IRON CO. MO
Formed 1857 from Dent, Madison, Reynolds, St.Francois, Washington, Wayne
 

CENSUS RECORDS

1860 Iron Co. MO Census (pg.754 also from Denzil Mauldin 1/1987; #983 from info of Don W. Duncan 8/2004)
Town of Arcadia
Pg.639, #145-140, Hotel
                  Kate DUNCAN 25 IRE servant girl
Iron Twp.
Pg.728, #800-783, Benj. F. STRINGER 44 TN farmer $0-$20
                  Elizabeth 43 NC
                  Phoebe J. 21, Harrison T. 19 TN
                  Nancy C. 16, Palirsa(?) (f) 15 MO
                  Samuel W. 13, John G. 11 MO
                  Benj. F. 9 MO
                  Emily E. 6, Mary F. 3 MO
                  Marvin DUNCAN (m) 17 MO farmer
Union Twp.
Pg.754, #983-959, William WILLIAMS 55 MO farmer $7540
                  Martha 51 KY
                  Francis M. (m) 24 MO farmer $2000-$150
                  Martha C. 15 MO
                  Mary M. 8 MO
                  Nancy C. 1 MO
                  (MAD: birthstates seem to be off one line; not identified in MO in 1850; was looking for Jenny Duncan mar. William Williams in 1816 in Allen Co. KY)
Pg.754-5, #984-960, Rice DUNCAN 35 MO farmer $2500-$500
                  Rebecca 25 TN
                  Cordelia 13, Allen 12 MO
                  James M. 6, Joseph 5 MO
                  Sarah A. 2, Solomon 2/12 MO
                  (MAD: 1850, 1870 Madison Co. MO census)

1870 Iron Co. MO Census
      No Duncan indexed
 

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, Marvin, widow Duncan, Catherine; I 33 MO Inf.; 1884 April 3, Invalid Appl. #509917, Cert. #426461, MO; 1890 Oct. 16, Widow Appl. #465645, Cert. #300361, MO. (MAD: 1860 Iron Co. MO census)
      Duncan, Rice A., widow Duncan, Rebecca; A 11 MO Inf.; 1895 Feb. 26, Widow Appl. #611180, Cert. #414004, MO. (MAD: 1850 & 1870 Madison Co. MO census, 1860 Iron Co. MO census)
 

HISTORIES before 1923

1888 "History of southeast Missouri : embracing an historical account of the counties of Ste. Genevieve, St. Francois, Perry, Cape Girardeau, Bollinger, Madison, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Dunklin, Scott, Mississippi, Stoddard, Butler, Wayne and Iron, including a department devoted to the preservation of personal, professional and private records" by Goodspeed (FHL film 908,664 and 1,000,277; and from Donald Duncan 1/1991)
      Pg.1125: ADAM J. DUNCAN was born in Madison Co. MO, in 1824, and is the son of Eli and Rebecca (Johnson) Duncan, who were born in Kentucky and Missouri, in 1802 and 1805, respectively. The father came to Missouri in 1816, and here married Miss Johnson in 1821. The former died in 1866, and the latter in 1860. They were members of the Missionary Baptist Church, and he held the office of judge of the county court for some time. In 1829, Adam J. Duncan came with his parents to Wayne Co. MO. About 1839 they went to Ripley County, but a year or so later returned to their old place in Madison County, and there Adam J. lived until his marriage in 1851, to Melvina Mann, who was born in 1831, in Wayne Co. MO. To them were born the following children: Henry C., Rebecca J., Eli A. (deceased), Finus E. (deceased), Richard A., Nancy C., Mary E. and Martha L. Rebecca married William Hoskins; Catherine is the wife of William Jordan, and Mary is the wife of James McAllister. While Mr. Duncan was a resident of Madison County the county was divided, and he became a resident of Iron County, and while living there, held the offices of justice of the peace, deputy sheriff and constable. Mrs. Duncan's parents were Andrew and Susan (Duncan) Mann, and were native Missourians.
 

OTHER RECORDS

Some early Duncans in Iron Co. MO:
      Joseph Duncan, 23 Sept. 1875, mar. Elizabeth Norris.
      James M. Duncan, 21 Dec. 1876, mar. Margaret Wood.
      William T. Duncan, 1883, mar. Violet L. Terry.
 

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