Parthena Catherine Truitt

Brief Life History of Parthena Catherine

When Parthena Catherine Truitt was born on 18 December 1842, in Wilson, Tennessee, United States, her father, Elijah Henry Truitt, was 34 and her mother, Nancy Martin, was 37. She married Williamson M. Adamson on 4 August 1861, in DeKalb, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Magisterial District 3 North Franklin, Simpson, Kentucky, United States in 1900 and Civil District 15, Sumner, Tennessee, United States for about 10 years. She died on 17 March 1925, in Tennessee, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in New Halltown Cemetery, Hall Town, Sumner, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Williamson M. Adamson
1842–1922
Parthena Catherine Truitt
1842–1925
Marriage: 4 August 1861
Nancy Jane “Nannie” Adamson
1862–1937
James Wilson Adamson
1864–1941
Laura Lee Adamson
1865–1943
Margaret Alice Adamson
1867–1907
Etta B Adamson
1872–
Sarah Belle Adamson
1873–1947
Thomas Jefferson Adamson
1877–1961
John Truitt Adamson
1879–1961
Howell Spurgeon Adamson
1881–1950
Robert Bunyan Adamson
1885–1946

Sources (19)

  • Pathena C Truits in household of Nancy Truits, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Parthena C Truett, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • Parthenia C Truett Adamson, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1846

Tennessee was known as the Volunteer State because during the Mexican War the government asked Tennessee for 3,000 volunteer soldiers and 30,000 joined.

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Trewhitt . This surname is very rare in Britain and Ireland.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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