Homer Duncan

Alternate Names
Homer Putnam Duncan
Birth Date
On 1815 January 19
Death Date
On 1906 March 23
Gender
Male
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Born in McIndoe Falls, Barnett, Caledonia, Vermont, United States

1815 January 19

Relationships

Father
Mother
Betsey T Putnam

Baptized by Lyman Wight

1838 August 9 (Age 23)

Called as Missionary

Eastern States Mission
1839 – 1841 (Age 23)

Start Date Details

Called
Sources

End Date Details

Released

Additional Information

Marital Status at Start of Position
Single
Residence When Called
Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States
Priesthood Office When Called
Seventy
Location Served
Canada and New York
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing

Married Asenath Melvina Robinson Banker

1841 November 7 (Age 26)

Joined Willard Richards Company

1848 July 3 – October 10 (Age 33)

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Joined When Organization was Formed
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End Date Details

Organization was Ended

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Notes

Homer initially traveled to the Salt Lake Valley in the Willard Richards Company in 1848 as a captain of ten.  He traveled with his wife, Asenath Melvina Robinson Banker, and their three children Julia Emily, John Chapman, and William Platt Putnam, and his brother Chapman Duncan and his wife Martha Jones.

Traveling Group

Set Apart as Missionary

Early Church Mission: North America Mission
1855 September 6 – 1857 May (Age 40)

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Set Apart
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Arrived at Home

Additional Information

Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Residence When Called
Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Priesthood Office When Called
Seventy
Location Served
Texas
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing

Appointed as Company Captain

Homer Duncan Company
1857 May – September 25 (Age 42)

Start Date Details

Started Circa 1857 May
Appointed
Sources

End Date Details

Ended Between 1857 September 14 – 25
Organization was Ended

Additional Information

Notes

At the end of a mission, he traveled home as captain of the Homer Duncan Company in 1857.


Departed from Home as Missionary

British Mission
1860 April 25 – 1861 September 13 (Age 45)

Start Date Details

Departed from Home
Sources

End Date Details

Arrived at Home

Additional Information

Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Residence When Called
Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Priesthood Office When Called
Seventy
Priesthood Quorum When Called
3rd
Location Served
England
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Set Apart By
Charles C Rich

Appointed as Company Captain

Homer Duncan Company
1861 June 25 – September 13 (Age 46)

Start Date Details

Appointed
Sources

End Date Details

Organization was Ended

Additional Information

Notes

At the end of another mission, he traveled home again as captain of the Homer Duncan Company in 1861.


Appointed as Company Captain

Homer Duncan Company
1862 July 22 – September 21 (Age 47)

Start Date Details

Appointed
Sources

End Date Details

Organization was Ended

Additional Information

Notes

At The end of a third mission, he traveled home, again as captain, of the Homer Duncan Company in 1862.


Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1906 March 23 (Age 91)

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