Harrison Hillard Duff (1845 - 1924)

Born Feb 1845 in Tennessee

Ancestors

Died 11 May 1924 at age 79 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA

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Biography

Military Service

Military Service: Confederate, 11 Texas Cavalry, Company 1, Private in Private out

Date: 15 JUN 1861

Place: Mt. Pleasnat, Titus Co., TX

Residence

Residence:

Date: 1850

Place: Bradley, Tennessee, USA

Residence:

Date: 1860

Place: Precinct 3, Titus County, TX

Residence:

Date: 1870

Place: Llano, Llano, Texas, USA

Residence:

Date: 1880

Place: Austin, Travis, Texas, USA

Residence:

Date: 1890

Place: Kelso, Cowlitz, Washington, USA

Residence:

Date: 1900

Place: Kelso, Cowlitz, Washington, USA

Residence:

Date: 1910

Place: Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA

Note

Note: #N3

Sources

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Notes

Note N3Portland Morning Oregonian, Monday, May 12, 1924, page 13, column G

DUFF - In this city, May 11, Harrison H. Duff, aged 80 years. Father of Mrs. Nannie D. Silva, Mrs. H. J. Warner, H. H. Duff, Jr., of this city; L. G. Duff of Seattle, Washington. the funeral service will be held Tuesday, May 13, at 2 P. M., at the Portland crematorium, east 14th and Bybee sts. Friends invited. the remains are at Finley's mortuary, Montgomery at 5th.

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Film Number M227 roll 10

https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers.htm

Household Record 1880 United States Census

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Household:

Name Relation - Marital Status - Gender - Race - Age - Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace

Harry H. DUFF - Self - M - Male - W - 36 - TN Saloon Keep

Laura DUFF - Wife - M - Female - W - 22 -CA - Keeping Hou

Nannie DUFF - Dau - S - Female - W - 2 - TX - TN - CA

Alice PHILIPS - Sister inlaw - S - Female - W - 12 - TX - At School - KY - NC

Emeline Duff - Mother - W - Female - W - 62 - TN - NC - NC

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Source Information:

Census Place 6th Ward, Austin, Travis, Texas

Family History Library Film 1255329

NA Film Number T9-1329

Page Number 225A

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Harrison Hillard Duff

" ID: I1152

" Name: Harrison Hillard Duff

" Sex: M

" Birth: FEB 1845 in Tennessee 1

" Death: 11 MAY 1924 in Portland, Multnomah County, OR 2

" Residence: 1850 Bradley County, TN w/mother 3

" Residence: 1860 Precinct 3, Titus County, TX w/mother

" Residence: 1870 Llano, Llano County, TX

" Residence: 1880 Austin, Travis County, TX 4

" Residence: 1890 Kelso, Cowlitz County, WA 5

" Residence: 1900 Kelso, Cowlitz County, WA 1

" Residence: 1910 Portland, Multnomah County, OR 6

" Note:

H. H. Duff (First_Last)

Regiment Name 11 Texas Cavalry

Side Confederate

Company I

Soldier's Rank_In Private

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Following article from Confederate publication from Oregon.

"THE BAYONET"

March 2007

Vol. 2 - Issue 3 - page 10

Harrison Hilliard Duff was born in February of 1845 in Bradley County, Tennessee. His father was from Virginia, and his mother was from North Carolina. He moved to Titus County, Texas with his mother in the 1850´s. After the War Harrison moved to Llano County,Texas, and then to Austin, Texas, in the 1870´swhere he worked as a saloon keep and where he met and married his wife Laura Phillips in 1875. Laura, who was 13 years younger than Harrison, was born in California, her father originally being from Kentucky and her mother from North Carolina.

In the early 1880´s Harrison and his wife took the long trail to the pacific-northwest, settling in Cowlitz County, Washington, in what is now the City of Kelso. The Duff´s lived there for more than 20 years, when they moved to Portland, Oregon, an where they both lived until death.

On June 15, 1861, ``Harry´´ Duff joined the ConfederateTexas Militia at Mt. Pleasant, in Titus County, Texas, and trained at Camp Reeves in Grayson County. Originally an Infantry unit, the regiment was later mounted, and re-designated the 11th Texas Cavalry Regiment. This regiment, along with the 8th Texas Cavalry, was one of the best in Confederate service. It was active in the Indian Territory and Arkansas and the regiment were among the first men to occupy the Federal forts in the Indian Territories in May of 1861. The men marched 130 miles from Mt. Pleasant, Texas to Fort Washita in the Chickasaw Nation. The troops were mounted and changed to Cavalry on July 27, 1861.The regiment was dismounted when it arrived on the eastern side of the Mississippi River. After fighting at Richmond and Murfreesboro, it was remounted and assigned to Wharton's and T. Harrison's Brigade. The unit participated in the Chickamauga, Knoxville, and Atlanta campaigns, then was active in the defense of Savannah and the campaign of the Carolinas.

Harrison Duff´s older brother, J.W. Duff joined the same regiment on the same day, and was made 2nd Corporal. He was listed as ``sick in hospital´´ in Dalton, Georgia, in December of 1863, and listed as captured near Knoxville on the 18th of that month while trying to rejoin his unit. He was sent to the military prison in Louisville before being transferred to Rock Island Barracks where he remained until being exchanged.

Harrison Duff was instrumental in establishing a United Confederate Veterans chapter in Portland, Oregon, in the late 1890´s. He died May 11, 1924. The funeral service was held Tuesday, May 13, at 2:00PM, at the Portland Crematorium at East 14th and Bybee Sts., his remains being prepared for viewing by Finley's mortuary.

Portland Memorial mausoleum is an amazingly large and beautiful building. There have been numerous additions onto the original mausoleum over the past one hundred years, culminating in a wonderful maze of twenty-two miles of hallways! Each room is different from the next, and there is so much peace and reverence in the place. I highly recommend it just for sight-seeing, and while you´re down there make sure to pay your respects to Harrison H. Duff, and his fellow Compatriots Dr. James Hickman, Lewis C. Garrigus and John P. Burkhart.

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