Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Dr. Richard H. Duff and Ella Burwell




Husband Dr. Richard H. Duff 1 2 3

           Born: 17 Aug 1856 - New Castle, Lawrence Co, PA 3
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         Father: Alexander Duff (1832-Aft 1896) 3 4
         Mother: Alkey S. Fulkerson (      -1890) 2 3


       Marriage: 4 Sep 1894 3



Wife Ella Burwell 1 2

            AKA: Mary Ellen Burnell 3
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         Father: Rev. Nimrod Burwell (1814-      ) 5
         Mother: Lovina Arner (      -      ) 1




Children
1 M Harold Clifford Duff 2 3

           Born: Abt 1888
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2 F Gail Burnell Duff 2 3

           Born: Abt 1892
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General Notes: Husband - Dr. Richard H. Duff


He was educated in the public schools and the State Normal School at Edinboro, Pennsylvania, graduating at the latter place in the class of 1891, and the following school year served in the capacity of principal of the West New Castle schools. He then took a course in the Western Reserve Medical College at Cleveland, Ohio, and was graduated in the class of 1884, and immediately began practice in Sharpsville, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, and remained there one year, when he removed to Brookfield, Ohio, and practiced four years, and in the spring of 1889 came to Girard, Erie County, Pennsylvania, where he built up a large and lucrative practice, and came to be recognized as one of the leading medical men of Erie County.
He was a member of the Erie County Medical Society and was a Republican. His family were members of the Presbyterian Church of Girard.

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Sources


1 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1171.

2 Editor, Book of Biographies, Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 27.

3 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Erie, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1896), Pg 791.

4 Editor, Book of Biographies, Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 25.

5 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1170, 1171.


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