Biographical Sketch of H. S. Duncan, Greene County, Missouri, Boone
Township

>From "History of Greene County, Missouri," St. Louis: Western
Historical Company, 1883.

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H. S. Duncan was born in Morgan County, Tennessee, July 8, 1843. In the
spring of 1846, he removed with his parents to Lawrence County, and 
there received his education in the common schools.  His parents were
Dennis K. and Melinda (Hope) Duncan, the former of whom died in 1850,
and the latter in 1865.  He entered the Confederate service in 1861,
and took part in many of the principal engagements of the West, includ-
ing Lexington and Lone Jack.  In 1863, he was taken prisoner and sent 
to Richmond.  After the war he returned to Lawrence county and engaged
in school teaching.  Coming to Greene County, he taught school here for
two years during 1869-70.  In 1871, he began merchandising, but taught
again in 1872-73.  Soon after this, he began mechandising with Mr. W.T.
Chandler, of Ash Grove, where his business interests still are at the
present writing.  Mr. Duncan was elected registering officer of Boone
Township in 1872, and was mayor and member of the council when Ash 
Grove was incorporated.  At the election in the fall of 1872, Mr. Dun-
can, on the Democratic ticket, was elected to the office of county
collector, by a good majority over his Republican opponent.  Mr. Duncan
was married October 12, 1871, to Miss Mollie C. Robbins, daughter of
Harvey Robbins, deceased; Mrs. Duncan's parents were also from the 
State of Tennessee.  Four children have been born to this union, three
of whom still survive.  Mrs. Duncan is a member of the Baptist church,
and it is one of her prime objects in life to rear her children in a
manner becoming to Christian parents.

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