John Fruit and Susannah Clark

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Husband John Fruit ^{1 2}

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            AKA: John Fruyt 3
           Born: 1805 - Northumberland Co, PA 1
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           Died: 1838 2
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         Father: Richard Fruit (      -1822) 1 2
         Mother: Sarah Wilson (      -1844) 1 2 4

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       Marriage: 1829 1

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Wife Susannah Clark ^{5 6}

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            AKA: Susan Clark
           Born: 15 Jul 1806 - Pymatuning Twp, Mercer Co, PA 5 7
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           Died: Aft 1888
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         Father: Samuel Clark, Sr. (1770-1860) 8
         Mother: Mary Custer (1771-1863) 7

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Children

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1 M Seth Fruit ¹

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            AKA: Seth Fruyt 3
           Born: 25 May 1831 or 1838 - Clarksville, Delaware Twp, Mercer Co, PA 1 3
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           Died: 14 May 1903 3
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         Spouse: Harpolissa Hazen (1833-1903) 1 3
           Marr: 31 Mar 1857

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2 F Frances Fruit ¹

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         Spouse: Theodore Hofius (      -      ) 1

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3 M John R. Fruit ¹

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General Notes: Husband - John Fruit

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He was engaged in mercantile business in Clarksville, Pennsylvania, and was the first postmaster of that place. He and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 906.

2 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 744.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 977.

4 —, Book of Biographies, Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 19.

5 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 92.

6 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 905, 906.

7 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 905.

8 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 904.