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Duncan, Joseph
Biography
22 Feb. 1794–15 Jan. 1844. Soldier, politician. Born at Paris, Bourbon Co., Kentucky. Son of Joseph Duncan and Anna Maria McLaughlin. Presbyterian. Served in War of 1812. Moved to Kaskaskia, Randolph Co., Illinois, 1818. Moved to Jackson Co., Illinois, by 1819. Served as justice of the peace, 1821–1823, in Jackson Co. Served as major general in Illinois militia, beginning 1822. State senator from Jackson Co., 1824–1826. Served as U.S. representative from Illinois, 1827–1834. Married Elizabeth Caldwell Smith, 13 May 1828, at Washington DC. Moved to Jacksonville, Morgan Co., Illinois, 1830. Served in Black Hawk War, 1831. Governor of Illinois, 1834–1838. Campaigned again for governor, 1842, on anti-Mormon platform; lost to Thomas Ford. Died at Jacksonville.
Links
papers
- Times and Seasons, 1 June 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 October 1842
- Addenda Notes [1835]
- Appendix: Wasp, Extra, 27 July 1842
- Deed from Robert and Mary Crane McQueen, 20 February 1843
- Discourse, 4 July 1843, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff
- Discourse, 4 July 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards
- History Draft [1 January–30 June 1842]
- History Draft [1 March–31 December 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- John Taylor, Martyrdom Account
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 1, 21 December 1842–10 March 1843
- Journal, December 1841–December 1842
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 3, 15 July 1843–29 February 1844
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844
- Letter from Calvin A. Warren, circa 23 June 1842
- Letter from John C. Bennett, 8 March 1842
- Letter from John M. Bernhisel, 1 October 1842
- Letter from Mason Brayman, 29 July 1843
- Letter from William S. Wright, 24 July 1842
- Letter to James Arlington Bennet, 8 September 1842
- Letter to John C. Bennett, 7 March 1842
- Letter, Justin Butterfield to Charles B. Penrose, 6 August 1844
- Gender
- Male