Biographical Sketch of F. W. Duggan, Wright County, Missouri

>From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, 
Pulaski, Phelps and Dent Counties, Missouri" The Goodspeed Publishing
Company, 1889.
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F. W. Duggan, attorney at law at Mountain Grove, Wright Co., Mo., and
a son of J. F. M. and Sarah (Camp) Duggan, was born in McMinn County,
E. Tenn., October 31, 1857.  The father was born in East Tennessee, and
was a Methodist Episcopal circuit rider for about thirty-two years.  He
was a leading preacher in the Methodist Church, and followed his minis-
terial duties all his life.  The mother, Mrs. Sarah (Camp) Duggan, was 
a native of Virginia.  They were the parents of five children, three 
now living.  Mrs. Duggan died in 1875, and J. F. M. Duggan was again
married, this wife bearing him one child.  The paternal grandfather of
the subject of this sketch, John Duggan, was probably a native of Vir-
ginia, and afterward located in Blount County, Tenn.  He was a soldier
in the War of 1812, and died in Tennessee.  The great-grandfather 
Duggan was a native of Ireland, and immigrated to America.  The mater-
nal grandfather, W. B. Camp, was a cousin of Gen. Scott, and was a 
native of Virginia.  He was in the War of 1812, and every subsequent
war in which the United States has been engaged.  At the age of seventy
four years he entered the Federal Army, and died of small pox at Nash-
ville, Tenn., while in the service of the United States Army.  The
maternal grandmother is still alive, and resides in Monroe County, 
Tenn.  She still enjoys good health.  The maternal great-grandfather
and his brother immigrated from Europe at the time of the Revolutionary
War, and disputed on the political issue of the day, the great grand-
father joining the American side and his brother the English side.  The
brother changed his name to Campbell, so that the Duggan family might 
never know what became of him, so great was the disgrace in joining the
American cause, he thought.  The maternal grandmother, spoken of above,
and whose name was Elizabeth (Anthony) Camp, was in all probability a
native of Virginia, and was related to Pocahontas.  She was a pioneer
of Tennessee.  Her husband, W. B. Camp, was a strong Abolitionist, and 
got into difficulty with his father-in-law, because the latter wanted
to present his daughter, Mrs. Camp, with a slave.  Mr. Camp took his 
wife with him, went to Tennessee, and never let her parents know aught 
of his whereabouts.  F. W. Duggan grew to manhood in his native state,
and received a good collegiate education in McMinn County, Tenn.  He 
read law for some time under a preceptor, and in 1885 moved to Missouri
and located in Douglas County, where he followed the profession of
teaching for one year.  He then came to Mountain Grove, Mo., and was
admitted to the Wright County bar before Judge Wallace.  He has a good
practice at this place, and aside from this he is a partner in the city
drug store of Duggan & Rall, this being one of the oldest drug houses 
in the place, though in new hands now.  Mr. Duggan was married in Tenn-
essee to Miss Mintie A. Cantrell, who was born in McMinn County, Tenn., 
in 1858, and who bore him four children: Chrisie, Myrtle, Harrison 
DeWitt and Frankie.  The Cantrells were among the pioneers of Tennessee
and among the wealthiest families.  Mrs. Duggan is a member of the
Baptist Church.  Mr. Duggan is a member of the I. O. O. F., and politi-
cally is a Republican.

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