Henry J. Duggins was born on December 6, 1821, in Preble County, Ohio. He spent his early years in Ohio, being listed on the tax rolls in Washington Township between 1848 and 1850. By 1850, he lived in Washington Township, in the household of William A. Duggins. On February 6, 1851, Henry married Mildred Patterson in Indiana. Together, they embarked on a life centered around family and farming.
Mildred Patterson was born on September 3, 1830, in Lexington, Virginia. She and Henry began their married life in Ohio, and soon welcomed their first child, Alice Amanda Duggins, born on November 10, 1851. In 1855, the family moved to Elmwood, Peoria County, Illinois, where their second child, Mary C. Duggins, was born on December 10, 1855.
Henry was a farmer and purchased land in Ohio before eventually selling it in 1857 and moving permanently to Illinois. By 1860, the family had settled in Elmwood, Peoria County, Illinois, where their son, William Henry Duggins, was born on January 17, 1869.
Henry worked as a farmer for most of his life, and the family appeared in several census records, with Henry often listed as a farmer or retired farmer. He lived a long life and passed away on September 21, 1901, at the age of 79. He was buried at the Elmwood Township Cemetery in Elmwood, Illinois.
Mildred continued to live in Elmwood, Peoria County, Illinois, well into her later years. She appeared in census records through 1920 and passed away on February 22, 1922, at the remarkable age of 91. She was buried beside her husband in Elmwood Township Cemetery.
Children of Henry and Mildred Duggins
- Alice Amanda Duggins (b. November 10, 1851 – d. March 10, 1924)
- Spouse: James Orrin Aby (m. September 19, 1877)
- Mary C. Duggins (b. December 10, 1855 – d. August 12, 1947)
- Spouse: Jasper Howard (m. October 27, 1880)
- William Henry Duggins (b. January 17, 1869 – d. March 13, 1943)
- Spouse: Adelia Cora Wakefield (m. July 4, 1885)
The above narrative was written by ChatGPT using the RootsMagic narrative report for Henry J Duggins. Below is the RootsMagic report complete with the sources.
Henry J. Duggins was born on 6 Dec 1821 in Preble County, Ohio.1–2
He was listed on the tax rolls between 1848 and 1850 in Washington Township, Preble, Ohio, United States.3
He lived in Washington Township, Preble, Ohio, United States on 29 Jul 1850.4 Henry Duggins was listed as a 28 year old white male born Ohio on the 1850 census in the houshold of Wm a. Duggins.
Henry was the father of Alice Amanda Duggins who was born on 10 Nov 1851 in Preble County, Ohio.5–6
He was the father of Mary C Duggins who was born on 10 Dec 1855 in Elmwood, Peoria, Illinois, United States.7–9
He purchased land being 84 66/100 acres in N part SE 1/4 and S part NE 1/4 S17T7R2 from William A. Duggins and his wife Sally on 10 Mar 1857 in Preble County, Ohio.10
Henry sold land land being 84 66/100 acres in N part SE 1/4 and S pt NE 1/4 S17T7R2 to Benjamin A. Duggins for $3380 on 11 Jun 1857 in Preble County, Ohio.11 land being 84 66/100 acres in N part SE 1/4 and S pt NE 1/4 S17T7R2 to Benjamin A. Duggins for $3380
He lived in Elmwood, Peoria, Illinois, United States in 1860.12–13 Henry Duggins is listed as a 39 year old male on the 1860 census. Also listed in the household is Mildred, Alice, Mary, and Henry.
He was the father of William Henry Duggins who was born on 17 Jan 1869 in Elmwood, Peoria, Illinois, United States.14
Henry lived in Elmwood, Peoria, Illinois, United States in 1870.15 H. J. Duggins is listed as a 48 year old farmer on the 1870 census. Also listed in the household is his 39 year old wife, Mildred; 18 year old female, Alice; 14 year old female Mary S and 10 year old male William.
He lived in Elmwood, Peoria, Illinois, United States in 1880.16 Henry Duggins is listed as a 59 year old retired farmer on the 1880 census. Also listed in the household is his 48 year old wife, Mildred; 24 year old daughter, Mary; and 20 year old son, William.
He lived in Elmwood Township, Peoria, Illinois, United States in 1900.17 Henry Duggins was lised as a 78 year old male born December 1821 in Kentucky on the 1900 census. Also in the household was his wife Mildred and daughter Mary Howard.
Henry died on 21 Sep 1901 at the age of 79 in Illinois.1
He was buried at Elmwood Township Cemetery in Elmwood, Peoria, Illinois, United States.1
Henry J. Duggins and Mildred Patterson were married on 6 Feb 1851 in Indiana, United States.18–21
Mildred Patterson was born on 3 Sep 1830 in Lexington, Virginia, United States.22
She was the mother of Alice Amanda Duggins who was born on 10 Nov 1851 in Preble County, Ohio.5–6
She was the mother of Mary C Duggins who was born on 10 Dec 1855 in Elmwood, Peoria, Illinois, United States.7–9
Mildred lived in Elmwood, Peoria, Illinois, United States in 1860.12 Mildred Duggins is listed as a 20 year old female in the household of Henry Duggins.
She was the mother of William Henry Duggins who was born on 17 Jan 1869 in Elmwood, Peoria, Illinois, United States.14
She lived in Elmwood, Peoria, Illinois, United States in 1870.15 Mildred Duggins was listed as a 39 year old wife of H. J. Duggins on the 1870 census.
Mildred lived in Elmwood, Peoria, Illinois, United States in 1880.16
She lived in Elmwood, Peoria, Illinois, United States in 1910.23
She lived in Elmwood Township, Peoria, Illinois, United States in 1920.24
Mildred died on 22 Feb 1922 at the age of 91 in Elmwood, Peoria, Illinois, United States.22
She was buried on 28 Feb 1922 in Elmwood, Peoria, Illinois, United States.22 Henry J. Duggins and Mildred Patterson had the following children:
11. Alice Amanda Duggins was born on 10 Nov 1851 in Preble County, Ohio.5–6
She lived in Elmwood, Peoria, Illinois, United States in 1860.12 Alice is listed as an 8 year old in the household of Henry Duggins on the 1860 census.
She lived in Elmwood, Peoria, Illinois, United States in 1870. Alice A. Cuttings was listed as an 18 year old female in the hosehold of H. J. Daggins on the 1870 census.
Alice lived in Millbrook Township, Peoria, Illinois, United States in 1880.25
She lived in Radnor Township, Peoria, Illinois, United States in 1900.26
She lived in Princeville Township, Peoria, Illinois, United States in 1910.27
Alice lived in Princeville, Peoria, Illinois, United States in 1920.28
She died on 10 Mar 1924 at the age of 72 in Princeville, Peoria, Illinois, United States.5–6
She was buried on 12 Mar 1924 at Princeville Township Cemetery in Princeville, Peoria, Illinois, United States.5
Alice Amanda Duggins and James Orrin Aby were married on 19 Sep 1877.5
James Orrin Aby was born on 5 Nov 1854 in Peoria, Illinois.
He lived in Millbrook Township, Peoria, Illinois, United States in 1880.25
He lived in Radnor Township, Peoria, Illinois, United States in 1900.26
James lived in Princeville Township, Peoria, Illinois, United States in 1910.27
He lived in Princeville, Peoria, Illinois, United States in 1920.28
He died on 17 May 1937 at the age of 82 in Princeville, Peoria, Illinois, United States.
James was buried on 19 May 1937 in Princeville, Peoria, Illinois, United States.
12. Mary C Duggins was born on 10 Dec 1855 in Elmwood, Peoria, Illinois, United States.7–9
She lived in Elmwood, Peoria, Illinois, United States in 1860.12 Mary is listed as a 4 year old in the household of Henry Duggins on the 1860 census.
She lived in Elmwood, Peoria, Illinois, United States in 1870.15 Mary C Duggins was listed on teh 1870 census as a 14 year old female int he household of H. J. Daggins.
Mary lived in Elmwood, Peoria, Illinois, United States in 1880.16
She lived in Elmwood Township, Peoria, Illinois, United States in 1900.17
She lived in Elmwood, Peoria, Illinois, United States in 1910.23
Mary lived in Elmwood Township, Peoria, Illinois, United States in 1920.24
She died on 12 Aug 1947 at the age of 91 in Elmwood, Peoria, Illinois, United States.8–9
She was buried on 14 Aug 1947 in Elmwood, Peoria, Illinois, United States.8–9,29
Mary C Duggins and Jasper Howard were married on 27 Oct 1880 in Peoria County, Illinois.7
Jasper Howard was born in Feb 1855 in Farmington, Fulton, Illinois, United States.
He was buried at Elmwood Township Cemetery in Elmwood, Peoria, Illinois, United States.30
13. William Henry Duggins lived in Elmwood, Peoria, Illinois, United States in 1860.12 Henry is listed as a 4 month old in the household of Henry Duggins on teh 1860 census.
He was born on 17 Jan 1869 in Elmwood, Peoria, Illinois, United States.14
He lived in Elmwood, Peoria, Illinois, United States in 1870.15 William Duggins was listed as a 10 year old male in the household of H. J. Daggins on the 1870 census.
William lived in Elmwood, Peoria, Illinois, United States in 1880.16
He died on 13 Mar 1943 at the age of 74 in Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois.
He was buried on 16 Mar 1943 in Dickison Cemetery, Dunlap, Peoria, Illinois, United States.
William Henry Duggins and Adelia Cora Wakefield were married on 4 Jul 1885 in Peoria County, Illinois.14
Adelia Cora Wakefield was born on 4 Jul 1866 in Peoria County, Illinois.
She died on 1 Jul 1941 at the age of 74 in Radnor Township, Peoria, Illinois, United States.
She was buried in Dickison Cemetery, Dunlap, Peoria, Illinois, United States.
ENDNOTES:
1. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online 19 September 2024), memorial for Henry J Duggins (1821-1901), Find a Grave Memorial no. 62439855, created by searcher maintained by Clayton P, citing Elmwood Township Cemetery, Elmwood, Peoria County, Illinois; accompanying photograph by Clayton P, Henry J Duggins.
2. “U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865,”Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com: accessed 19 September 2024), card for Henry Duggins, Peoria, Illinois.
3. Preble County Ohio Personal Property Tax List 1827-1842. (Utica, KY: McDowell Publications, 1987) (Duggins.OH.016)
4. 1850 U.S. Census, Preble County Ohio, population schedule, Washington Township, Preble County, Ohio, page 264, Image 36 of 42, family 459, Wm A Duggins; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 26 August 2022); National Archives Publication M432
5. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online 23 September 2024), memorial for Alice Amanda Duggins Abby (1851-1924), Find a Grave Memorial no. 26908035, created by John Melton / Maintained by Stephen Cantrell, citing Princeville Township Cemetery, Princeville, Peoria County, Illinois; accompanying photograph by TReed, Alice Amanda Duggins Aby.
6. “Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index 1916-1947,” database online, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 23 September 2024), Alice Duggins Aby.
7. “Illinois, County Marriages, 1800-1940,” database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 23 September 2024), Jasper Howard / Mary Duggin.
8. “Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index 1916-1947,” database online Mary Duggins Howard.
9. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online 23 September 2024), memorial for Mary Duggins Howard (1855-1947), Find a Grave Memorial no. 58523727,
10. Ohio, Preble County. Deeds, 1805-1963. Film #564925 DGS 8588004. William A. Duggens, 10 Mar 1857; Vol. 46: page 408-409; digital image, Family Search http://www.familysearch.org : viewed online August 2022.
11. Ohio, Preble County. Deeds, 1805-1963. Film #564925 DGS 8588004. Benjamin DUggins, 3 Sep 1857; Vol. 46: psge 410 (image 545 of 633); digital image, Family Search http://www.familysearch.org : viewed online 18 September 2024.
12. 1860 U.S. Census, Peoria County, Illinois, population schedule, Elmwood, Peoria County, Illinois, page 189, Image 24 of 47, family 1347, Henry Duggins; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 19 September 2024)
13. U.S. Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880, Henry Duggins, 1860; database with images, Ancestry.com (ancestry.com : viewed online 19 September 2024).
14. “Illinois, County Marriages, 1800-1940,” database Will H Duggins.
15. 1870 U.S. Census, Peoria County, Illinois, population schedule, Elmwood, Peoria County, Illinois, page 39, Image 39 of 61, family 311, H J Daggins; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 19 September 2024); NARA microfilm publication T132
16. 1880 U.S. census, Peoria County, Illinois, population schedule, Elmwood, Peoria County, Illinois, ED 192, Sheet 33, Image 33 of 33, family 336, Henry Duggins; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 21 September 2024)
17. 1900 U. S. Census, Peoria County Illinois, population schedule, Elmwood Township, Peoria County, Illinois, ED 74, Sheet 13B, Image 26 of 32, family 339, Henry Duggins; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 19 September 2024)
18. “Indiana, Marriages, 1810-2001,” database, Ancestry, (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 19 September 2024), Henry J Duggins.
19. “Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941,” Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : County Court Records at Williamsport, IN, Morgan County, Indiana, viewed online (19 September 2024), Henry J Duggins.
20. Indiana, Morgan County. Marriage Licenses, Circuit Court, Vol. B Apr 9, 1842 – Apr 10, 1851. Film #2419996 item 2 dgs 7578353. Henry Duggins, 6 Feb 1851; vol. B: pae 572; digitized images, FamilySearch http://www.familysearch.org : viewed online 19 September 2024.
21. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com). : viewed online 19 September 2024.
22. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online 21 September 2024), memorial for Mildred Patterson Duggins (1830-1922), Find a Grave Memorial no. 62439917, created by searcher / maintained by Clayton P, citing Elmwood Township Cemetery, Elmwood Peoria County, Illinois; accompanying photograph by Clayton P, Mildred Patterson Duggins.
23. 1910 U.S. Census, Peoria County, Illinois, population schedule, Elmwood Township, Peoria County, Illinois, ED 54, Sheet 2B, Image 4 of 7, family 61, Mildred Duggins; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 21 September 2024)
24. 1920 U.S. Census, Peoria County, Illinois, population schedule, Elmwood Township, Peoria County, IL, ED 51, Sheet 2A, Image 3 of 25, family 46, Mildred Duggins; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : Viewed online 21 September 2024)
25. 1880 U.S. census, Peoria County, Illinois, population schedule, Millbrook Township, Peoria County, Illinois, ED 200, Page 13, Family 101, James O Aby.
26. 1900 U. S. Census, Peoria County Illinois, population schedule, Radnor Township, Peoria County, Illinois, ED 122, Sheet 7B, Family 134, James O Aby.
27. 1910 U.S. Census, Peoria County, Illinois, population schedule, Princeville Township, Peoria County, Illinois, ED 108, Sheet 16A, family 148, James O Aby.
28. 1920 U.S. Census, Peoria County, Illinois, population schedule, Princeville, Peoria County, Illinois, ED 135, Sheet 3A, family 49, James O Aby.
29. “Locals,” The Paxton Record (Paxton, Illinois), 14 August 1947, page 9; digital image, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : viewed online 23 September 2024).
30. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online 23 September 2024), memorial for Jasper Howard (? – ?), Find a Grave Memorial no. 9584484