She was the daughter of James H. and Mary (Willis) Duncan. Her parents married in 1826 and had 13 children, three dying in childhood. Her mother was the daughter of Benjamin and Mary Willis and was born in Portland, Maine, 14 Dec 1805.
Caroline never married. Her childhood home was the centre of a liberal culture and of a refined and generous hospitality. This hospitality was not the mere reciprocation of society. The Duncan's ample mansion was open alike to friends and strangers. If the town, or any religious or secular interest could be served by her father's hospitality, it was proffered without stint. His house was regarded as the temporary home of public speakers, lecturers, clergymen and all others to whom hospitality seemed due. [source:"History of Essex County, Massachusetts", by Duane Hamilton Hurd, Ed., Published in 1888, page xlviii]
Caroline never married. Her childhood home was the centre of a liberal culture and of a refined and generous hospitality. This hospitality was not the mere reciprocation of society. The Duncan's ample mansion was open alike to friends and strangers. If the town, or any religious or secular interest could be served by her father's hospitality, it was proffered without stint. His house was regarded as the temporary home of public speakers, lecturers, clergymen and all others to whom hospitality seemed due. [source:"History of Essex County, Massachusetts", by Duane Hamilton Hurd, Ed., Published in 1888, page xlviii]
She was the daughter of James H. and Mary (Willis) Duncan. Her parents married in 1826 and had 13 children, three dying in childhood. Her mother was the daughter of Benjamin and Mary Willis and was born in Portland, Maine, 14 Dec 1805.
Caroline never married. Her childhood home was the centre of a liberal culture and of a refined and generous hospitality. This hospitality was not the mere reciprocation of society. The Duncan's ample mansion was open alike to friends and strangers. If the town, or any religious or secular interest could be served by her father's hospitality, it was proffered without stint. His house was regarded as the temporary home of public speakers, lecturers, clergymen and all others to whom hospitality seemed due. [source:"History of Essex County, Massachusetts", by Duane Hamilton Hurd, Ed., Published in 1888, page xlviii]
Caroline never married. Her childhood home was the centre of a liberal culture and of a refined and generous hospitality. This hospitality was not the mere reciprocation of society. The Duncan's ample mansion was open alike to friends and strangers. If the town, or any religious or secular interest could be served by her father's hospitality, it was proffered without stint. His house was regarded as the temporary home of public speakers, lecturers, clergymen and all others to whom hospitality seemed due. [source:"History of Essex County, Massachusetts", by Duane Hamilton Hurd, Ed., Published in 1888, page xlviii]
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