Jasper DuncanAge: 84 years1841–1925
- Name
- Jasper Duncan
- Given names
- Jasper
- Surname
- Duncan
 Birth | March 2, 1841 43 38 |
 Birth of a sister | Artalissa Duncan about 1841 Note: Birth year/place based on 1850 census |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Thomas Duncan before November 3, 1845 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Sarah Ann Duncan about 1847 (Age 5 years) Note: Birth year/place based on 1850 Census |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 4 years)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
| Birth of a sister | Cordelia Duncan about 1849 (Age 7 years) Note: Birth year/place based on 1850 Census |
| Birth of a sister | Louisa Duncan from 1850 to 1856 (Age 8 years) Note: Not shown in 1850 Census; but, would have been born before Father died in 1856 |
 Census | September 8, 1850 (Age 9 years) |
| Death of a sister | Anna E Duncan July 29, 1851 (Age 10 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Emaline Duncan about 1853 (Age 11 years) Note: Birth year/place based on 1880 Census |
| Will | August 2, 1856 (Age 15 years) |
| Death of a father | Benjamin Duncan January 6, 1857 (Age 15 years) Note: Benjamin's Will was written in 1856 with the Probate Court showing Estate activity in 1858 |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 15 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 20 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 25 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 25 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 27 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Census | September 16, 1870 (Age 29 years) |
 Marriage | Margaret Joanna Luttrell — View this family October 10, 1870 (Age 29 years) |
| Death of a sister | Daisy Duncan before 1871 (Age 29 years) Note: Death date based on the fact that person was not listed in their father's (Benjamin Duncan) Will Probate in 1871. |
| Death of a sister | Cordelia Duncan before 1871 (Age 29 years) Note: Death date based on the fact that person was not listed in their father's (Benjamin Duncan) Will Probate in 1871. |
| Death of a brother | Pharoah Duncan March 7, 1871 (Age 30 years) Note: See Obituary and Life Story record |
| Probate | September 1871 (Age 30 years) Note: Information is found on Images 1208 -> 1211. |
| Death of a brother | Isaac Duncan 1877 (Age 35 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 36 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Census | June 10, 1880 (Age 39 years) |
| Death of a sister | Rachel Amanda Duncan February 1, 1891 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 57 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Census | June 22, 1900 (Age 59 years) Note: The 1900 Census states that Jasper and Margaret had 8 children and only 4 of them are still living as of 1900. |
| Marriage | Susan Orlena Mitchell — View this family April 2, 1910 (Age 69 years) |
| Census | May 12, 1910 (Age 69 years) |
| Death of a brother | Ganum Duncan March 17, 1911 (Age 70 years) |
| Death of a sister | Harriet Duncan April 24, 1912 (Age 71 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 74 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a brother | Cannon Duncan April 3, 1918 (Age 77 years) |
| Death of a wife | Susan Orlena Mitchell June 16, 1918 (Age 77 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 75 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 76 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Marriage | Louelia M Pilant — View this family March 25, 1919 (Age 78 years) Note: See findagrave memorial |
| Census | January 10, 1920 (Age 78 years) |
 Death | December 22, 1925 (Age 84 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lynnhurst Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Benjamin Duncan Birth: about 1798 33 33 — Virginia, United States Death: January 6, 1857 — Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Vita “Lucy” Fortner Birth: about 1803 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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Marriage: December 25, 1821 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
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22 months elder sister |
Harriet Duncan Birth: October 25, 1823 25 20 — Knoxville, Tennessee, United States Death: April 24, 1912 — Blaine, Knox, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Anna E Duncan Birth: December 1826 28 23 — Tennessee, United States Death: July 29, 1851 — Tennessee, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Daisy Duncan Birth: about 1828 30 25 — Tennessee, United States Death: before 1871 — Tennessee, United States |
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2 months elder brother |
Ganum Duncan Birth: March 14, 1828 30 25 — Tennessee, United States Death: March 17, 1911 — Tennessee, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Cannon Duncan Birth: March 12, 1830 32 27 — Tennessee, United States Death: April 3, 1918 — Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years elder brother |
Isaac Duncan Birth: 1833 35 30 — Mascot, Knox, Tennessee, United States Death: 1877 — Texas, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Rachel Amanda Duncan Birth: February 1, 1835 37 32 — Tennessee, United States Death: February 1, 1891 — Paulding, Georgia, United States |
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6 years elder brother |
Pharoah Duncan Birth: about 1840 42 37 — Tennessee, United States Death: March 7, 1871 — Knox, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years sister |
Artalissa Duncan Birth: about 1841 43 38 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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2 months himself |
Jasper Duncan Birth: March 2, 1841 43 38 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: December 22, 1925 — Knox, Tennessee, United States |
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7 years younger sister |
Sarah Ann Duncan Birth: about 1847 49 44 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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3 years younger sister |
Cordelia Duncan Birth: about 1849 51 46 — Tennessee, United States Death: before 1871 — Tennessee, United States |
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8 years younger sister |
Louisa Duncan Birth: from 1850 to 1856 52 47 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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4 years younger sister |
Emaline Duncan Birth: about 1853 55 50 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
| Family with Margaret Joanna Luttrell |
| himself |
Jasper Duncan Birth: March 2, 1841 43 38 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: December 22, 1925 — Knox, Tennessee, United States |
| wife |
Margaret Joanna Luttrell Birth: about 1848 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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Marriage: October 10, 1870 — Knox, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with Louelia M Pilant |
| himself |
Jasper Duncan Birth: March 2, 1841 43 38 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: December 22, 1925 — Knox, Tennessee, United States |
| wife |
Louelia M Pilant Birth: April 12, 1868 — Hawkins, Tennessee, United States Death: December 31, 1948 — Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: March 25, 1919 — Knox, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with Susan Orlena Mitchell |
| himself |
Jasper Duncan Birth: March 2, 1841 43 38 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: December 22, 1925 — Knox, Tennessee, United States |
| wife |
Susan Orlena Mitchell Birth: June 4, 1852 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: June 16, 1918 — Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: April 2, 1910 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
Jasper Duncan has 9 first cousins recorded
Father's family (9)
Parents Philip Duncan + Mary Elizabeth Crawford
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Duncan - Household
Grainger, Tennessee, United States
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Vita “Lucy” Fortner - Household
District 18 Knox, Tennessee, United States
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| Probate | Information is found on Images 1208 -> 1211. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Probate | The Will was probated during the summer/fall of 1871. At that time, there were a total of 10 heirs listed that were his children. His son, Ganum Duncan, was listed as the Executor.
Those heir/children listed during Probate were: (1) Harriet Shipes (nee Duncan), (2) Ganum Duncan, (3) Cannon Duncan, (4) Isaac Duncan, (5) Pharoah Duncan, (6) Artalissa Duncan, (7) Jasper Duncan, (8) Sarah Ann Earnhart (nee Duncan), (9) Louisa Lauo (nee Duncan), and (10) Emaline Mason (nee Duncan).
Three children were not listed and are presumed to have died prior to 1871. Those children are: (1) Anna E Duncan, (2) Daisy Duncan, and (3) Cordelia Duncan. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Jasper Duncan - Household
ED 190 Rutherford, Tennessee - Jasper Duncam - Household - Image 14
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| Census | The 1900 Census states that Jasper and Margaret had 8 children and only 4 of them are still living as of 1900. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Jasper Duncan - Household
ED 109 Linn, Kansas - Jasper Duncan - Household - Image 37
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Jasper Duncan - Household
ED 104 Knox, Tennessee, United States
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| Marriage | See findagrave memorial | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Jasper Duncan - Household
ED 119 Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
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