Louis Duvall and Mary Deems

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Husband Louis Duvall ¹

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            AKA: Lewis Duvall 2
           Born: 1830 - East Pike Run Twp, Washington Co, PA 3
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         Father: Louis Duvall (      -      ) 4
         Mother: Hannah McAdams (      -      ) 3

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       Marriage: 1853 3

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Wife Mary Deems ⁵

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           Born:  - Clarksville, Greene Co, PA
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         Father: John Deems (      -Bef 1893) 5
         Mother: Mary Reynolds (Abt 1816-Aft 1893) 5

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1 M John R. Duvall ³

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2 F Hannah M. Duvall ³

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         Spouse: John Barnes (      -      ) 3

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3 F Annie M. Duvall ³

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4 F San Jacinto Duvall ³

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         Spouse: Albert Stoolfire Rush (1860-      ) 6
           Marr: 6 Jun 1883 7

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5 M William L. Duvall ³

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6 F Mary Olive Duvall ³

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7 M Ulysses G. Duvall ³

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8 M Schuyler C. Duvall ³

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9 F Lurilla Duvall ³

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10 M W. Claud Duvall ³

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11 F Dot Dell Duvall ³

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General Notes: Husband - Louis Duvall

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Owing to the feeble health of his father the bulk of the farm work fell upon the boys of the family as soon as they were old enough to be of use. In the summer time he could not attend school, and through the winter, school lasted but three months. All farm work was done by hand in those days. Grain was cut with sickles or cradles, as there were no threshing machines; it was then beaten out with flails or trampled out with horses, being afterward cleaned in a fanning-mill. The winter season was the time for doing such work, and as the process was long and tedious, the opportunities for getting an education were very limited. The schools of that time were very primitive affairs compared with those of later days, and speaking of them Mr. Duvall said: "I wonder that we got any education. If the children of to-day could see with what difficulties we had to contend, they would better appreciate the advantages of the present school system. The school-house I attended was as good as the times afforded. It was built of hewn logs, and had windows of four small panes each. The seats were slabs, into which wooden pegs were driven for legs. There were no backs or desks. Around the sides of the room holes were bored into which long wooden pins were driven. On these pins boards were fastened, forming a writing-desk. The ceiling was low and liberally festooned with cobwebs. No maps or charts were used to help the youngsters with their lessons. Into a room of this kind fifty or sixty pupils were crowded. The teachers were men of muscle as well as brains, and believed in the efficacy of the rod." Mr. Duvall attended school whenever possible until he was sixteen or eighteen years of age, then turned his attention entirely to farming, working his father's place. He continued to reside in East Pike Run township until 1879, when he purchased a farm of 163 acres in Hopewell township, where he then engaged in farming and wool growing.
In politics he was a Republican, and in religion he and his wife were members of Buffalo Presbyterian Church.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 502, 1314.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1188.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 502.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 502, 1226.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 502, 1188.

6 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 502, 1245.

7 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1245.