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Am not researching this line, just trying to be helpful. First, are you sure of the birth
date of Thomas? Starting at the beginning, John C Duncan married Sarah J Hodge in Morgan
county on 7 feb 1861, source is book C-D, page 13. In the 1870 census for Morgan county,
Baker township, P.O is Martinsville, page 10 the family is headed by John Duncan, 31,
farmer and included Sarah, 25, keeping house, Florence, 8, at home, Thomas, 6, at home,
Sherman, 3, at home, and Sarah Hubbard, 20, domestic servant. All were born in Indiana.
In the 1880 census for Morgan county, Washington township, ED 271, page 4D the family is
headed by J.C. Duncan, farmer, born in Ind and both parents in N.C., and included his wife
Sarah J, 35, keepinghouse, born in Ind as were both parents, his daughter Letta F, 18, at
home, Ind, his son Thomas R ( the indexer has this as Tilman but the handwriting is really
bad and I think this is Thomas), 16, works on farm, Ind, his son Francis S, 13, works on
farm!
, Ind and his son Arthur L, 6, Ind. I know some of the names are different but remember
the enumerator wrote what he was told. Letta F is probably Florence from 1870 and Francis
S is probably Sherman. Thomas R Duncan married Elizabeth Merryweather in Morgan county on
3 Oct 1883, source is book C-2, page 47. Hope this helps. Good luck. Don