Patrolman Benjamin Franklin Duncan II| Latonia Police Department

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ge:        59¾
Served:    3 years
ABT 1905 to June 19, 1908

 

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Frank was born on or about September 10, 1949 in Gallatin County, Kentucky to Benjamin Franklin Duncan I and Moaning Duncan.  He grew up in and around Glencoe.

After 1870, Frank moved from Gallatin County and began a family with his new wife, Mary, who, by 1898, gave birth to ten children.  Frank made a living as a house painter.  About 1905 he joined the Latonia Police Department.

By 1908, Patrolman Duncan and his family were residing at 140 Oakland Avenue in Rosedale.  His brother was a minister of the Latonia Christian Church.  His oldest daughter, Grace, was a schoolteacher.  Frank Duncan was a respected and well-liked member of the community, known to be a “splendid officer and a kind-hearted and courteous gentleman.”  In the brief time he worked for the Latonia Police Department, he had been one of its most efficient officers.

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