Fayette County PA Archives Biographies.....Duvall, Caleb B. February 17, 1831 - ????
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Source: Gresham and Wiley, 1889: Biographical & Portrait Cyclopedia, Fayette Co, PA, page 545
Author: John H. Gresham & Samuel T. Wiley

    Caleb B Duvall, one of Luzerne townships steady and reliable farmers, is
a son of Eli and Elizabeth Richey Duvall, and was born in Luzerne
township, Fayette county, Pa, February 17, 1831.
    His grandfather, Alexander Duvall, was a native of Fayette county and
lived during the latter part of the eighteenth century.  He was a hardworking
farmer and resided on the Monongahela river below Brownsville.
His father, Eli Duvall, was born in Redstone township, reared on a
farm and made farming his life-business.  He was a whig and afterwards
a republican.  His family consisted of five boys and three girls: John
Duvall, Eli Duvall, Caleb Duvall, Eliza Duvall, Robert Duvall, Harrison
Duvall, Abigail Duvall and Rachel Duvall.
    Caleb B Duval was trained to farming when a boy, and attended
subscription schools in the last years of their existence, ere they were
succeeded by the common schools.  He engaged in farming and stock
raising and has continued successfully in that business ever since
leaving school.
    January 22, 1857, he was married Miss Elizabeth, a daughter of
Andrew Porter.  They have had four children: George Duvall (dead); Eli C
Duvall, a school teacher and clerk; Jennie Duvall; Maggie Duvall, wife of
John Harne, a clerk in Kansas; Haddie Duvall, Osie Duvall, and Leona
Duvall.
    Caleb B Duvall is a republican in political affairs, and has served
acceptably as school director of Luzerne township.  He owns a valuable
farm and employs his time in its cultivation and improvement and
stock raising.

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