Duncan James Monroe

1834 - 1894  (59 years)

• 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.
  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)
  Last Modified	24 Nov 2010
  Family ID	F150	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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

  
  

• Sources

  [S766] Clan Munro files - McColl, Virginia Monroe, Virginia Monroe McColl, Membership application for Virginia Monroe McColl - 22 Jun 2010 (Reliability: 3).