Biographical Sketch of John H. Duncan, Springfield, Greene County, MO

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

**********************************************************************

Mr. Duncan is the son of Harvey and Mary (Bowden) Duncan, and was born
at Georgetown, Kentucky, January 8th, 1854.  He was educated at Evans-
ville, Indiana; Canton, Illinois; and McGee College, Macon county, Mo.
He came to Springfield, Missouri in March, 1876, and studied law in the
office of Bray & Cravens, and was admitted to the bar upon the 20th of
October, 1876.  He was elected, upon the Republican ticket, city recor-
der, in April, 1878 and was re-elected in 1879.  In November, 1878 he 
was elected justice of the peace, and served four years.  He was appoi-
nted notary public by Gov. Crittenden, January 19th, 1883.  He is now a
practicing attorney before the courts and has the qualifications to
succeed.  Mr. Duncan was married June 6th, 1877 to Miss L. A. Carson.
They have two children, Hume and Leroy.  His father is living at Canton,
Illinois and his mother died at Evansville, Indiana in 1861.

====================================================================
     USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing
         free information on the Internet, data may be used by
         non-commercial entities, as long as this message
         remains on all copied material. These electronic
         pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit
         or for presentation by other persons or organizations.

         Persons or organizations desiring to use this material
         for purposes other than stated above must obtain the
         written consent of the file contributor.

         This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb
         Archives by: Joe Miller <mio@netins.net>
		      Penny Harrell <Incog3678@aol.com>

====================================================================