| Notes |
- DOB: Pictorial and Biographical Memoirs Elkhart & St. Joseph Counties, Indiana, 1893, pg 158.
Isiah Violett and wife Helen conveyed land to the city of Goshen in 1897 for the use as a cemetery. It is called the Violett Cemetery and administered by the Waterford Cemetery Association.
DOD: provided by Benjamin Cashman
Source: History of the Violett Family in America by Mary Catherine (Violett) Corbett 1947; edited and annotated by Martin Hammond Violette II 2006
Extract from Pictorial and Biographical Memoirs of Elkhart and St. Joseph Counties, Indiana, 1893, page 158
ISAIAH VIOLETT, an honored and well-to-do citizen of Elkhart county, Ind., is descended from an Old colonial family of French origin that has flourished in America since the first member of the family landed on our shores and sought to carve out a home for himself in the then wilds of this country. Isaiah Violett is a son of Major John W. Violett, and was born on the old homestead belonging to the former, June 2, 1835, in the vicinity of which he received a common-school education in the pioneer school house of his day, which was supplemented by an attendance of the public schools of Goshen. He remained at home until he was twenty-three years of age, for he found that he could profitably employ his time on the home farm, which was a fine tract of •land in one body, two and one-fourth miles long by one-half mile wide, and contained 750 acres. Besides this his father also owned other valuable land amounting in all to 1,880 acres, and Isaiah naturally settled on one of these farms when he started out in life for himself and in time had cleared 160 acres from the heavy timber which covered it. Like all pioneer settlers he had to labor incessantly to accomplish this result and although he bravely endured the usual hardships, his efforts were at last crowned with success. On September 4, 1862, he married Helen C., daughter of Curtis Hale, and after his marriage he resided on a farm in Jackson township until 1871, when he purchased a part of the old homestead consisting of 147 acres of land, but later sold a part of this and gave ten acres to the Waterford Cemetery on the Elkhart River. Mr. Violett devoted but little attention to farming, his attention at present being given to the purchase and sale of real estate, for which he seems to have a natural aptitude, as he has done, and is doing remarkably well in his line. He is so circumstanced that he is enabled to take life easy and quiet pursuits occupy the most of his time. He has traveled extensively in the United States and has several times visited the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. His descriptions of California life and scenery are graphic and interesting, for being a close observer no object of interest escaped his eyes, and he has the power of expressing himself in a fluent and interesting manner. Politically he has always supported Republican principles, but in no way has been an aspirant for political favor as the turmoil and intrigue of the political arena is not at all to his taste. He has become well known for his hospitality, for to his pleasant home his friends are warmly welcomed, and no one is turned from his door without a kindly and cordial word. He is highly respected for his many excellent traits of character and possesses those qualities of honesty, intelligence and energy for which the American citizen has become world famed.
|
1835 - 1923 (87 years)
