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JOHN G. DUFFIELD was born in Venango county, May 24, 1823, and. grew to manhood on the homestead. Attaining his majority he engaged in the lumber business at Tionesta, Forest county, Pennsylvania, which he continued about ten years, and then began the mercantile business at Polk, Venango county, which he carried on for about the same length of time. Disposing of his store he opened a hotel in the same village, of which he is still proprietor. He was married March 3, 1848, in Forest county, to Miss Frances Heshman, who has borne him five children: Mary E.; Eddy H.; Thera; Charles, and Laura E., all deceased except the last named, who is the wife of F.C. Rand, ticket and freight agent at Polk. Mr. Duffield united with the Presbyterian church of Franklin in 1859, and is now a ruling elder in the Polk congregation. He is a member of the I.O.O.F., and a firm adherent of the Democratic party.
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