Josiah M. Duvall was identified with pioneer development in the middle west. He served as a teamster in the Black Hawk War and devoted the greater part of his life to farming, stock-raising, and milling, building a saw and grist mill in Ohio. When his plant was destroyed by fire he rebuilt and continued actively in the business. He was quite successful in all that he undertook, brooking no obstacles and difficulties that prevented his advancement if they could be overcome by persistent and earnest effort. He engaged quite largely in dealing in the horses and in raising fine-driving horses for sale and it was no unusual thing for him to drive across the country from Ohio to New York. It was in 1843 that he removed westward from the Buckeye state to Tazewell County, Illinois, where he engaged in farming and in the live-stock business until his death, which occurred when he was fifty-seven years of age. After his removal to Illinois, he continued to raise and deal in horses and took his stock to Chicago for sale. He became the owner of six hundred and forty acres of land and his success was the merited reward of earnest, persistent, and intelligently directed effort. His political allegiance was given to the whig party but he was never an aspirant for office.
Excerpt from Missouri the Center State: 1821-1915, Volume 4, Page 763 by Walter Borrow Stevens.
Josiah M. Duvall was identified with pioneer development in the middle west. He served as a teamster in the Black Hawk War and devoted the greater part of his life to farming, stock-raising, and milling, building a saw and grist mill in Ohio. When his plant was destroyed by fire he rebuilt and continued actively in the business. He was quite successful in all that he undertook, brooking no obstacles and difficulties that prevented his advancement if they could be overcome by persistent and earnest effort. He engaged quite largely in dealing in the horses and in raising fine-driving horses for sale and it was no unusual thing for him to drive across the country from Ohio to New York. It was in 1843 that he removed westward from the Buckeye state to Tazewell County, Illinois, where he engaged in farming and in the live-stock business until his death, which occurred when he was fifty-seven years of age. After his removal to Illinois, he continued to raise and deal in horses and took his stock to Chicago for sale. He became the owner of six hundred and forty acres of land and his success was the merited reward of earnest, persistent, and intelligently directed effort. His political allegiance was given to the whig party but he was never an aspirant for office.
Excerpt from Missouri the Center State: 1821-1915, Volume 4, Page 763 by Walter Borrow Stevens.
Family Members
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Rebecca Duvall
1822–1845
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Chrysteney Duvall Williamson
1823–1878
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Elias Duvall
1825–1851
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Elisabeth Duvall Shreve
1828–1886
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Josiah L. Duvall
1830–1890
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Nancy Duvall Wills
1832–1915
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James Homer Duvall
1833–1920
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Anna Duvall Shaffer
1835–1885
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William Penn Duvall
1837–1917
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Henry Clay DuVall
1840–1923
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Pvt John W Duvall
1842–1864
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Thomas D. Duvall
1844–1932
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Mary Ellen Duvall Deane
1846–1930
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