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Julius Linn Duke, jeweler at Fayetteville, Ark., was born in Pike County, Mo., August 5, 1843, and is a son of Courtney M. and Catherine (Jackson) Duke, natives of Virginia and Missouri, respectively. The father was a merchant by occupation, and a descendant of a long line of ancestors of the Old Dominion. In 1854 he immigrated to Fayetteville, Washington Co., Ark., and here died in 1876, after a long and useful life. He was buried with the honors of the Odd Fellows society. His wife, Catherine (Jackson) Duke, was the daughter of Cornelius Jackson, a native of Pennsylvania, who made a settlement in Missouri at a very early date, and was a farmer and trader by occupation. Julius L. Duke attained his growth in Washington County, Ark., and here learned the jeweler’s trade. He entered the ranks of the Confederate army, Third Arkansas Volunteer Infantry, State Militia, and was at the battle of Wilson’s Creek. Upon the organization of the Confederate regular service, he enlisted in Company H, Thirty-fourth Arkansas Volunteer Infantry, and participated in the battles of Prairie Grove, Helena, Jenkins’ Ferry, and numerous other minor engagements. He remained in the service until the close of the war, and then returned home and engaged in the jewelry business, and has been prominently identified with it ever since. He was married in Fayetteville, in 1868, to Miss Helen M. Gaines, daughter of Judge B. J. H. Gaines, of Sebastian County, Ark. They have one daughter, Annie G. Mr. Duke has served in the courts of the city, also the school board, is a member of the Masonic fraternity, the K. of P., the K. of H., and he and wife and daughter are members of the Christian Church.