(From "History of Wabash County, Indiana" pub. 1884, pg 248-A)
GEORGE DUCK, son of Samuel and Catherine (Laughenbach) Duck was born in Starke County, Ohio, December 23, 1823. His early life was not different from that of the ordinary farmer boy of that period. He had plenty of work and little opportunity for securing an education. The old log schoolhouse with puncheon tables, pole benches and greased-paper windows; the teacher himself, with his generous bowl of mush and milk for his noon repast, together with the rod and ferule, are the things which seem to have been most indelibly impressed upon his mind - and back.
At the age of twenty-five, he came to Logansport and worked at the cabinetmaker's trade for two years. In 1850 only two years after the discovery of gold in California, he started over land to that far-off and then little-known country with an ox team, being six months in completing the journey. Here he remained four years, working most of the time in the mines, and it is said with considerable success.
In 1854 he returned to Ohio, but soon after removed to Roanoke, Ind., where he purchased a flouring mill and operated it until 1864. He then came to Wabash and engaged in the lumber trade, and in 1875 bought a planing mill and laid in a supply of builder's hardware. Business is now carried on under the firm name of Duck & Pressler.
In 1854 he married Mrs. Julia Bartlett of Wayne County, Ohio, and is the father one child, Millie, who is married to W.R. Yarnelle of this city.
Mr. Duck is prospering in his business, does not own a penny that he has not legitimately earned, and is another illustration of the truth of that now almost forgotten maxim that "Honesty is the best policy."
Cause of death: Dropsy.
GEORGE DUCK, son of Samuel and Catherine (Laughenbach) Duck was born in Starke County, Ohio, December 23, 1823. His early life was not different from that of the ordinary farmer boy of that period. He had plenty of work and little opportunity for securing an education. The old log schoolhouse with puncheon tables, pole benches and greased-paper windows; the teacher himself, with his generous bowl of mush and milk for his noon repast, together with the rod and ferule, are the things which seem to have been most indelibly impressed upon his mind - and back.
At the age of twenty-five, he came to Logansport and worked at the cabinetmaker's trade for two years. In 1850 only two years after the discovery of gold in California, he started over land to that far-off and then little-known country with an ox team, being six months in completing the journey. Here he remained four years, working most of the time in the mines, and it is said with considerable success.
In 1854 he returned to Ohio, but soon after removed to Roanoke, Ind., where he purchased a flouring mill and operated it until 1864. He then came to Wabash and engaged in the lumber trade, and in 1875 bought a planing mill and laid in a supply of builder's hardware. Business is now carried on under the firm name of Duck & Pressler.
In 1854 he married Mrs. Julia Bartlett of Wayne County, Ohio, and is the father one child, Millie, who is married to W.R. Yarnelle of this city.
Mr. Duck is prospering in his business, does not own a penny that he has not legitimately earned, and is another illustration of the truth of that now almost forgotten maxim that "Honesty is the best policy."
Cause of death: Dropsy.
(From "History of Wabash County, Indiana" pub. 1884, pg 248-A)
GEORGE DUCK, son of Samuel and Catherine (Laughenbach) Duck was born in Starke County, Ohio, December 23, 1823. His early life was not different from that of the ordinary farmer boy of that period. He had plenty of work and little opportunity for securing an education. The old log schoolhouse with puncheon tables, pole benches and greased-paper windows; the teacher himself, with his generous bowl of mush and milk for his noon repast, together with the rod and ferule, are the things which seem to have been most indelibly impressed upon his mind - and back.
At the age of twenty-five, he came to Logansport and worked at the cabinetmaker's trade for two years. In 1850 only two years after the discovery of gold in California, he started over land to that far-off and then little-known country with an ox team, being six months in completing the journey. Here he remained four years, working most of the time in the mines, and it is said with considerable success.
In 1854 he returned to Ohio, but soon after removed to Roanoke, Ind., where he purchased a flouring mill and operated it until 1864. He then came to Wabash and engaged in the lumber trade, and in 1875 bought a planing mill and laid in a supply of builder's hardware. Business is now carried on under the firm name of Duck & Pressler.
In 1854 he married Mrs. Julia Bartlett of Wayne County, Ohio, and is the father one child, Millie, who is married to W.R. Yarnelle of this city.
Mr. Duck is prospering in his business, does not own a penny that he has not legitimately earned, and is another illustration of the truth of that now almost forgotten maxim that "Honesty is the best policy."
Cause of death: Dropsy.
GEORGE DUCK, son of Samuel and Catherine (Laughenbach) Duck was born in Starke County, Ohio, December 23, 1823. His early life was not different from that of the ordinary farmer boy of that period. He had plenty of work and little opportunity for securing an education. The old log schoolhouse with puncheon tables, pole benches and greased-paper windows; the teacher himself, with his generous bowl of mush and milk for his noon repast, together with the rod and ferule, are the things which seem to have been most indelibly impressed upon his mind - and back.
At the age of twenty-five, he came to Logansport and worked at the cabinetmaker's trade for two years. In 1850 only two years after the discovery of gold in California, he started over land to that far-off and then little-known country with an ox team, being six months in completing the journey. Here he remained four years, working most of the time in the mines, and it is said with considerable success.
In 1854 he returned to Ohio, but soon after removed to Roanoke, Ind., where he purchased a flouring mill and operated it until 1864. He then came to Wabash and engaged in the lumber trade, and in 1875 bought a planing mill and laid in a supply of builder's hardware. Business is now carried on under the firm name of Duck & Pressler.
In 1854 he married Mrs. Julia Bartlett of Wayne County, Ohio, and is the father one child, Millie, who is married to W.R. Yarnelle of this city.
Mr. Duck is prospering in his business, does not own a penny that he has not legitimately earned, and is another illustration of the truth of that now almost forgotten maxim that "Honesty is the best policy."
Cause of death: Dropsy.
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