James A. Truitt and Sarah Jane Meredith

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Husband James A. Truitt ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 1828 - Armstrong Co, PA 3
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           Died: 13 Nov 1909 3
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         Father: Thomas Truitt (1789/1794-1854) 1 3 4 5
         Mother: Lydia Williams (1794-1866) 1 3 4 5

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       Marriage: 22 Apr 1855 - Greenville, Mercer Co, PA 6

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Wife Sarah Jane Meredith ^{2 6}

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         Father: Owen Meredith (1783-1866) 6 7 8
         Mother: Ann McFadden (      -1858) 8

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Children

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1 M Alexander J. Truitt ³

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           Born: 27 Jul 1857 - Oakland, Mahoning Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 6
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         Spouse: Mary C. Zeitler (      -      ) 9
           Marr: 28 Jun 1886 9

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2 M Owen K. Truitt ⁶

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3 M Elmer Shelton Truitt ⁶

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4 M Fred M. Truitt ⁶

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5 F Clyde B. Truitt ⁶

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         Spouse: Willis J. Horne (      -      ) 6

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6 F Della J. Truitt ⁶

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         Spouse: L. J. North (      -      ) 6

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General Notes: Husband - James A. Truitt

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He was reared to manhood under the sturdy discipline of the old homestead farm of his father, but as a young man he engaged in mercantile pursuits at Oakland, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, continuing his activities there until about 1890, when he removed with his family to Punxsutawney and established a shoe store. He continued to conduct this business until about four years prior to his death, and from the time of his retirement until the close of his long and useful life gave his attention principally to the development and improvement of his large real estate interests. He had suffered a light stroke of paralysis in 1876, but had recuperated almost entirely from its effects, with the result that he continued vigorous and active until his life was terminated, many years later, by a second paralytic stroke. He was found dead in his bed, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Willis J. Horne, of Punxsutawney, where he had resided continuously after the death of his devoted wife, in the preceding year.
From an appreciative estimate published in a Punxsutawney paper at the time of his death are taken, with but minor paraphrase and elimination, the following extracts: "James A. Truitt was an advocate and supporter of denominational and technical schools. At Oakland, in Armstrong county, he was the prime mover and chief backer of the Baptist Church and a normal institute, where members of his own family and all other youths of the Baptist and other faiths were taught in strict accordance with the creed of the church. Since coming to Punxsutawney, and especially since his retirement from active business, he had hoped to establish a technical school where the youth and men of this vicinity could be taught practical subjects by the most approved and modern methods. It can be said of James A. Truitt that he constantly strove to live close to his ideals of a Christian life, and that nothing could swerve him from a line of action that he deemed the way of righteousness."

He and his wife had six children.

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General Notes: Wife - Sarah Jane Meredith

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Of her the following words have been written: "She was a lifelong member of the Baptist Church, which, with her family, claimed the best efforts of a long and active life. Kindly, gracious, dutiful, helpful and intensely religious, her life was one of devotion and sacrifice for her family and her ideals."

1 Robert Walter Smith, Esq., History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins, & Co., 1883), Pg 618.

2 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 583, 665.

3 —, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 63.

4 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 583, 748.

5 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 294.

6 —, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 64.

7 Kate M. Scott, History of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 707.

8 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 665.

9 —, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 65.