Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Trotter, Benjamin Robert ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines ddhaines@gmail.com May 13, 2006, 8:18 pm Author: History of Grundy County, 1914 Trotter, Benjamin Robert – Carbon Hill is the home of some of the most reliable business men in the State, who have gradually developed numerous experiences which have taught them self-reliance and economic habits. These men would be successful in almost any line of work, for they have the proper business sense, and are willing to devote themselves to the matter in hand untiringly and devotedly. One of these men of whom Carbon Hill is justly proud is Benjamin Robert Trotter, born in Braidwood, Ill., April 12, 1877. He received instruction in the public school at Coal City, Ill., and later attended school in Evanston, Ill., for two years, subsequently entering the mercantile business with his father, Robert Trotter, at Coal City. In 1907 he left Coal City for Carbon Hill, where he is now proprietor of the largest store in the place, carrying a general line of merchandise. He has other interests, owning 240 acres in Goose Lake Township. On September 19, 1901, Mr. Trotter was united in marriage with Helen Fleming of Carbon Hill, born February 20, 1879, and to this union have been born three children: Robert, Kenneth and Warren. Mr. Trotter is an active member of the Methodist Church. He is a Republican and is a director of the high school of the Coal City District. He belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America and the Masonic Lodge at Braidwood, Ill. No man stands higher in the community then he as an intelligent and successful merchant and loyal citizen. page 911 Additional Comments: Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. Publishers; 1914 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/grundy/bios/trotter1028nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb