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| HANCOCK COUNTY, ILLINOIS FAMILIES NEWS MEMORABILIA |
MARTIN V. B. DUFFIE ca. 1841-1920 FIDELIA FRANCES RHEA ca. 1848-1917
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Fidelia Frances Rhea, also known as Delia, was born about 1848 in Illinois. She was the daughter of  Sarah Cameron and Stokely P. Rhea.
Sarah Cameron Rhea died when Fidelia was not quite 2 years old, and her brother, Calvin, was about 5. Fidelia apparently was raised by her grandparents, John and Elizabeth Lee Cameron, in Hancock Township, Hancock County, Illinois. She married Martin V. B. Duffie about January 23, 1867, in Hancock County. Martin was born in or near Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, about 1841, the son of William and his brother, Anthony, who also migrated to Hancock County, spelled their surname differently. The records for Martin, after he left home, are mixed: Enlistment in the service - Duffy
The following details are from the Muster and Descriptive Rolls compiled by the Illinois Adjutant General's Office. Name DUFFY, MARTIN V B
Personal Characteristics
Service Record
Martin was first married about December 17, 1863, in Hancock County, Illinois, to a young lady whose name was something like Anna F. A. Lumbardo. (That surname spelling is non-existent in U.S. census records before 1880 and there are only 15 listings of Lumbardo on Social Security death records.)
On September 18, 1890, Martin filed for a Union Army pension which was subsequently granted. Fidelia died November 3, 1917, in Limestone Township, Peoria County, Illinois. At some point after her death, Martin took up residence in the Illinois Soldiers and Sailors' Home at Quincy, Adams County, Illinois. He apparently died there on September 26, 1920. He was laid to rest at Glade City Cemetery, Blandinsville, McDonough County. There is a weak indication that Fidelia was also buried there. The children of Fidelia Rhea and Martin Duffie were:
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Not quite four years later Martin and Fidelia were married and they set up housekeeping in Fountain Green Township. They later moved to Sciota, Sciota Township, McDonough County, Illinois, and spent most of their married life there.
enumerated October 22, 1850, dwelling #923 John Cambron, 50, male, farmer, value of real estate, born TN
enumerated July 23, 1860, dwelling #3265 John Camren, 61, male, farmer, value of real estate 4000, value of personal estate 600, born TN
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enumerated July 26, 1860, dwelling #3467 William Duffie, 45, male, farmer, value of real estate 3000, value of personal estate 800, born PA
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enumerated June 2, 1870, dwelling #58 Duffie, Martin, 30, male, white, farm laborer, born MD, male citizen of the U.S. aged 21 or more
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enumerated June 1, 1880, dwelling #28 Duffie, Marten, white, male, 39, married, harness maker, born MD, father born VA, mother
enumerated June 27, 1900, dwelling #256, Railroad Street Duffie, Martin, head, white, male, Jan 1842, 58, married for 33 years, born MD, father born PA, mother born MD, harness maker, months not employed - 0, could read, write and speak English, owned his home free of mortgage Ledelia F [sic], wife, white, female, Aug 1848, 52, married for 33 years; mother of 3 children, 1 living; born IL, both parents born TN, could read, write and speak English
enumerated May 5, 1910, dwelling #251 Duffie, Martin V, head, male, white, 68, married (1st) for 43 years, born MD, father born PA, mother born MD, spoke English, harness maker, private shop, employer, could read and write, owned his home free of mortgage Fidelia, white, female, white, 61, married (1st) for 43 years; mother of 2 children, 1 living; born IL, both parents born TN, spoke English, could read and write |
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enumerated January 13, 1920, Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors Home, Cottage #7 Duffy, Martin, inmate, male, white, 79, widower, could read and write, born MD, father born PA, mother born MD, spoke English |
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