Willie Evelyn (Black) Duke (1861 - 1941)

Born 18 Feb 1861 in Demopolis, Marengo, Alabama, United States

Wife of Jesse Chisholm Duke — married about 1878 (to 1916) in Alabama, United States

Descendants

Died 24 Oct 1941 at age 80 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Willie E. (Black) Duke is a part of US Black heritage.

Wife, mother and grandmother of Notables: Jesse C. Duke Charles S. Duke, and Geraldine McCullough.

Willie was born in 1861 to Lucinda Black. She passed away in 1941.

In 1870, Willie Black 14 was living in Demopolis, Marengo, Alabama with Lucinda Black 51, a seamstress, and Watkin Black 18, a farm laborer. ^[1]

On 10 Jan 1878, Willie A. (sic) Black married Jesse C. Duke in Selma, Dallas, Alabama.^[2]

By 1880, they were living in Selma, Dallas, Alabama with son Charles S. 10/12. Jesse was a grocer.^[3]

In 1887, Willie Duke and her family had to leave Alabama, because her husband had started a newspaper in 1886, and written an editorial that scandalized the White population, who called for his death.

By 1900, Willie Duke (coded Dukes) 41 lived in Pine Bluff, Jefferson, Arkansas with husband Jesse Duke 45, newspaper editor, and the four younger children: Edward 17, Thomas 13, Esther 10, and Harvey 7.^[4]

In 1910, Willia E Duke 52 lived in Pine Bluff with Jesse Duke 55, a rural school teacher, and children Edward E. 26, Esther P. 20, and Harrison R. 17.^[5]

Son Charles Sumner Duke removed to Chicago, Cook, Illinois by 1910, and daughter Esther P. Duke Hamilton moved there before 1920.

Jesse C. Duke 62 died on Jan 23, 1916 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois.^[6] and was buried in Bellwood Cemetery, Pine Bluff, Arkansas.^[7]

On 31 Jan 1916, Willie E. Duke filed for a widow's pension based on her husband's military service in the 7th US Volunteer Infantry.^[8]

In 1930, Willie E Duke 67 was living in Chicago, Cook, Illinois with her daughter, Esther P. Hamilton 37, and six grandchildren.^[9]

In 1940, Willie Duke 78 was living in Chicago with Hugh Hamilton 45 and Ester Hamilton 50, three grandchildren, and three Hamilton relatives.^[10]

Willie E. Duke died on 24 Oct 1941 in Cook, Illinois.^[11]

She was buried in Bellwood Cemetery, Pine Bluff, Jefferson, Arkansas.^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ Alabama > Marengo > Demopolis: "1870 United States Federal Census"
   Alabama > Marengo > Demopolis
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 28 August 2023)
   Willie Black.
2. ↑ Marriage: "Alabama, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1805-1967"
   Dallas > 1870 - 1881
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 28 August 2023)
   Willie A. Black.
3. ↑ Alabama > Dallas > Selma > 071: "1880 United States Federal Census"
   Alabama > Dallas > Selma > 071
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 28 August 2023)
   Willie Duke.
4. ↑ 1900 United States Federal Census: "1900 United States Federal Census"
   Arkansas > Jefferson > Pine Bluff Ward 04 > District 0105
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 27 August 2023)
   J C Dukes.
5. ↑ 1910 Census: "1910 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1910; Census Place: Pine Bluff Ward 4, Jefferson, Arkansas; Roll: T624_54; Page: 1a; Enumeration District: 0121; FHL microfilm: 1374067
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7884 #589579 (accessed 26 August 2023)
6. ↑ Death: "Cook County, Illinois, U.S., Deaths Index, 1878-1922"
   FHL Film Number: 1276292
   Ancestry Record 2552 #411054 (accessed 2 August 2023)
7. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #206789446 (accessed 26 August 2023)
   Memorial page for Jesse Chisholm “J. C.” Duke (7 Mar 1853-23 Jan 1916), citing Bellwood Cemetery, Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas, USA (plot: Block 174, Lot 4); Maintained by jlbw (contributor 48967302).
8. ↑ Military: "U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934"
   The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC, USA; U.s., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; NAI Title: General Index to Civil War and Later Pension Files, Ca. 1949-Ca. 1949; NAI Number: 563268; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773-2007; Record Group Number: 15; Series Number: T288; Roll: 132
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 4654 #11025119 (accessed 28 August 2023)
9. ↑ 1930 United States Federal Census: "1930 United States Federal Census"
   Illinois > Cook > Chicago (Districts 1-250) > District 0142
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 28 August 2023)
   Willie E Duke.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1940", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWTT-X45 : Sun Jul 30 17:40:52 UTC 2023), Entry for Hughes Hamilton and Ester Hamilton, 1940.
11. ↑ Death: "Cook County, Illinois Death Index, 1908-1988"
    Cook County Clerk; Chicago, IL; Cook County Genealogy Records (Deaths)
    Ancestry Record 1501 #3612886 (accessed 28 August 2023)
12. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
    Find A Grave: Memorial #206789271 (accessed 28 August 2023)
    Memorial page for Willie Evelyn Black Duke (16 Feb 1861-24 Oct 1941), citing Bellwood Cemetery, Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas, USA (plot: Block 174, Lot 4); Maintained by jlbw (contributor 48967302).