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Biography
Abel Duncan, son of Peter Duncan and Violet Cox was born about 1838 in Floyd Co. Virginia.
Estimate Marriage - Unknown - after 1860
Abel died about 1894 and is buried in Burks Ford Township, Pleasent Hill Church Cemetery. On US Route 221, Willis, Floyd Co., VA.
Sources
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DM-P4D : accessed 5 August 2015), Peter Dunkin, Floyd county, part of, Floyd, Virginia, United States; citing family 624, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1860," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M41W-H22 : accessed 5 August 2015), Peter Duncan, [Blank], Floyd, Virginia, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing p. 140, household ID 943, NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 805,345.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Abel by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Abel: