Husband Thomas Jefferson Duncan 1 2
Born: 11 Feb 1845 - Bridgeport, Fayette Co, PA 1 3
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Father: Hon. Thomas Duncan (Abt 1806-Aft 1893) 3 4
Mother: Priscilla Stevens (Abt 1810-1873) 1 3
Marriage: Jul 1880 5 6
• Biographical Sketch: from Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893).
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Wife Eleanor Morris 6 7
Born: 11 Dec 1856 - West Brownsville, Washington Co, PA 6 7
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Father: Capt. Benjamin F. Morris (1809-1882) 7 8
Mother: Sarah J. Miller (1825-Aft 1893) 7 8
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1 F Ina Duncan 9
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Spouse: John H. Donnan (1879- ) 10
Marr: 1907 9
General Notes: Husband - Thomas Jefferson Duncan
Washington, Washington Co, PA - an attorney
General Notes: Wife - Eleanor Morris
When she was about two years of age, her parents changed the family residence from West Brownsville, Pennsylvania, to Fredericktown, where she received the first elements of her education in the public school. In 1869 the Morris family removed to Pittsburgh. Here she attended the schools of the Seventeenth Ward, in which she completed the course of study in 1873. At this time Mr. Duncan was Principal of the schools, and she came under his supervisory, if not immediate, control. The acquaintance thus formed soon grew to a friendship and ripened into that more ardent passion that culminated in their marriage in 1880, after Mr. Duncan had established himself in his legal practice at Washington.
She was a reader of books, took an interest in the political as well as other current news of the day, was a ready and entertaining conversationalist and a pleasing entertainer at her handsome home where she received her many friends.
Soon after completing her studies in 1872, then in her seventeenth year, she was elected teacher of one of the schools of the Thirty-first Ward of Pittsburgh from which she accepted an invitation to a position in the Fifteenth Ward, where she continued until her marriage. During this time she held a Professional Certificate, received a Teacher's Permanent Certificate from the state, and was elected a member of the Pittsburgh Academy of Teachers. She was a member of the M. E. Church, and was identified with various benevolent enterprises conducted in its behalf.
As an amateur she had for her own pleasure devoted a portion of her time for several years to art studies, and produced a number of paintings in oil, which received favorable comment from critics and professional artists.
She served as a member of the Ladies Auxiliary Committee of Pennsylvania for the World's Fair. She was an active worker, and rendered efficient service in promoting interest and securing statistics or exhibits of women's work for the Columbian Exposition from the district to which she was assigned.