John Harvey Violett b. 22 Nov 1829 Goshen, Elkhart Co., IN d. 13 Aug 1913 Goshen, Elkhart Co., IN: Violette Registry

John Harvey Violett

1829 - 1913 (83 years)

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Name	John Harvey Violett
Birth	22 Nov 1829	Goshen, Elkhart Co., IN
Gender	Male
Death	13 Aug 1913	Goshen, Elkhart Co., IN
Person ID	P40322	Violette Family
Last Modified	5 May 2025

Father	Major John Wesley Violett, b. 29 Aug 1795, Harpers Ferry, VA d. 24 Oct 1871, Elkhart Co., IN (Age 76 years)
Mother	Chloe Bishop, b. 7 Nov 1802, OH d. 14 Oct 1875, Prairie, IN (Age 72 years)
Marriage	4 Mar 1824
Family ID	F19860	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Catherine Rodibaugh

Marriage 28 Apr 1852

Children

	1. Mariet J. Violett, b. 11 Oct 1853 d. 2 Jun 1860 (Age 6 years)
	2. Horace E. Violett, b. 2 Nov 1855 d. 23 Apr 1859 (Age 3 years)
	3. Chloe Violett, b. 11 Aug 1857
	4. Florett Violett, b. 21 Apr 1860 d. 16 Oct 1863 (Age 3 years)

Family ID F19864 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2 Malissa Leedy

Marriage 1878

Children

	1. Ethel Violett, b. Abt 1880, IN
	2. Wilma Violett, b. Abt 1882, IN
	3. John McConnell Violett, b. 9 Dec 1887, Goshen, IN d. 14 Apr 1986, Fort Wayne, IN (Age 98 years)
	4. Anna Ruth Violett, b. Abt 1892, IN

Family ID F19865 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

He was one of the first white children born in the area.

Went to California in 1850 did some mining. Returned home the following spring by way of the Isthmus of Panama.

Sept. 2 1860 enlisted as a private in the Union army, Company E 9th Indiana Regiment of Infantry and served 3 years. He was taken prisoner in Tennessee and passed through Libby Prison, but was immediately exchanged. He was in the battles of Pittsburg Landing, Stone River, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain.

Upon returning from service in the army he was elected Sheriff of Elkhart county and served two years.

In 1870 he invented a hay hoister and converter.

Sources: History of the Violett Family in America by Mary Catherine (Violett) Corbett 1947; edited and annotated by Martin Hammond Violette II 2006.Mary Catherine used much information from An Illustrated Historical Atlas of Elkhart, Indiana 1874, Higgins, Beldon and Co., 1874, which contains an article entitled “History of the Violett Family in America,” written by J.H. Violett RIN 40322.