Benjamin Parker Truitt

1861 - 1910  (48 years)

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• Name	Benjamin Parker Truitt
  Born	05 Sep 1861	Somerset County, Maryland
  Gender	Male
  Died	01 Mar 1910	Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland
  	Denton Journal, Mar 5, 1910, page 5 NECROLOGICAL NEWS NOTES DEATH OF A FORMER DENTON MINISTER - OBITUARY NEWS Rev. Benjamin Parker Truitt, pastor of the First Methodist Protestant Church, Washington, formerly for several years pastor of the M.P. Church of Denton, died at four o'clock on Tuesday morning at a Baltimore hospital. Rev. Mr. Truitt had been ill for 17 months, but his condition was not considered serious until 7 weeks ago, when he was taken to Baltimore for an operation. Mr. Truitt was born September 5, 1861, in Wicomico county, Md. After being graduated from St. John's College, Annapolis, in 1887, he entered the Maryland Annual Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church. He filled several pulpits in Maryland towns before he was appointed to the First Methodist Protestant Church of Washington. He leaves a widow, three children - Charles Lewis, Alma Wright, and Benjamin Burton Truitt - and one sister - Miss Edna Truitt. The body was taken to Washington Tuesday afternoon, and the funeral was held at First Church Thursday afternoon. The services were in charge of Rev. Dr. J.M. Sheridan, of Baltimore, president of the Maryland Annual Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church, who also delivered the eulogy. Others assisted in the services were Rev. Dr. T. F. Tagg, editor of the Methodist Protestant Church; Rev. Dr. Thomas O. Crouse, of Mount Royal Avenue Methodist Protestant Church; Revs. J.B. McLaughlin, J.M. Gill and Hez Swem. The pallbearers were Rev. E. C. Makosky, of Lafayette Avenue Methodist Protestant Church, Baltimore; T. Pliny Fisher, of Denton; and Revs. R. L. Shipley, J.M. Gill, J.B. McLaughlin and G. Q. Bacchus, all of Washington."
  Age	48 years
  Person ID	I414	Wilson-Maynard Family Tree
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2004

  
  

  Father	Benjamin W. Truitt,   b. 25 Aug 1819, Maryland ,   d. 01 Jan 1882  (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Martha W. Hearn,   b. 06 Jan 1833, Somerset County, Maryland ,   d. 12 Apr 1892  (Age 59 years)
  Married	07 Apr 1853	Somerset County, Maryland
  Family ID	F108	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isobel R. Lewis,   b. Jul 1872, Accomack County, Virginia ,   d. 23 Aug 1915, Washington, D.C.  (Age ~ 43 years)
  Married	10 Jul 1890	Accomack County, Virginia
  	according to "Marriage Records of Accomack County, Virginia, 1854-1895"; aged 28, born Quantico, Md.
  Children	1. Charles Lewis Truitt,   b. May 1892, Maryland ,   d. Between 1910 and Jul 1915  (Age ~ 17 years)   2. Alma Wright Truitt,   b. May 1892, Maryland ,   d. 06 Feb 1911, Washington, D.C.  (Age ~ 18 years)   3. Benjamin Burton Truitt,   b. Jul 1897, Maryland ,   d. Dec 1910, Washington, D.C.  (Age ~ 13 years)
  Family ID	F159	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Born - 05 Sep 1861 - Somerset County, Maryland Married - 10 Jul 1890 - Accomack County, Virginia Died - 01 Mar 1910 - Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland  = Link to Google Earth