Harry White Truitt and Maud R. Riston

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Husband Harry White Truitt ¹

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           Born: 23 Jan 1878 - Truittsburg, Clarion Co, PA 1
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         Father: Alcinus Glen Truitt (1844-1885) 1 2 3
         Mother: Eliza J. Corbett (      -      ) 4

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       Marriage: 4 Oct 1900 - Reynoldsville, Jefferson Co, PA 1

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Wife Maud R. Riston ¹

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         Father: David W. Riston (      -      ) 1
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Children

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1 M Harry W. Truitt, Jr. ¹

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2 F Julia Marie Truitt ¹

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3 F Dorothy Jane Truitt ¹

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4 M Don A. Truitt ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Harry White Truitt

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He was just seven years old when his father died, after which, until he was fourteen, he lived in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. After his grandfather's death, he moved with his mother to Reynoldsville. His earliest ambition was to obtain a good education, and his youth was one continuous struggle toward that end. After attending several elementary schools, he went to the high school and then to the DuBois business college. At the age of fourteen he became "devil" in the office of the Reynoldsville Star, and was the first boy to hold the position in that office. He had the honor of helping to put the Star in running. While thus engaged, he attended night school. Some idea of the untiring efforts and the sacrifices he made to continue his education may be gained from the statement that while he was taking his business course at DuBois he made the round trip of twenty miles daily on an old bicycle, because he could not afford to pay the extra board. While attending the old academy at New Bethlehem, he had to walk three miles from Oakland each way. He took private lessons in Latin and German from Hannah Jane Nickle, of Reynoldsville, where she had a five and ten cent store, paying for his instruction by tending to her store during the noon hour. He pursued his professional course at the Medico-Chirurgical College. After graduating from that institution he opened an office in New Bethlehem, and met with gratifying success while located there, but in June, 1906, he removed to Indiana borough, where a larger field was open for his efforts. His offices were in the Savings & Trust Company's building, and his beautiful buff brick house was located on South Seventh street.
He was chosen a delegate to the Republican national convention held at Chicago, and later as a Progressive delegate to that city. He was a member of the Steering committee at the a State convention held at Harrisburg, and was chairman of the Washington party of Indiana County, until his resignation.
He was a member of the Baptist Church at New Bethlehem, but his wife was a Presbyterian. [HIC 1913, 985]

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

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

3 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 475, 583.

4 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 475.