Green Cameron Duncan
Full Name: Green Cameron DuncanDate of birth: October 10, 1841
Date of death: August 6, 1910
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| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| H | 66 | Jan 13, 1891 - Jan 10, 1893 | 22nd (1) (2) | Democrat | Spanish Camp / Wharton | Brazoria, Galveston, Matagorda, Wharton |
(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(2) Spanish Camp post office discontinued in 1905. Handbook of Texas Online.
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House District 66
Jan 13, 1891 - Jan 10, 1893 Legislatures: 22nd (1) (2) Party: Democrat Home City/County: Spanish Camp / Wharton Counties in district: Brazoria, Galveston, Matagorda, Wharton |
(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(2) Spanish Camp post office discontinued in 1905. Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical Information top
Biographical Sketches
- Biographical sketches, Hon. Green C. Duncan, pp. 513-514, and Hon. Green C. Duncan, of Wharton County, pp. 652 and 553 [sic: p. 653]. Born 10/10/1841 in Bloomfield, Kentucky. "In 1890, Mr. Duncan was elected to the Legislature from the sixty-six Floatorial districts (composed of the counties of Wharton, Matagorda, Brazoria and Galveston.)" Memorial and Genealogical Record of Southwest Texas: Containing Biographical Histories and Genealogical Records of Many Leading Men and Prominent Families, 1894.
- Portrait and biographical sketch, Green C. Duncan, pp. 321-322. Born 10/10/1842 in Nelson County, Kentucky, married Mamie J. Bowie 7/11/1872 in Matagorda County. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
- Duncans in Wharton Co. TX. Research files of Mary Ann (Duncan) Dobson. RootsWeb.com Internet genealogical service.
Military Service Notes
- Confederate States Army, enlistment as 1st Sergeant in Company B, 40th Kentucky Infantry, 9/16/1861 in Madison, Arkansas. Rank change to 2nd Lieutenant on 4/1/1862, and transferred/mustered into Company K, 8th Kentucky Infantry, on 10/2/1862 in Kentucky, rank change to 1st Lieutenant on 10/9/1862. Green C. Duncan, birth date 10/10/1841 in Bloomfield, Kentucky, last known residence Egypt, Texas, death date 8/5/1910 in New York City, New York. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865.
Military grave marker, birth date 10/10/1841, 1st Lieutenant, 8th Kentucky Regiment, Lyon's Brigade, mounted In 1862, General Forrest 11th Infantry Division, death date 8/6/1910, burial in Bowie Cemetery, Cedar Lane, Texas. Green Duncan, U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970. Ancestry.com. - Description of the Green C. Duncan papers, including materials related to his service in the 22nd Legislature. Confederate Military Manuscripts: Series C: Holdings of the Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin, 2003.
- Confederate States Army, 1st Lieutenant, Company K, 8th Kentucky Mounted Infantry, Lyon's Brigade, Buford's Division, Forest's Cavalry. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
- Confederate States Army service, biographical sketch, Green C. Duncan. Yeary, Mamie, 1876-. Reminiscences of the Boys in Gray, 1861-1865, 1912, pp. 203-204. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Other Resources
- Green Cameron Duncan, birth date 10/10/1841, death date 8/6/1910, burial in Bowie Family Cemetery, Matagorda County. Find a Grave.
- Mentioned in EGYPT, TEXAS. Handbook of Texas Online.
- Account of Green C. Duncan's opposition to the construction of the Wharton County Courthouse. "Rangers to the Rescue." Wharton County Courthouse, Wharton, Texas, History and Tales of the Wharton County Courthouse.
Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol
- 22nd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, north wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
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