James Duncan (1794 - 1874)

Born 1 May 1794 in Springfield, Robertson, Tennessee, United States

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Died 4 May 1874 at age 80 in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States

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Biography

James Duncan was born May 1, 1794 in Springfield, Tennessee to John Pekin Duncan, Jr and Lydia Spiller Duncan.

James enlisted in the US Army during the war of 1812 (the Blackhawk Wars) at age 18.

At age 25 he married Rebecca Herring. She died in 1830 leaving 3 children (James M., Malinda, and Susan). About 3 years later he married Huldah Jones Duncan and they moved to St.Clair County in Illinois. Together James and Huldah had 6 children (William Riley, Matilda Anne, Rebecca Jane, Hulda, John, and Frederick R.).

James had become interested in, and deeply committed to, the Mormon religion and moved near Nauvoo, Illinois.

Following the murders of Joseph and Hyrum Smith in the Carthage, Illinois jail, the Mormons were forced to flee. James Duncan and his family went with the Heber C. Kimball Company of Mormon Pioneers in 1848 when they made the trek from Winter Quarters in the Omaha (Nebraska) area to the Salt Lake City area. They left June 6 1848 and arrived at their destination on 24 September 1848. ^[1]

James spent the rest of his life in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, USA. He died on 4 May 1874.

• Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confident based on a triangulated group on MyHeritageDNA who share a 18 cM segment on chromosome 1, consisting of Barbara (Duncan) Fridlund and Lance Martin, her 4th cousin 2x removed, and Dennis Thornley, her 4th cousin 1x removed. (Lance and Dennis are 5th cousins 1x removed.) These matches have been independently verified by via the MyHeritage Chromosome Browser. Their most-recent common ancestors are John Duncan and Lydia Spiller, the 3x great grandparents of Barbara (Duncan) Fridlund and 5x great grandparents of Lance Martin and 4x great grandparents of Dennis Thornley.

Sources

1. Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel

• Jacob, Norton, Reminiscence and journal 1844 May-1852 Jan., 110-15.
• Journal History, Supp. after 31 Dec. 1848, p. 13
• Kimball, Heber C., Journal, June-Sep. 1848, in Heber C. Kimball, Papers, 1847-1866, reel 2, box 4, fd. 2 and fd. 3. [written by William Thompson]
• Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, p. 850

Footnotes

1. ↑ https://history.lds.org/overlandtravel/pioneers/2829 Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel

Acknowledgements

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import Duncan-4583 was created by Gene Szynkarek through the import of Szynkarek Family Tree.ged on Aug 4, 2014.