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Madisonville Democrat, (Monroe Co. TN) Wednesday, March 20, 1935, Page 1:
“Interesting News From Route Five---Guilford Harrison Duggan---I stand on my porch and look down the highway one-fourth of a mile southeast and I see the old homestead of Rev. W.H.H. Duggan; I see the house he built and moved into in 1847. He and his wife and their older children had been living in a house nearby for some time. But this house which I see is the old homestead which he built and moved into in 1847. His wife, Mrs. Matilda Brown Duggan, was a Presbyterian lady; her husband was an old-fashioned Methodist Circuit rider. Their children were Guilford Cannon Duggan, Harvey Doake Duggan, Elizabeth Ann Duggan, James Augusta Duggan, Newton Albiner Duggan, Alice Angeline Duggan, Robert Duggan and Mary Jane Duggan. After her marriage to Rev. W.H.H. Duggan, Mrs. Matilda Duggan joined the Methodist church and remained an honored member of that church until her death some years ago. Guilford Cannon Duggan and Henry Doake Duggan were soldiers in the Union Army. After peace was made they came home; Guilford C. Duggan located at Morganton, Tennessee; he married Miss Emma Blackman of Morganton. He taught a fine school there for some years. He and Emma died and both are buried in the Morganton Cemetery. Harvey Doake Duggan married Miss Susie Wear of McMinn County, Tenn. After several years residence in Tennessee, Doake and Susie and their children went west and located in Iola, Kansas. Harvey Doake was for many years before his death, one of the ablest clergymen of the Baptist church. He out-lived his parents and all his brothers and sisters. He died and is buried at Iola, Kansas. His widow is still living at Iola. Elizabeth Ann married Elijah Webb, and one of their sons, Harrison Webb, served as Sheriff of our county. He and his parents are all dead. James Augusta Duggan was born in 1847, the year his father built the old homestead, and James was only a little infant when his parents and the older children moved into their new home. Newton Albinos Duggan married Margaret Sutton, both of them are dead. Alice Angeline Duggan married Robert Patterson in 1875, and in 1877 a little daughter was born to them whom Alice named Betty Ann for her sister, Elizabeth Ann. Alice lived only a few days after little Betty Ann was born, and before she died, she gave her little daughter to her mother. Robert Duggan and Mary Jane Duggan both died in infancy. James A. Duggan was married to Miss Callie N. Gibson in 1880. Nine children were born to them. Ella, Guilford Harrison, Georgia Florence, John Houk, Robert Ervin, Horace Greely, Margaret, Gussie and Dock, all of whom are married except Ella and John, who live with their mother. Ella, the oldest child and John Houk, the second child, still reside at their home of gentleness, refinement, virtue, sobriety and industry, where no weary, wayworn traveler was ever turned away. Guilford, “Gib” as we called him, left here in his early manhood days and went to Benton, Arkansas, and located there, where by hard work and good management, accumulated a competence of this world’s goods. He married Miss Lillie Bridges, who has always been a true helpmate to him. They have five children, Gladys, James, Guilford, Wayne and Agnes, who with their parents were members of the Methodist church at Benton. Gib died suddenly at his home on February 12, 1935. The funeral services were held at the Methodist church in Benton on February 14, conducted by Rev. A.C. Carraway of the Methodist church, Rev. J.B. Cothran of First Baptist Church and Rev. Gordon Gray of the Presbyterian church. The floral offerings were many and beautiful. His grave was completely covered with costly and beautiful flowers. Gib was born here at the homestead on February 17, 1883. I have known him all his life of 51 years, 11 months and 25 days. Goodbye for only a little while, dear old friend and neighbor boy, I’ll not forget you, Gib.” ---Georgia A. Stakely,
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