John Holt Duncan

Duncan was born in Cynthiana, Kentucky to John Hicks Duncan and Pauline Randolph Holt. While there, he was one of eight founders of Beta Theta Pi fraternity and served as its first president. == Career ==

After college, he was admitted to the bar. He became Chief Justice of Bexar County, Texas from 1857 to 1862. He lost a leg as a result of a battle wound on September 20, 1862, at the First Battle of Newtonia. They nursed him back to health and, then, helped get him back to the Confederates, some 200 miles south through enemy territory. Duncan spent the rest of his life caring for the family and educating the children; he died penniless as a result. After the war, Duncan returned to Texas. He was a district justice from 1864 to 1865 and a city attorney for Houston from 1877 to 1879. == Personal life ==

He died in the Confederate Old Soldier's Home in Austin, Texas in 1896 and was buried in the Confederate Veterans section of the Texas State Cemetery. Duncan's prosthetic leg is on display at the national headquarters of Beta Theta Pi at Oxford, Ohio. ==See also==