SAMUEL DUNCAN married April 19, 1831 to ELIZABETH CALDWELL
Biographical Sketches: Butler, Summit, Clearfield, Winfield, Buffalo, Jefferson, Clinton, Penn, Middlesex Townships, and Saxonburg Borough
History of Butler County Pennsylvania, R. C. Brown Co., Publishers, 1895
Pg. 229 CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP
SAMUEL DUNCAN, one of the oldest and most respected citizens of the southwestern part of the county, was born in Cranberry Township, on the same tract of land on which he now resides, on the 22nd of August, 1808.His father, SAMUEL DUNCAN, was one of the pioneers of 1796.SAMUEL was brought up to hard work.He was married, April 19, 1831,toELIZABETH, oldest daughter of DAVID and MARY CALDWELL, early settlers of Allegheny County.Their children are MATILDA S., wife of SAMUEL GRAHAM, Cranberry Twp.; MARY ANN, single, resides in Pittsburgh; ELIZABETH, wife of CHARLES TAYLOR, resides in Wheeling, W. Va.; LEWIS F., follows carpentry in Allegheny City; EMELINE, wife of JAME McMARLAND, Adams Twp.; JOHN, died April 1, 1865, in the 23rd year of his age.He enlisted as a private in the nine-month service, and was mustered into the army Aug. 11, 1862, as a private in Company C, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers.Reenlisting, he served as a Corporal of Company G, Fourth Regiment Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Cavalry. He was wounded in the spine at Dinwiddy Court House, Va., March 29, 1865, and died 48 hours after receiving the wound. He passed safely through 11 battles, but the 12th terminated his noble career.The next member of the family ALFRED G., is a merchant in Pittsburgh; SARAH J., died in infancy, Dec. 31, 1847; NELSON B., farmer on the old homestead.MR. DUNCAN is a Republican.He became a member of the Presbyterian Church about 1841.