Newaygo County MI Archives Biographies.....Trumbull, James W. September 3, 1841 - 
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JAMES W. TRUMBULL, farmer, section 6, Bridgeton Township, was born in Wayne 
Co., Mich., Sept. 3, 1841.  

His father Squire Trumbull, was a native of Vermont, and a descendant of the 
Trumbull family, of Colonial 

fame.  The mother, Hannah (Crouse) Trumbull, was born in New York, of English 
lineage.  The families of 

the parents came to Michigan at an early period.

Mr. Trumbull spent his early life assisting his father on the farm and 
acquiring his education, until the 

year following his majority, when he yielded to the influence which filled the 
entire North and became a 

defender of the integrity of the Union.  He enlisted April 28, 1862, in the 
18th United States Infantry, 

Co. H, under the command of Henry R. Misner.  The regiment was assigned to the 
Army of the Cumberland, and 

during his period of service Mr. Trumbull was in action at Hoover's Gap, 
Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, 

Buzzard's Roost, Resaca, seige of Atlanta, Jonesboro and other battles of 
minor importance.  He escaped 

without injury except a slight gunshot wound in the wrist, and received 
honorable discharge April 28, 

1865.  He returned to his home and resumed farming.

Mr. T. was married Nov. 16, '65, to Ellen L., daughter of Silas and Elvira 
(Ward) Winchester.  Her 

father's family was known to financial fame through its operations in England, 
and their descendants 

settled in Massachusetts.  Mrs. T.'s parents settled near Detroit in 1838, 
where she was born, March 1, 

1846.  Her mother was a native of Vermont.  After his marriage, Mr. Trumbull 
continued the pursuit of 

agriculture near the home of his youth two years, going in 1867 to Saginaw, 
where he interested himself in 

lumbering.  In 1871 he went to Oakland County, and there once more engaged in 
farming.  In the spring of 

1874 he came to Bridgeton and located on 79 acres of heavily timbered land.  
Nearly half of his place has 

been put under a fine state of improvement through the personal effort of the 
proprietor.  Hattie L., only 

surviving child of Mr. and Mrs. Trumbull, was born June 28, 1869.  Francis A., 
born April 2, 1867, died 

Nov. 26, 1880.

Mr. Trumbull is a Democrat in political sentiment, has been Justice of the 
Peace and is at present School 

Inspector (1884).  He is a member of the Masonic Order and belongs to Zion 
Lodge, No. 1 at Detroit.

Additional Comments:
1884 Portrait & Bio Album of Newaygo County.

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