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