The 1860 Census shows Sarah (age 12) living with her parents Anderson and Matilda Leach in Union Township, Hendricks, County, Indiana. She married John B. Duzan on Oct. 16, 1873 in Hendricks County. They had no children of their own but adopted Alva Gibson. They resided on an 80 acre farm just west of the Montgomery Chapel Cemetery on land inherited from Sarah's father. A grove of trees on their farm was known as the Duzan Grove which was the site of the first Leak and Leach reunion about 1903. A portion of this grove still exists on the south side of the road just west of the Montgomery Chapel Cemetery.
from the Republican for July 25, 1935:
Death Breaks Union of Oldest Married Couple
Mrs. Sadie Duzan, one of the pioneer school teachers of this county, died at her home near Lizton, Thursday. Mrs. Duzan taught school in Pittsboro when there was not a dozen cabins in town and also taught country schools when McGuffey readers first were used. Until recently, when she disposed of some of the readers; she owned a complete set of original McGuffey readers which she had used as a school teacher.
Mr. and Mrs. Duzan were the oldest married couple in the county and had lived on the farm near Lizton their entire married life.
Mrs. Duzan was born July 22, 1847, the daughter of Anderson and Matilda Leach, a pioneer family who entered land from the government about 1830 and the present homestead is a portion of that land. She became a member of the Lizton Christian church in 1879 and for about ten years was clerk of that church.
In 1873, she was married to John B. Duzan, who survives her, together with one foster son, Alva Gibson, also of Lizton. She had survived all the cousins of her generation.
Funeral services in charge of Rev. D. E. Noland, were held at the home, Friday afternoon, with interment in the K. of P. cemetery at Lizton.
from the Republican for Aug. 15, 1935:
One of Old School Has Gone to Her Reward
The passing of Mrs. Sadie Duzan at her home near Lizton recently removes one long familiar with the growth, folk lore, people and progress of the community in which she lived for nearly ninety years. It is likely no one now living could recall so much connected with the northern part of Hendricks county.
Mrs. Duzan liked to tell you she was referred to as "the red-headed school marm" in her youth. She taught in cabin school houses in the country round about and in Pittsboro. She was a teacher when the McGuffey readers were first used and took pride in recalling "that she always bought her own books; didn't use the scholars as many teachers did." Consequently she possessed until about two years ago, a complete set of the original readers.
A visit to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Duzan took one back to pioneer times. Their house and furnishings were old-fashioned. So were they, and they were folk of old-fashioned ideals, not so common nowadays. They believed in paying their debts and taxes, contributing to the welfare of others and in their younger days, accumulating as they went along.
Mrs. Duzan possessed a rare sense of humor which added sparkle to her conversation of olden days. She was also a woman of business acumen as one learned when she told of their early struggles.
When calling on them, often guests were told to go to an upstairs room where her wedding dress could be seen, a "peacock blue" light-weight woolen, yards and yards around the hem and tiny, tiny at the waist line. With the dress was the petticoat, starched stiff, tucked and trimmed in heavy insertion, ruffles and embroidery. On a table in the same room was the old school register recording names of those long gone, with their record of attendance and scholarship. Sometimes were shown quilts and other things that bespoke of a life different from our times.
It is with deep regret that one realizes visits to that home will be no more but with gratitude for that which has been contributed in the past. - E. S. W.
from the Republican for July 25, 1935:
Death Breaks Union of Oldest Married Couple
Mrs. Sadie Duzan, one of the pioneer school teachers of this county, died at her home near Lizton, Thursday. Mrs. Duzan taught school in Pittsboro when there was not a dozen cabins in town and also taught country schools when McGuffey readers first were used. Until recently, when she disposed of some of the readers; she owned a complete set of original McGuffey readers which she had used as a school teacher.
Mr. and Mrs. Duzan were the oldest married couple in the county and had lived on the farm near Lizton their entire married life.
Mrs. Duzan was born July 22, 1847, the daughter of Anderson and Matilda Leach, a pioneer family who entered land from the government about 1830 and the present homestead is a portion of that land. She became a member of the Lizton Christian church in 1879 and for about ten years was clerk of that church.
In 1873, she was married to John B. Duzan, who survives her, together with one foster son, Alva Gibson, also of Lizton. She had survived all the cousins of her generation.
Funeral services in charge of Rev. D. E. Noland, were held at the home, Friday afternoon, with interment in the K. of P. cemetery at Lizton.
from the Republican for Aug. 15, 1935:
One of Old School Has Gone to Her Reward
The passing of Mrs. Sadie Duzan at her home near Lizton recently removes one long familiar with the growth, folk lore, people and progress of the community in which she lived for nearly ninety years. It is likely no one now living could recall so much connected with the northern part of Hendricks county.
Mrs. Duzan liked to tell you she was referred to as "the red-headed school marm" in her youth. She taught in cabin school houses in the country round about and in Pittsboro. She was a teacher when the McGuffey readers were first used and took pride in recalling "that she always bought her own books; didn't use the scholars as many teachers did." Consequently she possessed until about two years ago, a complete set of the original readers.
A visit to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Duzan took one back to pioneer times. Their house and furnishings were old-fashioned. So were they, and they were folk of old-fashioned ideals, not so common nowadays. They believed in paying their debts and taxes, contributing to the welfare of others and in their younger days, accumulating as they went along.
Mrs. Duzan possessed a rare sense of humor which added sparkle to her conversation of olden days. She was also a woman of business acumen as one learned when she told of their early struggles.
When calling on them, often guests were told to go to an upstairs room where her wedding dress could be seen, a "peacock blue" light-weight woolen, yards and yards around the hem and tiny, tiny at the waist line. With the dress was the petticoat, starched stiff, tucked and trimmed in heavy insertion, ruffles and embroidery. On a table in the same room was the old school register recording names of those long gone, with their record of attendance and scholarship. Sometimes were shown quilts and other things that bespoke of a life different from our times.
It is with deep regret that one realizes visits to that home will be no more but with gratitude for that which has been contributed in the past. - E. S. W.
The 1860 Census shows Sarah (age 12) living with her parents Anderson and Matilda Leach in Union Township, Hendricks, County, Indiana. She married John B. Duzan on Oct. 16, 1873 in Hendricks County. They had no children of their own but adopted Alva Gibson. They resided on an 80 acre farm just west of the Montgomery Chapel Cemetery on land inherited from Sarah's father. A grove of trees on their farm was known as the Duzan Grove which was the site of the first Leak and Leach reunion about 1903. A portion of this grove still exists on the south side of the road just west of the Montgomery Chapel Cemetery.
from the Republican for July 25, 1935:
Death Breaks Union of Oldest Married Couple
Mrs. Sadie Duzan, one of the pioneer school teachers of this county, died at her home near Lizton, Thursday. Mrs. Duzan taught school in Pittsboro when there was not a dozen cabins in town and also taught country schools when McGuffey readers first were used. Until recently, when she disposed of some of the readers; she owned a complete set of original McGuffey readers which she had used as a school teacher.
Mr. and Mrs. Duzan were the oldest married couple in the county and had lived on the farm near Lizton their entire married life.
Mrs. Duzan was born July 22, 1847, the daughter of Anderson and Matilda Leach, a pioneer family who entered land from the government about 1830 and the present homestead is a portion of that land. She became a member of the Lizton Christian church in 1879 and for about ten years was clerk of that church.
In 1873, she was married to John B. Duzan, who survives her, together with one foster son, Alva Gibson, also of Lizton. She had survived all the cousins of her generation.
Funeral services in charge of Rev. D. E. Noland, were held at the home, Friday afternoon, with interment in the K. of P. cemetery at Lizton.
from the Republican for Aug. 15, 1935:
One of Old School Has Gone to Her Reward
The passing of Mrs. Sadie Duzan at her home near Lizton recently removes one long familiar with the growth, folk lore, people and progress of the community in which she lived for nearly ninety years. It is likely no one now living could recall so much connected with the northern part of Hendricks county.
Mrs. Duzan liked to tell you she was referred to as "the red-headed school marm" in her youth. She taught in cabin school houses in the country round about and in Pittsboro. She was a teacher when the McGuffey readers were first used and took pride in recalling "that she always bought her own books; didn't use the scholars as many teachers did." Consequently she possessed until about two years ago, a complete set of the original readers.
A visit to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Duzan took one back to pioneer times. Their house and furnishings were old-fashioned. So were they, and they were folk of old-fashioned ideals, not so common nowadays. They believed in paying their debts and taxes, contributing to the welfare of others and in their younger days, accumulating as they went along.
Mrs. Duzan possessed a rare sense of humor which added sparkle to her conversation of olden days. She was also a woman of business acumen as one learned when she told of their early struggles.
When calling on them, often guests were told to go to an upstairs room where her wedding dress could be seen, a "peacock blue" light-weight woolen, yards and yards around the hem and tiny, tiny at the waist line. With the dress was the petticoat, starched stiff, tucked and trimmed in heavy insertion, ruffles and embroidery. On a table in the same room was the old school register recording names of those long gone, with their record of attendance and scholarship. Sometimes were shown quilts and other things that bespoke of a life different from our times.
It is with deep regret that one realizes visits to that home will be no more but with gratitude for that which has been contributed in the past. - E. S. W.
from the Republican for July 25, 1935:
Death Breaks Union of Oldest Married Couple
Mrs. Sadie Duzan, one of the pioneer school teachers of this county, died at her home near Lizton, Thursday. Mrs. Duzan taught school in Pittsboro when there was not a dozen cabins in town and also taught country schools when McGuffey readers first were used. Until recently, when she disposed of some of the readers; she owned a complete set of original McGuffey readers which she had used as a school teacher.
Mr. and Mrs. Duzan were the oldest married couple in the county and had lived on the farm near Lizton their entire married life.
Mrs. Duzan was born July 22, 1847, the daughter of Anderson and Matilda Leach, a pioneer family who entered land from the government about 1830 and the present homestead is a portion of that land. She became a member of the Lizton Christian church in 1879 and for about ten years was clerk of that church.
In 1873, she was married to John B. Duzan, who survives her, together with one foster son, Alva Gibson, also of Lizton. She had survived all the cousins of her generation.
Funeral services in charge of Rev. D. E. Noland, were held at the home, Friday afternoon, with interment in the K. of P. cemetery at Lizton.
from the Republican for Aug. 15, 1935:
One of Old School Has Gone to Her Reward
The passing of Mrs. Sadie Duzan at her home near Lizton recently removes one long familiar with the growth, folk lore, people and progress of the community in which she lived for nearly ninety years. It is likely no one now living could recall so much connected with the northern part of Hendricks county.
Mrs. Duzan liked to tell you she was referred to as "the red-headed school marm" in her youth. She taught in cabin school houses in the country round about and in Pittsboro. She was a teacher when the McGuffey readers were first used and took pride in recalling "that she always bought her own books; didn't use the scholars as many teachers did." Consequently she possessed until about two years ago, a complete set of the original readers.
A visit to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Duzan took one back to pioneer times. Their house and furnishings were old-fashioned. So were they, and they were folk of old-fashioned ideals, not so common nowadays. They believed in paying their debts and taxes, contributing to the welfare of others and in their younger days, accumulating as they went along.
Mrs. Duzan possessed a rare sense of humor which added sparkle to her conversation of olden days. She was also a woman of business acumen as one learned when she told of their early struggles.
When calling on them, often guests were told to go to an upstairs room where her wedding dress could be seen, a "peacock blue" light-weight woolen, yards and yards around the hem and tiny, tiny at the waist line. With the dress was the petticoat, starched stiff, tucked and trimmed in heavy insertion, ruffles and embroidery. On a table in the same room was the old school register recording names of those long gone, with their record of attendance and scholarship. Sometimes were shown quilts and other things that bespoke of a life different from our times.
It is with deep regret that one realizes visits to that home will be no more but with gratitude for that which has been contributed in the past. - E. S. W.
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