Rufus Howe Duncan ²⁴⁷⁶

  Events

• He served in the military during the Civil War.

• He worked as a farmer.

• He appeared on the census in 1870 in Willow, Cherokee County, Illinois. His real estate was valued at $1,200. His personal estate was valued at $500.

• He appeared on the census in 1880 in Tilden, Cherokee County, Iowa. He was head of household.

• He appeared on the census in 1900 in Marshall, Marshall County, Iowa. He was head of household.

Rufus married Mary Jane Lindsey, daughter of Howard Lindsey and Mary Ann Caldwell, 11 December 1866 in Knox County, Illinois.²⁴⁷⁶ (Mary Jane Lindsey was born in 1846 in Illinois,^2472,2477 died in 1936 ²⁴⁷⁷ and was buried in 1936 in Marshalltown, Marshall County, Iowa at Riverside Cemetery ²⁴⁷⁷.)