Duck Family Cemetery, Amite, MS Submitted by Mary Pallon ***************************************************************************** USGenWeb NOTICE: Libraries and individual researchers may download this file for personal, non-commercial use only. Any other use requires written permission from the transcriber. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. *********************************************************************** Duck Family Cemetery-known by this name but listed in cemetery book as David M. Duck Cemetery. Photographed by-Margaret Bercegeay Information transcribed from photos by Mary Pallon. Proof read by Margaret Bercegeay. Directions-cemetery is about 6 1/2 miles southwest of Liberty, 1 mile north of Street, off of Duck lane, private property, permission required. Very close to home. James Duck Feb 19, 1803 / Jan 23, 1873 *This is a memorial marker only, placed by family October 31, 2001. He was h/o Mary Peoples Duck, married October 4, 1825 in Amite. Shares marker with his wife. Mary Peoples Duck June 2, 1801 / Sept 26, 1877 *Shares this memorial marker with husband James Duck. James Madison Duck Sept 28, 1842 / Aug 6, 1876 PVT CO E 22nd MISS INF CSA *This is a memorial marker only, s/o James Duck & Mary Peoples Duck, h/o Martha Jane Carroll Duck, m. May 13, 1869 in Amite. Elisha Morgan Duck Sept 16,1827/July 24,1863 PVT CO E 22nd MISS INF CSA *This is a memorial marker only s/o James Duck & Mary Peoples Duck David M. Duck CO. E 22nd MISS INF C.S.A. *See his other marker listed next for his additional information. Duck, David Madison Dec 20, 1837 / June 25, 1901 *S/o James Duck & Mary Peoples Duck, h/o Ellen Keen, m. September 18, 1856 in Amite. Duck, Ellen Keen Jan 16, 1837 / Sept 5 1916 *W/o David Madison Duck, d/o of Thomas Keen. Later document found after marker was placed shows she died Oct.24,1918. Keen, Thomas Father of Ellen Keen *This marker placed recently as there was only a small black cross. He was born abt. 1792 & died between 1860-1870. Duck, F.H. Aug 6, 1868 / Sept 16, 1903 *S/o David Madison Duck & Ellen Keen Duck. Full given name was Franklin Hugh "Tug" Duck. Duck, Earnest Elwood May 27, 1878 / May 8, 1968 *S/o David Madison Duck & Ellen Keen Duck, h/o Isadora "Izzie" Morgan, m. December 22, 1899 in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Duck, Isadora Morgan May 6, 1886 / Aug 17, 1960 *W/o Earnest Elwood Duck, d/o Robert Hines Morgan & Alice Elfidia Neyland. Duck, Alice G. Oct 5, 1906 / Feb 18, 1908 D/o Earnest Elwood Duck & Isadora "Izzie" Morgan Duck. Full given name was Alice Gertrude "Girty" Duck. Marker has Alice Geory Duck, Henry July 5, 1903 / Jan 17, 1945 *S/o Earnest Elwood Duck & Isadora "Izzie Morgan Duck, h/o Etta Faye Oakes, m. March 26, 1922 in Amite. Date conflict. Death certificate shows b.July 5,1902 d.Jan.20,1945. Duck, Simpson Beard May 6, 1909 / Dec 30, 1943 *This marker placed recently from family though confirmed buried here by his brother Thomas Elwood Duck Sr., s/o Earnest Elwood Duck & Isadora "Izzie" Morgan Duck. Duck, George Sept 30, 1903 / Dec 9, 1978 *S/o Earnest Elwood Duck & Isadora "Izzie" Morgan Duck, h/o Louise Marie Gregoire, m. June 05, 1945 in Amite. Duck, Thomas Elwood, Sr. Oct 2, 1913 / May 3, 2001 US ARMY World War II *S/o Earnest Elwood Duck & Isadora "Izzie" Morgan Duck, h/o Aline Virginia Causey, m. July 2, 1945 in Amite. Duck, Reba Ione *Note no name or information on marker but information comes from her father Thomas Elwood Duck, Sr. Family has information as b. May 24, 1949 d. May 25,, 1949. Bercegeay Arceneaux, Cindy Sept 20, 1968 / Oct 2, 1999 *D/o Manuel Bercegeay & Margaret Ellen Duck, w/o Lawrence Arceneaux, Jr., m. Feb 24, 1990 in Houma,Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. Sanders, Children of O.L. & Julia Infant Daughter Born & Died Sept. 25, 1899 Emmit M. Born Aug 31, 1900 & Died Aug. 27, 1902 *Parents full names are Obie Lindolph Sanders & Julia Ann Duck (d/o David Madison Duck & Ellen Keen Duck). Both parents buried Bethel Baptist Cemetery.