Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-01-18

Gibson May, came to Texas in the early days and was well versed in the. lndi an language, being an interpreter for General Sam Houston for quite a while. He was great Indian fighter and one time upon raid he secured two little Mexican children, boy and girl, who had been taken from wealthy fam fly in Mexico. Captain May started with the children for their home but the boy. suffering from exposure, died on the way. When the little girl was presented to her parents the mother fell on her knees to Captain May and offered to give him many valuable presents which he refused. Captain May was captured several times and twice he was sentenced 10 be burned, but by diplomacy won favor from the chiefs. and was released each time. One of the chiefs said he was too brave man to die. The deceased is survived by only one member of her father s family, sister, Mrs. Virginia Great house, of Austin.
 The subject of our sketch was mar ried to w. w. Duncan at her home in Tennessee in 1886 and from this union ten children were born to bless their are as follows:
 Misses Maggie and Dora, who still reside at the old homestead in Whi. ney; Mrs. $. A. Middlebrook, Whitney; Mrs Henrietta Hord, Hillsboro; Mary F. Carder, Corscana; Mrs. s. A. Law renee. Hillsboro; Mrs. H. C. Ford, Whit ney; w. G. Duncan, now of Globe, Ariz, who was reared here and served two terms as county clerk of Hill county Together with her children, 45 v and children, 59 great-grandchi!dren and l2 great-great grandchildren survive her.
 Mir. Duncan and family came to Texas in 1854, locating in Burleson county, and in a few years moved 70 oid Port Sullivan, where he was living when the great Civil war broke out. MT. Duncan and hIs oldest son enliste1 and did val iant service. In 1864 the husband and father came home on furiough and only three days after his arrival he died (Feb. % ls64) from exposure whrls h.iug camped au during the win ter weather. Mrs. Duncan was mother to every Confederate soldier and all who passed her home found shelter, food and hearty welcome.
 About thirty-fve years ago she ani her family decided to move to Hill county and settled at old Towash, where they lived for five years, and when the town of Whitney began 10 build up they moved to this new town where she has since been hving, and always ready to aid in the upbullding and promotion of moral and educational affairs. Her eldest son Charles moved with his family to near Ross, and being in bad health had gone to Bremord where he died about thirty years ago. His remains were brought to Russ on the first passenger train ever run on the Texas Central. His widow, Mrs. Lou Duncan. now resides in Hillsboro.
 Grandma Duncan was converted and baptized in the Primitive Baptist church by Elder Walker, in Elk river, in lS37, being the only Baptist organization at that time, but later on when the Mis- sionary Baptists began to rise into prominence, she affiliated herself with this church. During her residence at Port Sullivan, she assisted the venerable and lamented Dr. Rufus c. Burelson, then young man, in the organ,zation of Baptist church in that city, in 1860.
 She was very devout Christian at all times and was very zealous in her Master s cause. She has lived a life of usefulness and her children, child. ren's children and grandchildren can now look back over the past deeds of their grandmother and find many acts worthy of mitatiOn.-Whitney Messen ger.
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