Matt H. Duncan (1883 - 1929)

Born 15 Jun 1883 in Tennessee, USA

Ancestors

Son of Moses Smith Duncan and Elizabeth Jane (Phillips) Duncan

Husband of Belle (Phillips) Duncan — married 1914 in Tennessee, USA

Descendants

Died 20 Feb 1929 at age 45 in Stainville, Anderson County, Tennessee, USA

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Biography

Matthew was born in 1883. He was the son of Moses Duncan and Betsie Phillips. He passed away in 1929.

Brothers Fight and Go Insane Over Argument About the Bible Knoxville, Tenn., September 2 Matthew and Luke Duncan, brothers, of Frost Bottom, in Anderson county, Tennessee, preachers of the Baptist persuasion, fought and went insane over an argument about the Bible. This occurred last Saturday, and after the fight, they had both took to the woods. Matthew was captured yesterday and taken to Oliver Springs. He fought savagely when taken, knocking down several men before being overpowered.

During the night at Oliver Springs, he was lashed to a post for safe-keeping. Today he was committed to the State Hospital for the Insane at Lyons View. His brother Luke is still at large in the woods.

They fought following an argument over who has supreme power, the Lord or the devil. Matthew maintained that God has no power over the devil, and Luke took the other view. They argued, until both went insane. They are between 35 and 40 years old.

Source: Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, GA, Sept 3, 1913

• Matt Duncan was born January 15, 1883, in Tennessee, USA.^[1][2]

He died February 20, 1929, in Stainville, Anderson County, Tennessee, USA.^[3] He was buried in the New Pilot Cemetery in Stainville, Anderson County, Tennessee, USA.^[4]

DNA Confirmation

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal GEDmatch comparison between Sandra (Duncan) Seavers , GEDmatch kit # M511038, and Janet Dagley, GEDmatch kit # WC2092829, (compare kits), her 3rd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are William Duncan and Sarah Lowe, the great great grandparents of both Sandra (Duncan) Seavers and Janet Dagley. Predicted relationship from GEDmatch: 3.6 generations, based on sharing 94.5 cM across 6 segments. DNA test taker Sandra (Duncan) Seavers is the granddaughter of Matt Duncan, the son of Moses Duncan, the son of the common ancestors William Duncan & Sarah Lowe.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSZP-MN1 : accessed 13 August 2015), Matt Duncan in household of Moses S Duncan, Civil District 7, Anderson, Tennessee, United States; citing sheet 1B, family 10, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,557.
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Record for Elizabeth Jane Phillips
3. ↑ "Tennessee, Death Records, 1914-1955," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSLQ-WB5 : accessed 13 August 2015), Mat Duncan, 20 Feb 1929; citing Phillips Cemetery, Stainville, Anderson, Tennessee, cn 4079, State Library and Archives, Nashville; FHL microfilm 1,876,749.
4. ↑ Find a Grave memorial for Rev. Matt Duncan

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN59-RLN : accessed 13 August 2015), Matt H Duncan, Civil District 10, Anderson, Tennessee, United States; citing sheet 24B, family 237, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,728.

Cremated

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132139362/matthew-h-duncan : accessed 28 February 2022), memorial page for Rev Matthew H. “Matt” Duncan (15 Jun 1883–20 Feb 1929), Find a Grave Memorial ID 132139362, citing New Pilot Cemetery, Stainville, Anderson County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Della Phillips Harper (contributor 47370216) .