John W. Fruit and Sarah Lowell

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Husband John W. Fruit ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1837 - Jefferson Twp, Mercer Co, PA 2
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           Died: Oct 1901 - Delaware Twp, Mercer Co, PA 3
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         Father: Robert Fruit (1795-1879) 4 5
         Mother: Margaret Campbell (1801-1866) 6

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       Marriage: 1864 7

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Wife Sarah Lowell ⁷

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         Father: Daniel Lowell (      -      ) 7
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Children

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1 M James Satterfield Fruit ^{3 7}

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           Born: 18 Nov 1870 - Jefferson Twp, Mercer Co, PA 3
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         Spouse: Oretta May McQuiston (      -      ) 3
           Marr: Jan 1898 3

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2 M Frank Arthur Fruit ^{3 7}

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           Born: 13 Aug 1872 - Delaware Twp, Mercer Co, PA 3
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         Spouse: Celestia Loveland (      -      ) 8
           Marr: 3 Jul 1890 8

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3 M William Fruit ⁷

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4 F Mary Fruit ⁷

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5 M Robert D. Fruit ⁷

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General Notes: Husband - John W. Fruit

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He lived upon the old homestead in Jefferson Township, Mercer county, PA, until the breaking out of the Rebellion, when he enlisted in Company G, Tenth Pennsylvania Reserves, in which he served until June 30, 1862, and on that day, at the battle of Charles City Cross Roads, he received a gunshot wound in the right knee, was taken prisoner, and confined in Libby Prison three months, when he was exchanged and sent to the general hospital, at Philadelphia, PA, from which place he was discharged in October, 1862, when he returned home, where he remained until Lee's raid into Penn­sylvania, when he was commissioned by Gov. Curtin, and raised a com­pany, which was attached to the Fifty-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers. On his return from the war Mr. Fruit was engaged in farming until 1876, when he was appointed deputy sheriff under Sheriff Pew, which position he filled from that time until the expiration of his brother, Richard Fruit's term of office. He also filled two terms of justice of the peace while residing in Jefferson Township. In 1879 he established himself upon a new place, and in 1882 was elected justice of the peace, and served one term, and also served as school director for both Jefferson and Delaware Townships. Mr. Fruit was identified with the National Guards, commanding Com­pany A, Fifteenth Regiment Pennsylvania National Guards, for ten years. He was a member of the G. A. R., Post No. 234, of Sharpsville, PA, also Sharon Lodge No. 250, F. & A. M., and politically he was a Democrat. [HMC 1888, 916]

1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 916, 926.

2 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 1029.

3 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 1030.

4 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 925.

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

6 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 925, 926.

7 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 916.

8 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 1031.