Son of George Truitt and Cynthia (Carr) Truitt
Contributor: Kerry (48011981)
This gentleman is one of the Representatives from Polk County. In appearance he is a thoughtful-looking man, with clearly-cut features, kindly, yet searching, eye, and a mouth the contour of which unmistakably indicates great strength of character and a determined will.

The Judge, as he is familiarly called, is of pleasing address, plain and outspoken in all his dealings with the world, and possessed of a vast store of useful knowledge gained by close application and a judicious taste. He is a ready debater. but speaks very seldom, and then only on matters of great importance, and from his conduct in the House I should judge that he has an abhorrence of the habit of bobbing up and down in order to speak on every proposition.

He was born in Green County, Illinois, in the year 1845, and educated in McKendree college, Sinclair county, from which he graduated in the class of 1868. He then entered the law office of Judge Snyder, Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois, and was admitted to the bar in 1870. In the spring of 1871 he came to Oregon, taking up his residence in Polk County, where he has since continued to live. He was teacher in the Bethel academy three years, and was then elected County Judge in 1874, which office he held four years. At the expiration of his term of office he entered upon the practice of his profession at Dallas, and he now has a fine business. He was elected a member of the present Legislative Assembly by a large majority, and during the session has been a close and valuable worker and a member of the Judiciary Committee.

He was married in the year 1874 to Miss Mary Basey.

[Pen Pictures of Representative Men of Oregon; Frank E. Hodgkin & J. J. Galvin; Farmer and Dairyman Publishing House; 1882; Transcribed by Ann Planca]

From the webpages of the Polk County, Oregon Genealogy Trails and History.
Contributor: Denis Lee Thiessen (47630316)

Son of George Truitt and Cynthia (Carr) Truitt
Contributor: Kerry (48011981)
This gentleman is one of the Representatives from Polk County. In appearance he is a thoughtful-looking man, with clearly-cut features, kindly, yet searching, eye, and a mouth the contour of which unmistakably indicates great strength of character and a determined will.

The Judge, as he is familiarly called, is of pleasing address, plain and outspoken in all his dealings with the world, and possessed of a vast store of useful knowledge gained by close application and a judicious taste. He is a ready debater. but speaks very seldom, and then only on matters of great importance, and from his conduct in the House I should judge that he has an abhorrence of the habit of bobbing up and down in order to speak on every proposition.

He was born in Green County, Illinois, in the year 1845, and educated in McKendree college, Sinclair county, from which he graduated in the class of 1868. He then entered the law office of Judge Snyder, Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois, and was admitted to the bar in 1870. In the spring of 1871 he came to Oregon, taking up his residence in Polk County, where he has since continued to live. He was teacher in the Bethel academy three years, and was then elected County Judge in 1874, which office he held four years. At the expiration of his term of office he entered upon the practice of his profession at Dallas, and he now has a fine business. He was elected a member of the present Legislative Assembly by a large majority, and during the session has been a close and valuable worker and a member of the Judiciary Committee.

He was married in the year 1874 to Miss Mary Basey.

[Pen Pictures of Representative Men of Oregon; Frank E. Hodgkin & J. J. Galvin; Farmer and Dairyman Publishing House; 1882; Transcribed by Ann Planca]

From the webpages of the Polk County, Oregon Genealogy Trails and History.
Contributor: Denis Lee Thiessen (47630316)