John Lafayette DUKE

Birth:
15 Feb 1827
Tennessee
Death:
12 May 1884
Alvarado, Johnson, Texas
Burial:
Duke Cemetery, Alvarado, Johnson, Texas
Marriage:
9 Apr 1850
Madisonville, Grimes, Texas
Father:
DUKE
Sources:
New.familysearch.org, Oct 2012
Public Member Trees (Ancestry.com)
1860 Census Johnson Co., Texas
1870 Census Beat 4, Johnson, Texas
1880 Census Eureka Springs, Carroll, Arkansas
1850 Census Grimes Co., Texas
1880 Census - Alvarado, Johnson County, Texas
FindAGrave.com Memorials
Duke Cemetery Records, Alvarado, Johnson Co., Texas
Dee Sellenback (DNA Posting and Online Genealogies)
FamilySearch.org/FamilyTree
Notes:
                   NOTE:
1. DNA done by descendants of John Lafayette Duke proved he descended from the Brunswick, VA and Bute (now Warren) NC Dukes.
2. He was not a brother to Matthew Jackson Duke of Grimes, TX 18508.
3. He may be a brother to Joseph Duke whose wife, Eliza, b. 1830, is buried in Duke Cemetery w/ John Lafayette Duke.
Martha Elizabeth BYERS
Birth:
9 Apr 1836
College Hill, Lafayette, Mississippi
Death:
9 Dec 1888
Alvarado, Johnson, Texas
Burial:
Duke Cemetery, Alvarado, Johnson, Texas
Children
Marriage
1
Jenny Lind DUKE
Birth:
Abt 1852
Grimes, Texas
Death:
Alvarado, Johnson, Texas
 
Marr:
 
2
John R. DUKE
Birth:
10 Nov 1853
Madisonville, Madison, Texas
Death:
19 Mar 1913
Alvarado, Johnson, Texas
Susan C. LIGON 
Marr:
6 Jul 1880
Alvarado, Johnson, Texas 
3
Jacob C. DUKE
Birth:
13 Jun 1856
Alvarado, Johnson, Texas
Death:
19 Oct 1882
Alvarado, Johnson, Texas
Martha Eva PARSONS 
Marr:
18 Sep 1877
Johnson, Texas 
4
Kit Carson DUKE
Birth:
16 Feb 1858
Alvarado, Johnson, Texas
Death:
6 Feb 1879
Alvarado, Johnson, Texas
 
Marr:
 
5
Zilla O. DUKE
Birth:
13 Apr 1860
Alvarado, Johnson, Texas
Death:
9 Sep 1870
Alvarado, Johnson, Texas
 
Marr:
 
6
Jefsona F. DUKE
Birth:
11 Jan 1862
Alvarado, Johnson, Texas
Death:
11 Dec 1898
Alvarado, Johnson, Texas
Isaac Newton JOHNSON 
Marr:
1880
Texas 
7
Orson Pratt DUKE
Birth:
24 Nov 1864
Alvarado, Johnson, Texas
Death:
25 Feb 1872
Alvarado, Johnson, Texas
 
Marr:
 
8
Brigham Young DUKE
Birth:
27 Feb 1866
Alvarado, Johnson, Texas
Death:
8 Nov 1939
St. Johns, Apache, Arizona
Minnie Lee WHITTED 
Marr:
15 Sep 1886
Alvarado, Johnson, Texas 
9
Dee Marion DUKE
Birth:
7 Nov 1867
Alvarado, Johnson, Texas
Death:
10 Nov 1942
Los Alamitos, Orange, California
Cora Ann CHAMPION 
Marr:
20 Dec 1896
Jasper, Texas 
10
J. M. DUKE
Birth:
25 Feb 1870
Alvarado, Johnson, Texas
Death:
30 Jul 1879
Alvarado, Johnson, Texas
 
Marr:
 
11
William Wallace DUKE
Birth:
11 Dec 1871
Alvarado, Johnson, Texas
Death:
6 Mar 1912
Alvarado, Johnson, Texas
 
Marr:
 
12
Lucy DUKE
Birth:
13 Mar 1874
Alvarado, Johnson, Texas
Death:
5 May 1877
Alvarado, Johnson, Texas
 
Marr:
 
13
Earnest Alton DUKE
Birth:
15 Jan 1876
Alvarado, Johnson, Texas
Death:
15 Feb 1946
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
14
DUKE
Birth:
24 Jul 1880
Alvarado, Johnson, Texas
Death:
27 Jul 1880
Alvarado, Johnson, Texas
 
Marr:
 
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John Lafayette Duke - Martha Elizabeth Byers

John Lafayette Duke was born at Tennessee 15 Feb 1827. His parents were Duke and Catherine Duff.

He married Martha Elizabeth Byers 9 Apr 1850 at Madisonville, Grimes, Texas . Martha Elizabeth Byers was born at College Hill, Lafayette, Mississippi 9 Apr 1836 daughter of William Walton Byers and Jane Selena McWhorter .

They were the parents of 14 children:
Jenny Lind Duke born Abt 1852.
John R. Duke born 10 Nov 1853.
Jacob C. Duke born 13 Jun 1856.
Kit Carson Duke born 16 Feb 1858.
Zilla O. Duke born 13 Apr 1860.
Jefsona F. Duke born 11 Jan 1862.
Orson Pratt Duke born 24 Nov 1864.
Brigham Young Duke born 27 Feb 1866.
Dee Marion Duke born 7 Nov 1867.
J. M. Duke born 25 Feb 1870.
William Wallace Duke born 11 Dec 1871.
Lucy Duke born 13 Mar 1874.
Earnest Alton Duke born 15 Jan 1876.
Duke born 24 Jul 1880.

John Lafayette Duke died 12 May 1884 at Alvarado, Johnson, Texas .

Martha Elizabeth Byers died 9 Dec 1888 at Alvarado, Johnson, Texas .