Captain S.DuVall

MEMOIRS OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY
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SAMUEL M. DUVALL, in the court of common pleas, No. 1 Pittsburg, is a distinguished veteran of the Civil war and prominent member of the Grand Army of the Republic. He was born in what is now the ninth ward, Pittsburg, in 1832; was reared there, and received a schooling of only six months duration. At the age of seventeen he learned to make tacks in the mill of Chess, Cook & Co., and was there employed until the outbreak of the Civil war. On Aug 15, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Company E, 102d Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, and served until mustered out in Pittsburg, June 29, 1865. In May, 1862, he was made corporal, soon after wards was promoted to sergeant, then to orderly sergeant, and, on Dec 13, 1862, to second lieutenant. He served as second lieutenant of Company E until November 1864, when he was made captain of the company. Captain Duvall fought at Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Savage Section, Malvern Hill, second Bull Run, White Oak Swamp, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and then took part in the "stick in the mud" campaign under Burnside. In the first day's fight in the Wilderness he was wounded and incapacitated for further duty until the corps was sent to Washington to repel Early's demonstration. After this he fought in front of Fort Steven's, at Charlestown, Winchester, Fisher's Creek, Cedar Creek, the siege of Petersburg, and at Sailor's Creek. His gallant service in the war completed, Mr. Duvall returned to the iron mill, and worked at his trade as a tack maker until 1880, when he was appointed to his present position. In 1867 he joined Post No. 35, now J.W. Patterson post, No. 151. G.A.R., in which he has been commander and has held all the other offices, including that of trustee, in which capacity he served six years. He has also served as deputy inspector of the G.A.R. for western Pennsylvania, and was, in January 1902 elected president of the G.A.R. association of Allegheny County. Captain Duvall in a member of the Blue lodge in Lodge No. 269. He belongs to the Eighteenth Street Methodist Protestant church, and has served eighteen years as superintendent of its Sunday school.

Pittsburgh Gazette November 20, 1904

THE DEATH ROLL

Capt. Samuel M. Duvall

Capt. Samuel M. Duvall, aged 73, for 27 years a court crier and tipstaff in the Allegheny county courts and a prominent veteran of the Civil War, died in his home, 1251 Ridge avenue, Allegheny, at 11am yesterday, after a long illness of stomach trouble. Capt. Duvall was chairman of the Soldiers Memorial Hall association of Allegheny County. He was a native of Pittsburgh and had been a resident of this vicinity all his life. After attending the public schools he learned and worked at tack cutters trade until the Rebellion broke out. He then enlisted as a private in Company E 102nd (old thirteenth) Pennsylvania Volunteers. For meritious service he was promoted to he a corporal and then went rapidly through the different grades until October 14, 1864, when he was made a captain. Capt. Duvall was in all of the battles with the Army of the Potomac and in the Shenandoah campaign. He was badly wounded in the head in the battle of the Wilderness. He was honorably discharged with his company from the United States Service June 1, 1865. Capt. Duvall joined Post 35, GAR, in 1867,When Col. J.W. Patterson Post 151 was organized in 1868 he transferred his membership to that post. He served the post in various positions and was made a post commander. He was also post colonel of Encampment No. 1 Union Veterans Legion. Capt. Duvall is survived by one daughter Mrs. E.A. Williams of Knoxville, and his widow. He was a member of Monongahela lodge F and A. M. and of the South Eighteenth Street Methodist Episcopal Church. The remains of Capt. Duvall were taken last night from his late home to the residence of his daughter, Mrs. E. A. Williams, No. 282 Rochelle street, Knoxville, where they can be viewed today and from where his funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. James E. Porter, president of the County Grand Army association, of which Capt. Duvall had long been a member, issued a call yesterday asking the members to attend the services.

Pittsburgh Dispatch Nov. 20, 1904 p.5
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Captain Samuel M. Duval, for many years a tipstaff in Common Pleas Court No. 1, died yesterday morning at his home 1251 Ridge avenue, Allegheny. Later in the day his body was removed to the home of his only child, Mrs. E. A. Williams, 232 Rochelle Street, Knoxville. The funeral will be held from his residence tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. Captain Duval was born in 1832 in Pittsburg, in the section then known as Bayardstown, and had resided in the city all of his life, much of which was spent in the Southside. In 1880 he was appointed tipstaff in No. 1 Court and held that position until his death. Captain Duval was a veteran of the Civil War and was prominent in the Grand Army work in this neighborhood. He enlisted as a private in Company E, One Hundred and Second Pennsylvania Volunteers, August 15, 1861, and served throughout the war, rising to the rank of captain. He was wounded in the Battle of the Wilderness. Captain Duval was a member of Colonel J.W. Patterson Post No. 151. President James E. Porter of the Allegheny County Grand Army Association, of which Captain Duvall had long been a member, issued a call yesterday asking the members to attend the funeral.

Samuel Mariene DuVall was Born Dec. 4, 1832 in Pittsburgh died there Dec 19, 1904. His parents were Jeremiah and Rebecca DuVall. He married Jane A. Smith Feb. 12, 1854. She was born in 1833 and died Jan 22, 1895. This union produced three daughters,(1) Ella A. DuVall, born Aug 23, 1855-1920, she married (1) Williams (2) J. A. Herman Junker. (2) Clara M. DuVall Born Sept 7, 1860- January 4, 1884, married a man, surname Mason. (3) Mary J. DuVall Born April 11, 1866 died Dec 17, 1886. Oct 1, 1903 Captain DuVall married, Christine W. Skelton, she died Oct 2, 1929 (burial location unknown) Captain DuVall, his wife Jane, daughters, Clara M DuVall Mason and Mary J. DuVall were originally interred at South Side Cemetery in Pittsburgh, in about 1913, Ella A. DuVall Junker moved her parents and sisters to Homewood Cemetery where they interred in the Junker-DuVall mausoleum