When Theresa Duvall was born on 14 October 1813, in Perry, Missouri, United States, her father, Simon Duvall, was 31 and her mother, Mary Ann "Polly" Cissell, was 32. She married Austin Layton on 4 September 1832, in Perry, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Cinque Hommes Township, Perry, Missouri, United States in 1850. She died on 15 April 1851, in Perryville, Perry, Missouri, United States, at the age of 37, and was buried in Perryville, Perry, Missouri, United States.