GRAVE MARKERS - 3

 

John T. & Catheryne M. Davis

Joseph Davis

Mary E. Davis

Owen D. Davis

Owen & Kathryn Davis

Thomas H. Davis

Stanley D. & Emma E. Dempsey

Robert J. Duff

John Duke

William H. Duke

Ohio County Guardianships - Part VIII

 66. Nov 16, 1917, pg 5: GRAY

67. Apr 12, 1918, pg 5: BEAN

68. May 26, 1916, pg 5: PETTY

69. Jul 7, 1916, pg 5: WELLER

70. Jul 28, 1916, pg 8: KIRTLEY, SOUTHARD

71. Aug 26, 1916, pg 5: DAUGHERTY

72. Oct 20, 1916: DUKE

73. Dec 29, 1916, pg 5: PEACH

74. Jan 19, 1917, pg 3: PIDCOCK

75. Jul 31, 1903, pg 3: CARSON

William Henry Duke

 WILLIAM HENRY DUKE 

        Please note that there were several men named William Henry Duke from Ohio County - but they were from different generations so they are fairly easy to research.  In fact, that name was a popular throughout the country - perhaps because there was a British member of the royal family named William Henry and he was a Duke, so he was called William Henry Duke.  At least that's my theory about the popularity of the name.

        William Henry Duke was born 18 March 1869 in Hartford, the son of Thomas Sallinger Duke (1838 – 1898) and Eliza C. Miller (1841 – 1913).  William Henry was the one of five children – his siblings were Alva Georgia (1871-1945); Wilbur Thomas (1869-1912), twin of William Henry; Josephine B “Josie” (1867-1948); and Ida May (1874-1910).  Here is the obit of William Henry's mother, Eliza, who died in 1913:

          William Henry left Ohio County when he was in his late teens (approximately 1886) and moved to Montana.  I found a biography of William Henry in “The History of Montana” by Helen Fitzgerald Sanders, published 1913.  Here is a copy of the biography (note there is an error regarding his siblings, i.e. his twin brother is listed twice):

          William Henry married Anna Belle Martin in 1889 and they had four children: Hayden Olin “Harry” Duke, 1891-1937; Letha Duke, 1894- 1976; and William Henry, Jr., 1912-1980; the fourth child (name unknown) died as an infant.  I found two birth certificates of the children, Letha and William Henry, Jr.:

          William Henry died 3 Jul 1955 in Mission, Hidalgo County, Texas and his wife, Anna Belle, died in 1957.  Here is William Henry's obituary:

LOCAL OBITUARIES - (last of this series)

Local Obituaries

ROBERT N. DUKE

ROBERT N. DUKE, Sulphur Springs, was born June 18, 1848, in Ohio County, Ky., where he grew to manhood and still resides, (for ancestral history see biography of W. H. Duke). Robert N. Duke was married, December 10, 1874, to Sarah C., daughter of Gabriel and Cordelia B. (Lashbrook) Acton, of Ohio County; she was born September 2, 1855, and to them were born one child, Geneva, deceased. Mr. Duke is a farmer, and has 105 acres of productive land in a high state of cultivation. He is in religion a Methodist, and in politics a Democrat.

Source: J. H. BATTLE, W H. PERRIN, & G. C. KNIFFIN 1895

Note:  Mr. Duke died March 9, 1925, in Ohio County. He is buried at Sunnydale Cemetery, Narrows, Ohio County. 

WILLIAM HENRY DUKE

WILLIAM HENRY DUKE, Ohio County, was born July 7, 1843, in Ohio County, Ky., where he has always resided. His father, William Duke, a native of Tennessee, was born in 1811, removed with his parents in youth to Ohio County, Ky.; was for many years an active Methodist, and died in 1870. He owned 644 acres of good land; he lost three slaves by the war. He was the son of Washington Duke, born near Blue Ridge, Va., and died about 1863, at the age of seventy seven years. William was married to Julia A., daughter of Matthew and Hannah (Sabine) Neely, of Ohio County, born August 23, 1815, in New York, reared in Warwick County, Ind. To them were born Mary E. (Berryman), Eliza E. (Moore), James N., Martha J. (Renfrow), William Henry, Jacob D., Robert N., Julia A. (Bean), Amelia J. (Mitchel), Thomas D., and Amanda Z. (Bean). December 25, 1864, William Henry married Josie A., daughter of Gabriel J. and Mary A. (Acton) Bean, of Ohio County; she was born August 17, 1845, and to them were born Venia P., Eva R. , Edessa G., Zelma L. (deceased), Annie J. (deceased), Foy D., Edgar F., Henry O., Mary B., and an infant daughter unnamed. Mr. Duke is a successful farmer, owning a farm of fine land in a good state of cultivation. He is a Methodist and a Democrat.

Source: J. H. BATTLE, W H. PERRIN, & G. C. KNIFFIN 1895

Mr. Duke died 22 June 1908 in Ohio County and is buried in the Sunnydale Cemetery, Narrows, Ohio County.

JOHN D. T. DUKE

JOHN D. T. DUKE, a carpenter by trade, was born in Ohio County, Ky., January 17, 1835, and is a son of Thomas Duke, who still survives at the age of seventy-eight years. He also is a native of Ohio County, Ky., and was born March 17, 1807. His vocation in life has been that of a farmer. He married Elizabeth Taylor, of Ohio, Ky., who died April 18, 1836, leaving two children, Margaret and John D. T.  Afterward married Darcas Ann Addington, who died June 21, 1884, leaving eight children. John Duke, the grandfather of John D. T., was a native of Maryland, born in 1773. John D. T. Duke had but few advantages of early education, but by close application, has obtained a fair business education, and is quite an expert at the carpenter trade. At the age of twenty-one he began farming for himself. Rented land until 1866, when he bought thirty three acres of land from Henry Thomson. He afterward bought 108 acres of land from Q. C. Shanks and John Stevens, and fifty-two and one-half acres from Frederick Schroader. In 1880 he bought an interest in a saw-mill, and was engaged in the manufacturing of lumber for two years, when he sold his interest in the mill and went into the drug business, with A. V. Thomson, at Horton, Ohio Co., Ky. Mr. Duke has not inherited any part of his possessions, but has gained it all through his own exertions and close application to business. Mr. Duke still retains a state of single blessedness. Politically he is a stanch Democrat; a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he holds the office of trustee, and favors the cause of temperance by example and precept.

Source: J. H. BATTLE, W H. PERRIN, & G. C. KNIFFIN 1895

Note:  Mr. Duke died 8 Jan 1917 and is buried in Bethel Cemetery, near Horton, Ohio County, KY.

ISAAC N. DUKE

ISAAC N. DUKE was born January 28, 1828. His father, Washington Duke, was a native of Virginia, where he was reared and married; then moved to Tennessee, and later came to Kentucky, locating in Ohio County, where he died. His wife, Elizabeth Vaught, of Virginia, is also deceased. They have twelve children — four living in Kentucky. Isaac N. is the seventh child, was reared on a farm, and at twenty-one began for himself, working by the month, and later bought a farm, where he now lives. He owns 150 acres, 100 under cultivation. He set out an orchard, built a residence, fenced and cleared the ground on which his residence now stands. He raises tobacco, wheat, corn and oats, etc., for which he finds a ready sale. He also raises stock. November 23, 1851, Mr. Duke married Martha J. Tinsley, of this county, daughter of Absalom and Mary (Kerns) Tinsley. She died December 4, 1881, a member of the Methodist Church. They were the parents of nine children, five living: John A., farming; Lucy, wife of Charles Wimpsatt; Stephen E.; Prudie M.; and Ada E., the last two at home keeping house. Mr. Duke, with his children, except Ada E., are Methodists. Politically Mr. Duke is a Democrat; prior to the war he was a Whig. He is a school trustee. He has taken all the degrees to Master Mason in the Masonic order. His personal standing is the result of his own industry.

Source: J. H. BATTLE, W H. PERRIN, & G. C. KNIFFIN 1895

Mr. Duke died 14 March 1905 in Ohio County and is buried in the Duke Cemetery, Dukehurst, Ohio County, KY.