Dr. John Milton Duff and Jennie E. Kirk

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Husband Dr. John Milton Duff ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 10 Oct 1849 - Westmoreland Co, PA 2
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           Died: 17 May 1904 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 1
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         Father: Dr. James Henderson Duff (1824-1884) 1 4 5
         Mother: Susanna T. Miller (      -Aft 1906) 1 6

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       Marriage: 1878 7

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Wife Jennie E. Kirk ⁷

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         Father: Rev. James Kirk, D.D., LL.D. (      -      ) 7
         Mother: Abbie Morrell (      -      ) 7

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General Notes: Husband - Dr. John Milton Duff

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He attended the public schools of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, until eleven years of age, then entered the Laird institute and was graduated from there in 1868. The next year was spent in teaching in the public schools, after which he matriculated at the Western University of Pennsylvania, and was graduated from the classical course with the class of 1872, receiving the bachelor of arts degree. Three years later he received the master of arts degree from that institution, and, in 1888, the degree of doctor of philosophy was bestowed on him by his alma mater. On graduating from the university, in 1872, he entered Jefferson medical college, at Philadelphia, and was graduated from that noted school in 1874, with the doctor of medicine degree. The same year, Dr. Duff began the practice of medicine in Westmoreland County and a short time afterwards removed to Pittsburgh, where he did a general practice until 1896, when he decided to confine his practice to gynecology and surgery. Dr. Duff became one of the leading physicians of Pittsburgh, and was closely identified with many organizations relating to his profession, being a member and serving as president of the Allegheny county medical society, president and one of the founders of the South Side medical society, president of the Pittsburg obstetrical society, member of the Westmoreland County, the Pennsylvania State and the Tri-State medical societies, honorary member of the Lehigh Valley medical society, member of the American associations of obstetricians and gynecologists, the American academy of medicine, president of the section of obstetrics of the American medical association and was professor of obstetrics and gynecology in the West Pennsylvania medical hospital. Dr. Duff was also a member of the surgical staff of the West Pennsylvania, Passavant, South Side and Rynaman hospitals.
When a lad of fourteen years and ten months of age, he entered the United States army, participated in most of the great battles and served until the close of the Civil war. He was slightly wounded in the fights before Petersburg, and also served some time in prison.
Dr. Duff was a member of the Bellefield Presbyterian church. He served as a school director of Pittsburgh for twenty-eight years and made many political speeches.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 430.

2 —, Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Vol. I (Madison, WI: Northwestern Historical Assosciation, 1904), Pg 251.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 272.

4 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 361.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 271.

6 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 682.

7 —, Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Vol. I (Madison, WI: Northwestern Historical Assosciation, 1904), Pg 252.