Duncan James Monroe

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Duncan served in the Civil War in Company K, 38th Regiment under Captain Murdock McLaughlin. He and his brothers walked from Longstreet Presbyterian Church to Raleigh, North Carolina to accept their call to duty. During the war, Andrew, Daniel and Duncan were on the battlefield at the disasterous Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia. Andrew was the only one of the three who had a wife and infant at home. He was on the front line in the battle. Daniel and Duncan were on the field a few rows back. They approached their brother and tried to persuade him to change places with one of them since they were both single men. Andrew steadfastly refused saying that he would retain his assigned place in the battle.

A few days after the battle, Duncan and Daniel found the body of their fallen brother, Andrew. He was buried at the site along with many others. Daniel later returned home with an illness and died. Duncan was taken prisoner and when he did not return home at the close of the war, he was given up for dead. Much later, the family saw what they assumed to be a stranger coming across the field toward the house. Some family members went out to see what the man wanted. The stranger turned out to be Duncan. The family was startled by his ill, emaciated condition. He was in such wretched health from being in a prison camp and so infested with lice that they had to remove his clothing and burn them before he could enter the house.

In 1878 Duncan married his 2nd cousin Fannie.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Monroe, Katherine Neill
- Shuman, Katherine Neill

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Buried:
Duncan was buried at Longstreet Presbyterian Church.

Duncan married Frances Isabella Monroe on 10 Jan 1878 in , Cumberland Co., North Carolina, USA. Frances (daughter of Daniel Monroe and Catherine McFadyen) was born on 15 Feb 1840 in , Cumberland Co., North Carolina, USA; died on 26 Feb 1905 in , Cumberland Co., North Carolina, USA; was buried in Fort Bragg, Hoke Co., North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Katherine Graham Monroe was born in 1879; died in 1939.
2. Bella Turner Monroe was born in 1881; died in 1939.
3. Daniel Alexander Monroe was born in 1883; died in 1942.
4. Thomas Henry Monroe was born on 23 Sep 1885 in Manchester, Cumberland Co., North Carolina; died on 13 Oct 1953 in , Hoke Co., North Carolina, USA.

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Ref: Clan Munro files - Monroe, Katherine Neill

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Buried:
Thomas was buried at Longstreet Presbyterian Church.

Thomas married Catherine Turner on 30 Jan 1819 in , Cumberland Co., North Carolina, USA. Catherine was born on 3 Jan 1792 in , Cumberland Co., North Carolina, USA; died on 18 Oct 1856 in , Cumberland Co., North Carolina, USA; was buried in Fort Bragg, Hoke Co., North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
Catherine was buried at the Longstreet Presbyterian Church.

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Shuman, Katherine Neill

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Notes:

Daniel may be the same person as Daniel [6158].

Ref: Clan Munro files - Shuman, Katherine Monroe

Daniel may have gone to North Carolina from Scotland. He received land grants from three Royal Governors. He was involved in the Massacre at Piney Bottom during the American Revolutionary War.

He operated a toll bridge over the Little River, a grist mill and a tavern, called an "ordinary". During the American Revolutionary War, the Patriots destroyed Daniel's bridge to slow the British army. Later, they paid to rebuild the bridge on the condition that Daniel no longer collect tolls.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Hamilton, LeRoy - Lineage

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA