GEORGE W. DUVALL is a grandson
of Lewis and Hannah Duvall, who were pioneer settlers of Washington
county, Penn., and died
on the home farm.
John Duvall, father of subject,
was born and reared on the home place in Washington county, and always
followed
agricultural pursuits, giving
considerable attention to stock raising. He voted with the Republican party.
He was first
married to Mary Yarty, who
bore him seven children, viz.: George W., Hannah, Amanda (wife of William
Hornbake,
of West Pike Run township),
Ellen (married to Frank Bake, a carpenter, of Allenport, this county),
Elizabeth, Lewis,
and John L. (a farmer of
Fayette county, Penn.). The mother died in 1869, and Mr. Duvall was then
married to
Elizabeth Lash, whose children
were Tory (deceased), Robert, Isaac (both of whom are living in Charleroi,
Washington county), William
(a painter of Charleroi), and Frank (a farmer, of Fayette county, Penn.).
The father died
October 3, 1884, and April
27, 1885 the wife and mother passed away. She was a member of the M. E.
Church.
George W. Duvall, son of
John and Mary Duvall, was born January 5, 1853, in West Pike Run township,
Washington
Co., Penn., and was educated
in the district schools. On February 22, 1877, he married Miss Maggie Marker,
who
was born September 8, 1854,
in Washington county, Penn., a daughter of Lewis and Eliza (Williams) Marker,
natives
of this county, whose children
were as follows: John, a resident of West Brownsville, Penn.; William,
living in East
Pike Run township; James,
living in West Brownsville; Charles, also of West Brownsville; Maggie,
wife of George W.
Duvall, and Mary, deceased.
The father followed farming all his life, and in politics voted with the
Democratic party.
He died August 31, 1891,
his wife having passed away in 1862. They were members of the M. E. Church.
George W.
and Maggie (Marker) Duvall
have two sons: Charles W., born September 16, 1880, and John L., born August
23,
1883. Mr. Duvall owns the
old homestead of eighty-four acres, where his grandfather first located
many years ago. In
politics he is a Republican,
and he has served as school director for the past three years.