Wapello County IA Archives Biographies.....Duffield, Marcus P. 1871 - 
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Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher

MARCUS P. DUFFIELD.

Marcus P. Duffield is a stockholder in several of the important business
interests of Ottumwa. Thrown upon his own resources when not quite sixteen years
of age and facing the further necessity of providing for his mother's family as
well as for his own support, he deserves much credit for what he has
accomplished. He was born in Douds Station, Van Buren county, January 2, 1871.
His father, Huston P. Duffield, a native of Carroll county, Ohio, was born in
1836 and when a young man of twenty-eight years came to Iowa. The greater part
of his life was devoted to merchandising, and he conducted business in various
towns. In 1883 he came to Wapello county, and his last days were spent in Eldon,
where he departed this life in 1886. His wife, who bore the maiden name of
Angelina Huckleberry, was born in Indiana in 1845 and is now living in Omaha,
Nebraska. Their family numbered five children: Willa, the wife of Clarence M.
Shaw of Tecumseh, Nebraska; Eddy C., who was killed in a railroad wreck in 1892
when he was acting as fireman upon the road; Marcus P.; Roy De Witt, who was
injured in a wreck and died from the effects thereof; and Jean P., a piano
teacher of Omaha.

Marcus P. Duffield was a young lad when his parents moved to Eldon, where he
pursued an education in the common schools. He afterward worked for five years
for the Rock Island Railway Company in various capacities and subsequently spent
two years in the Bradley Bank at Eldon. He then began work for the Hardsocg
Manufacturing Company as shipping clerk and was given charge of their garment
department, of which he was the superintendent for seven years. He next went
upon the road as a traveling salesman and following his recall to the house
acted as manager of the Hardsocg Manufacturing Company for eight years. He next
became manager of the Hardsocg Wonder Drill Company, in which he is one of the
directors. He also is identified with the Citizens Savings Bank and is
interested in another manufacturing company—the Ottumwa Iron Works. He readily
recognizes opportunities and responsibilities, and he utilizes the former with
the readiness with which he meets the latter.

On the 28th of August, 1901, Mr. Duffield was united in marriage to Miss Jennie
McCampbell, who was born in Columbus, Ohio, a daughter of William and Mary
(Smith) McCampbell, both of whom are residents of Dayton, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs.
Duffield are the parents of a son, Marcus McCampbell, who was born October 4,
1903. The family attend the Methodist church, in which the parents hold
membership. Mr. Duffield gives his political support to the republican party,
but he does not seek nor desire office, preferring to concentrate his energies
upon business affairs and their wise direction has brought him to an enviable
position. Although in his youth heavy responsibilities were laid upon him, it
called forth and developed the strong and salient traits of his character and
fitted him for the duties of later life.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY IOWA
ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME II
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1914


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