He married first to Charlotte Payne in 1853 and second to Amy Armstrong in about 1865. He moved to Orlando Florida in 1873 and died there two years later. An account of his death can be found in A Pine Castle Anthology: The Collected Writings of Will Wallace Harney, available online.
With his first wife Charlotte, he had two children
James Keith Duke 1856-1940
Catherine "Kate" Duke Chenoweth 1860-1933
With his second wife Amy he had one son:
Buford Duke February 1869-Aug 1869
In 1870, just prior to his departure for Florida, his household consisted of the following:
A B Duke 47
Amy A Duke 30 (married Thomas H. Mannen in 1878)
Catherine Duke 8
Black Domestic Servants (slaveowner):
Martha Botts 22
Ruth Botts 22
Amanda Lee 16
Corte Lee 30
Mulatto Domestic Servants:
Elizbeth Grigsby 26
Percy Dillet 1 *** Assumption is that this is Percy Lee Armstrong, who was raised as a son of Thomas H. & Amy Armstrong Duke Mannen. Obviously Amy could not have been his mother, because she had son Buford Duke in 1869.
White Household Occupants:
Richard Lee Mannen 25 (Brother of Tom)
Thos H Mannen 27 (Widower of Harriett Armstrong, sister of Amy Armstrong Due. Tom married Amy Armstrong Duke in 1878.)
Franklin Mannen 3 (son of Tom & Harriett)
He married first to Charlotte Payne in 1853 and second to Amy Armstrong in about 1865. He moved to Orlando Florida in 1873 and died there two years later. An account of his death can be found in A Pine Castle Anthology: The Collected Writings of Will Wallace Harney, available online.
With his first wife Charlotte, he had two children
James Keith Duke 1856-1940
Catherine "Kate" Duke Chenoweth 1860-1933
With his second wife Amy he had one son:
Buford Duke February 1869-Aug 1869
In 1870, just prior to his departure for Florida, his household consisted of the following:
A B Duke 47
Amy A Duke 30 (married Thomas H. Mannen in 1878)
Catherine Duke 8
Black Domestic Servants (slaveowner):
Martha Botts 22
Ruth Botts 22
Amanda Lee 16
Corte Lee 30
Mulatto Domestic Servants:
Elizbeth Grigsby 26
Percy Dillet 1 *** Assumption is that this is Percy Lee Armstrong, who was raised as a son of Thomas H. & Amy Armstrong Duke Mannen. Obviously Amy could not have been his mother, because she had son Buford Duke in 1869.
White Household Occupants:
Richard Lee Mannen 25 (Brother of Tom)
Thos H Mannen 27 (Widower of Harriett Armstrong, sister of Amy Armstrong Due. Tom married Amy Armstrong Duke in 1878.)
Franklin Mannen 3 (son of Tom & Harriett)
Family Members
Advertisement
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement