Alcinus Glen Truitt and Eliza J. Corbett

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Husband Alcinus Glen Truitt ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 30 Jan 1844 - Madison Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 2
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           Died: 2 Feb 1885 1 2
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         Father: George Washington Truitt (1818-Aft 1887) 1 2 4 5
         Mother: Nancy Courson (1813-Aft 1887) 1 5

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       Marriage:  - Oakland, Mahoning Twp, Armstrong Co, PA

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Wife Eliza J. Corbett ⁶

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            AKA: Jennie E. Corbett 2
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         Father: Lewis W. Corbett (      -      ) 2 6
         Mother: Lucinda Mohney (      -      ) 2 6

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Children

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1 M Harry White Truitt ²

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           Born: 23 Jan 1878 - Truittsburg, Clarion Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Maud R. Riston (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 4 Oct 1900 - Reynoldsville, Jefferson Co, PA 2

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General Notes: Husband - Alcinus Glen Truitt

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He was engaged in the mercantile business under the firm name of A. G. Truitt & Brother (in Red Bank township, Clarion County, Pennsylvania).

Civil War: he enlisted in 1864 in Company D, Fourteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, under General Sheridan, and served to the close of the war.
He was a justice of the peace of Truittsburg, which place was named in honor of him and his brother, Seth.

He was born in Madison township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, and there spent his boyhood. He obtained his early education in the subscription or public schools, later attended college, and taught school for several years. In 1862 he enlisted in the 14th Pa. Cavalry, and served during the war till its close. After his marriage he located at the Truittsburg settlement in Clarion County. There he carried on a general store in partnership with his brother Seth C., the firm being known as A. G. Truitt & Co. He was the only Republican justice of the peace there, and the first Republican ever elected to that office in Clarion County. He was a prominent member of the Baptist Church, and served as superintendent of the Sunday school. [HIC 1913, 985]

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General Notes: Wife - Eliza J. Corbett

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from Armstrong Co, PA

After the death of her husband, she returned, with her only child, Harry W., to her old home in Oakland, Armstrong County. She later lived with him in the borough of Indiana, Indiana.

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

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

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

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

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

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