William Butler Duncan, the son of Alexander and Sarah (Butler) Duncan, was born March 17, 1830, in Edinburgh, Scotland, and died in New York, June 20, 1912.
Alexander Duncan was the son of Alexander Duncan of Parkhill Arbroath, Scotland. Coming to this country in early life, Alexander Duncan, 2d, became a naturalized citizen of the United States. He was graduated from Yale in 1825, and in 1827 he married, in Providence, Sarah Butler, the niece of Cyrus Butler of this city.
Although born in Scotland, William Butler Duncan always considered himself an American citizen by birth and he lived the greater part of his life in New York. Educated in Edinburgh and at Brown University, he was a partner in the banking house of Duncan, Sherman & Company from 1851 until 1875. He was president of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company from 1874 to 1888. On the purchase of this railroad by the Southern Railroad Company he became chairman of its Board of Directors, and he continued in that office until his death. He was also a director in the Southern and Atlantic Telegraph Company and the United States Guarantee Company.
In 1850 he received the honorary degree of A.M. from Brown University.
He was a vice-president of the Butler Hospital, and president of the Butler Exchange Company. He was a member of the National Academy of Design, of the Associated Alumni of Brown University, of the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, and of the American Museum of Natural History.
He married, November 22, 1853, Jane Percy Sargent, the daughter of George W. Sargent of Philadelphia and Natchez. Their children are Jessie Percy Sargent who married Wilton Phipps of London, England; A. Butler Duncan; and Mary Duncan who married Paul Dana of New York. (From "Proceedings of the Rhode Island Historical Society 1911-1913"; pub. by Standard Printing Co., Providence, RI, 1913)
Alexander Duncan was the son of Alexander Duncan of Parkhill Arbroath, Scotland. Coming to this country in early life, Alexander Duncan, 2d, became a naturalized citizen of the United States. He was graduated from Yale in 1825, and in 1827 he married, in Providence, Sarah Butler, the niece of Cyrus Butler of this city.
Although born in Scotland, William Butler Duncan always considered himself an American citizen by birth and he lived the greater part of his life in New York. Educated in Edinburgh and at Brown University, he was a partner in the banking house of Duncan, Sherman & Company from 1851 until 1875. He was president of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company from 1874 to 1888. On the purchase of this railroad by the Southern Railroad Company he became chairman of its Board of Directors, and he continued in that office until his death. He was also a director in the Southern and Atlantic Telegraph Company and the United States Guarantee Company.
In 1850 he received the honorary degree of A.M. from Brown University.
He was a vice-president of the Butler Hospital, and president of the Butler Exchange Company. He was a member of the National Academy of Design, of the Associated Alumni of Brown University, of the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, and of the American Museum of Natural History.
He married, November 22, 1853, Jane Percy Sargent, the daughter of George W. Sargent of Philadelphia and Natchez. Their children are Jessie Percy Sargent who married Wilton Phipps of London, England; A. Butler Duncan; and Mary Duncan who married Paul Dana of New York. (From "Proceedings of the Rhode Island Historical Society 1911-1913"; pub. by Standard Printing Co., Providence, RI, 1913)
William Butler Duncan, the son of Alexander and Sarah (Butler) Duncan, was born March 17, 1830, in Edinburgh, Scotland, and died in New York, June 20, 1912.
Alexander Duncan was the son of Alexander Duncan of Parkhill Arbroath, Scotland. Coming to this country in early life, Alexander Duncan, 2d, became a naturalized citizen of the United States. He was graduated from Yale in 1825, and in 1827 he married, in Providence, Sarah Butler, the niece of Cyrus Butler of this city.
Although born in Scotland, William Butler Duncan always considered himself an American citizen by birth and he lived the greater part of his life in New York. Educated in Edinburgh and at Brown University, he was a partner in the banking house of Duncan, Sherman & Company from 1851 until 1875. He was president of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company from 1874 to 1888. On the purchase of this railroad by the Southern Railroad Company he became chairman of its Board of Directors, and he continued in that office until his death. He was also a director in the Southern and Atlantic Telegraph Company and the United States Guarantee Company.
In 1850 he received the honorary degree of A.M. from Brown University.
He was a vice-president of the Butler Hospital, and president of the Butler Exchange Company. He was a member of the National Academy of Design, of the Associated Alumni of Brown University, of the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, and of the American Museum of Natural History.
He married, November 22, 1853, Jane Percy Sargent, the daughter of George W. Sargent of Philadelphia and Natchez. Their children are Jessie Percy Sargent who married Wilton Phipps of London, England; A. Butler Duncan; and Mary Duncan who married Paul Dana of New York. (From "Proceedings of the Rhode Island Historical Society 1911-1913"; pub. by Standard Printing Co., Providence, RI, 1913)
Alexander Duncan was the son of Alexander Duncan of Parkhill Arbroath, Scotland. Coming to this country in early life, Alexander Duncan, 2d, became a naturalized citizen of the United States. He was graduated from Yale in 1825, and in 1827 he married, in Providence, Sarah Butler, the niece of Cyrus Butler of this city.
Although born in Scotland, William Butler Duncan always considered himself an American citizen by birth and he lived the greater part of his life in New York. Educated in Edinburgh and at Brown University, he was a partner in the banking house of Duncan, Sherman & Company from 1851 until 1875. He was president of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company from 1874 to 1888. On the purchase of this railroad by the Southern Railroad Company he became chairman of its Board of Directors, and he continued in that office until his death. He was also a director in the Southern and Atlantic Telegraph Company and the United States Guarantee Company.
In 1850 he received the honorary degree of A.M. from Brown University.
He was a vice-president of the Butler Hospital, and president of the Butler Exchange Company. He was a member of the National Academy of Design, of the Associated Alumni of Brown University, of the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, and of the American Museum of Natural History.
He married, November 22, 1853, Jane Percy Sargent, the daughter of George W. Sargent of Philadelphia and Natchez. Their children are Jessie Percy Sargent who married Wilton Phipps of London, England; A. Butler Duncan; and Mary Duncan who married Paul Dana of New York. (From "Proceedings of the Rhode Island Historical Society 1911-1913"; pub. by Standard Printing Co., Providence, RI, 1913)
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