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A life story of Arthur Beasley Duncan
A life story , Floydada, Texas
Hon. Arthur B. Duncan. In 1884, when northwest Texas was still the paradise of range cattlemen, with no railroad to bring in the small farmer and settler, Arthur B. Duncan was one of the pioneers in that section of the state, and with his family was the first settler in Floyd county. He has been there now for thirty years, since the spring of 1884, and there is perhaps no citizen more widely known and honored in that vicinity. His place in the popular regard is probably best evidenced in his position of county judge, with which he has been honored as often as he would accept. Arthur B. Duncan is a native Texan, born in Hopkins County, August 12, 1862, the son of Dr. William B. and Elizabeth (Vaden) Duncan. The father, born in 1800, was a Virginian by birth, born in the town of Culpepper, the county seat of Culpepper County. He was a graduate from the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia with the class of 1830, and was one of the old-time physicians. After graduating in medicine he came to Arkansas, where he practiced for fifteen years. In 1845 he moved to Texas, locating in Hopkins county, where he again took up and continued for many years the practice of medicine, and rendered many timely services in that capacity to the early settlers in that vicinity. He was one of the first regular physicians in Hopkins County, and remained there in practice for a number of years. After being retired for some years, in 1869, he removed to Grayson County, where he died in 1874 at the age of seventy-four years. The mother, who was born in Tennessee, came with her parents to Texas in 1849, her family locating in Hopkins County, where she was reared and educated and married. After the death of her husband in 1874, she went out to Hale county, where she was living at the time of her death in 1892, at the age of fifty-nine. Judge Duncan, who was the fifth of nine children, during his early life he attended the country schools of Hopkins and Grayson counties. Upon leaving his school books he took up practical work as a farmer and stock raiser in Grayson and Montague counties, work which he followed until 1884. In that year he moved to Floyd County, which was then, as already stated, a portion of the vast cattle range which extended from Fort Worth to El Paso. In 1900 he was first induced to permit his close attention to business and accept public service. He was nominated for judge of Floyd County and elected. At the end of the first term he was again nominated and elected, and served nine successive terms, until 1906, at which time he felt an obligation to retire. Then in 1912 he was again prevailed upon to take the place upon the Democratic ticket, and was elected county judge and is now filling that important office in Floyd County. After he left office in 1906 he became identified with the real estate and abstract business, in which he still continues. He owns the only complete abstract of land titles in the county. Judge Duncan has always taken a lively interest in the welfare of Floyd County. He was president of the school board of Floydada from 1908 to 1912, at which time he resigned that position on account of his reelection as county judge. He was also vice president of the First National Bank of Floydada, but sold his interest, believing that he could not consistently continue as an officer and stockholder of the bank while judge of the county court. Judge Duncan is a Royal Arch and Knights Templar Mason, well known in the circles of the craft, and has filled various official places in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His religious membership is in the Church of Christ. In December, 1882, he was married to Miss Sarah K. Day in Montague County. Her parents were Mathew and Sarah Day, both of whom were old settlers in Grayson County, Texas, and her mother is still living at the home of Judge Duncan. The ten children of the Judge and Mrs. Duncan are as follows: Silas E. Duncan, born in Montague county, Texas, is married, a resident of Floydada, and has three children; Mrs. Maude E. Holliman born in Floyd County, is a resident of Jourdanton, Atascosa County, and the mother of three children; Mrs. Emma L. Watkins, born in Floyd County, has four children and resides at Jourdanton, Texas; Mrs. Edith E. Pitts, born in Floyd County, lives in El Paso, and has two children; Mrs. Hope E. Hammond, born in Floyd County, is a resident at Floydada, and has one child. Mrs. Ruby E. Brown, born in Floyd County and now living at Floydada; Miss Mattie E. Duncan, born in Floydada, and attending the local high school; Arthur B. Duncan, Jr., is a Floydada native and attending the schools; Carroll V. Duncan and Mark W. Duncan, the two youngest of the family were born in Floydada and are both now in school. Judge Duncan is what is known as a self-made man. He started out and for some years found the road somewhat rough and beset with obstacles. He had no one to thank for his early successes but himself, and has always evinced those qualities which produce success and esteem in this world. He has the faculty of making friends, and has a great number of loyal associates and followers. Through all the years of his residence in Floyd county and West Texas his conviction has been increasing that the permanent prosperity of the country rests upon solid ground. With the introduction of irrigation with appropriate diversifications in farming methods, and with the coming of the silo and the raising of high grade stock, all of which is a matter of only a few years, Floyd County and surrounding territory will become the garden spot of the southwest. Movements which must necessarily follow the above, and to which Judge Duncan has given his vigorous support, both in private and officially, are the promotion of good roads, better schools, establishment of social centers in rural communities, the extension of rural free delivery routes, and every other enterprise which means greater wealth or comfort and the better welfare of the country.
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Description text taken from "A History of Texas and Texans" Date Life story Location Floydada, Texas
A life story of Arthur Beasley Duncan
A life story , Floydada, Texas
Hon. Arthur B. Duncan. In 1884, when northwest Texas was still the paradise of range cattlemen, with no railroad to bring in the small farmer and settler, Arthur B. Duncan was one of the pioneers in that section of the state, and with his family was the first settler in Floyd county. He has been there now for thirty years, since the spring of 1884, and there is perhaps no citizen more widely known and honored in that vicinity. His place in the popular regard is probably best evidenced in his position of county judge, with which he has been honored as often as he would accept. Arthur B. Duncan is a native Texan, born in Hopkins County, August 12, 1862, the son of Dr. William B. and Elizabeth (Vaden) Duncan. The father, born in 1800, was a Virginian by birth, born in the town of Culpepper, the county seat of Culpepper County. He was a graduate from the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia with the class of 1830, and was one of the old-time physicians. After graduating in medicine he came to Arkansas, where he practiced for fifteen years. In 1845 he moved to Texas, locating in Hopkins county, where he again took up and continued for many years the practice of medicine, and rendered many timely services in that capacity to the early settlers in that vicinity. He was one of the first regular physicians in Hopkins County, and remained there in practice for a number of years. After being retired for some years, in 1869, he removed to Grayson County, where he died in 1874 at the age of seventy-four years. The mother, who was born in Tennessee, came with her parents to Texas in 1849, her family locating in Hopkins County, where she was reared and educated and married. After the death of her husband in 1874, she went out to Hale county, where she was living at the time of her death in 1892, at the age of fifty-nine. Judge Duncan, who was the fifth of nine children, during his early life he attended the country schools of Hopkins and Grayson counties. Upon leaving his school books he took up practical work as a farmer and stock raiser in Grayson and Montague counties, work which he followed until 1884. In that year he moved to Floyd County, which was then, as already stated, a portion of the vast cattle range which extended from Fort Worth to El Paso. In 1900 he was first induced to permit his close attention to business and accept public service. He was nominated for judge of Floyd County and elected. At the end of the first term he was again nominated and elected, and served nine successive terms, until 1906, at which time he felt an obligation to retire. Then in 1912 he was again prevailed upon to take the place upon the Democratic ticket, and was elected county judge and is now filling that important office in Floyd County. After he left office in 1906 he became identified with the real estate and abstract business, in which he still continues. He owns the only complete abstract of land titles in the county. Judge Duncan has always taken a lively interest in the welfare of Floyd County. He was president of the school board of Floydada from 1908 to 1912, at which time he resigned that position on account of his reelection as county judge. He was also vice president of the First National Bank of Floydada, but sold his interest, believing that he could not consistently continue as an officer and stockholder of the bank while judge of the county court. Judge Duncan is a Royal Arch and Knights Templar Mason, well known in the circles of the craft, and has filled various official places in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His religious membership is in the Church of Christ. In December, 1882, he was married to Miss Sarah K. Day in Montague County. Her parents were Mathew and Sarah Day, both of whom were old settlers in Grayson County, Texas, and her mother is still living at the home of Judge Duncan. The ten children of the Judge and Mrs. Duncan are as follows: Silas E. Duncan, born in Montague county, Texas, is married, a resident of Floydada, and has three children; Mrs. Maude E. Holliman born in Floyd County, is a resident of Jourdanton, Atascosa County, and the mother of three children; Mrs. Emma L. Watkins, born in Floyd County, has four children and resides at Jourdanton, Texas; Mrs. Edith E. Pitts, born in Floyd County, lives in El Paso, and has two children; Mrs. Hope E. Hammond, born in Floyd County, is a resident at Floydada, and has one child. Mrs. Ruby E. Brown, born in Floyd County and now living at Floydada; Miss Mattie E. Duncan, born in Floydada, and attending the local high school; Arthur B. Duncan, Jr., is a Floydada native and attending the schools; Carroll V. Duncan and Mark W. Duncan, the two youngest of the family were born in Floydada and are both now in school. Judge Duncan is what is known as a self-made man. He started out and for some years found the road somewhat rough and beset with obstacles. He had no one to thank for his early successes but himself, and has always evinced those qualities which produce success and esteem in this world. He has the faculty of making friends, and has a great number of loyal associates and followers. Through all the years of his residence in Floyd county and West Texas his conviction has been increasing that the permanent prosperity of the country rests upon solid ground. With the introduction of irrigation with appropriate diversifications in farming methods, and with the coming of the silo and the raising of high grade stock, all of which is a matter of only a few years, Floyd County and surrounding territory will become the garden spot of the southwest. Movements which must necessarily follow the above, and to which Judge Duncan has given his vigorous support, both in private and officially, are the promotion of good roads, better schools, establishment of social centers in rural communities, the extension of rural free delivery routes, and every other enterprise which means greater wealth or comfort and the better welfare of the country.
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Description text taken from "A History of Texas and Texans" Date Life story Location Floydada, Texas
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A life story of Arthur Beasley Duncan
A life story , Floydada, Texas
Hon. Arthur B. Duncan. In 1884, when northwest Texas was still the paradise of range cattlemen, with no railroad to bring in the small farmer and settler, Arthur B. Duncan was one of the pioneers in that section of the state, and with his family was the first settler in Floyd county. He has been there now for thirty years, since the spring of 1884, and there is perhaps no citizen more widely known and honored in that vicinity. His place in the popular regard is probably best evidenced in his position of county judge, with which he has been honored as often as he would accept. Arthur B. Duncan is a native Texan, born in Hopkins County, August 12, 1862, the son of Dr. William B. and Elizabeth (Vaden) Duncan. The father, born in 1800, was a Virginian by birth, born in the town of Culpepper, the county seat of Culpepper County. He was a graduate from the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia with the class of 1830, and was one of the old-time physicians. After graduating in medicine he came to Arkansas, where he practiced for fifteen years. In 1845 he moved to Texas, locating in Hopkins county, where he again took up and continued for many years the practice of medicine, and rendered many timely services in that capacity to the early settlers in that vicinity. He was one of the first regular physicians in Hopkins County, and remained there in practice for a number of years. After being retired for some years, in 1869, he removed to Grayson County, where he died in 1874 at the age of seventy-four years. The mother, who was born in Tennessee, came with her parents to Texas in 1849, her family locating in Hopkins County, where she was reared and educated and married. After the death of her husband in 1874, she went out to Hale county, where she was living at the time of her death in 1892, at the age of fifty-nine. Judge Duncan, who was the fifth of nine children, during his early life he attended the country schools of Hopkins and Grayson counties. Upon leaving his school books he took up practical work as a farmer and stock raiser in Grayson and Montague counties, work which he followed until 1884. In that year he moved to Floyd County, which was then, as already stated, a portion of the vast cattle range which extended from Fort Worth to El Paso. In 1900 he was first induced to permit his close attention to business and accept public service. He was nominated for judge of Floyd County and elected. At the end of the first term he was again nominated and elected, and served nine successive terms, until 1906, at which time he felt an obligation to retire. Then in 1912 he was again prevailed upon to take the place upon the Democratic ticket, and was elected county judge and is now filling that important office in Floyd County. After he left office in 1906 he became identified with the real estate and abstract business, in which he still continues. He owns the only complete abstract of land titles in the county. Judge Duncan has always taken a lively interest in the welfare of Floyd County. He was president of the school board of Floydada from 1908 to 1912, at which time he resigned that position on account of his reelection as county judge. He was also vice president of the First National Bank of Floydada, but sold his interest, believing that he could not consistently continue as an officer and stockholder of the bank while judge of the county court. Judge Duncan is a Royal Arch and Knights Templar Mason, well known in the circles of the craft, and has filled various official places in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His religious membership is in the Church of Christ. In December, 1882, he was married to Miss Sarah K. Day in Montague County. Her parents were Mathew and Sarah Day, both of whom were old settlers in Grayson County, Texas, and her mother is still living at the home of Judge Duncan. The ten children of the Judge and Mrs. Duncan are as follows: Silas E. Duncan, born in Montague county, Texas, is married, a resident of Floydada, and has three children; Mrs. Maude E. Holliman born in Floyd County, is a resident of Jourdanton, Atascosa County, and the mother of three children; Mrs. Emma L. Watkins, born in Floyd County, has four children and resides at Jourdanton, Texas; Mrs. Edith E. Pitts, born in Floyd County, lives in El Paso, and has two children; Mrs. Hope E. Hammond, born in Floyd County, is a resident at Floydada, and has one child. Mrs. Ruby E. Brown, born in Floyd County and now living at Floydada; Miss Mattie E. Duncan, born in Floydada, and attending the local high school; Arthur B. Duncan, Jr., is a Floydada native and attending the schools; Carroll V. Duncan and Mark W. Duncan, the two youngest of the family were born in Floydada and are both now in school. Judge Duncan is what is known as a self-made man. He started out and for some years found the road somewhat rough and beset with obstacles. He had no one to thank for his early successes but himself, and has always evinced those qualities which produce success and esteem in this world. He has the faculty of making friends, and has a great number of loyal associates and followers. Through all the years of his residence in Floyd county and West Texas his conviction has been increasing that the permanent prosperity of the country rests upon solid ground. With the introduction of irrigation with appropriate diversifications in farming methods, and with the coming of the silo and the raising of high grade stock, all of which is a matter of only a few years, Floyd County and surrounding territory will become the garden spot of the southwest. Movements which must necessarily follow the above, and to which Judge Duncan has given his vigorous support, both in private and officially, are the promotion of good roads, better schools, establishment of social centers in rural communities, the extension of rural free delivery routes, and every other enterprise which means greater wealth or comfort and the better welfare of the country.
Additional information about this story
Description text taken from "A History of Texas and Texans" Date Life story Location Floydada, Texas
A life story of Arthur Beasley Duncan
A life story , Floydada, Texas
Hon. Arthur B. Duncan. In 1884, when northwest Texas was still the paradise of range cattlemen, with no railroad to bring in the small farmer and settler, Arthur B. Duncan was one of the pioneers in that section of the state, and with his family was the first settler in Floyd county. He has been there now for thirty years, since the spring of 1884, and there is perhaps no citizen more widely known and honored in that vicinity. His place in the popular regard is probably best evidenced in his position of county judge, with which he has been honored as often as he would accept. Arthur B. Duncan is a native Texan, born in Hopkins County, August 12, 1862, the son of Dr. William B. and Elizabeth (Vaden) Duncan. The father, born in 1800, was a Virginian by birth, born in the town of Culpepper, the county seat of Culpepper County. He was a graduate from the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia with the class of 1830, and was one of the old-time physicians. After graduating in medicine he came to Arkansas, where he practiced for fifteen years. In 1845 he moved to Texas, locating in Hopkins county, where he again took up and continued for many years the practice of medicine, and rendered many timely services in that capacity to the early settlers in that vicinity. He was one of the first regular physicians in Hopkins County, and remained there in practice for a number of years. After being retired for some years, in 1869, he removed to Grayson County, where he died in 1874 at the age of seventy-four years. The mother, who was born in Tennessee, came with her parents to Texas in 1849, her family locating in Hopkins County, where she was reared and educated and married. After the death of her husband in 1874, she went out to Hale county, where she was living at the time of her death in 1892, at the age of fifty-nine. Judge Duncan, who was the fifth of nine children, during his early life he attended the country schools of Hopkins and Grayson counties. Upon leaving his school books he took up practical work as a farmer and stock raiser in Grayson and Montague counties, work which he followed until 1884. In that year he moved to Floyd County, which was then, as already stated, a portion of the vast cattle range which extended from Fort Worth to El Paso. In 1900 he was first induced to permit his close attention to business and accept public service. He was nominated for judge of Floyd County and elected. At the end of the first term he was again nominated and elected, and served nine successive terms, until 1906, at which time he felt an obligation to retire. Then in 1912 he was again prevailed upon to take the place upon the Democratic ticket, and was elected county judge and is now filling that important office in Floyd County. After he left office in 1906 he became identified with the real estate and abstract business, in which he still continues. He owns the only complete abstract of land titles in the county. Judge Duncan has always taken a lively interest in the welfare of Floyd County. He was president of the school board of Floydada from 1908 to 1912, at which time he resigned that position on account of his reelection as county judge. He was also vice president of the First National Bank of Floydada, but sold his interest, believing that he could not consistently continue as an officer and stockholder of the bank while judge of the county court. Judge Duncan is a Royal Arch and Knights Templar Mason, well known in the circles of the craft, and has filled various official places in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His religious membership is in the Church of Christ. In December, 1882, he was married to Miss Sarah K. Day in Montague County. Her parents were Mathew and Sarah Day, both of whom were old settlers in Grayson County, Texas, and her mother is still living at the home of Judge Duncan. The ten children of the Judge and Mrs. Duncan are as follows: Silas E. Duncan, born in Montague county, Texas, is married, a resident of Floydada, and has three children; Mrs. Maude E. Holliman born in Floyd County, is a resident of Jourdanton, Atascosa County, and the mother of three children; Mrs. Emma L. Watkins, born in Floyd County, has four children and resides at Jourdanton, Texas; Mrs. Edith E. Pitts, born in Floyd County, lives in El Paso, and has two children; Mrs. Hope E. Hammond, born in Floyd County, is a resident at Floydada, and has one child. Mrs. Ruby E. Brown, born in Floyd County and now living at Floydada; Miss Mattie E. Duncan, born in Floydada, and attending the local high school; Arthur B. Duncan, Jr., is a Floydada native and attending the schools; Carroll V. Duncan and Mark W. Duncan, the two youngest of the family were born in Floydada and are both now in school. Judge Duncan is what is known as a self-made man. He started out and for some years found the road somewhat rough and beset with obstacles. He had no one to thank for his early successes but himself, and has always evinced those qualities which produce success and esteem in this world. He has the faculty of making friends, and has a great number of loyal associates and followers. Through all the years of his residence in Floyd county and West Texas his conviction has been increasing that the permanent prosperity of the country rests upon solid ground. With the introduction of irrigation with appropriate diversifications in farming methods, and with the coming of the silo and the raising of high grade stock, all of which is a matter of only a few years, Floyd County and surrounding territory will become the garden spot of the southwest. Movements which must necessarily follow the above, and to which Judge Duncan has given his vigorous support, both in private and officially, are the promotion of good roads, better schools, establishment of social centers in rural communities, the extension of rural free delivery routes, and every other enterprise which means greater wealth or comfort and the better welfare of the country.
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Description text taken from "A History of Texas and Texans" Date Life story Location Floydada, Texas
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Silas E Duncan Sr
1883–1954
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Maud Eudora Duncan Hollums
1886–1971
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Emma Duncan Watkins
1888–1974
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Hope Elizabeth Duncan Hammonds
1892–1978
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Ruby Beasley Duncan Brown
1894–1971
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Martha E. "Mattie" Duncan Blackmon Hale
1896–1977
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Arthur B. Duncan Jr
1899–1962
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PFC Carroll V Duncan
1903–1974
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Mark Welcome Duncan
1905–1974
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