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William Redmon Duncan (Clark County, Kentucky, farmer and Towanda, Illinois, cattle broker)

b. 1818-12-15 d. 1876-09-29

Clark County, Kentucky, farmer and Towanda, Illinois, cattle broker. Kentucky native. Married Mary Duncan. Father of Nannie Duncan, Henry C. Duncan, James C. Duncan, and Lizzie Duncan. Farmer in Clark County in 1850 and 1860. Owned twelve enslaved persons in 1850 and fourteen in 1860. Moved to Towanda in 1864. Cattle broker in Towanda in 1865.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 1, p. 91; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, Winchester, District 2, p. 15; Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, McLean County, Towanda, p. 28; U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918, Ancestry, Illinois, 1865, Series M764, Roll 39, Collection District 8, Division 9, p. 36; Find A Grave, "William Redmon Duncan (1818-1876)," Memorial #96804134, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=96804134 (accessed August 16, 2017).

Citation

Duncan, William Redmon. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32197652 (November 12, 2026).

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