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Surnames: COTTEN JONES DUCK TOWN TOWNS
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Jan - Thanks for all the info. Based on what you and Jean "jebet" gave me,
I've done some more on-line searching. I've found:
* Maria Duck's male ancestors back to Philip Duck.
* Maria Duck's mother Mary Ritchie Duck, who is apparently the Mary Duck living with
the Cyrus & Rachel Town family in the Jackson Twp Porter Co IN 1850 census, also
appearing in the Linn Twp Dallas co IA 1860 census:
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http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ia/dallas/census/1860/0575.gif>
* George & Mary Duck family referenced in the Jackson Twp Porter Co IN 1850 census
also appear in the Linn Twp Dallas co IA 1870 census <.../1870/0575a.gif>.
Mary's maiden name was Hesser (from The History of Dallas County, see below).
*Simon Duck and John W. Duck also appear in the 1860 <.../1860/0584.gif> and 1870
<.../1870/0573b.gif> censuses for Linn Twp.
* Mary Ritchie Duck died 11 Oct 1871 in Dallas Co, IA and is buried in the East Linn
Cemetery, Redfield, Dallas Co, IA. Source: FamilySearch Pedigree Resource File CD# 9, Pin#
797466.
* The History of Dallas County, Iowa, online at
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http://www.rootsweb.com/~iadallas/hist1879.htm> has biographical entries for George
C. Duck, J. W. Duck, and Cyrus Town in Linn Twp.
* I have lots of information on descendents of Eli Cotten and Lucinda Jones, my
great-great-grandparents.
If any of this is of interest to you, e-mail me and I can give you more detail.
( My father's father's mother was Mary Catherine Myers, descended from Myers in
Lancaster, Mifflin, and Huntingdon Cos PA. Maybe we're cousins?)
Steve
steve at messamer dot org
773 262 4687