Seth Fruit and Harpolissa Hazen

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Husband Seth Fruit ¹

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            AKA: Seth Fruyt 2
           Born: 25 May 1831 or 1838 - Clarksville, Delaware Twp, Mercer Co, PA 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 14 May 1903 2
         Buried: 

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         Father: John Fruit (1805-1838) 1 3
         Mother: Susannah Clark (1806-Aft 1888) 4 5

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       Marriage: 31 Mar 1857

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Wife Harpolissa Hazen ^{1 2}

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            AKA: Harpalissa Hazen 6
           Born: 22 Sep 1833 - Mercer Co, PA 2
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           Died: 26 Nov 1903 2
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         Father: Nathaniel Hazen (1780-1850) 6 7 8 9
         Mother: Elizabeth Egbert (1796-      ) 7 9

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Children

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1 F Mary Fruit ¹

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            AKA: Mary Fruyt 2
           Born: 21 Dec 1857 - Clarksville, Delaware Twp, Mercer Co, PA 2
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           Died: 
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         Spouse: Christian W. Mali (1854-      ) 10 11
           Marr: 12 May 1879 2

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2 F Fannie Fruit ¹⁰

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            AKA: Fannie Fruyt 2
           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1914
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3 M Thomas S. Fruit ¹

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            AKA: Thomas Fruyt 2
           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1914
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4 F Eliza Fruit ¹⁰

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            AKA: Elizabeth Fruyt 2
           Born: 
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           Died: in infancy
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - Seth Fruit

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He obtained his education at the common schools, and spent his younger days at home. In 1853 he went to California, where he spent four years farming, mining, etc. After his marriage, they located in Clarksville and engaged in mercantile business. He was postmaster of Clarksville from 1874 to 1885. He filled nearly all the local offices in the borough of Clarksville. Politically he was a Republican. [HMC 1888, 906]

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

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

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

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

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

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 597.

7 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1083.

8 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 735.

9 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 1128.

10 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 907.

11 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 976.