45th ILL. INF.
John H. Duncan was thrown off a train last Saturday near Virden and killed instantly. His body was taken and cared for by the G.A.R. of that city, until a later train returned his body home.
Funeral took place the next day at the Methodist Church in Franklin. The funeral was attended by one of the largest crowds that ever assembled in the church and cemetery. He left a wife and seven children. (5 children are under the age of 14).
John was the third child of Mrs. A.G. Duncan that died within less than five months. Will,died May 30, 1892; Mrs.Emma Duncan Jolly, died June 26, 1892; and John, died Oct.15,1892.
Information from Civil War Obit. on usgenweb.org, Illinois, Morgan County, Obits., Civil War Obits. The full obit can be found there.
45th ILL. INF.
John H. Duncan was thrown off a train last Saturday near Virden and killed instantly. His body was taken and cared for by the G.A.R. of that city, until a later train returned his body home.
Funeral took place the next day at the Methodist Church in Franklin. The funeral was attended by one of the largest crowds that ever assembled in the church and cemetery. He left a wife and seven children. (5 children are under the age of 14).
John was the third child of Mrs. A.G. Duncan that died within less than five months. Will,died May 30, 1892; Mrs.Emma Duncan Jolly, died June 26, 1892; and John, died Oct.15,1892.
Information from Civil War Obit. on usgenweb.org, Illinois, Morgan County, Obits., Civil War Obits. The full obit can be found there.
Family Members
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Margaret E Duncan Reed
1845–1907
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William Wallace Duncan
1849–1892
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Mary Rose Duncan Seymour
1853–1928
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Emma Lee Duncan Jolly
1855–1892
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Lillie B. Duncan Clayton
1857–1916
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Henry C Duncan
1858–1859
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Richard Yates Duncan
1860–1941
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Charles B. Duncan
1861–1955
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Nellie A. Duncan
1863–1865
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James M. Duncan
unknown–1853
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Sarah E. Duncan
unknown–1847
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