James Duff and Betsy McClurkin

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Husband James Duff ^{1 2}

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           Born: 30 Sep 1815 - Penn Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 1
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         Father: James Duff (1782-1854) 1 3
         Mother: Katherine Fischer (      -1868) 1 2

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       Marriage: 1841 1

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Wife Betsy McClurkin ²

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            AKA: Betsey McClurken 1
           Born:  - Unity, Plum Twp, Allegheny Co, PA
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         Father: S. B. McClurkin (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Betsey Speer (      -      ) 1

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Children

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1 F Catherine Ann Duff ^{2 4}

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           Born:  - Penn Twp, Allegheny Co, PA
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         Spouse: John Sampson (      -      ) 1 4

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2 M Cyrus Bryson Duff ²

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           Born: 11 Apr 1848 - Penn Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Margaret Ellen McNary (      -      ) 5
           Marr: 14 Jan 1874 5

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General Notes: Husband - James Duff

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His chief occupation was farming, conducting his operations on the farm purchased by his father, and in this way he provided a comfortable home for his family. He served as school director, supervisor, and justice of the peace, in the latter capacity performing the marriage ceremony for many persons in Penn township.
He was formerly a whig and abolitionist, and became a republican.

1 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 470.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 997.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 997, 1118.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1496.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 998.