Robert Fruit and Katharine McClure

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Husband Robert Fruit ^{1 2 3}

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Wife Katharine McClure ^{2 3}

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         Father: Richard McClure (      -      ) 2 4
         Mother: Unknown (      -      )

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Children

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1 F Margaret Fruit ^{5 6 7}

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           Born: 1774 1
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           Died: 23 Nov 1817 1
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         Spouse: Thomas Pollock (1772-1844) 5 6 8 9
           Marr: 1796 5

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2 F Sallie Fruit ⁵

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           Died: 1823 10
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         Spouse: William Pollock (1773-1824) 5 7 9
           Marr: 1798 10

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General Notes: Husband - Robert Fruit

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Fruitstown, PA [Fruittown, Centre Co, PA?]

He was an early settler of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. His name appears in the Paxtang assessment list for 1770. He was a juror on the first criminal case tried in Sunbury, 1772. Sworn as one of the County Commissioners of Northumberland County, April 4, 1774. In 1775 he was assessed for three acres cultivated land, three horses, five cows, one sheep, and one servant. He was elected member of the Assembly for the same county in 1776, and in the same year was chosen to serve on the Committee of Safety for the said county, from White Deer township. In 1778 he was an unsuccessful candidate for the Assembly. In 1790 he was constable of White Deer township and supervisor in 1791.

1 Wm. H. Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Lane S. Hart, Publisher, 1883), Pg 202.

2 Wm. H. Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1891), Pg 90.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 134.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 133.

5 Wm. H. Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Lane S. Hart, Publisher, 1883), Pg 199.

6 A. J. Davis, History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., 1887), BP 45.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 728.

8 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 739.

9 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 326.

10 Wm. H. Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Lane S. Hart, Publisher, 1883), Pg 203.