. Buckner of Mexico, Audrain Co. MO, over 21 years; and E.H. Duncan of St. Louis, St. Louis Co. MO, over 18 years; 21 Nov. 1894; Sol. 22 Nov. 1894 at 3404 Morgan St., St. Louis, by A.A. Wallace, MG; Rec. 22 Nov. 1894.
 

ESTATE RECORDS

Audrain Co. MO Probate Document (from Margo Thiel 10/1986)
      January term, 1876, Petition to set off Dower, Frances Duncan, plff vs. Danl. E. Shea, Pub. Admr. Catharine Jane Peak, Camfuss Ann [MT: Candis Ann] Peak and her husband Wm. Peak, Mary C. Drie & Thos Drie, Sarah M. Foster & Jos. Foster, John W. Duncan & Wesley Duncan, Defts.
      Plaintiff says that she was the wife of John C. Duncan, deceased, at the time of his death and for a long time prior to his death had been living in lawful wedlock with said deceased; that the said John C. Duncan departed this life on the (blank) day of (blank) 1875 and that at his death he was seized & possessed of the following real estate situate in Audrain Co. MO ... 200 acres. She has not relinquished right of dower ... Dated Dec. 13, 1875.
      Summons to the defendants to appear in the Probate Court on 2nd Monday of January 1876.
      Monroe Co. Sheriff's Return: delivered a copy to C.A. Peak on 5 Jan. 1876; to Mary C. Dry 31 Dec. 1875; to Joseph Foster and Sarah M. Foster on 4 Jan. 1876; by leaving a copy at place of abode of Thomas Dry with a white member of his family over age of 15 on 31 Dec. 1875; leaving a copy (etc.) Wesley Duncan on 31 Dec. 1875, and Wm. Peak on 5 Jan. 1876, and J.W. Duncan 4 Jan. 1876; Catharine Jane Peak not found in Monroe Co. on 5 Jan. 1876.
 

HISTORIES before 1923

1884 "The Bench and Bar of Missouri Cities" by H.C. Cooper Jr. & Co. (from Kit Smith 7/1983)
      Pgs.103-104: MERRITT Y. DUNCAN, Mexico. Merritt Young Duncan, a member of the Audrain county bar for twenty years, is a native of this state, and was born in Callaway county, July 18, 1830. His father was Joseph Curd Duncan, a farmer, and a native of Buckingham Co. VA, and his mother was Nancy (Madox) Duncan, born in Prince Edward county, that state. His grandfather, Edward Duncan, was in the continental army, and died the same year with General Washington, 1799. Merritt was educated in part in his native county, and in part at the Eureka College, Illinois, taking a partial course, including the classics. He has wisely kept up part of his studies, and he reads Virgil, Cicero, Caesar, etc., with fluency.
      In 1856 Mr. Duncan was elected clerk of Audrain county, and served in that capacity a period of five years, reading law at the same time. He was admitted to practice in October, 1863, and has made an honorable record at the county bar. He is a good advocate, above the average; is well read, not only in law, but in history and general literature, having quite a scholarly turn of mind.
      Mr. Duncan was public administrator of the county in 1862-64, the only civil or political office, we understand, that he has ever held. His politics are democratic, though on one or two occasions he has voted the greenback or national ticket. He was president of the Mexico Savings Bank from 1871 to 1876.
      Mr. Duncan has been a member of the Christian or Disciple Church since twenty years of age, and is living a life consistent with his profession. He was for years an elder of the church.
      He was married October 25, 1854, to Miss Mary Baskett, of Fulton, Callaway county, and they have four children, two daughters and two sons. Sarah Caroline, the older daughter, is the wife of John Frederick Llewellyn, druggist, Mexico, and the older son, Thurston Baskett, is clerk in the same drug store. The other two children, Walter Curd and Mary Edna, are young and attending school.
      (MAD: John Frederick Llewellyn married in 1879 to Miss Sarah Caroline Duncan, daughter of Merritt Young Duncan, for 47 years a prominent Audrain County lawyer, editor, banker and realtor; from pg.214, "Centennial History of Audrain Co." (MO) by Herschel Schooley, 1937, FHL book 977.833 H2s and film 1,000,307 item 9)
 

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