William Linn Duncan and Lydia Belle Tritt

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Husband William Linn Duncan ^{1 2}

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           Born: 5 Dec 1845 - Southampton Twp, Cumberland Co, PA 1 2
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         Father: David D. G. Duncan (1817-Aft 1886) 1 2
         Mother: Griselda Linn (1824-      ) 2

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       Marriage: 21 Sep 1876 1 2

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   Other Spouse: Arabella Davidson (      -1872) 1 2 - 19 Dec 1866 or 1867 1 2

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Wife Lydia Belle Tritt ^{1 2}

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           Born: 16 Aug 1854 3
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         Father: Christian Tritt (1796-1871) 4
         Mother: Mrs. Frances Charlotte McCulloch (      -Aft 1886) 3

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Children

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1 M James Linn Patterson Duncan ¹

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           Born: 10 Jun 1877 1
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2 M David Daniel Glenn Duncan ¹

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           Born: 29 Jul 1879 1
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3 M Matthew B. Boyd Duncan ³

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           Born: 26 Oct 1880 3
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           Died: Bef 1886
 Cause of Death: Accident
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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4 F Charlotte Grizelda Duncan ¹

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           Born: 27 Nov 1882 1
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General Notes: Husband - William Linn Duncan

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He was raised on the farm on which his father resided, on the Big Spring. Getting his education in the public schools, he acquired a business training in the Iron City College, Pittsburgh, and then lived on the farm until he was twenty years of age, when, for a year, he was in the railroad office at Bergettstown, Pennsylvania; then, returning to Cumberland County, he bought a farm in Newton Township, near Newville, where he stayed until 1871, when he rented it and traveled in the West for three years. He then returned to Bergettstown, where, for four years, he was assistant secretary and treasurer of the savings bank at that place. In 1879 he bought the old John Gracey farm on the Ridge road, and settled down as a farmer.
He held many township offices. In politics he was a Democrat. He and his wife belonged to Big Spring Presbyterian Church. He was a member of Big Spring Lodge, No. 363, A. Y. M.

1 Editor, History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warners, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 517.

2 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 380.

3 Editor, History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warners, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 518.

4 Editor, History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warners, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 518, 534.