Husband of Mary Jane Stone and Ellen Grady. Son of John R. Duckworth and Sarah Sellers.
History of Davis County, Iowa - 1882
DUCKWORTH, HON. A. K. - is a citizen who has long been identified with the growth and prosperity of the county. He was born in Berk (Burke) county, North Carolina, November 30, 1814. When six years of age, his father, John R., emigrated to Washington county, Indiana, where he remained for eleven years, then removed to Putnam county, and in the fall of 1849, came to this county, entering his present farm in Wyacondah township.
Mr. D. was raised a farmer and educated in common schools. He taught two terms in Indiana, and taught the first two winters he was in Iowa, teaching the first school in his neighborhood.
He was married September 6, 1838, to Miss Mary Jane Stone, of Putnam county, Indiana, and they had ten children, five boys and five girls; James M., who was killed at Fort Donelson; Sarah E., Oscar L., Eliza A., May E., Rachel E., Enoch T., Lucinda J., John R. and William S. Mrs. D. died March 2, 1854, and Mr. D. married again August 30, 1854, to Miss Ellen Grady, of this county, and they have one son, Albert P. Mr. D.'s second wife died July 31, 1876.
He is located on a farm of 240 acres. He represented this county in the State legislature in 1852, as a democrat, in which position he served with great credit. He has held most of the township offices, was justice of the peace several years; has served as administrator for several estates; is a member of the M. E. Church, of which he has been recording steward for thirteen years. No name in Wyacondah is more highly respected than his; he is still a democrat; his postoffice is Bloomfield.
History of Davis County, Iowa - 1882
DUCKWORTH, HON. A. K. - is a citizen who has long been identified with the growth and prosperity of the county. He was born in Berk (Burke) county, North Carolina, November 30, 1814. When six years of age, his father, John R., emigrated to Washington county, Indiana, where he remained for eleven years, then removed to Putnam county, and in the fall of 1849, came to this county, entering his present farm in Wyacondah township.
Mr. D. was raised a farmer and educated in common schools. He taught two terms in Indiana, and taught the first two winters he was in Iowa, teaching the first school in his neighborhood.
He was married September 6, 1838, to Miss Mary Jane Stone, of Putnam county, Indiana, and they had ten children, five boys and five girls; James M., who was killed at Fort Donelson; Sarah E., Oscar L., Eliza A., May E., Rachel E., Enoch T., Lucinda J., John R. and William S. Mrs. D. died March 2, 1854, and Mr. D. married again August 30, 1854, to Miss Ellen Grady, of this county, and they have one son, Albert P. Mr. D.'s second wife died July 31, 1876.
He is located on a farm of 240 acres. He represented this county in the State legislature in 1852, as a democrat, in which position he served with great credit. He has held most of the township offices, was justice of the peace several years; has served as administrator for several estates; is a member of the M. E. Church, of which he has been recording steward for thirteen years. No name in Wyacondah is more highly respected than his; he is still a democrat; his postoffice is Bloomfield.
Husband of Mary Jane Stone and Ellen Grady. Son of John R. Duckworth and Sarah Sellers.
History of Davis County, Iowa - 1882
DUCKWORTH, HON. A. K. - is a citizen who has long been identified with the growth and prosperity of the county. He was born in Berk (Burke) county, North Carolina, November 30, 1814. When six years of age, his father, John R., emigrated to Washington county, Indiana, where he remained for eleven years, then removed to Putnam county, and in the fall of 1849, came to this county, entering his present farm in Wyacondah township.
Mr. D. was raised a farmer and educated in common schools. He taught two terms in Indiana, and taught the first two winters he was in Iowa, teaching the first school in his neighborhood.
He was married September 6, 1838, to Miss Mary Jane Stone, of Putnam county, Indiana, and they had ten children, five boys and five girls; James M., who was killed at Fort Donelson; Sarah E., Oscar L., Eliza A., May E., Rachel E., Enoch T., Lucinda J., John R. and William S. Mrs. D. died March 2, 1854, and Mr. D. married again August 30, 1854, to Miss Ellen Grady, of this county, and they have one son, Albert P. Mr. D.'s second wife died July 31, 1876.
He is located on a farm of 240 acres. He represented this county in the State legislature in 1852, as a democrat, in which position he served with great credit. He has held most of the township offices, was justice of the peace several years; has served as administrator for several estates; is a member of the M. E. Church, of which he has been recording steward for thirteen years. No name in Wyacondah is more highly respected than his; he is still a democrat; his postoffice is Bloomfield.
History of Davis County, Iowa - 1882
DUCKWORTH, HON. A. K. - is a citizen who has long been identified with the growth and prosperity of the county. He was born in Berk (Burke) county, North Carolina, November 30, 1814. When six years of age, his father, John R., emigrated to Washington county, Indiana, where he remained for eleven years, then removed to Putnam county, and in the fall of 1849, came to this county, entering his present farm in Wyacondah township.
Mr. D. was raised a farmer and educated in common schools. He taught two terms in Indiana, and taught the first two winters he was in Iowa, teaching the first school in his neighborhood.
He was married September 6, 1838, to Miss Mary Jane Stone, of Putnam county, Indiana, and they had ten children, five boys and five girls; James M., who was killed at Fort Donelson; Sarah E., Oscar L., Eliza A., May E., Rachel E., Enoch T., Lucinda J., John R. and William S. Mrs. D. died March 2, 1854, and Mr. D. married again August 30, 1854, to Miss Ellen Grady, of this county, and they have one son, Albert P. Mr. D.'s second wife died July 31, 1876.
He is located on a farm of 240 acres. He represented this county in the State legislature in 1852, as a democrat, in which position he served with great credit. He has held most of the township offices, was justice of the peace several years; has served as administrator for several estates; is a member of the M. E. Church, of which he has been recording steward for thirteen years. No name in Wyacondah is more highly respected than his; he is still a democrat; his postoffice is Bloomfield.
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