James Armstrong Duncan

Birth	14 APR 1830
Educ.	1849
Religion	1849
Religion	1851-1852
Religion	1853-1854
Religion	1855-1856
Religion	1857-1858
Religion	1859-1860
Org.	1860-1866
Religion	1863-1865
Org.	1868-1876		Ashland, Randolph Macon College, President
Death	23 SEP 1877
Grave
Religion	1884

"The Silver Tongued Preacher" The Reverend James A Duncan, D.D served as the fourth minister at the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of Washington City, in 1853-54. He was born in Norfolk, Va., April 14, 1830. He was dedicated to God from birth by his father. In 1847, during a revival, he was converted, and was licensed to preach the next year. James A. Duncan was graduated from Randolph Macon College in 1849, and was immediately placed in charge of a society in Alexandria, which had just organized in connection with the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. From that hour his popularity and success as a preacher and pastor began and steadily increased until his death. For nine years he served in pastorates in Fairfax, Leesburg, Alexandria, and... Read More