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- note on Find a Grave:
Dr. Thomas Jefferson "T.J." Truett was the son of Redden & Elizabeth Moore Truett. He was born about 1858 in Jackson County, Kentucky.
He married Jane Rader, the daughter of John & Jane Casteel Rader, on Jan 4, 1876 in Jackson County, Kentucky. He was 19 years old and she was 26 years old at the time. Together they had one known child, Robert Finley Truett.
Death Notice:
4 Sep 1889
Richmond, Kentucky
Dr. T. J. Truett, a physician of Jackson, Breathitt county, started to see a patient but became drunk on the road, fell from his horse and died alone on the roadside.
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After his death, his widow Jane remarried in 1893 to Felix Pennington.
Name Jane Truett
Gender Female
Marriage Date 14 Dec 1893
Marriage Place Jackson, Kentucky, USA
Spouse Felix Penington
Film Number 000802457
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Thomas & Jane Truett's son Robert Finley Truett married Nellie M. Vandergriff on Dec 3, 1908. They relocated to Washington D.C. where Robert achieved his degree as a Doctor of Dental Surgery from George Washington University in 1910. He joined the military as a dental surgeon and operated in private practice after that. Robert ran for Mayor of Mt. Rainier, Maryland in 1921. He and his wife later relocated from D.C. to Prince Georges, Maryland, where he died in 1942. He and his wife are buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.
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- Dr. T. J. Truett, a physician of Jackson, Breathitt county, started to see a patient but became drunk on the road, fell from his horse and died alone on the roadside.
The Daily Democrat, Winchester, Kentucky. Wednesday, 28 August 1889.
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