DUNCAN, MARSHAL
, was born in 1783 or 4, in North Carolina. He was brother to Rice and John. He went, when young, with his parents to Cumberland county, Kentucky. He left Kentucky with three children and came to Sangamon county, Ill., arrived in 1820 or 21 in Salisbury township. He was there married to Hannah Miller, a daughter of John Miller. They had eight children. Of all his children -JAMES T. and WILLIAM T. H., twins born May 10, 1807 in Cumberland county, Ky.
JAMES T., married in Sangamon county, Aug. 27, 1829 to Mary Penny, who was born Dec 6, 1809, in Pope county, Ill. They had nine living children, HESTER A., married John Gramlish, and resides in Salisbury township. FRANCIS M., born Dec. 30, 1852, married Martha J. Yoakum. They have eight children, Charles N., Laura A., George H., Louisa E. and Mary I., and live in Salisbury township, northeast of Sangamon river. JANE, married John C. Berry, have six children, and live in DeWitt county. John W. died in Iowa in 1869, aged thirty-two years. FRANKLIN W., married Martha Irwin, have five children, and live in Menard county. JAMES T., Jun., married Olive Douglas, who died leaving one child; he and his child live in Salisbury township. SYLVESTER T., unmarried, resides at Salisbury. MATILDA, married James Potter, have four children, and live in Menard county. WILLIAM P., lives with his mother. James T. Duncan, died July 9, 1856, and his widow resides in Salisbury.
WILLIAM T. H., married in Sangamon county, in 1831, to Eve Miller. They had twelve children. MARION M., married Martha McMurphy, have five children, Lucy C., Laura A., Margaret N., Omer L., and Lena E. and live in Salisbury. POLLY A., married O. R. Baker. See his name. JAMES T. and SIMEON S., live with their mother, SARAH J., married Hamilton Combs, has four children, and live in Salisbury township. MARTHA, married Richard Gaines, and lives with her mother. MARGARET married Dr. A. F. Purvines. See his name. NANCY E., married Napoleon Connor, have two children, and live in Macoupin county. GEORGE W., is West. FARINDA, married Elisha Batterton. See his name. ALICE married Turner Yoakum, and resides in Avoca, Iowa. THOMAS S., lives with his mother. William T. H. Duncan died Oct. 20, 1862, and his widow resides in Salisbury - 1874.
MARSHAL T., born Dec. 27, 1809, in Cumberland county, Ky., married in Tennessee, Aug. 22, 1830, to Anna Sharp. They had three children, and Mrs. Duncan died in1836 or 7, and Mr. Duncan, with his children, came soon after to Sangamon county. Of his children - WILLIAM T., born Sept 19, 1832, in Tenn., raised in Sangamon county, and enlisted for three years, Aug. 13, 1862, in Co. B., 114 Ill. Inf., served until Aug. 3, 1865 when he was honorably discharged. He was married March 20, 1866 to Jane Grady. They have four children, Mary A., Jasper C., Anna M., and William H. and live seven miles northwest of Springfield. RACHEL M., born Aug. 11, 1834, in Tennessee, married in Sangamon county to Enos Campbell. See his name. MARY A., born Sept. 7, 1836, in Tennessee, married in Sangamon county to Solomon Penny, and died. Marshal T. Duncan died Aug. 23, 1840, in Sangamon county.
By the second marriage -
MINERVA, born Sept. 15, 1822, in Sangamon county, married John C. Irwin. See his name.
ARTAMESIA, born Nov. 30, 1828, in Sangamon county, married May 5, 1852, to Nathan Hartley, have six children, and live in Menard county. The remainder of the children are in Iowa and Kansas.
Marshal Duncan died in Sangamon county, in the fall of 1858, and his widow resides with her children in Iowa.