[p. 839] president of the Mahoning Lumber Company of New Castle and a prominent and substantial citizen of Lawrence County, was born in Mahoning Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, August 27, 1849, and is a son of Alexander and Sarah P. (Wallace) Duff.
William Duff, the grandfather, was one of the early settlers in Mahoning Township, and on his farm near Hillsville, his son, Alexander Duff, was born. The latter was reared to manhood there and then engaged in a general mercantile business at Hillsville, first in partnership with Andrew Patterson and later with William Williams. He died in 1861. He married Sarah P. Wallace, who was born in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. Of their children but the one son survives.
David G. Duff was reared in Mahoning Township and obtained his education in the public schools near his home and at Poland Seminary, at Poland, Ohio. Prior to moving to New Castle, in the nineties, he engaged in a mercantile business at Hillsville, being associated with E. M. Burk, the firm name being Burk and Duff, which continued for two years. Since coming to New Castle, Mr. Duff has mainly given his attention to the lumber industry. The office of his company is located on the corner of Swansea and Wayne Streets, in the Seventh Ward. He is a Republican in his political proclivities and has been an active worker in public affairs ever since locating in this city, and has served as a member of the borough council.
Mr. Duff married Clarissa McDonald and they have three children: Rosa B., who is the wife of Dr. Charles Williams of Sharon, Pennsylvania, and the mother of one son, Frank; Lillian E., residing at home; and Charles W., the latter a bookkeeper for the Mahoning Lumber Company. He married Alice Morris, a resident at the time of Youngstown, Ohio, but a native of New Castle, Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Duff are members of the Second United Presbyterian Church at New Castle, in which he is an elder.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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