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F. W. Duggan, attorney at law at Mountain Grove, Wright Co., Mo., and a son of J. F. M. and Sarah (Camp) Duggan, was born in McMinn County, E. Tenn., October 31, 1857. The father was born in East Tennessee, and was a Methodist Episcopal circuit rider for about thirty-two years. He was a leading preacher in the Methodist Church, and followed his ministerial duties all his life. The mother, Mrs. Sarah (Camp) Duggan, was a native of Virginia. They were the parents of five children, three now living. Mrs. Duggan died in 1875, and J. F. M. Duggan was again married, this wife bearing him one child. The paternal grandfather of the subject of this sketch, John Duggan, was probably a native of Virginia, and afterward located in Blount County, Tenn. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, and died in Tennessee. The great-grandfather Duggan was a native of Ireland, and immigrated to America. The maternal grandfather, W. B. Camp, was a cousin of Gen. Scott, and was a native of Virginia. He was in the War of 1812, and every subsequent war in which the United States has been engaged. At the age of seventy-four years he entered the Federal army, and died of small-pox at Nashville, Tenn., while in the service of the United States army. The maternal grandmother is still alive, and resides in Monroe County, Tenn. She still enjoys good health. The maternal great-grandfather and his brother immigrated from Europe at the time of the Revolutionary War, and disputed on the political issue of the day, the great-grandfather joining the American side and his brother the English side. The brother changed his name to Campbell, so that the Duggan family might never know what became of him, so great was the disgrace in joining the American cause, he thought. The maternal grandmother, spoken of above, and whose name was Elizabeth (Anthony) Camp, was in all probability a native of Virginia, and was related to Pocahontas. She was a pioneer of Tennessee. Her husband, W. B. Camp, was a strong Abolitionist, and got into difficulty with his father-in-law, because the latter wanted to present his daughter, Mrs. Camp, with a slave. Mr. Camp took his wife with him, went to Tennessee, and never let her parents know aught of his whereabouts. F. W. Duggan grew to manhood in his native State, and received a good collegiate education in McMinn County, Tenn. He read law for some time under a preceptor, and in 1885 moved to Missouri, and located in Douglas County, where he followed the profession of teaching for one year. He then came to Mountain Grove, Mo., and was admitted to the Wright County bar before Judge Wallace. He has a good practice at this place, and aside from this he is a partner in the city drug store of Duggan & Rall, this being one of the oldest drug houses in the place, though in new hands now. Mr. Duggan was married in Tennessee to Miss Mintie A. Cantrell, who was born in McMinn County, Tenn., in 1858 and who bore him four children: Chrisie, Myrtle, Harrison DeWitt and Frankie. The Cantrells were among the pioneers of Tennessee, and among the wealthiest families. Mrs. Duggan is a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. Duggan is a member of the I. O. O. F., and politically is a Republican.