- EDWIN TREVITT, a well-known farmer, fruit grower and dairyman
of Monroe, Green county,
- was born in Erie county, N.Y., Nov. 26, 1833, a son of Constant
and grandson of Benjamin TREVITT.
- Benjamin TREVITT was a native of Vermont, of French and English
descent. His mother was a
- granddaughter of Capt. Ben CHURCHES, the New England Indian
fighter. By occupation Mr. TREVITT was a mechanic, although in
early life he was a salt-water sailor. His death occurred in
Vermont, when he was well advanced in years. His wife was a member
of the CARTER family, of which the first representative in this
country came over in the "Mayflower."
- Constant TREVITT was born in Vermont, and was a blacksmith
by trade, following it all his life.
- He came to Wisconsin in 1880, locating in Monroe, where he
remained until his death, which occurred in 1885, when he was
aged ninety-eight years. He was a soldier in the war of 1812,
in the Maryland line, and took part in the defense of Baltimore
against the British after the burning of the public buildings
at Washington. In religious faith he was a Universalist. He married
Louisa STEWART, who was born in New York, daughter of Benjamin
STEWART, a farmer of English descent. To Constant TREVITT and
wife were born eight children, six of whom are yet living, as
follows: Constant; Franklin; Diana, widow of Harlow FERRY, of
Madison, Ohio; Edwin, our subject; George, of Sonoma, Cal.; and
Ellen, wife of Albert WINTERS, of Madison, Ohio. The mother of
these died in the faith of the Baptist Church, in 1865, when
she was aged sixty-five years.
- Edwin TREVITT passed his early days and grew to manhood in
his native county, receiving such
- literary training as the common schools afforded. He learned
all the details of farming in boyhood, but also learned the carpenter's
trade, which he followed in Pennsylvania. In 1867 he located
in Lake county, Ohio, engaging in farming in Madison township,
where he met with great success, but in 1874, he determined to
make his future home in Wisconsin, and accordingly moved his
family westward, making his home in Monroe, and purchased his
present home in the south part of the city. He has fifteen acres
of highly improved land, and raises a fine grade of fruit and
vegetables, and has engaged to some extend in dairying. His good
business methods and his prompt fulfilling of every obligation
have won him a high place in the business world.
- On June 20, 1864, Mr. TREVITT was united in marriage with
Miss Harriet DARLING, daughter
- of James and Maria (HOGLE) DARLING, and to this union have
come two children, namely: Charley L., a carpenter of Citronelle,
Ala., married Cora WHITE, and has one daughter, May; Edith D.,
a graduate nurse from Sherman Hospital in Elgin, Ill. where she
is located. Both Mr. and Mrs. TREVITT are active in the work
of the Methodist Church, Mr. TREVITT at present serving as steward.
Socially he is a member of the Royal Arcanum, and politically
is a stanch Republican, and active in the work of the party,
and also for all movements he thinks calculated to aid the temperance
cause. He and his wife are popular among their friends, and are
highly respected citizens.
- James DARLING, father of Mrs. TREVITT, was a native of New
York, as was also his wife. His
- occupation was that of a mechanic, and his death occurred
in 1861, when he was aged sixty-five years. His wife lived to
the advanced age of seventy-eight. Both were faithful adherents
of the Congregational faith. In their family were eleven children,
nine of whom are now living: Mary, wife of Alexander MARVIN,
of Pierpont, Ohio; James, of Missouri; Oliver, of Conneaut, Ohio;
Susan, wife of O. C. PETERS, of Winslow, Ill.; Jennie, wife of
Jonas SCRAMLING, of Climax, Mich; Eliza, wife of George DE WOLF,
of Genoa, Ill.; Caroline, wife of Albert HILDUM, of Garland,
Penn.; Harriet, Mrs. TREVITT; and Esther, wife of Richard MARVIN,
of Columbus, Pennsylvania.
-
- Taken from "Commemorative Biographical Record of
the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette Wisconsin,"
(c)1901 Union Publishing; pp. 475-476.
-
- Courtesy of Carol.
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