James Polk Duncan, Union Civil War Veteran PVT. Co. E, 2nd Tennessee Calvary

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James Polk Duncan & Elizabeth Bryant

	Husband's Name	Wife's Name
	DUNCAN, James Polk	BRYANT, Elizabeth
Birth Date	11 Mar 1844	06 Nov 1845
Religious Affiliation	English Mountain, Newport, Cocke County, TN	31 Jul 1847 Big Pidgeon Baptist Church, Cocke County TN
Death Date	30 Dec 1932 McKinney City Hospital, Collin County TX	03 Oct 1932 Bowlby Community, Collin County TX
Obituary & Burial Data	Pecan Grove Cemetery, Block 166 McKinney, Collin County, McKinney TX Obituary Link to Family Plots	Pecan Grove Cemetery, Block 166 McKinney, Collin County, McKinney TX Obituary Link to Family Plots
Marriage Date	25 May 1865 Newport, English Mountain, TN	Newport, English Mountain, TN
Father	DUNCAN, William	BRYANT, Aaron
Mother	BAYLESS, Elizabeth	MANTOOTH, Elizabeth

M/F	Children by Surname-Given	Birth--Date	Birth Place	State	Death--Data	Burial Location	Marriage Data
F	DUNCAN, Mary Etta	13 Feb 1865	unknown	TX	16 Dec 1941	Williams Cemetery McKinney, Collin County, TX	HUTCHERSON, Calvin Cullough B: 11 Oct 1859 D:22 Oct 1922 M: 24 Dec 1882 Children: James Franklin Hutcherson (1886 - 1892) Lela May Hutcherson Strickland (1889 - 1971) Dan Edward Hutcherson (1903 - 1975) Alvin Hutcherson (1908 - 1969)
M	DUNCAN, Landon R "LC"	27 Mar 1867	unknown	TX	08 Jan 1947	Williams Cemetery McKinney, Collin County, TX	SHELTON, Rachel B:13 Mar 1865 D: 15 Dec 1947 M:01 May 1887 Children: James Oscar Duncan (1888 - 1955) Lawrence D. Duncan (1909 - 1934)
M	DUNCAN, Robert Lee "Bob" (Twin)	27 Aug 1870	Hopkins County	TX	03 Nov 1942		HARTIN, Ellen Eliza 27 Jul 1891 Children: Mildreg B: 23 Mar 1917 D: 19 Jul 1917 COD: Death Cert: Whooping Cough/Pneumonia
M	DUNCAN, Infant (Twin)		Hopkins County	TX		unknown	Died in Infancy
M	DUNCAN, Edward "Ed"	14 Nov 1874	unknown	TX	31 Dec 1950	Pecan Grove Cemetery McKinney, Collin County TX	ELMORE, Monnie B: 26 Dec 1876 D: 16 Jul 1959 M: 1894
M	DUNCAN, Aaron (Twin)	25 Mar 1872	Collin County	TX	June 1942 Obit Link:	Pecan Grove Cemetery McKinney, Collin County TX	ELLIOT, Ursula "Zula"1895
M	DUNCAN, Will (Twin)	25 Mar 1872	Collin County	TX	"died young"	unknown	unmarried
M	DUNCAN, James A. "Jim"	16 Aug 1877	unknown	TX	26 Nov 1952	Pecan Grove Cemetery McKinney, Collin County TX	McGARRAH, Bullah (14 Jul 1880 - 7 Apr 1963) M:1900
M	DUNCAN, Ray	1879	unknown	TX	1939	Pecan Grove Cemetery McKinney, Collin County TX	LEMONS, Ethel (1869-1961)M:1910
M	DUNCAN, Clay	25 May 1885	unknown	TX	29 May 1945	Pecan Grove Cemetery McKinney, Collin County TX	McCANDLESS, Alta Faye (1889 - 1944) M:1906
M	DUNCAN, Betty "Lizzie"	unknown	unknown	TX	unknown	unknown	MATTHEWS, Owen 1906

Sources:
From Collin County Pioneering in North Texas, Hall, 1975:

The Duncan Family

"James Polk Duncan was born 01 November 1844 in Cook [sic Cocke] County, Newport, Tennessee in what was known as the Bogart Community, on the English Mountains. He was the son of William Duncan and Elizabeth Bates [sic Bayless/Balus] Duncan. He married Elizabeth Mantooth Bryant in Newport, Tennessee May 25, 1865.

At age 17 he enlisted in the Union Army and served throughout the Civil War in Company E, 2nd Tennessee Cavalry in General Grant's Army. He served under his brother, 1st Lt. Daniel B. Duncan, and was in several battles in Tennessee, as well as the Battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi. He received his discharge at Nashville, Tennessee on July 14th, 1865 and returned to Newport.

When he was 22 years old he and his family moved to Texas to live. The family and five other families made the trip in a boat made by William Duncan. The boat was 56 feet long and 16 feet wide. Besides the six families, the boat contained all their household goods, the provisions, and F. Grundy brought a span of mules and others their milk cows and chickens. The six families were Martin N. Lewis and family, F. G. Grundy Lewis family, G. Tucker family. Will Clevenger family, J.P. Duncan family and the Phil Roberts family.

They started on the French Broad River at Hay's Ferry and then into the Tennessee River, then the Ohio River and at last into the Mississippi to go down Red River to Jefferson, Texas where they sold their boat and came overland to Collin County. They joined his [James Polk Duncan's] father-in-law [ Aaron Bryant] and family who were already living in the vicinity of Walnut Grove Community. They arrived March 28, 1868. All of these people were neighbors on old Tennessee and they all located six to eight miles west of McKinney. They were Presbyterians and united with the Walnut Grove Presbyterian Church.

J.P. Duncan later bought a farm in the Bowlby community where his family grew to adulthood and prospered. He was an Odd Fellow and a leader in community life.

The following children were born to this couple. Mary Etta who married Calvin Hutcherson, Landon Duncan married Rachel Shelton; R.L. Bob Duncan married Ellen Hardin (Bob had a twin who died in infancy); Edward Duncan married Monnie Elmore, Aaron married Zula Elliot (Aaron had a twin Will who died as a young man); James A. Duncan married Bulah McGarrah; Ray Duncan married Ethel Lemons; Clay Duncan married Atta McCandless; and Betty married Owen Matthews.

J.P.Duncan and his father-in-law Aaron Bryant, sat on the first legal murder trial that was held in McKinney, the Belew trial, 1872.

J.P. Duncan and his wife are buried at Pecan Grove Cemetery at McKinney. Both passed away in 1932.

Transcription from Courier Gazette Newspaper 27 September 1932 Obituary
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Jim P. Duncan, native of Newport Tennessee and resident of the Bowlby community west of McKinney for many years, died at the McKinney City Hospital this (Tuesday) morning, September 27th at 3:35 o'clock. He had been in the hospital for the past six weeks.

The deceased was born October 31st, 1844 in Newport, Tennessee being therefore at the time of his death 87 years, 10 months and 26 days old. He was the son of William Duncan and Elizabeth Balus Duncan of Tennessee.

Surviving are his wife, who was before her marriage Miss Elizabeth Bryant and nine children as follows: Mrs. Mary Etta Hutcherson who resides west of McKinney; Mrs. Owen Matthews of Dallas, L.C. Duncan who resides on McKinney Route 2; R. L. (Bob) Duncan of Hopkins County; and Aaron, Ed, Jim, Ray and Clay Duncan all of whom reside west of McKinney.

Funeral services are pending. They will be under the direction of the Sam J. Massie and Son Funeral Home of this city.

The wife of the deceased, Mrs. Jim Duncan, is critically ill at their home in the Bowlby community.

Largely Attended Funeral Services
for Mrs. Elizabeth Bryant Duncan

Largely attended funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Duncan were held at the family residence in the Bowlby community Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, conducted by Reverand E. B. Jackson, pastor of the South Wilcox Street Methodist Church, and assisted by Elder R. C. Horn of this city. Internment followed in Pecan Grove Cemetery under the direction of Sam J. Massie and Son Funeral Home.

The newly made grave was covered with a profusion of flowers, silent tokens of the high esteem and love in which the decesased was held by a multitude of friends and relatives.

The deceased was 86 years old at the time of her passing Monday morning Ocyober 3rd, at 6:25 o'clock following a four weeks' illness. Her husband, the late Jim P. Duncan, passed away six days prior to her death, her body being laid to rest beside his grave.

The surviving children are: Mrs. Mary Etta Hutcherson who resides west of McKinney; Mrs. Owen Matthews of Dallas, L.C. Duncan who resides on McKinney Route 2; R. L. (Bob) Duncan of Hopkins County; and Aaron, Ed, Jim, Ray and Clay Duncan all of whom reside west of McKinney.

Transcription from Courier Gazette Newspaper 03 October 1932 Obituary
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Some of the Collin County members of the family are Mrs. Smith Roberts, S. H. Lemons, Betty Darland, Dan Hutcherson (Plano) , and Lucille Ford of McKinney."

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