"This is the history of Washington Duke and two of his sons, Benjamin Newton Duke and James Buchanan Duke. Although numerous other members of the family play their parts in the story, it focuses primarily on the three men who were at the center of the economic and philanthropic acitivites which made the Dukes of Durham one of America's famous families"--Preface.
""This is the history of Washington Duke and two of his sons, Benjamin Newton Duke and James Buchanan Duke. Although numerous other members of the family play their parts in the story, it focuses primarily on the three men who were at the center of the economic and philanthropic acitivites which made the Dukes of Durham one of America's famous families"--Preface."@en
"Chiefly a record of the life and descendants of Washington Duke. He was born 20 Dec 1820 to Taylor Duke and Dicey Jones. He married Mary Caroline Clinton in 1842. They were the parents of two children. She died in 1847. He married Artelia Toney in Dec 1852. They were the parents of three children. She died in 1858. He died 8 May 1905."
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