Portal:Jarvis Andrew Lattin

Jarvis Andrew Lattin

Works

• Mr. J. A. Lattin, formerly of Farmingdale, Long Island, realizes handsome profits from quick growing crops (1910)

A description of his farm in Cuba: "I began planting in October of last year, and planted something almost continuously up to the middle of April. I had a yield of about 200 bushels of Irish potatoes per acre from planting, and sold them on the ground at four to five cents per pound, amounting to $2.50 per bushel. I grew all kinds of vegetables, including strawberries, watermelon, muskmelon, etc. I also grew sorghum cane, kaffa corn and broom corn. I also planted a grapefruit grove and a pineapple garden and they are doing fine."

Works about Lattin

• Jarvis Andrew Lattin (1853-1941) biography (1989)

"Jarvis Andrew Lattin was born 29 May 1853 in Farmingdale, Queens County, New York. He married Mary Jane Puckett 15 October 1874 in Jasper Township of Carroll County, Iowa."

• Julia Ann Lattin (1880-1960) memoir (1960)

"My father was born in Farmingdale on May 29th, 1853. As a young man of 20 years he worked for a short time on the Long Island Railroad selling foodstuffs on the train. He was the youngest of eleven children and had a roaming disposition and left home to see the world. He got as far as Lake City, Iowa and a short time later met his future wife to be, a Mary Jane Puckett, who was a young school teacher at the time. After about six months, [on October 15, 1874] they were married and lived in Iowa for about one year when my oldest sister was born. Then they came back to Long Island for about three or four years where my next older sister and I were born. But my dad still had that longing for the Old West where things were rugged, so he left again and settled in Nebraska near the Niobrara River, which was 20 miles from the nearest town called Atkinson. This was a very lonely place. …"

• J. A. Lattin (1941)

"Mr. Lattin, who was 87 was born in a house on the site of the present Stern Pickle Company, and for many years conducted a pickle business there. He is survived by five daughters and two sons, Theodore Lattin, of Silver Beach, New York; and Dewey Lattin, of the Bronx; Mrs. Richard Brush, of Hauppauge; Mrs. Alice Carpitella of Berlin, New Jersey; Mrs. Myrtle Williams, of Los Angeles, California; Mrs. Joseph Pomeroy, of Babylon; and Mrs. Julia Poole, of Farmingdale. Mr. Lattin's wife passed away about 13 years ago. A frequent visitor in Farmingdale after moving to Florida, Mr. Lattin was here from April to September 1940. While he was here, he made arrangements for his funeral, as he thought he was not to live for long."

• Mr. Jarvis A. Lattin (1941)

"Mr. Jarvis A. Lattin, 87-year-old Lake Helen resident, died in his home there at 5 o'clock Friday morning, having been in poor health for several years. Born May 29, 1853 in Farmingdale, Long Island, New York, where he spent most of his life as a pickle manufacturer, he retired and moved to West Volusia County 15 years ago."

• Mrs. Agnes D. Lattin (1937)

Death of his second wife: "Word has been received from Lake Helen, Florida, that Mrs. Agnes Dimock 76, formerly of Palmer, died Friday night at the Deland hospital after a short illness."

• Lattin Trial Later (1936)

Jarvis Lattin who was arrested yesterday on a charge of assault against his wife in their Lake Helen home Monday afternoon will not be tried until his health has improved considerably, Deputy J. R. Shadburn said tonight. Lattin was removed from the county jail this afternoon to the DeLand Memorial Hospital on recommendation of his physician, Dr. Hugh West. The 84-year-old retired banker [sic] is reported to be suffering from acute alcoholism."

• Mr. And Mrs. Jarvis Lattin Move To Florida (1925)

"Mr. and Mrs. Jarvis Lattin have moved from Santabarbara the Isle of Pines to Lake Helen, Florida where they have bought a nice place. The town has about 1,500 people and the house has all conveniences. The roads are good, and there is a good school, and four churches, electric light plant, ice plant, a large saw and planing mill, and brick yards. Mr. Lattin is enjoying the cool evenings, There are no mosquitoes or other insects. One day last week he had a trout for dinner out a stream there near a large lake. Mr. and Mrs. Lattin left Farmingdale a few years ago. Their daughter Mrs. Alfred Poole, paid them a visit last year to the Isle of Pines."

• Lattin's 50 Yrs. Wed Celebrated At Home. Isle of Pines Honors Couple. Daughter Attends from This Village (1924)

"Mr. and Mrs. Jarvis Lattin, of Santa Barbara, celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary at their home on the evening of Sunday, October 15, when there was a large gathering of their friends to congratulate them upon the happy event. Because of the bad weather and the almost impassable condition of the roads it hardly expected that many would able to respond to the invitations sent out, but notwithstanding the heavy down pour a goodly company gathered to offer their best wishes and many beautiful gifts. Two large tables were spread in the spacious dining room, seating some 32 persons, who greatly enjoyed the good things provided. A salient feature of the evening was the singing of old time songs while Mrs. Winblad and Mr. Stair, obliged at the piano. The guests had the pleasure of meeting Mr. and Mrs. Lattin's daughters, Mrs. Poole and Mrs. Winblad, of New York, who came down specially for the occasion. The rooms were beautifully decorated with palms, ferns, crotons and flowers. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Paysant, Mr. and Mrs. Gooravin, Mrs. Sophie Hamert and daughter, Mrs. Rice, Miss Lou Davis, Mr. and Mrs. James Hill, Mrs. Weigriff, Mrs. Conley, Mr. Star Keller, the Misses Bertha and Ella Keller, Mr. Grosvenor, Mrs. Poole, Mrs. Winblad, her son Earl, Mr. and Mrs. Pomeroy and her children, Mabel and Mary, Gilbert Herman, Mr. and Mrs. Jarvis Lattin and Mr. Stair. In the early morning hours the party broke, up, all, before departing, wishing their host and hostess many more years of happy married life."

• J. A. Lattin, from the Isle of Pines (1920)

"J. A. Lattin, from the Isle of Pines, recently arrived in Tampa on the Narwhal. Mr. Lattin is a pioneer settler of the Isle of Pines, and is a big property owner there, being a major shipper of citrus fruit. He has made his residence in Santa Barbara."

• For Sale (1919)

"Farm of 40 acres, 15 acres in grapefruit, 7 years old; 20 acres good vegetable soil, large 2-story house cost $3,000; large barn and packing house. Team of horses, 2 wagons, mower, rake and disk and all implements and 40 head of hogs, 40 chickens, 10 geese. Tropical shade trees. One mile from town. Price $8,000. No frost. Temperature, 60 to 96. J. A. Lattin, Santabarbara, Isle of Pines."

• Charles Pilkington a Suicide (1916)

Death of his son-in-law: "Pilkington is survived by his widow formerly Miss Alice Lattin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jarvis Lattin, of Isle of Pines, Cuba, and formerly of Farmingdale."

• Lattin's Work Censured (1898)

"Town Clerk J. L. Long, Justice Walter Franklin and Justice William M. Simonson are a committee appointed at the last meeting of the Town Board to examine the bill of Deputy Sheriff Jarvis A. Lattin of Farmingdale, and cut out all items that appear to them to be illegal. Upon the report of the committee will depend the amount allowed upon the bill, which all the members of the Board agreed is excessive. … It is said that in vagrancy cases, he, being the complainant, put in a claim for notifying himself. His bill, if audited at all, will be much reduced.

• Deputy Lattin's Bill (1898)

"One of the greatest curiosities in the form of public documents at the town clerk's office, Oyster Bay, is the bill of Jarvis A. Lattin, a deputy sheriff of Farmingdale. The bill is for less than five months services and amounts to $568."

• Henry Lattin (1894)

The death of his father: "Henry Lattin, one of Farmingdale's oldest residents, died on Wednesday at the home of his son, Jarvis A. Lattin. Mr. Lattin met with an accident some three weeks ago which caused his death."

• Farmingdale (1889)

"Mr. Jarvis Lattin, who recently went to Nebraska to try and dispose of his farm there, has been unfortunate in losing his dwelling by fire."

See also

• Portal:Henry K. Lattin, for his father
• Portal:Susannah Lattin, for his sister