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HOMER DUNCAN Biography 1815 - 1906 Homer ~ " n c a n was born January 1 9 , 1815, to John Duncan and Betsy Taylor Putnam in Barnet, Caledonia County. Vermont. In 1841. he married Asenath M . Banker in New York State, by whom he had thirteen children. The family came to Utah in the Barney Adams Company, arriving i n Salt Lake City October 16. 1848. Homer Duncan crossed the plains eleven times by ox team, a t least once as leader of a company of immigrants. In 1849, Duncan came to Southern Utah in the Second Ten of Parley P. P r a t t ' s exploring party and was later called to the Iron Mission. He served an L . D . S. mission to Texas and one to England; a n d , in 1863, he was called to St. George to help settle that community. In 1863. he married Sarah Trippess, and they became the parents of nine children. The family moved to Cedar City where he was Senior President of the Third Quorum of Seventies and Cedar City Mayor from 1871 to 1872. The 1872 census lists Cedar City's population a t 500. In 1868, along with Ebenezer Hanks, Homer Duncan helped establish the settlement of Iron City ( a t Little Pinto, southwest of Iron Mountain]: and. in August 1870. t h e y . with Thomas Taylor, organized the Utah Iron Company--Hanks and Duncan being owners of the claims, and Taylor providing the capital. Duncan was elected a member of the Board of Directors. When John R . Young entered the company, bringing more capital, it was re-organized in 1873, and became the Great Western Mining and Manufacturing Company, shares being valued a t $100 each. This company made most of the stamps used in the mines of Pioche and Silver Reef and turned out quantities of dog irons, flat i r o n s , castings, and fireplace grates. During the 1 8 7 0 1 s , Homer ran 500 head of Longhorn Cattle in the Quitchapa and Shirt's Canyon areas. He returned to Salt Lake City with his families in 1885; a n d , five years later, a t the age of seventy-five y e a r s , he served time in the penitentiary for polygamy, a severe trial a t his age. Duncan died March 2 3 , 1906, a t the age of ninety-one years, in Salt Lake City. Written b y : Inez Stevens Cooper From: Prominent Men of Utah a n d D.U.P.
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| Title | Mayors of Cedar City |
| Creator | Jones, Evelyn K.; Jones, York F., 1925- |
| Subject | Mayors -- Utah -- Cedar City -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- Politics and government; Cedar City (Utah) -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- History |
| Description | Includes biographies of the mayors of Cedar City and examples from the city minutes showing the events that took place under each administration. The three histories printed in the second section were written by three men at three different times in the history of Cedar City. |
| Source | Mayors |
| Date Digital | 2008-01 |
| Date Original | 1986 |
| Type | Image; Still image |
| Format | image/pdf |
| Digitization Specs | JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner. |
| Contributing Institution | Digitized by: Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah |
| Publisher | Southern Utah State College |
| Language | eng |
| Genre | Biography |
| Website | http://www.li.suu.edu/library/digitization/mayors.html |
| Rights Management | Digital image c2008 Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. All rights reserved. |
| CONTENTdm file name | 535.cpd |
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