Background
Milner, Duncan Chambers was born on March 10, 1841 in Mount Pleasant, Ohio, United States. Son of David N. and Mary Ann (Chambers) Milner.
Milner, Duncan Chambers was born on March 10, 1841 in Mount Pleasant, Ohio, United States. Son of David N. and Mary Ann (Chambers) Milner.
Sergeant major, First lieutenant and adjunct 98th Ohio Infantry. Wounded at Chickamauga, September 20, 1863. Bachelor of Arts, Washington and Jefferson College, 1866.
Union Theological Seminary, 1866-1868. Doctor of Divinity, College of Emporia, Kansas, 1883.
Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1868. Pastor Osceola, Missouri, 1868-1871, Third Church, Kansas City, 1871-1875, Ottawa, Kansas, 1875-1882, Atchison, Kansas, 1882-1887, Manhattan, Kansas, 1887-1892, Armour Mission, Chicago, 1893-1898, Joliet, Illinois, 1899-1905, Logan Square Church, Chicago, 1905-1907. Associate minister Ravenswood Presbyterian Church, Chicago, since 1915.
Delegate United States Christian Commission, 1864. President Ottawa (Kansas) Chautauqua Assembly, 1882-1899. President Kansas State Temperance Union, 1893-1894.
Moderator Synod of Kansas, 1883-1884. Editor Kansas Presbyter. Chaplain, Illinois Commandery Loyal Legion.
Married Lucie M. Reid, May 19, 1868. Children: Mistress Wilma Reid White, Madeleine Wade, Paul C., Ella (deceased), Rachel.