Truett, George
governor, was born in 1756. He was governor of Delaware from 1808 to 1811. He died Oct. 8, 1818, in Camden, Del.
TRUMAN, BENJAMIN CUMMINGS, governor, author, was born Oct. 25, 1835, in Providence, R. I. He is a California writer, military governor of Tennessee during the civil war; and the author of The South During the War; Semi-Tropical California; Occidental Sketches; Winter Resorts of California; From the Crescent City to the Golden Gate; Homes and Happiness in the Golden Gate; and The Field of Honor.