BIO: David P. Tritt, Cumberland County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Judy Bookwalter Copyright 2011. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/cumberland/ ______________________________________________________________________ History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania. Containing History of the Counties, Their Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Biographies; History of Pennsylvania; Statistical and Miscellaneous Matter, Etc., Etc. Illustrated. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886. http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/cumberland/beers/beers.htm ______________________________________________________________________ PART II. HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. CHAPTER LV. PENN TOWNSHIP. 534 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: DAVID P. TRITT, farmer, P. O. Dickinson, was born in Penn (then Dickinson) Township, this county, August 20, 1830. His grandfather, Peter Tritt, born March 5, 1755, died February 24, 1839, came from Lancaster County, Penn., about 1775, and was, it is thought, from Spain; he carried on the business of wagon-making in West Pennsborough Township, and served some time in the Revolutionary war, and was the founder of the Tritt family in the Cumberland Valley. Our subject's grandmother, Elizabeth (LeFevre) Tritt, was born December 8, 1751, and died February 7, 1835. Her grandparents, who were French, landed in Boston in 1710, went to Newburg, N. Y., thence to Lancaster County, Penn., and came to this county in 1775. Peter and Elizabeth Tritt had thirteen children: Barbara, born May 10, 1778, died young; Jacob, born January 18, 1780, died December 17, 1856; Peter, born January 28, 1782, died January 24, 1860; Elizabeth, born January 18, 1784, died October 17, 1831; Joseph, born January 16, 1787, died May 30, 1873; Barbara, born March 19, 1789, died young; George, born November 3, 1791, died October 4, 1882; Catharine, born July 5, 1794, died January 9, 1871; Christian, born July 25, 1796, died January 10, 1871; Anna, born November 21, 1798, died January 1, 1837; John, born January 18, 1801, died in September, 1884; Samuel, born September 14, 1803, died February 22, 1873; William, born May 26, 1807, died February 7, 1855. One of the sons, Christian, married Lydia Stough, and they resided on a farm in Penn Township, this county; she died June 9, 1849, and in 1853 he married Mrs. Francis Charlotte McCullough. David P. Tritt, the subject of this sketch, the third son of Christian Tritt, attended the schools of the home district and finished his course by a two years' attendance (1853-55) at Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg. He was then appointed general agent for the Cumberland Valley Fire Insurance Company, which position he held for four years. In 1858 he located on a farm on which he now resides. He has acquired a fine farm of 120 acres as a homestead, besides other property elsewhere. He married Miss Mary L. Fisher, of Hogestown, Silver Spring Township, this county, December 14, 1858, and she died February 7, 1862, leaving two children: Charles Edgar and Mary Ellen. December 25, 1865, Mr. Tritt married, for his second wife, Miss Sarah Ann Harper, daughter of William Harper, and their children are Edwin Greer and Lulu P. Mr. Tritt takes a deep interest in the cause of education, and has given his children excellent advantages, both literary and musical, and they are taking fine positions in school and society. Mr. Tritt is a life long Democrat, and in former years was quite active in public affairs, but now prefers to lead a private life. He and his wife are members of the Dickinson Presbyterian Church, of which he has been ruling elder for over fifteen years. He is a worthy descendant of one of the oldest pioneer families, and is one of the leading and influential citizens of Penn Township, this county.