Lake County IN Archives Biographies.....Gavit, John A. 1861 - 
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Author: T. H. Ball (1904)

JOHN A. GAVIT.

    John A. Gavit, attorney at law in the Majestic building at Hammond, has
carried on a successful practice in this city since 1896, and has been
practicing at the bar for the past sixteen years. Before coming to Hammond he
took considerable part in public affairs, and he still gives public-spirited
interest to all matters affecting the general welfare of his community. He is an
able lawyer, well read and a fluent talker, and is a genial and talented
gentleman who wields a good influence in the city and county.

    Mr. Gavit was born in Walsingham, Canada, August 19, 1861, a son of Albert
N. and Bridget (Highland) Gavit, the former a native of Connecticut and the
latter of Ireland. His paternal grandfather, Albert Gavit, was a native
Connecticut farmer, but who died in Canada in old age, having reared a large
family. His maternal grandfather, Patrick Highland, was born in Ireland and
followed farming during his earlier years. He emigrated to Canada, and after
some years moved to Pontiac, Michigan, where he died in old age. By his wife
Hannah he had a number of children. Albert N. Gavit has always followed farming,
and is still living on his farmstead near Saginaw, Michigan. He has been honored
with various township offices. He and his wife had seven children: John A.;
Frank M., of Whiting, Indiana; Louis N., of Saginaw, Michigan; Mary, wife of
Frank Cole, of Saginaw; William, of Saginaw; the other two children are deceased.

    Mr. John A. Gavit spent his boyhood days near Pontiac, Michigan. He attended
the public schools there, and in 1886 graduated from the Normal College at
Flint, Michigan. He then read law, and was admitted to the bar in 1888. He was
engaged in practice at Saginaw from then until 1896, at which date he came to
Hammond, where he has created a good reputation in his profession and built up a
very fine clientage. Mr. Gavit is a Democrat in politics, and at Saginaw was
justice of the peace for three years. He resigned that office to accept the
nomination for prosecuting attorney, and was elected and served in that office
for two years.

    Mr. Gavit affiliates with the Knight of Pythias, the Maccabees and the
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He resides at 755 Sibley street, where
he bought ground and erected a good home. In January, 1890, he married Miss Emma
Campbell, the daughter of John and Adelia (Johnson) Campbell. They have six
children: Elwin J., Russell, Bernard, Donald, Hubert and Inez.


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ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF
Genealogy and Biography
OF
LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA,
WITH A COMPENDIUM OF HISTORY 
1834—1904

A Record of the Achievements of Its People in the Making of a Commonwealth and
the Founding of a Nation.

REV. T. H. BALL
OF CROWN POINT, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO   NEW YORK
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1904


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