Thomas Truitt and Lydia Williams

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Husband Thomas Truitt ^{1 2 3 4}

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           Born: 18 Feb 1789 or 1794 - New Jersey 1 4 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 1854 - Madison Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 1 3
         Buried: 

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         Father: Anderson Truitt (      -      ) 3 4 5
         Mother: Sally Mathus (      -      ) 5

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       Marriage: Abt 1813

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Wife Lydia Williams ^{1 2 3 4}

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           Born: 1794 1
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           Died: 1866 1
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         Father: Thomas Williams (      -      ) 1 3 4
         Mother: 

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Children

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1 M Anderson Truitt ^{1 5}

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1883
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         Spouse: Sarah Caldwell (      -      ) 5

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2 F Elizabeth "Betsy" Truitt ^{1 4 6}

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           Born: 16 Oct 1816 4
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           Died: 
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         Spouse: George Leonard Hetrick (      -      ) 4 7

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3 M George Washington Truitt ^{1 8 9 10}

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           Born: 1818 - Armstrong Co, PA 8
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           Died: Aft 1887 - Madison Twp, Armstrong Co, PA
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Nancy Courson (1813-Aft 1887) 8 9

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4 M Thomas Truitt ^{1 5}

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           Born: 
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           Died: Aft 1883
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         Spouse: Margaret Bish (      -      ) 5

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5 M David J. Truitt ^{1 5}

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           Born: 
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           Died: Aft 1883
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         Spouse: Betsey Courson (      -      ) 5

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6 F Mary M. "Polly" Truitt ^{1 5}

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           Born: Abt 1820
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           Died: Aft 1917
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         Spouse: Michael Buzzard (      -      ) 1 5

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7 M James A. Truitt ^{1 3 11}

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           Born: 1828 - Armstrong Co, PA 3
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           Died: 13 Nov 1909 3
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         Spouse: Sarah Jane Meredith (      -1908) 11 12
           Marr: 22 Apr 1855 - Greenville, Mercer Co, PA 12

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8 M William W. Truitt ^{1 5 13}

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           Born: 
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           Died: Aft 1883
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         Spouse: Hannah Kelley (      -      ) 5

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General Notes: Husband - Thomas Truitt

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He was born in New Jersey, and came to Madison township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, about 1800, with his father. He was in the War of 1812, and, returning from his tour of duty in 1813, married. After his marriage, he worked on leased land until about 1832, when he bought a farm in the northern part of the township. He remained there until his death.

He remained on Crooked creek, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, when his father went to Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1829 he moved to the Kiskiminetas, some five miles below Saltsburg, and from there in 1834 to Freeport. Thence he moved to the old homestead in what was then Red Bank (later Madison) township, about 1835, locating on a farm later owned and occupied by Miles W. Hetrick. With the aid of his sons he cleared and improved a part of this tract, and here his death occurred.

He was a lad of about twelve years at the time when the family home was established in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. A few years later he removed to Indiana, as a pioneer of that Commonwealth, and there enlisted for service as a soldier in the War of 1812, taking part in this second conflict with England for a period of one year. In 1813 he returned to Pennsylvania and established his home in Madison township, Armstrong County, where in the same year his marriage was solemnized. They passed the remainder of their lives in Armstrong County, where Mr. Truitt became a successful farmer. [HJC 1917 ii, 63]

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, 748.

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

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

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

6 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 853, 873.

7 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 583, 873.

8 A. J. Davis, History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., 1887), BP 55.

9 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 583, 918.

10 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 985.

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

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

13 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 608.