Benjamin Charles Duncan (1784-1812), (painting).

Benjamin Charles Duncan (1784-1812), (painting).

Unknown, painter.

Benjamin Charles Duncan (1784-1812), (painting).

Young boy, twelve years old, with brown hair and brown eyes. He wears a dark suit, white tucked shirt with large, stiff, pointed collar, black bow tie, and plaid waistcoat. He is seated at a table, with his proper right elbow resting on the open pages of a book.

Portrait male -- Duncan, Benjamin Charles -- Waist length

Occupation -- Military -- Lieutenant

McBride, Blanton Duncan, 1435 Lark Court, Titusville, Florida 32780

Benjamin Charles Duncan was the son of James M. Duncan and Mary Hunt Gamble Duncan. He was born July 4, 1784 in Botetourt Co., Virginia; married Nancy Ross in 1812 in Tennessee; and died April 6, 1880 in Grenada County, Mississippi.

National Society of Colonial Dames, Florida, 1989.

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