Multnomah-Linn County OR Archives Biographies.....Trimble, Dr. William A. 1874 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ila L. Wakley iwakley@msn.com May 25, 2007, 6:35 pm Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company DR. WILLIAM A. TRIMBLE has made steady progress in the field of professional service and the consensus of public opinion places him with the leading physicians and surgeons of Portland. He was born in this city in 1874 and his father, William Francis Trimble, was a Kentuckian. The family is of Irish origin and was established in America by Walter Trimble, who came to this country in 1730, settling near Abingdon, Virginia. His son, Major William Trimble, served under General Francis Marion in the Revolutionary war and in 1792 migrated from the Long Cane district of South Carolina to Fleming county, Kentucky. His son, Robert Trimble, was a native of Virginia but spent much of his life in Kentucky. He married Susannah Trip of Braxton county, Virginia, and they became the parents of William Francis Trimble, who was born July 25, 1830, in Fleming county, Kentucky. In 1850 he was admitted to the bar and in the same year began the practice of law in Greenupsburg, Kentucky. Two years later he moved to Flemingsburg, Kentucky, and in 1854 became county attorney for Fleming county, to which office he was reelected in 1858. During 1859 and 1860 he edited the Flemingsburg News and then became the owner of the Maysville (Ky.) Eagle, which he sold at the end of a year. Later he vent to the mines of Montana and in 1864 came to Oregon, locating in Portland, where he spent the remainder of his life. At one time he was a candidate for supreme court judge of the fourth judicial district of Oregon and in 1868 was elected city attorney of Portland, retiring from political affairs at the end of his term. A lawyer of high standing, he practiced in Portland for twenty- four years and established a large and remunerative clientele. On May 9, 1871, he was married in Portland to Miss Caroline A. Raleigh, a native of New York city and a daughter of Patrick Raleigh, who came to Oregon with the pioneers of 1851, settling on a tract of government land in Yamhill county. Mr. Trimble passed away August 22, 1888, leaving a widow and four children: Mary F., William A., Raleigh P. and Annie C. In the acquirement of an education William A. Trimble attended the public schools of Portland and was next a student at the University of Oregon, from which he received the M. D. degree in 1895, afterward taking a postgraduate course in the medical department of the University of California. For one and a half years he was an interne of St. Vincent’s Hospital in Portland and then located in Albany, Oregon, where he followed his profession for ten years. In 1907 he returned to Portland and has since been connected with the National Hospital Association except during the period from 1913 to 1917. He specializes in internal medicine and is well versed in the science of his profession, making his efforts count for the utmost. In 1901 Dr. Trimble married Miss Catherine Rowe, of Madison, Wisconsin, and they now have two children: Caroline, and William Alfred, Jr. Doctor Trimble is an adherent of the republican party and manifests a deep interest in matters touching the welfare and advancement of his city but has never aspired to public office. He belongs to the local lodge of Elks and is also a member of the Multnomah County and Oregon State Medical Societies and the American Medical Association. His life has been one of quiet devotion to duty and his inherent force of character and genuine worth have won for him a high place in the esteem of his fellow citizens. Additional Comments: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Pages 317-318 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/multnomah/bios/trimble368gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 4.2 Kb