DUCK BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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DUCK, William R. - b: 1861 Stark Co, OH
source: 1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co - 
page: 777
residence: Bogard Twp

William R. Duck, proprietor of the "Woodland View Stock Farm," one of the leading 
farmers and stockmen of Bogard township, belongs to a pioneer family of this 
section. He was born in Stark County, Ohio, March 13, 1861, a son of Benjamin and 
Martha J. (Latimer) Duck, the former a native of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 
and the latter of Ohio. The Duck family moved from Starke to Ashland County, 
Ohio, when William R. was a child and in 1868 they came to Missouri and settled 
in Henry County. Here the father bought one hundred twenty acres of land, to 
which he later added eighty acres, owning two hundred acres at the time of his 
death. He improved the place and built a home, hauling lumber from Holden, 
Missouri. Rev. Benjamin Duck was a United Brethren minister and preached in 
Henry and Bates Counties on numerous occasions. He was a Christian gentleman 
and a good citizen. He died in February, 1891, and his wife departed this life in 
1904. Their remains rest side by side in the Grant Cemetery. They were the 
parents of the following children: Mrs. Mary E. Eyster, Ashland, Ohio; Joseph H., 
deceased; Mrs. Rebecca A. Creveling, a widow, lives in Ashland County, Ohio; 
Daniel O., Hartwell, Arkansas; Benjamin A., Johnson County, Missouri, and William 
R., the subject of this sketch. William R. Duck was reared on his father's farm and 
educated in the public schools, attending school at Bee Branch in District No.26. 
The schoolhouse here was built by his father, Rev. Benjamin Duck, who hauled the 
lumber from Holden, Missouri, and the first teacher here was Hattie Carpenter. 
Mr. Duck has always made farming and stock raising his occupation, and is 
recognized as one of the successful stock breeders of western Henry County. He 
raises Shorthorn cattle and has on hand about fifty head, most of which are 
registered. He also breeds Poland China hogs, eligible to registration, and also 
raises quite a number of mules and Percheron horses. Mr. Duck's place is one of 
the ideal farms in the county and is located two and one-half miles south of 
Quick City and six miles from Blairstown and consists of four hundred acres in 
the home farm, besides one hundred thirty acres in Johnson County, northeast of 
Quick City. Mr. Duck was united in marriage in 1897 to Miss Ida F. Farnsworth, a 
daughter of Lot and Caroline (George) Farnsworth, natives of Tennessee, who 
settled in Cass County in 1856 on a farm four miles southeast of Garden City. 
Later the Farnsworth family removed to Johnson County, when order No.11 was 
issued. The parents are now both deceased. The father died in 1909 and the 
mother August 21, 1917. The following children were born to Lot and Caroline 
(George) Farnsworth: Robert, Quick City, Missouri; Mrs. Lou Fowler, Enid, 
Oklahoma; Mrs. Helen Hall, Longston, Kansas; Mrs. Laura Parkhurst, Kinsley, 
Kansas; Mrs. Lucy Parkhurst, Los Angeles, California; A. A., Marble Hill, Missouri; 
Ida F., wife of William R. Duck, the subject of this sketch; Mrs. Edna Farnsworth, 
who resides in Johnson County, Missouri. and Cyrus L., Quick City, Missouri. To Mr. 
and Mrs. Duck have been born the following children: Carrie Lee, Cyrus W. and 
Lottie Helen, all of whom reside at home with their parents. Mr. Duck is one of 
the representative citizens of Henry County, who has made good and the Duck 
family are well known and prominent in the community. Mr. Duck is a Republican 
and a member of the Baptist Church. Mrs. Duck is a member of the Christian 
Church. 

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