{"id":3177,"date":"2022-01-10T14:48:28","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T20:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lauderdale\/?p=3177"},"modified":"2022-01-10T14:48:28","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T20:48:28","slug":"duncan-j-w","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lauderdale\/2022\/01\/10\/duncan-j-w\/","title":{"rendered":"Duncan, J. W."},"content":{"rendered":"

J. W. Duncan<\/strong>, an extensive merchant and cotton planter of Golddust, Lauderdale
\nCounty, was born January 26, 1848, at Rising Sun, Ind., and was the oldest of
\nseven children born to Wilson N. and Frances E. Duncan. The father was a
\nnative of Virginia, and died in 1881 in Golddust. The mother was a native of
\nIndiana and died in 1870. The father was a steamboatman, and our subject was
\nengaged in the same business when fifteen years of age, at Cincinnati, Ohio,
\nuntil 1876, when he commenced merchandising at Ashport and Golddust, and has
\nsince continued. During the war he was on steamboats employed by the
\nGovernment to transport goods from the war department. July 11, 1877, he
\nmarried Amelia B. Volkmar, the daughter of Frederick and Mary Volkmar, of
\nMemphis, Tenn., and they have had three children: Berdie May, born August
\n1878; Willie, born October 1882, and Fannie, born September 18, 1886. Mr.
\nDuncan has made his money since the war by close application to business and
\ngood management. For ten years he has acted as postmaster at Ashport and is a
\nmember of the Masonic Lodge (De Soto 229) at Memphis, Tenn., and is a firm
\nDemocrat. He is one of the most extensive cotton planters in this part of the
\nstate, and owns a steam cotton gin, in addition to a large stock of general
\nmerchandise. He has never had a partner in business in his life, and is now
\nworth $25,000 free of any incumbrance. He is one of the solid men of the
\ncounty.<\/p>\n

Goodspeed’s Biographies of Lauderdale Co., TN <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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