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1 WILLIAM (1) LATTA
Lived in Westmoreland Co., Pa. when his son John was born.
With his Bible and gun
went into the Revolutionary war. Fought and preached. Married Jane
Harrison of Brandon, Va., descendant of Judge Harrison who helped to try, condemn and
execute King Charles I of England in 1649. See history of Latta Griswold, p. 3.
{Please see Branch No.1, 4 William (3) Latta, as this may be the same William.}
Children:
2 JOHN (2)
b.
Sept.
9, 1788
in
Westmoreland
Co., PA.
7 UNKNOWN FEMALE (2) m. Mr. Miller. Had
one son and two daughters: Edward. Jane.
Eliza. Jane m. Mr. Smith, a jeweler.
2 JOHN (2) LATTA
William (1). Born
Sept.
9, 1788 in Westmoreland Co., Pa.; d.
"Sunday,
the 8th
day of March, 1846,
at 2
P.M." (Pioneer
Period
and
Pioneer
People
of
Fairfield
County,
Ohio) ; m. Effia Sturgeon Wilson on
December 2, 1824 at Lancaster, Ohio, daughter of Thomas and Jane (McEwen) Sturgeon of
Dauphin Co., Pa. She was born in Pa. January 8, 1789 in West Hanover Twp.,
Dauphin, PA; d. July 15, 1828,
at 5
A.M.,
Tuesday"
(Pioneer
Period
and
Pioneer
People
of
Fairfield
County,
Ohio). Effia Sturgeon was the widow of Dr.
Joseph Wilson, whom she married on
July
15,
1814; having
with him four children; Marie Elizabeth, John Alexander, Jane Amanda, and James S.
Wilson.
Joseph Wilson died on September 28, 1823, and Effia married John Latta on
December 2, 1824. In 1813 John Latta had gone to Lancaster,
Fairfield
County, Ohio and went into
the mercantile business with Benjamin and John Connell (Latta & Connell
- 1820
Hocking
Township,
Fairfield
Co.,
Ohio
Census). The
firm later became Latta & Ainsworth. In January 1834 he retired from business
and at his death in Lancaster, Ohio, he left his son William a handsome estate.
After going to Lancaster he brought out his widowed sister, Mrs. Miller, and her two
children, Eliza and Jane. Mrs. Miller and Eliza died a few years later.
After the death of Effia, John and his little family of three took up his abode with
his mother-in-law, Mrs. Sturgeon, until the death of that noble woman. "At an early day a
man named Branstadt laid out and sold a number of lots in what is now known as
the "Hood neighborhood." John Latta laid off and sold some lots lying north of
Mill street, between Broadway and Columbus streets." (History of Fairfield Co.,
Chapter 21).
Children:
See Centennial History of Lancaster, pp. 94-99, 283.
3 WILLIAM (3)
b.
September
16,
1825 in
Lancaster,
OH.
8 JANE (3) b. January 27, 1828
at 9:00
p.m. in
Lancaster,
Fairfield
Co., OH
(Pioneer
Period
and
Pioneer
People
of
Fairfield
County,
Ohio); d.
"Sunday,
February 24, 1828"
(Pioneer
Period
and
Pioneer
People
of
Fairfield
County,
Ohio)
in
Lancaster,
Ohio.
3 WILLIAM (3) LATTA
John (2) William (1). Born at Lancaster,
Fairfield
County, Ohio
September 16, 1825,
at 9:00
a.m. in
Lancaster,
Fairfield
Co., OH
(Pioneer
Period
and
Pioneer
People
of
Fairfield
County,
Ohio). Died
"on
Friday,
the
13th
day of
November,
1874,
at 6:30
o'clock
a.m.,
aged 49
years,
9
months
and 28
days" (Pioneer
Period
and
Pioneer
People
of
Fairfield
County,
Ohio)
and is buried in Episcopal Church ground there. Married
Elizabeth Tacy Smith at Lancaster December 10, 1850. She was born August 5,
1829 and died at St. Louis, Mo. April 30, 1914. Buried in Elmwood
Cemetery, Lancaster. She was the daughter of James H. and Elizabeth S. (White)
Smith. Elizabeth Tacy Smith Latta's great grandfather, John Smith, was born and
retired in accordance with well remembered family tradition. He was a Captain
in the army and sent by the Government about 1720 to the New Colony then in its
infancy, in the valley of Virginia. He located in Augusta Co. Elizabeth
Tacy Latta is a direct descendant of Captain John Smith. William studied at the
Ohio University at Athens in 1843 but on account of ill health did not complete his
studies. He engaged in business at Lancaster, Ohio with John Effinger and
Thomas H. White under the firm name of Effinger, White & Latta. He was known as
a genial pleasant gentleman, and his family occupied a highly respectable position in
Lancaster society.
(History of Fairfield Co., Chapter 22)."LANCASTER,
November 2, 1855. "We, the undersigned, do hereby
declare our purpose to associate and combine together for the purpose of forming
a joint company that shall be known as the Lancaster Gas-light and Coke Company;
and do hereby subscribe to the capital stock the several sums affixed to our
respective signatures, and agree to pay the same at such times and to such
persons as the stockholders may appoint for that purpose:
"Martin & Co., $1,000; B. F. Reinmund, $600; Daniel Sifford, $500; S. Beery,
$500; J. C. Kinkead, $500; James Gates, $600; G. S. Ekert, $500; Work & Son,
$500; George Kauffman, $500; Thomas Sturgeon, $500; White & Latta, $300;
John Effinger, $200: J. C. Smith, $500; Emanuel Giesy, $200; John Work, $300;
John M. Giesy, $500; Daniel Giesy, $200; Theodore Talmage, $100; John T. Brazee,
$500: John Lyons, $500; Henry Orman, $100; W. P. Creed, $500; Mrs. J. D. Martin,
$300; John D. Matt, $100; R. T. Coverdale, $11,000. Total, $21,000."
Children:
4 JOHN (4) b.
"on
Saturday
morning
at
6-1/2
o'clock"
(Pioneer
Period
and
Pioneer
People
of
Fairfield
County,
Ohio)
on January 31, 1852; d. March 2, 1910.
9 JAMES WHITE (4) b.
"on
Tuesday
evening, January 24, 1854,
at
8-1/2
o'clock"
(Pioneer
Period
and
Pioneer
People
of
Fairfield
County,
Ohio); d. April 24, 1878.
5 WILLIAM (4) b.
"on
Tuesday
morning
at
9-3/4
o'clock
on May 8, 1856"
(Pioneer
Period
and
Pioneer
People
of
Fairfield
County,
Ohio).
10 KATHARINE (4) b.
"on
Tuesday
evening, August 17, 1858,
at
10-3/4
o'clock"
(Pioneer
Period
and
Pioneer
People
of
Fairfield
County,
Ohio); m. Samuel G.V. Griswold May
1875. He
died in 1929. One son, Latta Griswold, who was an Episcpol Priest. For
his history see page 3. She later married Horace S. Wade of New York City.
In 1932 lived at Village Inn, Lennox, Mass.
11 ELIZABETH (5) b.
"on
Wednesday
evening, November 21, 1860,
at
8-1/4
o'clock"
(Pioneer
Period
and
Pioneer
People
of
Fairfield
County,
Ohio); m. Leonidas Laidley, a
doctor, of St. Louis, Mo.
May 25, 1880 at Lancaster, Ohio. Children: Latta. Pearl. Edward.
In 1932 lived 435 E. 57th St., New York City.
12 MORTON BRAZEE (4) b.
"on
Friday
at
3-1/2
o'clock
p.m., September 11, 1878"
(Pioneer
Period
and
Pioneer
People
of
Fairfield
County,
Ohio); d. July
16, 1898.
1880
Census,
2nd
Ward,
Lancaster,
Fairfield
Co., OH
4 JOHN (4) LATTA
William (3) John (2) William (1). Born January 31,
1852; d. March 2, 1910; m. Mary
Elizabeth Smith
on October 1, 1885 at Lancaster, Ohio. Moved
to
Dallas,
Texas. Children:
13 SMITH HARRISON (5) b. November 14, 1886;
d.
March,
1963
(SS
Index) m. Eliza
Catherine Keating
October 20, 1911 at Dallas, Texas, daughter of Cecil A. and Nellie Joy
Whitmore Keating of
Dallas.
Eliza
was
born
August
31,
1889
and
died
March
4,
1972.
She is
buried
in the
Hollywood
Forever
Cemetery,
Hollywood,
Los
Angeles
County,
California,
in
Crypt
1393. In
1932 lived at 1530 Hudson Ave., Hollywood, Calif.
14 ELIZA MARNELL (5) b. at Dallas, Texas September 26,
1913.
5 WILLIAM (4) LATTA
William (3) John (2) William (1). Born May 8, 1856; m.
twice: 1) Sarah Bennett at Evart,
Mich.
She
died
December
8,
1880.
2)
Ellen
Margaret
Stewart
at
Washington,
Mich.
January
24,
1883,
daughter
of
David
G. and
Mary
(Davis)
Stewart
of
Greenfield,
Mass.
See
Biography
below.
Child by first wife:
6 JAMES WHITE (6)
b.
December
1,
1880.
Child by second wife:
15 ALICE MARION (6) b. July 8, 1888; m. William Wittick McCord
June 24, 1913,
son of Herbert A. and Elizabeth (Sparrow) McCord of Chicago, Ills. In 1932
lived at 16209
Ballis Ave., Detroit, Mich. Children: Mary Ellen b. 1915. Herbert b.
1921.
1880
Census,
Evart,
Osceola
Co.,
Michigan
A
History
of
Northern
Michigan
and Its
People:
(p.
1069)
William
Latta:
It is a
pleasurable
task to
record
the
history
of a
man who
has
forged
his way
to the
front
by his
own
unaided
efforts,
refusing
to
recognize
adverse
circumstances,
and who
by
resolute
will
and
determination
has won
success
and
high
standing
in the
world
of
business.
Such a
man is
William
Latta,
secretary
and
treasurer
of the
Champion
Tool &
Handle
Company,
to
whose
sterling
ability
and
worth
his
fellow
citizens
liberally
testify.
During
the
course
of his
residence
in
Evart
he has
been
thoroughly
identified
with
local
upbuilding
and
improvement,
taking
a
commendable
interest
in
whatever
promises
to be
of
lasting
benefit
to the
vicinity.
Mr.
Latta
has
long
been
associated
in his
present
capacity
with
the
Champion
Tool &
Handle
Company,
which
has
over
forty
men in
its
employment
and is,
indeed,
one of
the
largest
businesses
of its
kind in
the
United
States.
By the
circumstance
of
birth
Mr.
Latta
belongs
to
Fairfield
county,
Ohio,
the
family
having
for
many
years
been
honorably
associated
with
that
section
of the
Buckeye
state,
the
grandfather
being
one of
its
pioneers.
The
eyes of
the
subject
first
opened
to the
light
of day
in the
little
city of
Lancaster,
the
date of
his
nativity
being
May 8,
1856.
Here in
the
year
1826
his
father,
also
William
Latta,
had
been
born.
The
latter
was
reared
and
education
in his
native
place,
his
higher
education
having
been
received
in
Athens
College
in
Athens,
Ohio.
He was
a land
owner
and a
hardware
merchant
and he
was
taken
from a
community
where
he was
regarded
as a
valuable
father
in the
prime
of his
usefulness,
for he
was
only
forty-nine
years
of age.
His
father,
John
Latta,
was a
native
of
Westmoreland
county,
Pennsylvania,
and, as
said
before,
was one
of the
early
settlers
of
Fairfield
County,
Ohio.
He was
a
pioneer
merchant
and of
English
origin,
the
first
Lattas
to
identify
themselves
with
America
having
come
from
the
"right
little,
tight
little
island."
The
first
of the
maternal
ancestors
of the
subject
to come
to
America
was no
less
famous
a
personage
than
Captain
John
Smith,
president
of the
Virginia
colony,
whose
romance
with
the
Indian
maid
forms
one of
the
most
romantic
pages
of
American
tradition.
The
mother
of him
whose
name
initiates
this
review
was
Elizabeth
Smith,
direct
descendant
of the
adventurous
captain.
This
venerable
and
honored
lady is
still
living,
her
years
numbering
eighty-one.
Her
father
was
James
H.
Smith.
To her
and her
husband
six
children
were
born,
four
sons
and two
daughters,
the
subject
being
the
third
in
order
of
birth.
The
boyhood
days of
Mr.
Latta
were
spent
in his
native
Lancaster,
to
whose
excellent
public
schools
he is
indebted
for his
education.
At the
early
age of
eighteen
years
he
severed
home
ties
and set
forth
to make
his
fortunes,
like
the
proverbial
hero of
romance.
His way
was
taken
through
Indiana
and
Illinois,
and he
spent
three
years
as a
clerk
in a
mercantile
business.
This
was no
doubt
important
in that
it was
influential
in
determining
his
future
field
of
endeavor.
In 1879
he
crossed
the
boundaries
of
Michigan
and
came
direct
to
Evart,
and
here
secured
a
position
was
agent
for the
E. & C.
Eldred
Lumber
Company.
In 1882
he
represented
the
same
company
and
then
went to
Minnesota,
where
he
remained
until
1884,
in
which
year he
returned
to
Evart.
Here he
engaged
in the
mercantile
business
for
three
years,
but at
the end
of that
time
sold
out and
accepted
a
position
as
traveling
salesman
with
the
Champion
Tool &
Handle
Company.
He
traveled
for the
space
of
eighteen
years
in the
interests
of the
above-mentioned
important
concern,
and the
results
achieved
by him
were of
the
highest
character.
In the
meantime
he
became
interested
in the
company
and
proved
faithful
and
efficient
in
lesser
details
of the
business
he was
given
more
and
more to
do an
dhe was
finally
honored
by the
office
of
secretary
and
treasurer
of the
large
concern,
and he
accepted
the
same.
That
was in
the
year
1890,
and he
has
remained
in such
capacity
from
that
time
until
the
present
day.
The
Champion
Tool &
Handle
Company
was
organized
in 1890
and has
enjoyed
an
uninterrupted
course
of
prosperity.
Giving
employment
as it
does to
a large
number
of men
and
bringing
a great
amount
of
business
to the
town
and
county,
it
stands
as one
of the
most
important
elements
of its
prosperity,
and
those
who are
at its
head
and
conduct
its
affairs,
being,
indeed,
responsible
for its
existence,
can be
looked
upon
only in
the
light
of
benefactors.
Mr.
Latta
has
other
important
interests,
being a
director
in the
Evart
Savings
Bank
and in
other
local
enterprises.
His
identification
with
the
community
covers
a
period
of
thirty-one
years.
Mr.
Latta
has
been
twice
married.
His
first
union
was
solemnized
in
March,
1880,
Miss
Sarah
Bennett,
daughter
of
William
Bennett,
becoming
his
wife.
She
died
that
same
year,
leaving
an
infant
son,
James
W., who
is now
a
resident
of
Grand
Rapids,
where
he is
engaged
in the
lumber
business.
Mr.
Latta
was
married
on the
25th
day of
June,
1883,
to Miss
Ellen
Stewart,
daughter
of
David
Stewart
of
Washington,
Macomb
County,
Michigan.
Their
one
daughter,
Alice
M., is
at
home.
Mr.
Latta
is one
who
takes a
great
amount
of
pleasure
in his
fraternal
life.
He is
one of
the
prominent
Masons
of
northern
Michigan,
holding
the
thirty-second
degree
and
belonging
to the
Blue
Lodge
and the
Knights
Templars.
Portrait
and
Biographical
Album
of
Osceola
County
(Mich.)
- Jan.
1,
1884,
William
Latta
was
admitted
to an
interest
in the
business,
the
firm
style
becoming
Charles
L. Gray
& Co.,
and the
relations
of the
house
are
steadily
expanding
and
increasing.
One
mill is
situated
on
River
Street
at the
foot of
Sixth,
where
15 men
are
required
as
assistants
in the
manufacture
of
lumber
and
broom-handles.
At
another
mill,
located
in
Hartwick
Township,
they
employ
15 men,
and
manufacture
shingles
and
four-foot
clap-boards.
A third
mill,
at
Sunrise
Lake,
requires
a
complement
of 20
assistants
and is
devoted
to the
manufacture
of
shingles
and
other
lumbar
products.
Charles
L.
Gray......when
the
present
business
connection
was
established,
its
members
being
Charles
L.
Gray,
B. G.
Colton
and
William
Latta.
Their
mills
are
located
at
Evart,
Hartwick
and
Sunrise
Lake.
The
capacity
of the
two
last
named
is
125,000
shingles
daily,
and
about
5,000
clapboards.
They
employ
about
75 men.
6 JAMES WHITE (5) LATTA
William (4) William (3) John (2) William (1). Born
December 1, 1880;
d.
December,
1958
(SS
Index)
in
Michigan; m. Lulu Pearl
Hickman December 27, 1910. In 1932 they lived at 770 D. Fulton Street, Grand
Rapids, Mich.
Children:
16 MARY ALICE (6) b. December 20, 1911.
17 WILLIAM (6) b. July 3, 1914. Lives at Okemos,
Michigan. latta@pilot.msu.edu
18 JAMES WHITE (6) b. October 3, 1921.
19 MORTON B. (6) b. April 6, 1929.
_______________________________________________________
END OF BRANCH..............................................NOTES BELOW
______________________________________________________
History of Latta Griswold, grandson of 3
William (3) Latta:
The New York times, August 16, 1931. "The Rev. Latta
Griswold, rector of Trinity
Episcopal Church of Lenox, Mass. for at least 13 years, author and educator, died
last night of a paralytical stroke at a hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland, while
traveling. His age was 55. He was stricken ill on Thursday. Mrs.
Kate Wade Latta, his mother, and Nathanial Noble, master at Lenox School, which Mr.
Griswold founded, were with him. The party sailed on June 20. In July Dr.
Griswold had charge of Shiplake Parish at Henley-on-Thames.
Dr. Griswold was born at Lancaster, Ohio February 4, 1876.
He received his Bachelor of
Arts degree from Princeton Univ. in 1901, and his Masters degree a year later.
He attended
Princeton Theological Seminary next two years, and was graduated from the General
Theological Seminary in New York in 1905. For the first year after he was
ordained Dr. Griswold was assistant at Trinity Church, Newport. He was vicar at
St. Columba's Church, Newport from 1906 to 1915.
While in Newport he also was master at St. George's School.
Since 1907 he has resided
here. In 1926 he founded the Lenox School in the former George Griswold Haven
village. He was on the school's executive committee at his death.
Dr. Griswold had been a diocesan delegate to several
national conventions of the
Protestant Episcopal Church, and was
examining chaplain of the diocese. Among
his books are "Deering of Deal", "Deering at Princeton", "The Winds of
Deal", "Deal Woods", "The Episcopal Church--its Teaching and Worship", "The Inn at
Red Oak" and others. He never married. His body will be brought to Lenox
for burial. ("Deering at Princeton" was published in 1913 and 1923, and dedicated
to Prescott Sheldon Bush (18 years old in 1913) who later became Senator Bush, father
and grandfather of Presidents Bush.)
Following is taken from the manuscript of his Autobiography.
Mr. Nathanial N. Noble of
Lennox, had charge of all Mr. Griswold's papers.
"The ancestral strain contributed to the solitary offspring
of his union by the mother was
of a radical different character from that derived from the father. The
Griswolds, save from a slight admixture of Dutch through Eunice Viets, Exra's mother,
were pure English; the Latta's were of Scotch-Irish origin, and settled long before
the Revolution in Pennsylvania., With this Scotch-Irish blood were mingled
English Virginian strains, one derived from Jane Harrison of Brandon, who married the
Revolutionary William Latta: the other through Elizabeth, daughter of James Smith, of
Shenandoah. The Harrisons of Brandon were as eminent in the annals of Virginia
as the Griswolds in those of Connecticut. They had their origin, so far as
history has taken note of them, in the brutal judge who pronounced the sentence,
that, in the estimation of one of his descendants, elevated King Charles I to the
rank of marter... The Griswolds and the Lattas had settled in Lancaster.
Thither likewise, came the Shenandoah Smiths, moved to migrate north of the Ohio with
the Philanthropic purpose of freeing their slaves. Elizabeth Smith married
William Latta, the son of John, who was reputed according to the simple standards of
the day to be a merchant prince. "Beneath this roof their only child was born
February 4, 1876. It was the eldest daughter of this union who ran away with
Sandy Griswold.--Latta Griswold."
The town legend (Lennox, Mass) has it that some members of the
community believe that Latta Griswold haunts the rectory and has mysteriously left
his calling card at selected homes in Lennox.
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/LATTA/1998-08/0902317606
In branch No. 1, 2 William (2) Latta had a number of
children, one of whom was a son
named William. He also had a daughter named Jane. The family lived in
Westmoreland Co., Pa. This daughter Jane married a Mr. McConnell. In 1841
their son, Alexander Latta McConnell, lived at Eckmansville, Adams Co., Ohio.
Other brothers of Jane moved to other parts of Ohio. In the family at the head
of this sheet, William and John lived in Westmoreland Co., Pa. We do not know
if William went to Ohio, but his son John did, accompanied by Benjamin and John
Connell.
The son, William, in branch No. 1, may have been the William
at the head of this sheet, as they both lived in Westmoreland Co., Pa. And as
his sister Jane married a McConnell, it may be possible that the name was misspelled.
I have no history of the son William, in branch No. 1. Then again, many of
branch No. 1, went to Ohio, the same as John on this sheet.
In branch No. 1, William, the head of the family, with his
sons, served in the
Revolutionary War. So did the William at the head of this sheet. John
named his daughter Jane. It may have been after Jane McConnell who perhaps was
a sister of his partners, Benjamin and John Connell, and perhaps his aunt, sister of
William.
Who are John and Jane Latta buried at Lancaster, Ohio,
Cemetery. See branch No. 3,
family 8, under name of Jane Latta.
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