Breckinridge County KyArchives Obituaries.....DUNCAN, Maria April 13, 1920 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ky/kyfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Peggy Russell meemawpeg7@gmail.com May 17, 2021, 3:16 pm Breckinridge News, Cloverport, Ky., April 14, 1920 OBITUARY MRS. BEN DUNCAN DIES OF SENILITY __________ Lives to be 93 Years Old. Widow of a Former Wealthy Tobacconist of This City. __________ Mrs. Maria DUNCAN, widow of Mrs. Ben DUNCAN, a former wealthy tobacconist of this city (Cloverport), died Tuesday morning at 5 o'clock at the King's Daughters Home in Louisville, (Jefferson County), of senility. Her remains will arrive in Cloverport Wednesday morning on Train No. 141 at 10:46 o'clock, and will be taken from the station to the Murray grave yard where a short funeral service will be conducted by Rev. J. R. Randolph. Mrs. DUNCAN was 93 years old. She was a native of Indiana, and after her marriage to Mr. DUNCAN she always lived here until several years ago when she was taken to Louisville to the King's Daughters Home. Mr. & Mrs. DUNCAN'S elegant home in Cloverport was the scene of many brilliant affairs socially during their early married life. Mrs. DUNCAN'S nearest relatives surviving are: her grandchildren living in Henderson, Ky a niece, Mrs. R. B. PIERCE of this city, and a nephew, H. V. DUNCAN of Marion, Ky. Additional Comments: #0256 Old Murray Cemetery, located at Cloverport, Ky., in Breckinridge County. Closed to burials. Cemetery established approximately 1818. DUNCAN, Maria 29 Apr 1828 -- 13 Apr 1920 (death certificate lists born 28 Apr 1828) wife of Benjamin L. DUNCAN daughter of Henry KINZER & Susan Elizabeth SMITH have her obituary she has a single tombstone DUNCAN, Benjamin L. 11 Oct 1822 -- 11 Oct 1888 husband of Maria KINZER parents unknown he has a single tombstone THEIR DAUGHTER ALSO HERE: DUNCAN, Susan May 21 Oct 1857 -- 09 Nov 1869 daughter of Benjamin L. DUNCAN & Maria KINZER she has a single tombstone "d/o B.L. & M." Peggy Russell File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/breckinridge/obits/d/duncan11775gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/