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Clan Munro USA
Genealogy Pages
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1834 - 1894 (59 years)
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Name |
Duncan James Monroe [1] |
Born |
23 Dec 1834 |
, Cumberland Co., North Carolina, USA |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
19 Apr 1894 |
, Cumberland Co., North Carolina, USA |
Buried |
Fort Bragg, Hoke Co., North Carolina, USA |
- Duncan was buried at Longstreet Presbyterian Church.
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Person ID |
I297 |
Munro |
Last Modified |
24 Nov 2010 |
Father |
Thomas Monroe, b. 13 Jun 1792, , Cumberland Co., North Carolina, USA , d. 27 Feb 1858, , Cumberland Co., North Carolina, USA (Age 65 years) |
Mother |
Catherine Turner, b. 3 Jan 1792, , Cumberland Co., North Carolina, USA , d. 18 Oct 1856, , Cumberland Co., North Carolina, USA (Age 64 years) |
Married |
30 Jan 1819 |
, Cumberland Co., North Carolina, USA |
Family ID |
F151 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Frances Isabella Monroe, b. 15 Feb 1840, , Cumberland Co., North Carolina, USA , d. 26 Feb 1905, , Cumberland Co., North Carolina, USA (Age 65 years) |
Married |
10 Jan 1878 |
, Cumberland Co., North Carolina, USA |
Children |
+ | 1. Katherine Graham Monroe, b. 1879, d. 1939 (Age 60 years) |
+ | 2. Bella Turner Monroe, b. 1881, d. 1939 (Age 58 years) |
+ | 3. Daniel Alexander Monroe, b. 1883, d. 1942 (Age 59 years) |
+ | 4. Thomas Henry Monroe, b. 23 Sep 1885, Manchester, Cumberland Co., North Carolina , d. 13 Oct 1953, , Hoke Co., North Carolina, USA (Age 68 years) |
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Last Modified |
24 Nov 2010 |
Family ID |
F150 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Notes |
- 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
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA
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Sources |
- [S766] Clan Munro files - McColl, Virginia Monroe, Virginia Monroe McColl, Membership application for Virginia Monroe McColl - 22 Jun 2010 (Reliability: 3).
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