John Harvey Violett
1829 - 1913 (83 years)
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Name John Harvey Violett Birth 22 Nov 1829 Goshen, Elkhart Co., IN 
Gender Male Death 13 Aug 1913 Goshen, Elkhart Co., IN Person ID P40322 Violette Family Last Modified 29 Apr 2023
Father Major John Wesley Violett, b. 29 Aug 1795, Harpers Ferry, VA d. 24 Oct 1871, Elkhart Co., IN (Age 76 years) Mother Chloe Bishop, b. 7 Nov 1802, OH d. 14 Oct 1875, IN (Age 72 years) Marriage 4 Mar 1824 Family ID F19860 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Catherine Rodibaugh Marriage 28 Apr 1852 Children 1. Mariet J Violett, b. 11 Oct 1853 d. 2 Jun 1860 (Age 6 years) 2. Horace E Violett, b. 2 Nov 1855 d. 23 Apr 1859 (Age 3 years) 3. Chloe Violett, b. 11 Aug 1857 4. Florett Violett, b. 21 Apr 1860 d. 16 Oct 1863 (Age 3 years) Family ID F19864 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Malissa Leedy Marriage 1878 Children 1. Ethel Violett, b. Abt 1880, IN 2. Wilma Violett, b. Abt 1882, IN 3. John McConnell Violett, b. 9 Dec 1887, Goshen, IN d. 14 Apr 1986, Fort Wayne, IN (Age 98 years)4. Anna Ruth Violett, b. Abt 1892, IN Family ID F19865 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - He was one of the first white children born in the area.
Went to California in 1850 did some mining. Returned home the following spring by way of the Isthmus of Panama.
Sept. 2 1860 enlisted as a private in the Union army, Company E 9th Indiana Regiment of Infantry and served 3 years. He was taken prisoner in Tennessee and passed through Libby Prison, but was immediately exchanged. He was in the battles of Pittsburg Landing, Stone River, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain.
Upon returning from service in the army he was elected Sheriff of Elkhart county and served two years.
In 1870 he invented a hay hoister and converter.
Ref; Illustrated Historical Atlas of Elkhart county, Indiana.
- He was one of the first white children born in the area.