Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Trowbridge, Cornelius 
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Author: Portrait & Bio Album, 1885

Cornelius Trowbridge, a farmer owning land on sections 33 and 34, Mt. Pleasant 
Township, is a son of Willard and Amy (Sprague) Trowbridge, natives of 
Connecticut. They were married and settled in Lewis Co. N. Y., where the wife 
and mother died. The father afterward removed to Fulton Co., Ohio, where he is 
at present residing. Their family comprised six children, namely: John S., 
Jordon, Emily, Anson, Allen and Cornelius. Cornelius, the subject of this 
biographical notice, was born in York, Lewis Co., N. Y., Feb. 20, 1828. He 
received a common-school education in Ohio, and as the country in which his 
father resided was new, and he being the first settler in the township of the 
county, the school privileges were very limited. Cornelius lived at home 
assisting on the farm until he attained the age of majority. He then bought a 
tract of timbered land, which he cleared and afterward sold, and then cleared 
another farm in the same locality; he also assisted in clearing his father's 
farm in Fulton County, Ohio. Nov. 8, 1863, Mr. Trowbridge enlisted in the 38th 
Ohio Vol. Inf., and served till the close of the war. He participated in the 
battle of Jonesboro and at the siege of Atlanta, and was wounded by a minie 
ball in the right leg, and in consequence thereof he was incapacitated from 
active duty in the field. He is a member of Alpheus Clark Post, G. A. R., at 
Morrison, and is also a pensioner of the Government. After the war closed Mr. 
Trowbridge returned to his farm in Ohio, and resumed the cultivation of his 
land, which he continued until June, 1878, when he came to this county and 
settled on the farm on which he at present resides, in Mt. Pleasant Township, 
which he had purchased the spring previous to his removal hither. He is the 
owner of 187 1/2 acres, the principal portion of which lies in Mt. Pleasant 
Township, and of the whole tract, 180 acres is in a good tillable condition. 
Mr. Trowbridge was united in marriage in Fulton Co., Ohio, Dec. 30, 1849, to 
Celina M., daughter of Alanson and Mary (Hubbard) Bradley, natives of 
Connecticut. Her parents were married and settled in York State, from whence 
they removed to Fulton Co., Ohio, in 1844, and where her father died Aug. 8, 
1877. The mother resides in Dakota. Their family comprised ten children, 
namely: Edwin, Celina, Almon, Jane, Enos, Cyrus, James, Martha, Frederick and 
Mary. Mrs. Trowbridge was born in Oswego Co., N. Y., Aug. 21, 1830. She and 
her husband are the parents of three children, Julius O., born Dec. 26, 1850; 
Alfred E., born Jan. 16, 1854; Martha A., born May 7, 1867, and died when 16 
months old. Mr. Trowbridge has held the office of School Director, and he and 
his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. Politically he is identified 
with the Republican party.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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