-------------------------------------------------------------------------- File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Paul R. Sarrett, Jr. Feb. 10, 1998 prsjr@aol.com USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Paul R. Sarrett, Jr. (prsjr@aol.com) http://members.aol.com/prsjr/ia/pageia.htm (Page Co., IA. HomePage Civil War: 4th Iowa Regiment CIVIL WAR (1861-1865) Seven years after ROBERT M. DUNCAN & MARY ANN ALEXANDER Duncan removed to Page Co. Iowa, seven southern states set up "Confederate States of America" (Feb. 8, 1861), with Jefferson Davis as President. Confederates fired on Fort Sumpter in Charleston, S.C. April 12, 1861, and captured it on April 14. President Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers April 15. By May, 11 states had seceded. Pres. Lincoln blockaded southern ports April 19, cutting off vital exports and aid. Confederates repelled Union forces at "Battle of Bull Run" July 21, 1861. ROBERT M. DUNCAN JOINS THE WAR: At the age of 33, and with three small children JANE ELIZABETH DUNCAN age 4 years, 1 month, 27 days; JOHN WILEY DUNCAN, age 2 years, 0 months, 21 days, and the baby ROBERT ALEXANDER DUNCAN, 7 months, 21 days, ROBERT M. DUNCAN on the morning of 27 Aug. 1862 signed, at Clarinda, in the 4th. Regiment of Iowa Infantry Volunteers, to serve three years. Two months and eleven days later, he was mustered into Company "K" as a Priv. on 8 Nov. 1862 at Davenport, Iowa. The Muster Roll described ROBERT M. DUNCAN, as a 35 year old (other records show he was 33), Dark complection, with Gray eyes, Black hair, and 5' 11" tall. His Occupation was listed as a "Miller" born in Guernsey, Ohio. His pay was a $25.00 bounty. One month and 20 days later ROBERT M. DUNCAN at age 33 was "KILLED IN BATTLE" near Vicksburg, Miss. on 28th. day of Dec. 1862. SOURCE: Adjutant General's Office Washington D.C. July 28th 1863 Signed by SAMUAL LUCK Assistant Adjutant General IOWA 4TH INFANTRY REG. Was organized with G. M. DODGE, of Council Bluffs, as Colonel; JOHN GALLIGAN, of Davenport, as Lieutenant Colonel; WILLIAM R. ENGLISH, of Glenwood, as Major. Consisted of 11 Companies. A Company - from Mills Co., mustered in at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 15 Aug. 1861 B Company - from Pottawattamie Co., mustered in at Council Bluffs, 08 Aug. 1861 03 May 1861 D Company - from Decature Co., mustered in at St. Louis, Mo, 16 Aug. 1861 E Company - from Polk Co., mustered in at Council Bluffs, 08 Aug. 1861 F Company - from Madison Co., mustered in at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 15 Aug. 1861 G Company - from Ringgold Co., mustered in at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 15 Aug. 1861 H Company - from Adams Co., mustered in at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 15 Aug. 1861 I Company - from Wayne Co., mustered in at St. Louis, Mo., 31 Aug. 1861 K Company - was first formed of men from Taylor & Page Co's, mustered in at St. Louis, Mo., on 31 Aug. 1861. The Iowa 4th Regiment was one of the most active regiments in the state. The following is a list of their Campaigns: Pea Ridge, Arkansas; March 6,7, and 8, 1862; including engagements at Bentonville, Leetown and Elkhorn Tavern. Along with the 25th, 35th, 36th, 37th, 44th, and 59th Ill.; 2d, 3d, 12th, 15th, 17th,, 24th, and Phelps' Mo.; 8th, 18th, and 22d, Ind.; 4th, and 9th, IOWA, with the 3rd. IOWA CAV.; 3d, and 15th Ill. Cav.; 4th, 5th, and 6th, Missouri Cav.; Batteries "B" and "F" 2d Missouri Light Artil.; 2d, Ohio Battery; 1st Indiania Battery; Battery "A" 2d Ill. Artil. Union had 203 killed, 972 wounded, 174 missing and captured. Confed. had 1,100 killed, 2,500 wounded, and 1,600 missing and/or captured. Union Brig-Gen. ASBOTH and Actg. Brig.-Gen. CARR wounded. Confed. Brig.-Gen. B. McCULLOCH and Act. Brig.-Gen. JAMES McINTOSH was killed. Marianna, Arkansas; Nov. 7, 1862; 3d. and 4th Iowa Reg.; 9th. Ill. Cav. Union had 3 killed, 20 wounded. Confed. had 50 killed, and wounded. Chickasaw Bayou, Vicksburg, Miss.; (or Chickasaw Bluffs) On December 28, 29 1862; Along with the Army of Tennessee, Maj.Gen. W. T. SHERMAN; Brig.-Gens.G.W. MORGAN's, FREDERICK STEELS's, M. L. SMITH's and A. J. Smiths's Dvisions of the right wing. Union had 191 killed, 982 wounded, 756 missing. Confed. 177 killed or wounded, 10 missing. The Union Maj.-Gen. M.L. SMITH was wounded. After only 1 month and 20 days with "K" Company, 4th. Iowa Volunteer Infantry Priv. ROBERT M. DUNCAN was killed. by a "Shell".  ROBERT DUNCAN WAS KILLED In December 1862, General WILLIAM T. SHERMAN attempted a movement from the north, but was turned back at Chickasaw Bayou. Vicksburg is in the west central of Mississippi, the county seat is Warren Co., situated on a bluff 350ft. above the level of the Mississippi River, at the mouth of the Yazoo River, 42 miles west of Jackson, Mississippi. Founded in 1812 by Newitt Vick, the city was incorporated in 1825. In the following months the Union army tried to cut a canal around Vicksburg which would divert the river. This failing General GRANT moved his army to the west bank of the Mississippi, marched south, re-crossed, and advanced upon Vicksburg from the east. Flag Officer A. H. FOOT's gunboats ran the batteries of the city. After actions at Port Gibson, Raymond, Jackson, Champion's Hill, and Big Black River Bridge, General GRANT reached Vicksburg on May 19, 1863 with 34,000 troops. General J.C. PEMBERTON, commanding the Confederate forces in the city, had about an equal number. For six weeks the two armies faced each other at a distance of about 600 yards. General GRANT's control of all avenues of approach brought starvation upon the city. On July 3, 1863 General PEMBERTON surrendered, and the Union forces entered the city on the next day. The victory gave the Union substantial control of the Mississippi and coinciding with the victory at Gettysburg heartened the North. The "Chickasaw Bayou" was one of the few Union defeats during the Vicksburg campaign under General GRANT, and was not really necessary. SHERMAN, commanding four divisions under MORGAN, A. J. SMITH, STEELE and M. L. SMITH, attempted to storm the Chickasaw Bluffs en-route to taking Vicksburg. The bluffs overlooked the river and Chickasaw Bayou, and were heavily fortified by troops of VAUGH, GREGG, and S. D. LEE under command of PEMBERTON. Rifle pits were in place, and batteries had been set up by engineer LEE. In addition, the Confederates were on the firm footing of the bluffs while SHERMAN's force had to land and attack in marshy, thick bottom land, densely wooded. Against the advice of his subordinate commanders SHERMAN ordered the assault. He is alleged to have said, "We will lose 5,000 men before we take Vicksburg, and may as well lose them here as anywhere else." After clearing a path through the vegetation, troops under DeCOURCY, BLAIR, and THAYER succeeded in establishing a lodgment on the mesa between the marsh and the bluffs. The Confederates had earlier abandoned these fortifacations. The main body pushed up the slop under heavy fire, and were met at the top of the hill by a murderous crossfire from the rifle pits and batteries set up by Lieut.-Gen. STEPHEN DILL LEE C.A.S. (1833-1908). The Union troops fell back, leaving 1,500 killed, wounded or captured at the top of the bluffs.  his forces to a point just out of gunfire range. The next morning, SHERMAN planned to resume the attack, but when daylight broke, he thought better of of the action, loaded his men back aboard the transports furnished by Admiral DAVID PORTER, and moved on down river. PORTER was supposed to have supported the Union attack, but heavy fog made it impossible for him to move his ships into attack position. The Union losses totaled 1,929 (most of them on top of the bluffs). The Confederates, behind strong en-trenchment, lost a mere 177 killed or wounded, with 10 missing. This was a deserved tribute to the strength of the position laid out by Lieut.- Gen. S. D. LEE. SOURCE: Compiled from, THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT WASHINGTON D.C. DESCENDANTS REMBERENCE: It has been said that WALTER DUNCAN, son of JOHN W. DUNCAN, son of ROBERT M. DUNCAN told the story that his Grandfather (ROBERT M. DUNCAN) "was standing near a bridge before the battle began, and when the shell came along he could not hear it because of his hard hearing and BLEW HIM ALL TO PIECES" Walter of course threw his hand up into the air to make it even more dramatic. It has been reported that VERNON "Vernie" A. DUNCAN, 4th Son of JOHN WYLIE DUNCAN, oldest son of ROBERT M. DUNCAN, had his Grandfather ROBERT M. DUNCAN'S Civil War Sword. SOURCE: Phyllis (Dunn) Fulk April 17, 1987 THE 4th. ENGAGEMENT'S FOR THE REST OF THE WAR: Chickamagua, Georgia; Sept. 20, 1863; Along with Army of the Cumberland, Maj.-Gen. Rosecrans; Fourteenth Corps, Maj.-Gen. Thomas; Twentieth Corps, Maj.-Gen. McCook; Twenty-first Corps, Maj.-Gen. Crittenden, and Reserve Corps, Maj.-Gen. Granger. The Union had 1,644 killed, 9,262wounded, and 4,945 missing. The Confed. 2,389 killed 13,412 wounded, 2,003 missing. Chattanooga, Lookout Mountain, Orchard Knob and Missionary Ridge, Tenn. - November 23 to 25, 1863; along with Fourth & Fourteenth Corps, Army of the Cumberland, Maj.-Gen. George H. Thomas; Eleventh, Geary's Division of the Twelfth and Fifteenth Corps Army of the Tennessee, Maj.-Gem. W. T. Sherman. The Union had 747 killed, 4,529 wounded, 330 missing. The Confed. had 361 killed, 2,181 wounded, 6,142 missing. Vicksburg to Meridian, Mississippi, February 3 to 5 of March Raymond, Clinton, Jackson, Decatur, Chunkey Station, occupation Meridian, Lauderdale Springs, and Marion Mississippi; along with two Divisions of the Sixteenth and three of the Seventeenth Corps; 5th Reg., Ill.; 10th Mo.; and Foster's Ohio Cav. Union had 56 killed, 138 wounded, 105 missing. The Confed. 503 killed and wounded, 212 captured. Brice's Cross Roads, near Guntown, Mississippi - June 10, 1864; Along with the 81st, 95th, 108th, 113th, 114th, and 120th Ill.; 72d and 95th Ohio; 9th Minn.; 93d Ind.; 55th and 59th U. S. Colored; Brig.-Gen. Grierson's Cavalry, the 4th Mo.; 2d N.J.; 10th Pa.; 7th and 9th Ill.; 7th Ind. 3r. Iowa; and 10th Kan. Cav.; 1st Ill. and 6th Ind. Batteries; Battery F 2d U. S. Colored Artil. The Union had 223 killed, 394 wounded, and 1,623 missing. The Confed. had 131 killed, 475 wounded. College or Oxford Hill, Mississippi - August 21 and 22, 1864; along with 11th and 21st Mo.; and the 3d. Iowa Cavalry; 12th. Mo. Cav. Confed. 15 killed. Ringgold, Georgia Arkansas Post, Arkansas Resaca, Georgia Taylor's Ridge Black River, Mississippi The 4th. Iowa Regiment came home on veteran furlough 26 Feb. 1864. Returned in April 1864, and was in the campaign against Atlanta, and SHERMAN's march to the sea, and thence through the Carolians to Washington and home. The Regiment was mustered out at Louisville, Kentucky, on 24 Jul. 1865 THE ROLL-CALL OF COMPANY " K " Captain JOSEPH CRAMER, 31 Aug. 1861; promoted to Major March 1863 1st Lieut. ALBERT R. ANDERSON, 12 May 1862; promoted to Captain, then Major on 5 Apr. 1864. 2nd. Lieut. JAMES T. CHITTENDEN, 31 Aug. 1861; died 29 Apr. 1862, of wounds received at Pea Ridge, Arkansas. 1st. Sergeant THOMAS H. CRAMER, 31 Aug. 1861; promoted to 2nd. Lieut.; was killed at Ringgold, Georgia, 27 Nov. 1861. 5th. Sergeant ROBERT R. MORLEDGE, 12 May 1862; from 1st. Corporal discharged 19 Dec. 18__, at Helena, Arkansas. 2nd. Corporal THOMAS J. JACK, 12 May 1862; from 4th. Corporal; wounded in leg at Pea Ridge, 7 Mar. 1862. 4th. Corporal HENRY W. TRUSTLE, 10 Aug. 1861; from 6th. Corporal; discharged 17 Aug. 1863 8th. Corporal JOHN J. PIERCE, 31 Aug. 1861; died of Peumonia at Lebanon, Mo., 13 Feb. 1862. 8th. Corporal JOHN A. MILLS, 13 Feb. 1862; Promoted from private. Arkansas; discharged 1 Oct. 1862. Priv. GEORGE R. BLACK, 18 Aug. 1862; died at Chickamagua, Georgia, 28 Nov. 1863 Priv. SILAS CHASE, 18 Aug. 1861; wounded in thigh at Chickasaw Bayou, Miss. 29 Dec. 1862. Priv. AMOS CUNNING; 18 Aug. 1861; wounded severely in hand, at Chicksaw Bayou, Miss., 29 Dec. 1862. Priv. WILLIAM COZARD, 18 Aug. 1861 Priv. JAMES H. DUNN, 18 Aug. 1861 Priv. WILLIAM C. DOW, 18 Aug. 1861 Priv. ISAAC DINWIDDLE, 18 Aug. 1861; died of typhoid fever, at Rolla Mo., 8 Jan. 1862 Priv. JOHN EWING, 18 Aug. 1861; wounded severely in shoulder at Pea Ridge, Arkansas, 7 Mar. 1862 Priv. JOHN W. FRIEND, 18 Aug. 1861; died of measles at Rolla, Mo., 21 Feb. 1861 Priv. JACOB DADDIS, 18 Aug. 1861; died at St. Louis, Mo., 21 Feb. 1863 Priv. BENJAMIN GIBBS, 18 Aug. 1861 Priv. SAMUEL HUTTON, 18 Aug. 1861; wounded at Rolla, Mo., 26 Sep. 1861; captured at Black River, Miss. Priv. EDWARD S. HUNT, 18 Aug. 1861, died of measles at Rolla, Mo., 31 Dec. 1861 Priv. LEVEN JOHNSON, 31 Aug. 1862, discharged at St. Louis, Mo., 08 Jun. 1862 Priv. DANIEL JACOBS, 31 Aug. 1861 Priv. BETTIE E. JOHNSON, 27 Aug. 1862, drowned at Greenville, Miss. 17 Apr. 1863 Priv. WILLIAM A. KINKADE, 31 Aug. 1861; discharged for protracted illness, 15 May, 1862 Priv. JAMES B. MEEK, 31 Aug. 1861; discharged for protracted illness, 16 May 1862 Priv. WILLIAM PIERCE, 31 Aug. 1861 Priv. JOHN R. RUNNELLS, 31 Aug. 1861; died of typhoid fever at Rolla, Mo., 03 Nov. 1861 Priv. IRAD RICHARDSON, 31 Aug. 1861; wounded severely at Vicksburg, Miss., 20 May 1863 Priv. BENJ. F. SWATMAN, 31 Aug. 1861; died of dysentery, at Helena, Arkansas, 21 Oct. 1862 Priv. BENJ. L. ST. CLAIR, 31 Aug. 1861; wounded in the head severely at Pea Ridge, Arkansas, 7 Mar. 1862 Priv. NELSON C. STORRS, 31 Aug. 1861; discharged at Rolla, Mo., 08 Feb. 1862 Priv. JAMES L. SHOEMAKER, 31 Aug. 1861 Priv. WILLIAM H. SLY, 31 Aug. 1861; wounded slightly at Chickasaw Bayou, Miss., 21 Jun. 1865 Priv. D. A. THAYER, 31 Aug. 1861; transferred to the Marine Brigade. Priv. JOSEPH VAN GUNDY. 31 Aug. 1861; wounded at Pea Ridge, Arkansas, 08 Mar. 1862; foot amputated. Priv. WILLIAM H. WILLOUGHBY, 31 Aug. 1861 Priv. WALTER S. BODWELL, 31 Aug. 1861; wounded severely in the leg at Pea Ridge, Arkansas. Priv. ROBERT M. DUNCAN, 27 Aug. 1862; was killed by shell at Vicksburg, Mississippi, 28 Dec. 1862 <--My GGranfather Priv. ANDREW W. BRATTON, 27 Aug. 1862 Priv. GEORGE GIBBS, 27 Sep. 1862 Priv. WILLIAM O. McCORD, 27 Sep. 1862 Priv. WILLIAM A. PHIFER, 27 Sep. 1862 Priv. ELI D. ROBINSON, 27 Sep. 1862 Priv. CLARK T. SMITH, 27 Sep. 1862 Priv. LEOPORD SANDERS, 27 Sep. 1862 Priv. GEORGE A. TUTTLE, 27 Sep. 1862 Priv. WILLIAM P. WILKINSON, 22 Dec. 1862 Priv. WILLIAM A. WRIGHT, 27 Sep. 1862 Priv. SAMUEL D. WAGOR, 27 Sep. 1862 Priv. JOHN ARBUCKLE, 26 Mar. 1862 Priv. ALEXANDER BUSEY, 28 Mar. 1862 Priv. WILLIAM CUNNING, 26 Mar. 1862 Priv. HEZEKIAH COZARD, 26 Mar. 1862 Priv. JOHN W. DAVIS, 26 Mar. 1862 The Civil War is over: President Lincoln read his "Gettysburg Address" Nov. 19, 1863. Gen. Sherman marched through Georgia, taking Atlanta by Sept. 1, 1864, and Savannah by Dec. 22, 1864. ROBERT E. Lee surrendered 27,800 Confederate troops to Gen. Grant at Appromattox Court House, Va. on April 9, 1865. J.E. Johnston surrendered 31,200 troops to Sherman at Durham Station, N. C. April 18, 1865, the last Rebel troops surrendered May 26, 1865. MARY ANN (ALEXANDER) DUNCAN Pension For more than a century before the Revolutionary War, British colinies in North America provided "Pensions" for disabled soldiers and sailors. During and after the Revolutionary War, the United States government continued this practice and expanded it to include other kinds of pensions. The Act of July 14, 1862 provided pensions for veterans, their widows, and other heirs, for service in the "War of the Rebellion" 1861 - 1865, but not for service in the "Confederate States of America". Three types of pensions were provide by this Act, Disability or invalid pensions were awarded to servicemen for physical disabilities incurred in the line of duty; Service pensions were awarded to veterans who served for a specified periods of time; and Widows' pension were awarded to women and children whose husbands or fathers had served in the war for specified periods of time or had been killed in the line of duty. Application procedures required the applicant to appear before a court of record in the state of his or her residence to describe under oath the service for which a pension was claimed. A veteran's widow was required to provide information concerning the date and place of her marriage. The application statement, or declaration, as it was usually called, with supporting papers as property schedules, marriage records, and affdivits of witness, was certified by the court and forward to the official, usually the Secretary of War or the Commissioner of Pensions. If the applicant was eligible, his or her name was placed on the pensions list. Payments were usually made semiannually through pension agents of the federal government in the states. Records show the 1st application "Widow's Pension" by MARY ANN (ALEXANDER) DUNCAN widow of ROBERT M. DUNCAN made her Attorneys BATES & CLARK of St. Louis, Missouri on 1st. June 1863, some six months after ROBERT M. DUNCAN's death. She was required to show proof of her marriage so she contacted the Minister JOHN MARSHALL of Harrison Co., Ohio, who appeared before Judge ALLEN C. TURNER, of the Probate Court, at Cadiz, Harrison County, Ohio, to certify that a marriage license was issued on Oct. 4th 1850 by application of MARY ANN ALEXANDER's brother, and that he performed the marriage on the 10th day of October, 1850. She was issued a "Certificate of Widow's Pension # 9.639 " dated December 3rd. 1863, at a rate of $8.00 per month paid from the Des Moines, Iowa Agency, to commencing from 28th Dec. 1862. PENSION ACT OF JULY, 1866 This Pension Act, increased the Pensions of Widows of the deceased soldiers, having children by such deceased soldiers, at the rate of $2.00 per child under the age of sixteen years. MARY ANN (ALEXANDER) DUNCAN appointed J. S. McINTYRE of Clarinda, Iowa as her Attorney in fact, and filed on 29th of August. LETTER OF GUARDIANSHIP - DEC. 07, 1869 When MARY ANN (ALEXANDER) DUNCAN remarried on the 14th of Sept. 1869, to JOHN T. DUNCAN she filed a petition on 07 December, 1869 to appoint her self as Guardian of the estate of said minors JANE E. DUNCAN, 12 YR., JOHN W. DUNCAN, 10 YR., ROBERT A. DUNCAN, 7 YR. Whereas she has entered into bonds for the faithful performance of her duty. As Guardian of said minors she has full power to demand, sue for, and take possession of all money and estate belonging to said wards. Signed by W.W. RNFSELL Clerk Circuit Court of Page Co. ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE: On the 23rd of December, 1869 she had to file additional evidence that ROBERT ALEXANDER DUNCAN was indeed the son of ROBERT M. DUNCAN, two witness Mrs. ELIZA AB. MONZINGO and Mrs. ELIEZIBETH DREES' testified that they were nurses present in the room at the time of birth and that no physician was in attendance, on the morning of January 6th. 1862. JOHN MONZINGO and H. DREES' attested to this fact. DECLARATION OF GUARDIAN On the 13th of Jan. 1870, while a resident of Clarinda, MARY ANN (PINKERTON,DUNCAN) DUNCAN file a "Declaration of Guardian" for the minor children of ROBERT M. DUNCAN her first husband. JANE E. 13yr., JOHN W. 11yr., and ROBERT A. 8yr. also appeared as affidavit of witnesses were ROBERT M. LEAN and MARY H. TRIMBLE both residents of Clarinda. CERTIFICATE OF RE-MARRIAGE STATE OF IOWA PAGE COUNTY, IOWA W. W. RNFSELL, Clerk of the Circuit Court within and for said County and State hereby certify that JOHN T. DUNCAN and MARY A. DUNCAN of said County duly joined in marriage as husband and wife on the 14th day of September A.D. 1869 according to the laws of said State as shown by the records of said Court in my office. SEAL In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Clarinda, Iowa this 14th. day of January A.D. 1870 \S\ W.W. RNFSELL SOURCE: Application No. 201 June 1st. 1863 APPLICATION No. 201 ....MARY ANN (ALEXANDER) DUNCAN appeared before the Clerk of the District Court for Page Co., Iowa and declared that she was married to ROBERT M. DUNCAN on 10th. Oct., 1850, at Harrison County, State of Ohio, by JOHN MARSHALL, Minister. She declared that the names and date of birth of her children under sixteen years at the time of the decease of her said husband, and the place of their residence are as follows: JANE ELIZABETH DUNCAN, born May 20th 1857 JOHN WILEY DUNCAN, born August 6th 1859 ROBERT ALEXANDER DUNCAN, born January 8th 1862 and that all reside with the applicant at Clarinda, Page County Iowa. At the same time and place, personally appeared before the Clerk of the District Court for Page Co., Iowa JOHN MONJNYO and GEORGE R. DAVIDSON who reside near Clarinda, Page Co., Iowa, certify that they know MARY ANN (ALEXANDER) DUNCAN and that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, and that they were acquainted with deceased in his life time. \S MARY ANN DUNCAN Signature of Claimant WITNESS: JOHN MONYBYO GEO R. DAVIDSON SOURCE: Widow's Declaration for Pension Increase of Pension. Act of July, 1866 August 29th. 1866 WIDOW'S DECLARATION FOR INCREASE OF PENSION No. 9.639 JOHN B. MASLEDIN, Judge of the County Court, of Page County, State of Iowa, declared that her Post Office was Clarinda, Page Co., Iowa; that she was the widow of ROBERT M. DUNCAN; formally in the service of the United States as a Priv. in "K" Company, 4th Reg. of Iowa Infantry Volunteers, and that reason of the service death of her said husband, she is a pensioner on the roll of the Des Monies Agency at $8.00 per month. She further states that the following named children, under age of sixteen years are the said children of her late husband named above: JANE E. DUNCAN, aged 8 years old, on June 29, 1866 JOHN W. DUNCAN, aged 6 years old, on August 6, 1866 ROBERT A. DUNCAN, aged 4 years old, on January 6, 1866 WITNESSES \S MARY A. DUNCAN \S JOHN STOIPS Signature of Applicant \S DANUE CLEVENAGER End of File! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Paul R. 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