JAMES HENRY DUNCAN

Duncan, James Henry (1793-1869), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Haverhill, Mass., December 5, 1793; attended Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N.H., and was graduated from Harvard University in 1812; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1815 and commenced practice in Haverhill; an active militia officer, and attained the rank of colonel; president of the Essex Agricultural Society; member of the State house of representatives in 1827, 1837, 1838, and again in 1857; served in the State senate 1828-1831; delegate to the Whig National Convention at Harrisburg, Pa., in 1839; appointed commissioner in bankruptcy in 1841; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses (March 4, 1849-March 3, 1853); engaged in the real-estate business; died in Haverhill, Essex County, Mass., February 8, 1869; interment in Linwood Cemetery.
Father: James Duncan
B: 22 Apr 1756
D: 1822
Spouse: Mary Willis
Born: 14 Dec 1805 in Portland, Cumberland, Maine
Died: 21 May 1888 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts
Marriage: 28 Jun 1826
Children Sex Birth
James Henry Duncan M 22 Aug 1827
Rebeckah White Duncan F 22 Aug 1827
Benjamin Willis Duncan M 7 Sep 1829
Rebeckah White Duncan F 13 Sep 1831
Mary Willis Duncan F 12 Feb 1834
George Duncan M 4 Apr 1835
Susan Reynolds Duncan F 8 Mar 1837
Samuel White Duncan M 19 Dec 1838
Rosannah Duncan F 7 Oct 1840 Edit
Elizabeth Kinsman Duncan F 25 Dec 1842 in Haverhill, Massachusetts
George Willis Duncan M 3 Jan 1845 in Haverhill, Massachusetts
Caroline Duncan F 12 Oct 1846
Margaret Duncan F 30 Dec 1847

Sources:
United States Federal Census
Massachusetts Vital Records
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell