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Husband: Willie Heza Duff Also known as: William Duff 1
Born: Dec- 4-1863 in Doddridge Co, WV 2 Died: Dec- 3-1945 in Huntington, Cabell Co, WV 3 Resided: 1937 in Barboursville, Cabell Co, WV 4 Census: 1930 in Barboursville, Cabell Co, WV Census: 1920 in Huntington, Cabell Co, WV Census: 1910 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1905 in Nina, Doddridge Co, WV 5 Census: 1900 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870, 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: 1920 grade school teacher 6 Occupation: 1900 farmer 7 Father: George W. Duff (1824 - 1894) Mother: Henrietta Helen Cayton (1837 - 1918)
Wife: Leah Ginevra Freeman Also known as: Genevra Freeman 1 Married: Nov-18-1887 in Zinnia, Doddridge Co, WV 3
Born: Jul- 6-1871 in Zinnia, Doddridge Co, WV 3 Died: Aug- 6-1954 in Huntington, Cabell Co, WV 3 Census: 1930 in Barboursville, Cabell Co, WV Census: 1920 in Huntington, Cabell Co, WV Census: 1910 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1905 in Nina, Doddridge Co, WV 5 Census: 1900 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Father: William Washington Freeman (1847 - 1939) Mother: Christiana Lear Hughes (1850 - 1915)
M Child 1: Gordon Grover Duff Also known as: Gordie Duff 8 Born: Sep-23-1888 in Doddridge Co, WV 9 Died: Dec- 3-1905 in Salem, WV 8 Buried: in Mt. Olive Baptist Cemetery, Patterson Rd, Salem (Doddridge Co), WV 8,10 Cause of death: typhoid & pneumonia 8 Census: 1900 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV
M Child 2: Alphonso Duff Census name: Alfonso Duff Born: Feb-22-1890 in Doddridge Co, WV 11,3,12,7,13 Died: Mar- -1972 12 Resided: in Salem, WV 12 Resided: 1946 in Wheeling, Ohio Co, WV 14 Census: 1940 in Wheeling, Ohio Co, WV Resided: 1935 in Greensboro, Guilford Co, NC Resided: 1918 in Cabell Co, WV 13 Resided: 1917 in Huntington, Cabell Co, WV 11 Census: 1900, 1910 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: 1940 post office inspector 15 Occupation: 1917 mail carrier 11 Occupation: 1916 principal at Central Station School 16 Occupation: 1915 teacher at Central Station School 17 Occupation: 1914 teacher at Central Station School 18 Occupation: 1910 farm laborer (working out) 19 Education: four years college 15 Wife: Shirley McCallister b. ca 1893 d. bef Jun 1946 Married: Aug-31-1918 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 13 Wife: Nina E. Brown b. ca 1903 Married: Jun-21-1946 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 14
M Child 3: Cecil Ray Duff Born: Nov-17-1893 in Doddridge Co, WV 12,7,20 Died: Feb- 6-1968 in Osceola Co, FL 21,22,12 Buried: in Rose Hill Cemetery, Kissimmee, Osceola Co, FL 10 Resided: in Kissimmee, Osceola Co, FL 23 Census: 1920 in Huntington, Cabell Co, WV Resided: 1919 in Cabell Co, WV Census: 1900, 1910 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: 1920 glass worker 6 Military: Sgt, 202nd PW Escort Co ASC, World War I 21 Wife: Fay Workman b. ca 1900 Married: Sep-20-1919 in Barboursville, Cabell Co, WV 20
F Child 4: Agnes H. Duff Census name: Honnet A. Duff Born: May- -1895 7 Census: 1900, 1910 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV
F Child 5: Earl F. Duff Born: Nov- 7-1915 10,24,6 Died: Mar-11-1982 10,24 Buried: in Woodmere Memorial Park, Huntington, Cabell Co, WV 10 Census: 1940 in Huntington, Cabell Co, WV Census: 1930 in Barboursville, Cabell Co, WV Census: 1920 in Huntington, Cabell Co, WV Husband: Effie Mae Spurlock b. Jul-31-1917 d. Aug- 5-1972
Sources: (1) Birth record of son. (2) Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (3) Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Ancestry.com, Alphonso Duff, National No. 98980, State No. 1203. (4) Obituary of brother. (5) Obituary of son. (6) 1920 Census, Cabell County, WV. (7) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District) (8) Obituary. (9) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV. (10) Findagrave.com. (11) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online database) (12) Social Security Death Index. (13) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (14) Ohio County Marriage Records, Wheeling, WV. (15) 1940 Census, Ohio County, WV. (16) West Union Herald, 2/24/1916. (17) West Union Record, Central News Items, West Union Record, March 11 1915: "The school which was so successfully taught here this winter, by Alphonso Duff and Myrtle Collins, will be out the 19th of March." (18) Doddridge County Republican, 11/26/1914. (19) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District) (20) Cabell County Marriage Records, Huntington, WV. (21) Military Grave Marker. (22) Florida Death Index, 1877-1998 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and Florida Dept of Health, Office of Vital Records. (23) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (24) Headstone (year only)




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