Father of Mollie A. Duke Johnson. ∼Private, Company C, 5th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, CSA
Walter N. Duke was born in Wilcox, County, Alabama, in 1840. He volunteered on May 6, 1861, and joined Company C, 5th Regiment, under Capt. Goode of Pineville, Alabama, serving until the end of the war, including 8 months as a prisoner of war. Upon his return home he married Bonita Jane Knowles, and the couple had 4 children: Mrs. Mollie E. Johnson of Logansport, LA, Ferdinand H. Duke of Mt. Enterprise, George W. Duke of Tulsa, OK, and Bonita J. (Mrs. L. W.) Womack of Paxton.
After his wife died he married Martha Jane "Mattie" Byrd on February 3, 1875, and they had 9 children, though 2 died young. Surviving children: Mrs. Lula Hurst of Paxton, Bettie Seigler of Joaquin, Cornelia S. "Neally" Davis, Jodie Hairgrove, Georgia Alford Peddy, and Clara Bagwell all of Tenaha, and J. W. Duke of Westville, OK. The couple moved to Texas by 1880.
His obituary describes Mr. Duke as "a prosperous farmer," who lived in the Ramah community. About 2 years prior to his death, Mr. and Mrs. Duke moved to Tenaha to live with their daughter, Clara Bagwell. Mr. Duke died there after being ill for 7 weeks.
Biography compiled by Sheron Smith-Savage.
Sources:
Obituary, The Champion, March 21, 1923, reprinted in Mildred Cariker Pinkston, Obituaries of Early Pioneers, Shelby County, Texas, Center: Center Printing Co., 1983, I:229
1860 Census, Burnt Corn, Monroe Co, AL
1870 Census, Dennards Bluff, Monroe Co, AL
1880, 1900, 1910, 1920 Censuses, Shelby Co, TX
Father of Mollie A. Duke Johnson. ∼Private, Company C, 5th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, CSA
Walter N. Duke was born in Wilcox, County, Alabama, in 1840. He volunteered on May 6, 1861, and joined Company C, 5th Regiment, under Capt. Goode of Pineville, Alabama, serving until the end of the war, including 8 months as a prisoner of war. Upon his return home he married Bonita Jane Knowles, and the couple had 4 children: Mrs. Mollie E. Johnson of Logansport, LA, Ferdinand H. Duke of Mt. Enterprise, George W. Duke of Tulsa, OK, and Bonita J. (Mrs. L. W.) Womack of Paxton.
After his wife died he married Martha Jane "Mattie" Byrd on February 3, 1875, and they had 9 children, though 2 died young. Surviving children: Mrs. Lula Hurst of Paxton, Bettie Seigler of Joaquin, Cornelia S. "Neally" Davis, Jodie Hairgrove, Georgia Alford Peddy, and Clara Bagwell all of Tenaha, and J. W. Duke of Westville, OK. The couple moved to Texas by 1880.
His obituary describes Mr. Duke as "a prosperous farmer," who lived in the Ramah community. About 2 years prior to his death, Mr. and Mrs. Duke moved to Tenaha to live with their daughter, Clara Bagwell. Mr. Duke died there after being ill for 7 weeks.
Biography compiled by Sheron Smith-Savage.
Sources:
Obituary, The Champion, March 21, 1923, reprinted in Mildred Cariker Pinkston, Obituaries of Early Pioneers, Shelby County, Texas, Center: Center Printing Co., 1983, I:229
1860 Census, Burnt Corn, Monroe Co, AL
1870 Census, Dennards Bluff, Monroe Co, AL
1880, 1900, 1910, 1920 Censuses, Shelby Co, TX
Family Members
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Mary Ann "Mollie" Duke Johnson
1866–1939
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Ferdinand H "Ferd" Duke
1868–1934
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George Walter Duke
1870–1954
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Bonita Jennie Duke Womack
1874–1938
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Martha Lula Duke Hurst
1875–1939
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Cornelia S. "Nealie" Duke Davis
1877–1953
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Jodie Duke Hairgrove
1880–1960
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Fronnie Duke
1882–1892
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Clara Duke Raley
1885–1967
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Bettie Ferdie Duke Segler
1891–1959
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Georgia Duke Peddy
1894–1951
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