Ann Marie was the mother of a large family, distinguished in the settlement of the frontier and in politics. She married first about 1787 Joseph Duncan who built the "Duncan Tavern" in Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky. After Duncan's death she ran the tavern as the "Goddess of Liberty" and emigrated to Illinois around 1815 when the state was a wilderness territory. She married 20 Nov 1809 Bourbon County, Kentucky Benjamin Moore, who died in early 1810. Her son Benjamin Davies Moore was born 10 Sep 1810, after his father's death. See Julia Duncan Kirby, "Biographical Sketch of Joseph Duncan, Fifth Governor of Illinois" (Chicago, Illinois: Fergus Printing, 1888), p. 7; Mrs. W. B. (Julia Spencer) Ardery, "The Duncan's of Bourbon County, Kentucky" (Lexington, Kentucky, 1943), p.12; W. H. Whitley, "Brides Index of Bourbon County, Kentucky), p. 14 bondsman Gabriel Tandy. There is no record of Benjamin Moore owning property in Bourbon County, but his estate included farm equipment, household items, tools, and slaves. Bourbon County, Kentucky Will Book D, pp. 230-232, 14 Apr 1810 Settlement of the estate of Benjamin Moore; Will Book E, p. 259, March Court 815, inventory of estate of Benjamin Moore, returned, approved and ordered to be recorded, Atteste: Tho. P. Arnold. It was sometime around this date that Ann Marie emigrated to Illinois with her brother James H. McLaughlin. 1810 Bourbon County, Kentucky census, roll 15, p. 135, image 73; Ann Moore has two males under 10 years (Benjamin D. Moore; John Smith Duncan), one male between 10-15 years (Thomas A. Duncan), two males between 16-25 years (Joseph the future governor, James Duncan born 1792), one female between 10-15 years (Polly Ann Duncan) one female 26-44 years (Ann Moore).∼Ann Marie first married around 1780 Frederick County, Virginia Joseph Duncan, son of Matthew and Sarah Duncan, with whom she had six children: Matthew, James. Joseph, Thomas, Polly Ann, and John Smith Duncan. Her son Joseph Duncan was a U. S. Congressman from Illinois and governor of Illinois 1834-1837. Her husband Joseph Duncan Sr. built the "Duncan Tavern" in Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky, a famous Kentucky landmark and library. Ann Marie married 20 Nov 1809 Benjamin Moore, a captain in the regular Army. He died before April 1810 when his estate was settled in Bourbon County, Kentucky. (Will Book D, pp. 230-232, Apr 14 Apr, 1810; Will Book E, p. 259 March Court 1815, inventory and settlement of estate of Benjamin Moore. Atteste: Tho P. Arnold). FAG 117584916. Their son Benjamin Davis Moore born 10 Sep 1810, was in the U. S. Navy for four years and served with the First Regiment of U. S. Dragoons, in the Blackhawk War and was killed on 6 Dec 1846 at the Battle of San Pasqual in California. See FAG 64444821 buried Ft. Rosecrans Nat'l Cemetery, San Diego County, CA; and FAG 18205535 for Capt. Moore's wife, Martha Hughes Moore in Platte County, Missouri. Ann Marie emigrated around 1814 to Illinois, where she died after 1820 in Jackson County, Il.
1810 Bourbon County, Kentucky, roll 15 p. 135 image 73 Ann Moore had two males under 10 (Benjamin Moore, John Smith Duncan), one male between 10-15 (Thomas A. Duncan), two males 16-25 (Joseph Duncan the future governor of Il., James Duncan born 1792), one female between 10-15 (Polly Ann Duncan), and one female 26-44 (Ann Moore). 1820 Jackson County, Illinois, Big Hill twp, Joseph Duncan, two males under 10, one male 10-16, one male 16-26, four males 26-45, two females under 10, one female 26-45 and one female over 45 (his mother Ann Moore).