SETH
FRUIT, merchant, post-office Clark, was born in May, 1838, in
Clarksville. His father, John Fruit, was a native of
Northumberland County, PA. His grandparents, Richard and Sarah
(Wilson) Fruit, came from Northumberland County and located in
Jefferson Township. John was a son of Richard, and
was born in 1805. He was married in 1829, to Susan, a sister of
the venerable William Clark, of Clarksville, and they had three
children: Seth, Frances, wife of Theodore Hofius, and John
R. John engaged in mercantile business in Clarksville, and was
the first postmaster of that place, and died in 1835, aged thirty
years. He and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. Seth 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. He was married
March 31, 1857, to Miss Harpolissa, daughter of Nathaniel and Elizabeth
(Egbert) Hazen, of Hickory Township. They have four
children: Mary, wife of C. Mali, of New Brighton; Fannie, Thomas
S., and Eliza, who died in infancy. They located in Clarksville
and engaged in mercantile business. He was postmaster of Clark
from 1874 to 1885. He filled nearly all the local offices in the
borough of Clarksville. Politically he is a Republican.
History of Mercer County, 1888 page 906-907; Transcribed and Submitted by Janet Stanko
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