Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Trainer, Thomas 1841 - 
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Author: Portrait & Bio Album, 1890

THOMAS TRAINER is a rich farmer of Custer Township, where he has been reared 
from youth up, and his standing in the community where he is so well known is 
the highest. His father, William Trainer, was a native of Wightonshire, 
Scotland, and born in 1798. His mother, whose maiden name was Margaret Moore, 
was born on the Isle of Man, in 1808, and was there married at the age of 
twenty-five, the father of our subject then being thirty-five years old. They 
remained on the Isle until 1853, and then started for America, but while on 
the passage the family were sadly bereaved by the death of the devoted mother 
who was buried at sea. The father and remaining members of the family, landing 
at New York, came direct to Illinois, and he bought a farm on section 14, 
Wilmington Township, of Lyman Francis. His daughter Margaret, who was only 
fourteen years of age, kept house for him; she is now deceased. The family 
lived on that place for eight years, when the father sold the property and the 
ensuing two years lived in Grand Prairie, near Dwight. At the expiration of 
that time he came to this township, and purchased the homestead on section 13, 
which is now occupied by our subject. This remained his home till death closed 
his mortal pilgrimage, in 1882. He was the father of seven children, three of 
whom are now living. Thomas Trainer was the fifth child of the family, and was 
born on the Isle of Man, in the month of July, 1841. He was twelve years of 
age when he left the place of his nativity and came with his father to 
America. He gleaned a good education in the common schools, and on his 
father's farm a substantial knowledge of agriculture in all its branches, and 
has always been occupied in farming pursuits, and since coming here with his 
father has been a resident of the homestead that the latter then purchased. He 
and his wife have a comfortable home on the Kankakee River, and he is 
operating one hundred and eighty-one and three-fourth acres of land, all lying 
in a body and all well improved. He carries on mixed farming, raising a 
diversity of crops, and having his pastures well stocked with standard grades 
of cattle. March 5, 1874, Mr. Trainer and Miss Elizabeth McDonald were united 
in marriage. Her parents were John and Mary McDonald. Her father lived to be 
seventy-seven years of age and her mother is now fifty-nine years old. Mr. 
Trainer is a whole souled, genial man and has many warm friends in the place 
where so much of his life has been passed. He is generous in supporting all 
schemes that will in any way improve the township, and has always been a 
liberal supporter of churches though not a member of any. He has been a 
Director of schools in this district, No. 4, and has also served as a 
Pathmaster, and, altogether, is one of our most useful and trusted citizens. 
In his political views he is a stanch Republican and has worked hard in the 
interests of his party.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Will County, Illinois, Containing Full Page 
Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens 
of the County; Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1890

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