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LAURA B. DUFFIE
1872-1894

 

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Laura B. Duffie, daughter of Martin V. B. Duffie and Fidelia Frances Rhea, may have been born in Fountain Green Township, Hancock County, Illinois, where her parents were residing at the time of the 1870 Federal Census.  By 1880 they had relocated to the village of Sciota, McDonough County.

Laura died in 1894 and was buried at Glade City Cemetery, Blandinsville, McDonough County.

1880 Illinois Census, McDonough County, Sciota Township, Sciota, page 524C
enumerated June 1, 1880, dwelling #28

Duffie, Marten, white, male, 39, married, harness maker, born MD, father born VA, mother
born MD
Delia, white, female, 31, wife, married, house keeper, attended school within the year [a transcription error], born IL, both parents born TN
Schuyler, white, male, 11, son, single, at school, attended school within the year, born IL, father born MD, mother born IL
Laura, white, female, 8, daughter, single, at school, attended school within the year, born IL, father born MD, mother born IL

 

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