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1892 he was chosen foreign secretary of the American liiiplist missionary union, and in Au- gust, ISI'S, he started on a tour around the world to visit Biiptist missions, but declining health forced him to return in October. He was a fel- low of Browu university, 1889-98, and a trustee of Colby ac^idemy, of the Ne^vton theological in- stitution, 189.V98, and of the Rocliester theolog- ical seminary. He was married in 18G6 to Sarah Margaret Fuller, ilaughter of Judge Albert G. Gret-ne of Providence, R.I. The Universit}- of Cliicago conferred iiixm him the degree of D.D. in 1S7.1. He died in Bn.t)kline, Mass., Oct. 30, 1898.

DUNCAN, Thomas, .soldier, was born in Kas- kiiskki. 111.. April U, 1819; son of Joseph Duncan, afterward governor of Illinois. He served in the BUick Hawk war in the Illinois moimted infan- try, 183-2, and subsequently in various military exjje litions, and in 1846 was jiromoted 1st lieu- tenant in the U.S. mounted rifles. He served in the Mexican war and was a participant in the siege and capture of Vera Cruz. He was then on recruiting duty and was promoted cajjtain in 1848. He was stationed in New Mexico, 1856-63, were he commanded the forts and took part in the Navajo exijedition of 1858, and against the Comanche Indians in 1861, being promoted major in June of that year. He commanded Fort Craig, N.M., led the cavahy at Valverde and his regi- ment at Albuquerque, where he was wounded by a sjient cannon ball, losing a piece of his skull. He was on provost duty in Iowa, 1863-66, was nuide lieutenant- colonel of the 5th U.S. cavalry in July. 1866, and commanded the district of Nashville, 1866-68, when he was ordered to the department of the Platte. He was on sick leave, 1871-73, and was retired in January, 1873. He received brevets for gallantry in the civil war, including that of brigadier-general, March 13, 1865. He die<l in Wasliington, D.C., Jan. 7, 1887.

DUNCAN, Wiiliam Cecil, clergyman, was born in New York city, Jan. 24, 1824. He was taken by his parents to Grenada, iliss., in his infancy. He was graduated at Columbia college in 1843, and .studied theology at Hamilton seminary. In 1847 he removed to New Orleans, La., where he established and became editor of the weekly Sinithirtstirn Baptiat Chromde. He was ordained to the ministry in 1848 and preached frequently in varioas pulpits. He accepted the chair of Greek and Latin in the University of Louisiana in 1851 and in 1854 Ijecame pa.stor of a church in New Orleans. His Union .sentiments made it imixjs-sible for him to remain in the soutli, and he spent the years 1861-62 in the north, returning to New Orleans after its (x-cujiation by the Union troops. He received from Columbia the degree of S.T.D. in 18.57. He is the author of Liff of John the Baptist (1853); Ilintonj of the Baptists

for the First Two Centuries of the Christian Era (1857); and The Tears of Jesus (1859). He died in New Orleans, La., May 1, 1864.

DUNCAN, VVilliaiti Wallace, M.E. bishop, was born in Ashland, near Richmond, Va., Dec. 20, 1839; son of Prof. David and Alice (Piemont) Duncan, and a brother of James Armstrong Dun- can, president of Randolph -Macon college. He was graduated from Wolford college in 1858 and became a member of the Virginia conference of the M.E. church south. In 1861 he joined the Confederate army as chaplain and .served through- out the eivil war. In 1875 he was transferred to the South Carolina conference and became pro- fessor of mental and moral pliilosophy at "VVofford college. In May, 1886, he was elected bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church south. He re- ceived the degi-ee of D.D. from Emoiy college in 1882 and from Central college, Missouri, in 1882. He was married to Medora, daughter of B. H. and CaroUne (Wallace) Rice, and their son Tliomas Carey Duncan became an extensive manufacturer of cotton, successfully conducting the mills at Union, S.C., for many years.

DUNQAN, Irvine, representative, was born in Canonsburg, Pa., May 24, 1844; son of William Holland and Jane (Dungan) Dungan. His great- grandfathers, Capt. Jesse Dungan and Capt. Thomas Dungan, enlisted in the American army, Aug. 19, 1775, from Bucks county, Pa., and served through the war. The first of the family immi- grated to America in 1640-50 from Limerick and Kildtire, Ireland, and founded Dublin township, Philadelphia county. Pa. Irvine left school to enlist in the Union army and served in the 19th Iowa volunteers, 1862-65, being a prisoner ten months. After the war he settled in Jackson, Ohio, and was elected mayor of Jackson as a Free-soil Democrat in 1869. He was a state sen- ator from the 7th district, 1878-80, and a repre- .sentative from the 13th district of Ohio in the 52d congress. 1891-93.

DUNHAM, Ransom W., representative, was born at Savoy, Mass., March 21, 1838. He re- moved to Springfield, Mass., in 1849, where he acquired his education. He was employed as a clerk in the office of the Massachusetts life insur- ance company, and in 1857 went to Cliicago to take charge of the books of the western department of the company. In 1860 he entered the grain and provision commission business, and was president of the lx)ard of trade of Chicago in 1882. He was a rei)resentative in the 4Sth congress. 1883-85. He die<l in SpriiiKlield. Mass., Aug. 19, 1896.

DUNLAP, George Washington, representa- tive, was lx)rn in Fayette count j', Ky., Feb. 22, 1813. He was graduated at Transylvania univer- sity in arts in 1834, ami in law in 1837. He prac- tised in Lancaster, Ky.; was a conunissioner of