Marriage Record, Fayette Co., PA, 24-155:
Acklin, Duncan J., 23
b. Brownsville, resident Brownsville
Parents: Alonzo & Sarah Acklin
married Aug. 18, 1899, Uniontown, Fayette Co., PA
Kelley, Nora, 21
b. Redstone Twp., resident Redstone Twp.
Parents: Joseph & Martha Kelley

1900 Census, Brownsville Borough, Fayette Co., PA129
Acklin, Duncan, head, b. Apr 1876, 24, married 1 years, b. PA, father b. PA, mother b. Ireland, Glass gatherer
Mary N., wife, b. Mar 1898, 22, married 1 year, 1 child, 1 survives, b. PA, parents b. PA
Jane, dau., b. Dec. 1899, 5/12, b. PA, parents b. PA

1910 Census, Brownsville Borough, Fayette Co., PA, April 18, 1910, sheet 5A, Water Street
Acklin, Duncan, 32, married 11 years, b. PA, father b. PA, mother b. Ireland, runs lunch wagon
Nora, 31, wife, dressmaker, 6 children, b. PA, parents b. PA
Jane, 10, dau., b. PA
Wilber, 7, son, b. PA
Ockle, 6, son, b. PA
Lillie, 3, dau., b. PA
Duncan, 1, son, b. PA
Sylvia, 4, dau., b. PA

1920 Soundex, Brownsville, Fayette Co., PA
Acklin, Duncan, 46
Nora, 40
Wilbur, son, 11
?, son, 10
Sylvia, daughter, 14
?, daughter, ?

1930 Census, Dist. 2, Brownsville, Fayette Co., PA, Apr. 3, 1930, p. 3B47
Acklin, Duncan, head, 52, married at age 20, b. PA, father b. PA, mother b. Irish Free State,
painter (coal mine)
Nora, wife, 50, married at age 20, b. PA, parents b. PA
John, son, 21, single, b. PA, parents b. PA, painter (coal mine)
Mable, dau., 20, single, b. PA, parents b. PA, maid
Calvin, son, 14, b. PA, parents b. PA
Griffith, son, 13, b. PA, parents b. PA

Duncan was in touble with the law on a couple of occasions, as noted in The Daily Courier, Connellsville, PA:
July 16, 1903: “Duncan Acklin of Brownsville was also released [from jail]. He was charged by his wife, Nora Acklin, with surety of the peace and non-support. He has since been in jail for the costs.”
Feb. 16, 1904: “Sold Kentucky Whiskey
Duncan Acklin of Grindstone had a hearing before Squire John N. Dawson, Saturday, on a charge of selling liquor without license. The prosecutor was Alex. McBeth and the defendant was held for March court. He had been acting as a special agent for a Kentucky firm, for whom he took orders on a commission. The whiskey was shipped direct to the purchased [purchaser?] and Acklin then collected and sent the firm the money.”130

Obituary, Morning Herald (Uniontown, PA), Wed., Sep. 7, 1955, p. 2; also The Evening Standard (Uniontown, PA), Wed. Sep. 7, 1955, p. 6:
“Acklin, Duncan J. Aged 78 a lifelong resident of Brownsville and a retired painting contractor died Tuesday, September 6, 1955 at 9 a.m. in his residence, 412 Huron Ave. He was a member of the First Methodist Church, Brownsville. He was born in 1877 a son of the late Lawrence and Sara Beatty Acklin. He is survived by his wife, Nora Kelley Acklin; eight sons and daughters, Wilbur and Okal, Brownsville, Mrs. Arlis (Sylvia) Mitchell, Ohio; Miss Lillian, Pittsburgh; Mrs. Mabel Bookhardt, at home; Calvin, Pittsburgh; John and Griffith, Brownsville; twenty-three grandchildren; sixteen great-grandchildren; one brother, John, Carmichaels. Friends are being received in the Kisinger Funeral Home, Brownsville where services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. with Rev. Ben F. Donley, his pastor officiating. Interment will be in Bridgeport Cemetery.”13

Duncan does not have a tombstone.131

World War I Civilian draft Registrations in Fayette Co., PA. (Ancestry.com) names him Duncan Jackson Acklin, b. Apr. 8, 1878 (not 1877), married to Nora Acklin, living in Brownsville, occupation painter, tall, medium build, brown eyes, dark hair.