Biography of  George H. Duncan, pages 766 / 767.  History of De Kalb County, 
Indiana.  Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

George H. Duncan, a prominent farmer of De Kalb County, settled on section 
16, Smithfield Township, in 1858. He was born in Washington County, Pa., in 
1827. His parents moved to Ashland County, Ohio, about 1838, and there he 
grew to manhood and was educated.  In the fall of 1849 he began teaching 
school in Holmes County, Ohio, and subsequently taught twenty-six terms, his 
schools being in Ohio, Michigan and Indiana.  His first school in De Kalb 
County was in the Bell District in the winter of 1853-’4.  He was very 
successful, and for several years was one of the most prominent teachers of 
De Kalb County.  Since 1862 he has devoted his attention exclusively to 
farming.  He was married first to Mary Chapman, a native of Ashland County, 
Ohio, who died in 1862, leaving one daughter Mina, now the wife of Wm. F. 
Till. In 1863 he married Jane Chapman, a sister of his first wife.  They 
have three children---Clementina, Benjamin F. and George B.  Mr. Duncan has 
served six years, 1874-’80, as Commissioner of De Kalb County, He is one 
of the representative men of the county, having been prominently 
identified with her interests since his first settlement in 1853.  His 
father, George J. Duncan, was born in Washington County, Pa., Jan. 21, 
1803, and was married in March , 1825, to Mary Baxter, also a native of 
Washington County,  He moved to Ashland County, Ohio, in 1836, when that 
country was new, and in 1853 moved to De Kalb County, Ind., and settled on 
section 10, Smithfield Township, where he died Jan. 8, 1870.  His wife 
died Dec. 10, 1877.  They had a family of eight sons and four daughters, 
all of whom lived till maturity.  Seven sons and two daughters are still 
living, all save one son in De Kalb County.  William B. resides in Kansas.

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