History of Pittsburgh and environs, from prehistoric days to the beginning of the American revolution .. . nor their sons whose services won such a gloriousend in the Civil War. Col. Levi Bird Dufif, son of Samuel and Catherine(Eckeberger) Duff, both natives of Pennsylvania, wasborn in the village of Saulsbury, Barre township, Hunt-ingdon county, Pa., Sept. 13, 1837. In 1841 the familymoved to the borough of Clarion, and in 1845 to PikeFurnace, Clarion county, where Levi Bird DufT liveduntil 1853, there attending the public schools. He wasthen for a year a student in Elders Ridge Academy,there

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History of Pittsburgh and environs, from prehistoric days to the beginning of the American revolution .. . nor their sons whose services won such a gloriousend in the Civil War. Col. Levi Bird Dufif, son of Samuel and Catherine(Eckeberger) Duff, both natives of Pennsylvania, wasborn in the village of Saulsbury, Barre township, Hunt-ingdon county, Pa., Sept. 13, 1837. In 1841 the familymoved to the borough of Clarion, and in 1845 to PikeFurnace, Clarion county, where Levi Bird DufT liveduntil 1853, there attending the public schools. He wasthen for a year a student in Elders Ridge Academy,there preparing for study in Allegheny College, atMeadville, Pa., whence he was graduated with firsthonors in the class of 1S57. Taking up legal studyunder the tutorship of George S. Seldon, he was ad-mitted to the bar April i, i860, at once establishingin practice in Pittsburgh. He had time for but a yearof professional work when. May I, 1861, he enlistedin the Pittsburgh Rifles, a volunteer company uni-formed and armed with Sharps rifles by a group ofwealthy and patriotic citizens of Pittsburgh. His term. The Ajnencan Ht^loncal bone Eng bv t j lA^iiliams f^

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