George Washington Duke

1820 - 1905  (84 years)

• Name	George Washington Duke
  Birth	18 Dec 1820	NC
  Gender	Male
  Death	8 May 1905	NC
  Burial	Durham, Durham, NC
  	Burial: Duke University Chapel Durham, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
  Person ID	I5956	Drollinger Genealogy
  Last Modified	11 Jan 2024

  
  

  Family	Artelia "Telia" Roney,   b. 28 Jun 1829, Haw River, Alamance, NC d. 20 Aug 1858, Haw River, Alamance, NC (Age 29 years)
  Marriage	9 Dec 1852
  Children	1. Mary Elizabeth Duke,   b. 17 Nov 1853, Alamance County, NC d. 6 Apr 1893, Durham, Durham, NC (Age 39 years)   2. Benjamin Newton "Ben" Duke,   b. 27 Apr 1855, Durham, Durham, NC d. 8 Jan 1929, New York, NY (Age 73 years)   3. James Buchanan "Buck" Duke,   b. 23 Dec 1856, Durham, Durham, NC d. 10 Oct 1925, New York, New York, NY (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F2005	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Jan 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 18 Dec 1820 - NC Death - 8 May 1905 - NC Burial - - Durham, Durham, NC  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show
  		Statue of Washington Duke at Duke University's East Campus, photographed in June 2006

  
  

  Headstones

  Final resting place for Washington Duke. Photo credit: Danisse (2010) on Flickr.com "The Duke Memorial Chapel is closed to tourists and separated from the rest of the Chapel by large iron gates. Along the left wall, the University's benefactors

  
  

• Notes

  Washington Duke (1820-1905) aka George Washington Duke I, was a manufacturer. (b. December 18, 1820; Durham County, North Carolina, USA - d. May 08, 1905; Durham, Durham County, North Carolina, USA) Parents: Washington was born in 1820 to Taylor Duke (c1770-1830) and Dicey Jones (c1780-?). Birth: He was born on December 18, 1820 in Durham County, North Carolina. First marriage: He married Mary Caroline Clinton (1825-1847) on August 09, 1842. Mary died of typhoid fever in 1847. Children: Sidney Taylor Duke (1844-1858) and Brodie Leonidas Duke (1846-1919). Second marriage: After her death he married Artelia Romey [Roney] (1829-1858) on December 9, 1852. Artelia died of typhoid fever in 1858. Children: With Artelia he had three children: Mary Elizabeth Duke (1853-1893) who married Robert E. Lyon; Benjamin Newton Duke (1855-1929) who married Sarah Pearson Angier on February 21, 1877; and James Taylor Duke (1856-1925) who married Lillian McCreedy and later married Nanaline Holt (1869-1961) on July 23, 1907 in Brooklyn, New York. Civil War: Washington served in the Confederate Navy from 1863 to 1865, in the American Civil War. Tobacco: After the war he grew tobacco and started a manufacturing business which consisted of hand processing tobacco to make it into a form that could be sold by the bag for people to smoke in pipes or to hand roll their own cigarettes. The family would travel throughout the United States to market their products then return to their farm. By 1880, James B. Duke turned the firm of W. Duke Sons & Co. into a manufacturer and marketer of pre-rolled cigarettes. Durham, North Carolina: In the 1880 US Census the Dukes are residing in Durham, North Carolina and Washington is living with his son James and two sister-in-laws: Bettie Romey (1830-?) and Annie Romey (1846-?). Also in the household are Jennie Procter (1862-?) as "house assistant" and two servants: Louisa Sparkman (1867-?); and Laura Hopkins (1869-?). American Tobacco: After a "tobacco war" among the five large manufacturers, James Duke emerged as president of the dominant American Tobacco company, which became a multinational corporation and a monopoly. Relationships: He was the grandfather of Doris Duke (1912-1993).