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Homer Duncan
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Clear AllBorn in McIndoe Falls, Barnett, Caledonia, Vermont, United States
1815 January 19
Baptized by Lyman Wight
1838 August 9 (Age 23)
Called as Missionary
Eastern States Mission
1839 – 1841 (Age 23)
1839 – 1841 (Age 23)
Start Date Details
Called
End Date Details
Ended On 1841
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)
Start Date Details
Joined When Organization was Formed
End Date Details
Ended On 1848 October 10
Organization was Ended
Additional Information
Additional 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.
Set Apart as Missionary
Early Church Mission: North America Mission
1855 September 6 – 1857 May (Age 40)
1855 September 6 – 1857 May (Age 40)
Start Date Details
Set Apart
End Date Details
Ended On 1857 May
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)
1857 May – September 25 (Age 42)
Start Date Details
Started Circa 1857 May
Appointed
End Date Details
Ended Between 1857 September 14 – 25
Organization was Ended
Additional Information
Additional 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)
1860 April 25 – 1861 September 13 (Age 45)
Start Date Details
Departed from Home
End Date Details
Ended On 1861 September 13
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)
1861 June 25 – September 13 (Age 46)
Start Date Details
Appointed
End Date Details
Ended On 1861 September 13
Organization was Ended
Additional Information
Additional 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)
1862 July 22 – September 21 (Age 47)
Start Date Details
Appointed
End Date Details
Ended On 1862 September 21
Organization was Ended
Additional Information
Additional 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)
Date Details
Occurred On 1906 March 23
Died
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Homer Duncan (1815 - 1906) Profile