"Alexander Duncan, harness-maker, Montfort; born in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1830; his parents emigrated to Canada in 1836, and to Lockport, Will Co., Ill, about 1839, to Racine Co., Wis., about 1842, and to Iowa Co. about 1847; in the summer of 1849, Mr. Duncan was engaged as raftman on the Wisconsin River, where he had the misfortune to lose his left leg, having it crushed between a raft and the rocks at Conit's Rapids; this misfortune induced him to learn his trade, that of harness making; he was engaged as an apprentice at Galena, Ill., and at Dodgeville, Wis; he came to Montfort in May, 1870, and took charge of a harness-shop; he bought the business in December, 1880. He married Mrs. Frances R. Shaddock, daughter of Richard H. Palmer. . . . . Mr. and Mrs. Duncan have two children--George and Francis A. Mrs. Duncan has three children by first marriage--Eva, William and Lucretia."
