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Descendants of Benjamin Duncan,Sr.

Generation No. 2


      3. Nimrod2 Duncan (Benjamin1) was born 1793 in Kentucky3, and died Aft. 1850. He married Nancy Parker Sep 01, 1820 in Lawrenceburg, Franklin County, Kentucky, daughter of Martin Parker and Mary Shumate. She was born Abt. 1802 in Virginia4.

Notes for Nimrod Duncan:
Nimrod's wife, Nancy Parker, was the cousin of Daniel's wife, Lucinda Parker.
1850 Census: Listed childern living with Nimrod and wife, Lucinda, -
Benjamin - age 20, Daniel - 18, Luciiinda - 17, Nimrod - 14, Matilda - 13, Elizabeth - 12, John - 24, Daniel 6/12...probably son of John.


More About Nimrod Duncan:
Census 1: Bet. 1822 - 1830, Howard County, Missouri
Census 2: 1840, Ray County, Missouri
Census 3: 1850, Buchanan County, Missouri - age 57
Occupation: 1850, Farmer5

More About Nancy Parker:
Census: 1850, Buchanan County, Missouri - age 54

More About Nimrod Duncan and Nancy Parker:
Marriage: Sep 01, 1820, Lawrenceburg, Franklin County, Kentucky
     
Children of Nimrod Duncan and Nancy Parker are:
  11 i.   John3 Duncan, born Abt. 1826 in Missouri.
  More About John Duncan:
Census: 1850, Buchanan County, Missouri
Occupation: 1850, Farmer
  12 ii.   Benjamin Duncan, born Abt. 1830 in Missouri.
  13 iii.   Daniel Duncan, born Abt. 1832 in Missouri.
  14 iv.   Matilda Duncan, born Abt. 1832 in Missouri.
  15 v.   Lucinda Duncan, born Abt. 1833 in Missouri.
  16 vi.   Nimrod Duncan Jr, born Abt. 1836 in Missouri. He married Martha Richardson.
  Notes for Nimrod Duncan Jr:
Nimrod Jr. married two sisters, both were Richardson's. The first wife died young then Nimrod married Martha Richardson.

  17 vii.   Elizabeth Duncan, born Abt. 1838.


      5. Daniel2 Duncan (Benjamin1) was born Abt. 1795 in Kentucky, and died Abt. 1849 in California. He married Lucinda Parker Dec 11, 1820 in Lawrenceburg, Anderson County, Kentucky, daughter of John Parker and Charlotte Duncan. She was born Abt. 1793 in Virginia, and died 1863 in Nevada.

Notes for Daniel Duncan:
After Daniel's father, Benjamin, died in 1820, Daniel Duncan was appointed, "By Court Order, guardian to Mary, Joseph, Cloe, Matthew and Mark, whereupon he ordered into bond with Jordan H. Walker and Joseph Misner his security in the penal sum of one thousand dollars conditioners as the case directs." (Court Order Book G, 1819 - 1823, page 240, September 1821)

In 1821 Daniel left Kentucky and moved his family to Missouri taking his youngest sister, Chloe, with him.

Daniel traveled west in 1849 to mine gold with his sons, William, John and Daniel. Daniel died in the west, possibly along the way. [Source: The 1849 California Trail Diaries of Elijah Preston Howell; edited by Susan Badger Doyle & Donald E Buck]

Notes for Lucinda Parker:
The 1850 Ray county, Missouri census shows Lucinda and her children living together. Lucinda 54,
John 29, William 26, Joseph Jr 23, Lydia 15, Lucinda 12, William Flenikin 6, Joseph 40, Charlotte 22.

In 1863 a large group from Ray County, Missouri, was organized to travel west. Lucinda and all of her children and grandchildren, except one, were a large part of this group. Lucinda wanted to go to California to find the grave of her husband Daniel, who had died when he went west in 1849 to mine gold with his sons, William, John and Daniel. Lucinda Parker Duncan died in the Nevada desert while traveling westward on the wagon train. James Pressley Yager kept a descriptive trail journal which has been published by the Nevada Historical Society [ Vol. 14, nos. 1-2 ] - "The Diary of a Journey Across the Plains". In his journal (27, Aug, 1863) he reported " Mrs. Duncan's funeral was preached by Cap-Peterson. Her remains was carried to its last resting place as we proceeded on our journey & up on a high point to our left about one miles from camp...The scene was truly a sad one to leave a beloved mother on the wild & desolate plains."

Lucinda's grave was discovered in the middle of the Nevada desert during the late 1860's by Central Pacific Railroad men. They began to care for the grave placing a cross by the grave and surrounding it with a picket fence painted white, later moving the grave when track realignment came too near. Thinking her a young maiden the place became known as "The Maiden's Grave" [Source: The Bulletin, Southern Pacific Lines (May 1958) "We Keep Alive a Legend of a Maiden's Grave"]


More About Lucinda Parker:
Burial: 1863, Nevada
Census: 1850, Ray County, Missouri

Marriage Notes for Daniel Duncan and Lucinda Parker:
Daniel's wife, Lucinda Parker, was a cousin to Nancy Parker who married Nimrod, (Daniel's brother)

More About Daniel Duncan and Lucinda Parker:
Marriage: Dec 11, 1820, Lawrenceburg, Anderson County, Kentucky
     
Children of Daniel Duncan and Lucinda Parker are:
  18 i.   John P3 Duncan, born Apr 1821 in Kentucky. He married Susan A Thompson.
  More About John P Duncan:
Moved 1: 1863, Went by wagon train west
Moved 2: Aft. 1849, Returned to Missouri
Occupation: Presbyterian Minister
Traveled: 1849, West to California with father & brothers
  19 ii.   Mary Duncan, born Abt. 1822 in Kentucky. She married James Hardy Flinikin Dec 1841.
  More About James Flinikin and Mary Duncan:
Marriage: Dec 1841
  20 iii.   William Duncan, born Abt. 1824 in Kentucky.
  21 iv.   Joseph Duncan, born Aug 1827 in Kentucky. He married Sarah Jane Pugh.
  22 v.   Daniel Duncan Jr., born 1830; died 1877. He married Nancy Marrs 1857 in Ray County, Missouri; born 1837 in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky; died May 09, 1912.
  More About Daniel Duncan Jr.:
Traveled: 1849, West by wagon train with his father and brothers, William & John.

  More About Daniel Jr. and Nancy Marrs:
Marriage: 1857, Ray County, Missouri
  23 vi.   Melinda Duncan, born Abt. 1832 in Richmond, Ray County, Missouri. She married (1) Alney K Thompson Dec 17, 1849 in Ray County, Missouri; died Bef. 1863. She married (2) David Green Robertson 1864 in Steamboat Springs, Nevada.
  Notes for Melinda Duncan:
When Melinda traveled with the wagon train of 1883 she was known as the "Widow Thompson". When the train reached Steamboat Springs, Nevada Melinda married David Robertson.

  Notes for Alney K Thompson:
He was killed in during the Civil War when a rifle accidently fell in his tent, discharging a ball into his leg.

  More About Alney K Thompson:
Military service: Civil War

  More About Alney Thompson and Melinda Duncan:
Marriage: Dec 17, 1849, Ray County, Missouri

  More About David Robertson and Melinda Duncan:
Marriage: 1864, Steamboat Springs, Nevada
  24 vii.   Lydia Duncan, born 1835 in Missouri. She married (1) Sheldon Frost. She married (2) William A Powell 1859 in Ray County, Missouri.
  Notes for Lydia Duncan:
Lydia married William Powell, a widower with two sons. When Lydia heard her husband, William had been killed in the war she packed up and went west with her family taking her two stepsons, Jesse & Gil. By 1867 Lydia had married Sheldon Frost a man with two children. After they were settled in Nevada William Powell showed up, not having died in the war after all. The story was that he took his boys and moved to Stockton, California.

  More About Sheldon Frost:
Census: 1870, Antelope Valley, Momo County, California

  More About William A Powell:
Military service: Civil War

  More About William Powell and Lydia Duncan:
Marriage: 1859, Ray County, Missouri
  25 viii.   Lucy Duncan, born 1838 in Ray county, Missouri. She married George Shaw 1860 in Ray County, Missouri.
  More About George Shaw and Lucy Duncan:
Marriage: 1860, Ray County, Missouri



      7. Chloe2 Duncan (Benjamin1) was born Mar 27, 1813 in Kentucky, Franklin County, and died Nov 09, 1889 in Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado. She married Travis Sterling Jan 30, 1838 in Livingston County, Missouri, son of Travers Sterling and Grace Starling. He was born Jul 25, 1800 in Maryland, and died Oct 06, 1865 in Springhill, Livingston County, Missouri.

Notes for Chloe Duncan:
Obituary - Chloe (Duncan) Sterling:
"Her parents died when she was very young and she found a home with a brother much her senior and with him moved to Missouri when but eight years of age (abt 1821). Here she grew up to womanhood, and in January 1839, was married to Mr. Travis Sterling, who died in 1865." [Source - http://members.aol.com/GBerry1813/DUNCAN.html - email: gberry1813@aol.com]


(Court Order Book G, 1819 - 1823, page 240, September 1821)
By Court Order, Daniel Duncan was appointed guardian to Mary, Joseph, Cloe, Matthew and Mark, whereupon he ordered into bond with Jordan H. Walker and Joseph Misner his security in the penal sum of one thousand dollars conditioners as the case directs.


More About Chloe Duncan:
Burial: Nov 12, 1889, Linn Grove Cemetery, Greeley, Colerado
Residence: Greely, Weld Co., Colorado

More About Travis Sterling and Chloe Duncan:
Marriage: Jan 30, 1838, Livingston County, Missouri
     
Children of Chloe Duncan and Travis Sterling are:
  26 i.   William Clark3 Sterling, born Mar 27, 1838 in Springhill, Livingston, Missouri; died Jun 30, 1906 in Kansas Cith, Jackson, Missouri. He married Margaret Isabelle Nave Nov 16, 1865 in Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri; born Oct 18, 1846 in Springhill, Livingston, Missouri; died Dec 04, 1891 in Bolivar, Polk, Missouri.
  More About William Clark Sterling:
Burial: Mt. Pleasant Cemetery

  More About Margaret Isabelle Nave:
Burial: Mt. Pleasant Cemetery

  More About William Sterling and Margaret Nave:
Marriage: Nov 16, 1865, Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri
  27 ii.   Mary Elizabeth Sterling, born Jan 15, 1841 in Springhill, Livingston, Missouri; died Feb 21, 1923 in Fort Collins, Larimer, Colorado. She married James Harvel Williams Jan 30, 1866 in Livingston County ,Missouri.
  More About Mary Elizabeth Sterling:
Burial: Feb 1923, Grandview Cemetery

  More About James Williams and Mary Sterling:
Marriage: Jan 30, 1866, Livingston County ,Missouri
  28 iii.   Asa Sterling, born Apr 20, 1842 in Springhill, Livingston, Missouri; died Apr 06, 1919 in Greely, Weld, Colorado. He married Anna Loustalet Apr 06, 1875 in Denver, Colorado.
  More About Asa Sterling:
Burial: Linn Grove Cemetery

  More About Asa Sterling and Anna Loustalet:
Marriage: Apr 06, 1875, Denver, Colorado
  29 iv.   Joseph Sterling, born Jul 25, 1843 in Springhill, Livingston, Missouri; died Sep 28, 1916 in Eldorado Springs, Cedar, Missouri. He married Sarah Ann Hoskins Oct 19, 1869 in Livingston County ,Missouri; born Nov 23, 1848 in Livingston, Missouri; died Oct 15, 1930 in Eldorado Springs, Cedar, Missouri.
  More About Joseph Sterling:
Burial: Newton Burial Park Cemetery

  More About Sarah Ann Hoskins:
Burial: Newton Burial Park Cemetery

  More About Joseph Sterling and Sarah Hoskins:
Marriage: Oct 19, 1869, Livingston County ,Missouri
  30 v.   John Sterling, born May 10, 1846 in Springhill, Livingston, Missouri; died Dec 01, 1925 in Springhill, Livingston, Missouri. He married Margaret Ann Porterfield 1871 in Springhill, Livingston, Missouri; born Jan 09, 1851; died Jun 01, 1932.
  More About John Sterling:
Burial: Springhill Cemetery

  More About John Sterling and Margaret Porterfield:
Marriage: 1871, Springhill, Livingston, Missouri
  31 vi.   Elizabeth Jane Sterling, born Apr 15, 1849 in Springhill, Livingston, Missouri; died Aug 23, 1935 in Greely, Weld, Colorado. She married Wilfred Mauck Feb 25, 1894 in Fort Collins, Larimer, Colorado; born Abt. 1850; died Jul 06, 1939 in Greely, Weld, Colorado.
  More About Wilfred Mauck:
Burial: Greely, Weld, Colorado

  More About Wilfred Mauck and Elizabeth Sterling:
Marriage: Feb 25, 1894, Fort Collins, Larimer, Colorado
  32 vii.   Benjamin Southey Sterling, born Aug 30, 1851 in Springhill, Livingston, MO; died Sep 15, 1894 in Greely, Weld, Colorado.
  More About Benjamin Southey Sterling:
Burial: Linn Grove Cemetery
  33 viii.   Lucinda Ellen Sterling, born Oct 20, 1853 in Springhill, Livingston, Missouri; died Nov 22, 1897 in Fort Collins, Larimer, Colorado. She married Pierre Bernard 1875 in Evans, Larimer, Colorado.
  More About Lucinda Ellen Sterling:
Burial: Grandview Cemetery

  More About Pierre Bernard and Lucinda Sterling:
Marriage: 1875, Evans, Larimer, Colorado
  34 ix.   Malinda Katherine Sterling, born Dec 08, 1855 in Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri; died Apr 23, 1941 in Greely, Weld, Colorado. She married Walter Leroy Miner Jan 18, 1894 in Greely, Weld, Colorado; born Abt. 1849 in Elk Grove, Indiana; died Dec 16, 1942 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas.
  More About Walter Leroy Miner:
Burial: Linn Grove Cemetery

  More About Walter Miner and Malinda Sterling:
Marriage: Jan 18, 1894, Greely, Weld, Colorado

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