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Trude
Family Genealogy
by Thomas Lee Trude
Biography of:
Daniel Hartwell Trude.
14. Daniel Hartwell3 TRUDE, (John Albert2, John1), born 14 Apr 1826, Jefferson County, in the vicinity of Fort Drum and Watertown, New York; died 18 Oct 1914 DuBois, Pennsylvania; buried Greenwood Cemetery, Clear Run Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. He was married about 1855, to Eliza CLINTON, born 4 Jul 1840 and died 8 May 1903; daughter of Henry DeWitt CLINTON. The following biography was written by Samuel King:
"Daniel was named for his maternal grandfather, another hardy pioneer in this snowy region of the Adirondacks and St. Lawrence valley. Daniel began a life of his own at age sixteen or so, and must have joined the Henry DeWitt Clinton's on a move to Potter county in Pennsylvania and settled in the Toby Creek valley of Elk county when Dan and Liza were married. The Trudes were never prominent in either wealth or pretension, yet never earned a disrespectful reputation, being honest, reliable and conscientious to a remarkable degree. They were the true "salt of the earth who worked hard every day, personifying the American work ethic that made this country a powerful industrial nation. In the early days of Elk county, they toiled in the pine forests in the winter months and labored on farms in the summer. Working together with the Clintons, Dan helped to chop down towering pines, squaring them with axes and building rafts to float down Toby Creek to Pittsburgh. Since these timber tracts were often under-laid with coal and natural gas, the companies that owned thousands of acres were not inclined to sell smaller plots. In the meantime, Dan, and the Clinton boys - Joe, Charlie and Bill - were drafted into the army during the "War of the Rebellion" (now Civil War) but no two together in the same regiment. Dan went into Co. K, 57th Pennsylvania Regiment for a short time, and none were under arms for long. A small ledger book from this period at Keystone in Toby Valley provides us with a glimpse into the long hours of work and the miserly amount of their pay, which was largely paid back to the Brockways at their company store for the Keystone Lumber Co. Dan and Liza left Elk county about 1870 and crossed Boone's Mountain to live thereafter in the Clear Run country of Sandy Township which is the northern suburb of DuBois City in Clearfield county. This section still remains a cluster of private homes, subdivided in recent times by Interstate 80 that provided no interchange for the inhabitants. Most of the original property owners acquired cut-over timberland at a modest price. The menfolks and boys could obtain employment at the big lumber mills, tannery, farms and iron works that were created by John DuBois (1806-1886) and perpetuated by his nephew John E. DuBois (1862-1934). Adjoining Clear Run on the east is Treasure Lake, a recreational community of about 2500 permanent residents and perhaps half that number of seasonal visitors. There is little interaction between the two settlements except increased traffic to the rear gate of Treasure Lake on First street extension. While Dan Trude was always a laboring man, he was surely not unlettered since he always enjoyed reading. He became a brilliant Bible scholar who could dispute the meaning of certain passages with the clergy! We can not say whether Dan was a member of the Clear Run Methodist Church, but most of his progeny have faithfully attended this congregation that is now the Lakeside Church inside the city next to tannery dam. If there are no old photographs or family documents in existence the explanation is a bad fire that Trude's experienced 21 Jul 1902 that leveled their rental dwelling to the ground. Volunteer firemen from the city responded but lacking fire hydrants were only able to protect a neighboring home. Many of the bygone residents of Clear Run were buried in Greenwood Cemetery atop the hill that was owned by George Minns and his heirs but is neglected and little used now. Daniel worked at the lumber mill in DuBois Pennsylvania."
Children:
+ 62. i. Jesse4 TRUDE, date unknown.
+ 63. ii. Frank Norman4 TRUDE, born Mar 1859.
+ 64. iii. Mary Elizabeth4 TRUDE, born 16 Dec 1862.
+ 65. iv. Miles Edwin4 TRUDE, born 9 Aug 1866.
+ 66. v. Curtis W.4 TRUDE, born 31 Mar 1876.
+ 67. vi. Carl Otto4 TRUDE, born 1879.
Note: One source has Frank Norman born 1 Mar 1858 and Jessie born about 1860.
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