History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania, 1887
Augustus Duncan Biography
Augustus Duncan, Chambersburg, was born in Franklin Township, Adams County, Penn., March 8, 1829, son of A.S.E. and Mary (Mark) Duncan. He was educated in the public schools and the preparatory department of Franklin and Marshall College, then at Mercersburg, Penn. Prior to completing his education he had learned the carpenter's trade.
Our subject was married in 1853 to Florence Rowan. The same year he moved to Guilford Township, this county, where he took charge of the Duncan Mills, at Falling Springs, which he conducted until 1860, doing an extensive merchant-milling business. In 1860 he came to Chambersburg, and in 1867 he published the Valley Spirit, in connection with J.M. Cooper and W.S. Stengor, later under the firm name of Duncan & Stenger, and remained in this enterprise until 1876, since when he has led rather a retired life, caring for his farms in Guilford Township, and in attending to his duties as one of, the commissioners of the fisheries of Pennsylvania, to which position he was appointed by Gov. Pattison in 1884. Mr. Duncan served as a member of the town council, from the Second Ward, in 1882-83.
He is a director of the Chambersburg National Bank, and also of the Chambersburg Gas Company. To Mr. and Mrs. Duncan were born three children, two of whom died in infancy, and one, a daughter, at the age of fifteen. Mrs. Duncan departed this life in 1860. Our subject is a disciple of the noted Izaak Walton, and a substantial and esteemed citizen. In politics he is a Democrat.
Source: Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania : containing genealogical records of representative families, including many of the early settlers, and biographical sketches of prominent citizens; Chicago. Genealogical Pub. Co. 1905. Notes: Prepared in part by George O. Seilhamer.
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