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MERCER CO. MO
Formed 1845 from Grundy
CENSUS RECORDS
1850 Mercer Co. MO Census (also from Vivian Biddle 1982)
Pg.396, #298, Elenor DUNCAN 41 KY (blank) $0
Albert 19, John 18 TN
Mary Ann 17 TN
Joseph 14, Harvey 9 MO
Jane 7, James 5 MO
(MAD: supposed to be Charlotte Eleanor Duncan, widow of Alfred G. Duncan, mar. 5/6/1828 Whitley Co. KY, she the dau. of John Duncan Jr. and granddau. of John Duncan d.1817 Washington Co. VA; 1830 Franklin Co. TN census; ? 1840 Lafayette Co. MO or ? 1840 Trigg Co. KY census)
Pg.405, #410, John HENSLEE 57 NC farmer $0
Malinda 56 NC
Gidian G. MIHAN 27 TN farmer $175
Mary J. 18 TN
Maranda 2 MO
B. DUNCAN (m) 29 KY sadler $100
1860 Mercer Co. MO Census
Marion Twp.
Pg.227, #914, Joseph A. DUNCAN 23 MO farmer $600-$200
A.M. (f) 24 TN
L.B. (f) 4/12 MO
Lexington
Pg.228, #917, John T. DUNCAN 28 KY farmer $1200-$400
Harriet 22 IL
Mary E. 3, A.G. (m) 1 MO
Marion Twp.
Pg.234, #964, Robert MOORE 36 MO farmer $2500-$1700
E.A. (f) 27 OH
Eliza 17, S.A. (f) 14 MO
Jackson 13, Amanda 12 MO
Milton (m) 10, Eleanor 8 MO
William M. 6 MO
J.B. (m) 3, Thomas B. 11/12 MO
Joseph DUNCAN 19 KY farm laborer
Pg.237, #990, T.H.R. DUNCAN (m) 44 KY farmer $20,000-$10,000
Susan A. 41 GA
W.D. (m) 17 IA
B.D. (m) 16 MO
H.J. (m) 14 IA
Nancy L. 11 IA
M.M. (f) 9 IA
N.E. (f) 7 MO
M.S. (f) 20 KY
George ROWE 20 PA farm laborer
M.F. DUNCAN (m) 30 KY MULATTO farm laborer
(MAD: Thomas Hazard Perry Duncan mar. Susan Brawner 9/12/1841 Whitley Co. KY; 1850 Wayne Co. IA census)
Pg.238, #994, J.P. LITTON (m) 44 KY farmer $6,700-$1,500
Elenor 31 TN
Jane A. 11, S.M. (f) 8 MO
Mary L. 6 MO
J.D. (m) 3, H.B. (m) 4/12 MO
David PAUL 17 IL farm laborer
T.D. DUNCAN (m) 21 KY farm laborer
1870 Mercer Co. MO Census
Madison Twp.
Pg.118, #232-231, DUNCAN, Henry 46? (40?) IN farmer $400-$360
Elizabeth 49 IA ("Iowa") keeping house
James 17 IN at home
John W. 23 IA
Simon D. 10 IA
Martha E. 7 IA
George L. 2 MO
(MAD: 1860 Jasper Co. IA census age 32, Elizabeth 31 IN; 1850 Boone Co. IN census as age 21, Elizabeth 20 IN)
Pg.120, #254-253, DUNCAN, George 53 IN farmer $1600-$1944
Maria 44 TN keeping house
Simon 16, Cynthia 16 IA
John 11, David 9, Charles 7 IA
(MAD: 1860 Warren Co. IA census)
Pg.121, #275-274, DUNCAN, Isaac 25 IN farmer $0-$200
Kisan (f) 29 IN keeping house
Louisa E. 5 IA
Simon 3 MO
(MAD: also in 1870 Harrison Co. MO census; ?? 1860 Jasper Co. IA census)
Marion Twp.
Pg.133, #76-76, DUNCAN, Susan A. 51 GA (blank) (blank values)
B.B. (m) 24 IA (blank)
Nannie (f) 21, Mary M. 19 IA
Nora (f) 17 MO
Pg.133, #77-77, DUNCAN, William 26 IA stock drover $0-$0
Catharine 25 MO keeping house
George 3/12 IA b.Feb.
Pg.133, #78-78, DUNCAN, H.J. 23 IA farmer $0-$0
Catharine 22 IA keeping house
T.H.P. (m) 4/12 MO b.Jan.
Pg.139, #152-152, DUNCAN, J.L.T. (m) 25 MO farmer $1500-$600
Mary 18 IL keeping house
(not mar.in year, no children)
(MAD: James L. Duncan in 1880 census)
Pg.139, #153-153, DUNCAN, Elender (f) 55 KY farmer $1800-$700
POWELL, George (m) 23 KY "keeping house"
Pg.139, #154-154, DUNCAN, John F. 37 TN (blank) $3500-$800
Mary D. 24 MO
Mary E. 12 MO
James H. 3 MO
Charles H. 9 MO
Augusta (f) 2 MO
Susan 1/12 MO b.April
(MAD: ages and order of children as given)
Pg.140, #157-157, DUNCAN, Jos. P. 33 MO farmer $3800-$500
Margaret 28 KY keeping house
Charlotte 10 MO
John B. 2 MO
Laura (f) 5/12 MO b.March
(MAD: Joseph P. Duncan in 1860 census; also indexed as J.K.P.)
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, Harvy D., mother Duncan, Eleanor C.; B 5 Kans. Cav.; 1863 Sept. 26, Mother Appl. #34445, no cert. (MAD: 1850 Mercer Co. MO census)
HISTORIES before 1923
1888 "History of Harrison and Mercer counties, Missouri : from the earliest time to the present; together with ... family records, besides a condensed history of the state of Missouri" by Goodspeed (FHL book 977.8 H2hh)
Pg.398: Settlement of Marion Township, Mercer Co. ... lies on both sides of Grand Fork of Grand River ... among its earliest settlers were James Clark, Joseph Sullivan, D.L. Berry, Greene W. Laughlin, A.M. Clements, J.P. and Solomon Litton, S.H. Porter, James M. Newling, Peter Alley and his sons William and James, Benjamin Sullivan, James H. Brown, Thomas Alley, H.G. Alley, John M. Qualls, and a man by the name of Carmine. Joseph Sullivan emigrated from Whitley Co. KY in 1840, and located two miles east and a half mile south of Lineville. At about the same time, Greene W. Laughlin also located near the State line. ... The land on the MO side of the State line opposite Lineville was entered by T.H.P. Duncan, who built a small log house, which now forms a part of the hotel known as the Duncan House. An amusing incident is told of the way in which Duncan took advantage of his position to baffle the revenue collectors of both IA and MO. Upon the surveying of the State line in 1851 one Fortner built a store near the line. Duncan purchased this building and turned it around so that one end was in MO and the other in IA. At that time IA levied a heavy tax upon the sale of whisky, but none upon the sale of merchandise, while MO, on the other hand, practically had free whisky, but levied a considerable tax upon merchandise. Duncan, therefore, sold his whisky in the MO end of his store and his dry goods, groceries, etc. in the IA side, and thus successfully claimed exemption from taxation.
Pg.405: Mercer Co. ... State Boundary question. ... H.B. Duncan, who lived on the debatable land, in 1848-50 represented Mercer Co. in the Legislature of MO, and a few years later, without changing location, was elected a member of the IA Legislature. The question in dispute at last went to the US Supreme Court, where it was definitely settled, and in 1851 the line was surveyed and the boundary marked by iron posts set ten miles apart.
Pg.416: Mercer Co. ... The first persons sentenced to the penitentiary by the circuit court of Mercer Co. were Simon T. Taylor and John Hill, both of whom received a two years' sentence. ... John Hill stole a bowie-knife, valued at $15, from Benjamin Duncan, and was convicted of grand larceny.
Pg.465: Mercer Co. The Methodists ... Among the 1st settlers of the county were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church ... in the settlement in the northeast part of Marion Twp, meetings were held ... among the members of this class were J.D. Laughlin, Mrs. T.H.P. Duncan, S.B. Porter, ...
Pg.511: H.B. Duncan indexed; not this page.
Pg.692: Mercer Co. JOHN T. DUNCAN was born in TN May 7, 1831. His father, Alfred G., and his mother, Elinor, daughter of John Duncan, were cousins, and natives of TN. After their marriage they immigrated to MO, where John was reared upon a farm and lived with his parents until his marriage. In 1856 he mar. Harriet, dau. of Charles Wakefield, by whom 4 ch. were born: Mary E., Alfred G. (decd), Charles A. and Harriet E. (decd). Mrs. Duncan died on 22 Dec. 1863; he moved from farm and took children to his mother, where he lived until Feb. 8, 1866, when he married Mary D., dau. of James H. Brown; children: James H., Eliza A., Susan E., Sarah I., William M. (decd), Edith L., Arthur C. (decd), and Theodosia. ...
"A Memorial and biographical record of Iowa" by Charles Frush; pub. Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1896, 1262 pgs. (LH11536, HeritageQuest images 4/2007; FHL film 934,926 item 6; book 977.7 D3m v.1&2 and film 1,033,791 items 2-3 and fiche 6,051,365)
Pg.559-561: Hugh H. Meek was born in the village of Bonaparte, Iowa, on the 4th of June, 1851, ... In 1870 was married to Mary C. Spaug, who died in 1871. His second marriage occurred in 1875, when he wedded Miss Narrie Duncan, of Mercer County, Missouri, the daughter of Hazzard and Susan Duncan. ... (MAD: rechecked, "Narrie" as spelled) (MAD: Wapello Co. IA)
1887 "Portrait and biographical album of Wapello County, Iowa : containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county" pub. by Chapman Bros. (FHL film 1,000,022 item 1)
Pg.194: H.J. Duncan, Deputy US Marshall of Southern District of IA, resident of Ottumwa, native of MO, born Linnville on 28 Oct. 1847, son of Thomas H.P. and Susan (Browner) Duncan, both natives of KY who removed across the MS and settled in MO at an early period in the history of that State. Mr. Duncan was engaged in Mercantile pursuits for many years in Mercer Co. MO ... located on State line, one half in MO and other half in IA, a slave holder. Parental household of our subject included six children, three sons and three daughters, of whom the record is as follows: William D. deceased; Basil B. at time of the rebellion in Cuba, went into that locality, was commissioned Captain, when last heard from was in South America; H.J. is our subject, Mary M. became wife of J. Wilson of Des Moines; Nora E. married Hugh Week of Bonaparte. Thomas H.P. Duncan died 1866; his wife is still living at old homestead in Mercer Co. MO. Our subject married in Ottumwa in Dec. 1870 to Miss Kate Dunnett of OH; they the parents of three children: Hazzie, Eddie and Harry J. Jr. Mr. Duncan received appointment of Deputy US Marshal in 1880 ...
OTHER RECORDS OR SOURCES
Some early Duncans in Mercer Co. MO:
H.B. Duncan, 8 April 1848, joint admin. with Joseph D. Laughlin for estate of Green W. Laughlin who died intestate, joint admin. revoked 18 June 1849, J.D. Laughlin to be sole administrator. Mercer Co. MO Bonds & Admr. Book A, 1847-1863. (pg.84, Vol.10, 4/1971, "MO Pioneers," FHL book 977.8 D2h, from Evelyn Sigler and Denzil Mauldin 1984)
H.P. Duncan, 14 May 1851, administrator of estate of James A. Brawley who died intestate, securities Thomas Ballew and John R. Clark. Mercer Co. MO Bonds & Admr. Book A, 1847-1863, pgs.30-31. (pg.79, Vol.10, 4/1971, "MO Pioneers," FHL book 977.8 D2h, from Evelyn Sigler and Denzil Mauldin 1984)
Mary Ann Duncan, 29 Sept. 1853, mar. Leander C. Laughlin, she died after having three children; from obituary of Leander C. Laughlin who died 9 Sept. 1892, born 2 Sept. 1827 in Monroe Co. TN, to Whitley Co. KY until age 13, then Mercer Co. MO, mar. 2nd Rhoda E. Hickman 25 June 1863; 14 Sept. 1892 "Princeton Telegraph" Vol.20 #20 pg.8 col.2. (Vol.2#2, Spring, 1982, "MO State Gen. Association Journal" FHL book 977.8 D25m, from Dorothy Franks 4/1989)
James L. Duncan, 25 Oct. 1875, witness with Alvin B. Asher to will of Charles Wakefield, filed in Will Book 1853-1883 pg.104. (pg.43, "Early Will Records of North Central Counties of MO" [Caldwell, Daviess, Grundy, Mercer Co.] by Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry, FHL book 977.82 S2e)
Harold Duncan, 22 June 1892, about 16 years of age, only son and child of Mrs. Kate Duncan, landlady of the Duncan house at Lineville, had drowned "last Friday," from notice in 22 June 1892 "Princeton Telegraph" Vol.20 #8 pg.5 col.2. (Vol.2#1, Winter, 1982, "MO State Gen. Association Journal" FHL book 977.8 D25m, from Dorothy Franks 4/1989)
"Harvey Boyd Duncan, From MO to IA" by Joseph George Duncan, 1968, 7-page booklet; "Reprinted from the Iowa Journal of History and Politics, volume 40, number 4 (October 1942), pages 415-421." (from Steven Alsip 1988, from Lorraine Rich 1994; from Joseph G. Duncan to the Duncan Surname Association for the Duncan Family Library or Archives, 5/1991; FHL book 921.73 D912d)
Harvey Boyd Duncan, Mercer Co. MO State Representative before 1851, lived in what is now southwestern part of Wayne Co. IA; two years later was member of House of Representatives in Iowa General Assembly. One of at least 9 children born to Rev. War veteran John Duncan and wife Mary Laughlin Duncan. (1991 note: His birthplace was in southwestern VA.) His father John Jr. and grandfather John Sr. who had died in 1817, had settled at Martin's Station, KY, during Rev. War. A granduncle was Major Benjamin Sharp.
Harvey Boyd Duncan born 1800 (1991 note: born 29 Feb. 1796), according to grave marker in Evergreen Cemetery at Lineville, IA; married in Whitley Co. KY on Oct. 12, 1820, to his cousin, Eliza Laughlin, daughter of Col. Thomas Laughlin; participated in some land transactions in Whitley Co. (Record Book I, pg. 154, 267); and was executor of two estates, one his father John Duncan Jr. whose will was filed on April 4, 1832, the other the estate of Sarah Berry (SA: my 9th gr-grandmother) whose will was filed July 27, 1834. One of the land transactions, dated January 11, 1827, mentions him and his wife as being residents of Monroe Co. TN, indicating that he may have lived there a while. In 1828, he bought land in Whitley Co. from his wife's kinsmen, John S. and Thomas Laughlin (I-267).
According to 1886 "Biog. & Hist. Record of Wayne & Appanoose Co. IA", he was 3rd head of household to locate permanently in what is now Wayne Co. IA, his predecessors were D.S. Duncan (a brother) and H.P. Sullivan who arrived in April, 1840. According to "History of IA" Vol.III by B.F. Gue, all three arrived in 1840. ...
He died May 11, 1861; heirs were his widow Eliza Laughlin Duncan and nine other heirs (Probate Record Book B, p. 448-469, Wayne Co. IA). ...
"MO State Gen. Association Journal" Vol.6 #1 Winter 1986 (FHL book 977.8 D25m, from Dorothy Franks 4/1989)
Pgs.40-45 of this periodical contain an article on the William Brown Family contributed by Mrs. Harvey Harkins of Lineville, IA, found in the belongings of Dora Brown after her death. It contains information on the children, including James Holliday Brown, whose daughter Mary Diana Brown, b. Oct. 20, 1845, mar. on 8 Feb. 1866 to John Thomas Duncan, and named their children.
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