When Daniel Baxter Duck was born on 25 January 1855, in North Carolina, United States, his father, John Jackson Duck, was 26 and his mother, Louisa Jane Briggs, was 25. He married Frances "Fannie" Tennessee Martin on 25 January 1885, in Newton, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Big Bottom Township, Independence, Arkansas, United States in 1880 and Polk, Arkansas, United States in 1900. He died on 11 February 1910, in Newton, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in McCutchen Cemetery, Newton, Arkansas, United States.