Adventures in Southern Genealogy

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Joel Duke of Monroe County, Alabama

Covington Cemetery, Reagan, Falls County, Texas

Five generations are represented here.

Joel E. Duke was born 1800 in Georgia, and died December 1881 in Buena Vista, Monroe County, Alabama.  He married Martha A. Pugh (?) about 1827 in Georgia.  She died September 4, 1883 and is buried in Covington Cemetery.  She journeyed to Texas in 1882, after the death of her husband, to be near four of her sons.

The children of Joel DUKE and Martha were:

William Jasper Duke, born 12 March 1828 in Alabama.

Jane Ann Duke, born 1832 in Alabama.

Clariemond Eliza Duke, born 18 April 1832 in Alabama.

Mary Ellen Duke, born 11 May 1837 in Alabama.

Walter Newton Duke, born January 1840 in Monroe County, Alabama.

Lafayette Washington Duke, born 25 April 1843 in Alabama; died 26 July 1925.

Ferdinand R. Duke, born 14 May 1848 in Alabama.

James Henry Duke, born 12 February 1849 in Monroe County, Alabama; died 21 December 1925 in Houston, Harris County, Texas.

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