Gordon Ecton Trewhitt: Robin's Roots

1897 - 1995 (97 years)

TNG Ancestor Charts

Graphical formats

"Standard" charts have a lovely graphical format that shows the name and birth/death years in a box for each person's box. Additional data for each person can be pulled down from that box. They are in the shape of a standard pedigree chart, with empty boxes for ancestors that are not present in the tree.. Unfortunately, they generate so much whitespace that they require a lot of scrolling to read, and are virtually impossible to print. (But see the "PDF" chart below.)
"Vertical" charts are also lovely graphical charts. These flow down up instead of across the page. Since vertical charts do not use blank boxes for ancestors who are missing from the database, they are more compact than the "Standard" charts. But you cannot pull down additional data from each box. And depending on the number of ancestors in the tree, they can be too wide to print.
"Compact" charts are like "Standard" chart in their shape, but their boxes are much smaller because they contain only names.
"Box" charts are like "Standard" chart in their shape, but their boxes are bigger because they contain some of the data that is pulled-down from the "Standard" chart boxes. As a result, they are even more unweildy than the "Standard" charts.
"Fan" charts are remarkable. All I can say is "try one".
"PDF" chart are variants of "Standard" chart. They create a one-page PDF file that can hold up to six generations of data.
Most PC's these days can generate PDF printouts of any web page, but PDFs are distinctive because they control the page margins and page breaks,
The "Map" is not a chart. Rather, it is, well, a map. The places of ancestors' birth, marriage, and death are shown as pins on the map. It's pretty remarkable - you should give it a try, though the map would be easier to interpret if the pins were colored or numbered to represent generations.

(The graphical charts' connecting lines sometimes disappear at certain zoom level. When they are missing, you can use you mouse scroll wheel or hit control-plus or control-minus to change the zoom level.)

Text formats

"Text" charts are shaped just like the "Standard" charts, with lines drawn from person-to-person. They just don't put each person's data into graphical boxes.
"Text+" charts are quite distinctive, and unique to TNG. They are kind of a cross between the graphical and text formats. They are much more compact than the text charts, partly because they do not leave blank space where ancestors are missing. The ancestor tree extends to the right like typical charts, stretch vertically rather than horizontally, and can includes upwards of 15 generations in the width of one printed page (albeit sometimes with legal-length paper in landscape mode). They are also much more flexible than the other formats, with several (perhaps too many) run-time options.
"Ahnetafel" charts follow a standard genealogical text format that is descriptive - more like prose than a 'chart'. They contain almost all of the data that I have for each person, including free-form notes. But they don't give the kind of visual overview of the family tree that the other charts give.
"Media" charts are not focused on media, and they don't actually show pictures; they just indicate whether each ancestor's record has media item attached to it. (They don't distinguish between photos, scans of documents, and other types of media.) Their presentation of ancestors is very simple, and easy to read and print.

Less detail

Generation: 1

Gordon Ecton Trewhitt was born on 24 Dec 1897 in Bradley County, Tennessee, USA (son of Levi B Trewhitt and Marilla Leonard); died on 23 Aug 1995 in Lookout Mountain, Walker County, Georgia, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1900, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA
Residence: 1920, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA
Residence: 1936, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA
Residence: 1952, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA

Gordon married Margaret Graves on 24 Aug 1935 in Bradley County, Tennessee, USA. Margaret was born est 1897. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Generation: 2

Levi B Trewhitt was born on 22 Jan 1862 in Tennessee, USA (son of William Trewhitt and Myra L Upton); died on 15 Jun 1934 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1880, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA
Residence: 1900, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA
Residence: 1920, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA
Residence: 1930, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA

Levi married Marilla Leonard on 2 Nov 1896 in Meigs County, Tennessee, USA. Marilla was born on 11 Apr 1866 in Tennessee, USA; died on 11 Jan 1926 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marilla Leonard was born on 11 Apr 1866 in Tennessee, USA; died on 11 Jan 1926 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1880, Meigs County, Tennessee, USA
Residence: 1900, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA
Residence: 1920, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA

Children:

1. Gordon Ecton Trewhitt was born on 24 Dec 1897 in Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; died on 23 Aug 1995 in Lookout Mountain, Walker County, Georgia, USA.

Generation: 3

William Trewhitt was born on 3 Apr 1838 in Bradley County, Tennessee, USA (son of Judge Levi Trewhitt and Harriett Lavender); died on 24 Mar 1913 in Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Red Hill Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1860, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA
Residence: 1870, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA
Residence: 1880, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA

Notes:

Buried:
GRid=33983852; Simple in-ground stone.

William married Myra L Upton in UNKNOWN. Myra was born on 27 Aug 1843 in Tennessee, USA; died on 19 Feb 1886 in Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Red Hill Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Myra L Upton was born on 27 Aug 1843 in Tennessee, USA; died on 19 Feb 1886 in Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Red Hill Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1850, Subdivision 26, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA
Residence: 1880, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA

Notes:

Birth:
Dau of Nicholas B Upton & Mary T Bloomfield and sister of Eliza Jane Upton, who married the brother (Levi) of Myra's husband (William Trewhitt).

Buried:
GRid=33983681; simple in-ground stone

Children:

2. Levi B Trewhitt was born on 22 Jan 1862 in Tennessee, USA; died on 15 Jun 1934 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA.
Harriett J Trewhitt was born on 14 Jul 1863 in Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; died on 8 Jun 1903; was buried in Fort Hill Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA.
Minnie J Trewhitt was born on 11 Jun 1865 in Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; died on 9 Nov 1899; was buried in Fort Hill Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA.
Edna E Trewhitt was born on 31 Mar 1867 in Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; died on 19 Jun 1899 in Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Red Hill Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA.
Maud A Trewhitt was born on 3 Sep 1869 in Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; died on 14 Sep 1900 in Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Red Hill Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA.
Nina Abedina Trewhitt was born on 6 Nov 1872 in Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; died on 8 Sep 1958 in Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Fort Hill Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA.

Generation: 4

Judge Levi Trewhitt was born on 14 Jul 1797 in Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA (son of Levi Trewhitt, Jr and Susanna Morgan); died on 31 Jan 1862 in Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, USA; was buried in Fort Hill Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Occupation: Lawyer, Judge, Farmer
Probate: Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA; Just an index, but suggests his will was filed in Hamilton County, not Bradley County
Residence: 1830, Morgan County, Tennessee, USA; Males<5:2 (Andrew, Levi), <15:1 (James), 20-29:1 (??), 30-39:1 (Levi, age 33), Females <5:Sarah, 20:29:1(wife Harriet, age 27t), 50-59:1 (mother or m.i.l?)
Residence: 1836, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; Settled on his farm at about the same time that Bradley County was formed
Civil: 1837, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; TN General Assembly chartered Cleveland and appointed Levi Trewitt as a commissioner.
Residence: 1840, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; Free White Males <5:1 (Wm), <10:1(Jesse), <15:2(Levi,Daniel), <20:1(James), <30:1(Levi;wrong), Female:<5:1(Mary A), <10:2(Lucinda,Harriett), <15:1(Sarah), <20:1(Susan). Wife Harriett(age 37) omitted.
Residence: 1850, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; 52, Lawyer. Real estate $5,000. Born in N.C. Wife Harriett(47); Children James(30), Andrew J(24), Sarah(22), Levi(21), Harriet(19), Lucinda(15), Mary Ann(14), Thomas(12;sic), Wm(9;sic), Rebecca(54), Caroline(2), Nancy(10).
Residence: 1860, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; 63, Lawyer. Real estate $15,000. Born in N.C
Possessions: 1862, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; IRS Tax assessment: J.M. Trewhitt, admin of Levi Trewhitt Dec. Acres:389 Valuation $2880, Taxes:$10.08 Penalty:$5.04

Notes:

Judge Trewhitt was a civic leader in Bradley County. In 1861, though he was in his 60's, he was arrested and imprisioned by the Confederacy without trial after Union sympathizers burned several bridges in East Tennessee. Despite numerous appeals for his release and testimony that he actively discouraged participation in the rebellion againts the Confederacy, he was not released, and he died in prison camp in Mobile, Alabama. The "History" media items attached to this record give more details of his case. See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Tennessee_bridge_burnings

Judge Trewhitt's parentage is not documented, and various unsourced online trees differ about who his parents were.

The majority of Ancestry.com trees that include him say that his parents were James Madison Tewhitt and Elizabeth Mumford, and some list his grandparents as Levi Trewhitt (born 1725 in NC) and Mary West. There is a marriage record for Levi Trewhitt(1725) and Mary West, but I cannot find any contemporaneous documentation of James Madison Trewhitt or Elizabeth Mumford. A Jesse Mumford (age 80) was living with 63-year-old Levi Trewhitt and family in 1860.

Other trees and GRid=39690158 say that Judge Trewhitt was the son of Levi Truitt and Susanna Morgan. There is some weak documentation of both Levi Truitt and Susanna Morgan, primarily through generic marriage record sources (e.g. "International Marriage Records"), but only ambiguous information about their birth places. (See their profiles, both linked from this one)

FWIW, the online trees that report Judge Trewhitt's father to be James Madison Trewitt tend to list a brother named Jesse Trewhitt, a physician, who also lived in Morgan Co, TN, and migrated to Arkansas. (See his profile). On the other hand, the online trees that report Judge Trewitt's father to be Levi Truitt tend not to list Jesse Trewhitt as a brother, but do tend to list a brother named James Alford Truitt, who fought in the Texas War of Independence, and served as a justice of the peace and state legislator in Texas for many years.

Residence:
Wife Nancy (54) and children Madison(40;Farmer), Sally(33), Harriet(29), Wm(22), Thos(17), Rebecca(14), Caroline(12), Nancy(10). Also Jesse Mumford (80). Others who appear to be in the household: Levi's son A.J (34) and his wife Lousia(20) and Levi's dau Mary Ann (23) & her husb Benj F Bacon (25)

Buried:
GRid=39690158; headstone

Died:
Confederate Prison

Levi married Harriett Lavender before 1820 in Morgan County, Tennessee, USA. Harriett (daughter of Daniel Simeon Lavender and Elizabeth ?Koonce Adam Howard?) was born on 3 May 1803 in Morgan County, Tennessee, USA; died on 9 Jan 1855 in Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Fort Hill Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Harriett Lavender was born on 3 May 1803 in Morgan County, Tennessee, USA (daughter of Daniel Simeon Lavender and Elizabeth ?Koonce Adam Howard?); died on 9 Jan 1855 in Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Fort Hill Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1850, Subdivision 26, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA

Notes:

Buried:
GRid=39690150; inscription: Consort of Levi Trewhitt; Small inscription at bottom not legible in photo

Notes:

Married:
Based on birth of first child

Children:

James M Trewhitt was born on 19 Apr 1820 in Morgan County, Tennessee, USA; died on 3 Jun 1899 in Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Red Hill Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA.
Daniel Coffee Trewhitt was born on 29 Jan 1823 in Morgan County, Tennessee, USA; died on 4 Jan 1891 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Forest Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA.
Susan Elizabeth Trewhitt was born on 4 Aug 1824 in Morgan County, Tennessee, USA; died on 10 Jul 1891 in Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Sugar Creek Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA.
Andrew J Trewhitt was born in 1826 in Morgan County, Tennessee, USA.
Levi (Sweet) Trewhitt was born on 22 Apr 1829 in Sunbright, Morgan County, Tennessee, USA; died on 19 Oct 1916 in Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Red Hill Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA.
Sarah Sallie Trewhitt was born in 1830 in Morgan County, Tennessee, USA; died on 1 Jul 1907 in Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA.
Harriett Trewhitt was born on 27 Mar 1831 in Morgan County, Tennessee, USA; died on 25 Oct 1891 in Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Fort Hill Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA.
Jesse Trewhitt was born on 11 Jan 1833 in Morgan County, Tennessee, USA; died on 21 Mar 1843 in Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Fort Hill Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA.
Lucinda Trewhitt was born in 1835 in Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; died in 1865 in Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA.
Mary Ann Trewhitt was born on 2 Apr 1836 in Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; died on 3 Feb 1886 in Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA.
4. William Trewhitt was born on 3 Apr 1838 in Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; died on 24 Mar 1913 in Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Red Hill Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA.
Thomas Thompson Trewhitt was born on 27 Mar 1843 in Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; died on 24 Jun 1896 in Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Red Hill Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA.
Rebecca Trewhitt was born on 11 Feb 1845 in Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; died on 26 Feb 1927 in Bearden, Knox County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Fort Hill Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA.
Caroline Trewhitt was born on 17 Feb 1846 in Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; died on 5 Jul 1930 in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Lynnhurst Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA.
Nancy Jane Trewhitt was born in 1850 in Bradley County, Tennessee, USA.
Mary Trewhitt was born in 1855 in Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; died in UNKNOWN.


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