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Milton Thomas Trimble (abt. 1847 - 1926)

Milton Thomas Trimble
Born about in Marion County, Arkansas, USAmap
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Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Died at about age 79 in Texas, United Statesmap
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Biography

Milton Trimble's grandchildren all said that he had four wives. The name of his third wife (Catherine H. Brown) is known from their marriage record and headstone, and his fourth wife (Sarah Jane Bozarth) is known from marriage record and headstone as well as from the fact that she lived until 1933.

Milton's youngest grandson said that his first two wives were "two Copeland sisters". From a damaged marriage record, we know that his second wife was named Elizabeth. All that is known about his first wife is that she died when her second child was a few weeks old (from Milton's oldest grandchild).

"Copelin" or "Coplin" families were neighbours of and intermarried with the Trimbles and related lines. For a lengthy discussion of the possible identities of his first two wives, including the mother of his first two children and why DNA evidence strongly suggests that she was Nancy Emeline Copelin, see son William Thomas Trimble's WikiTree page.

Milton's father Allen and many other family members feature heavily in the S. C. Turnbo manuscripts about life in the Ozarks.

His headstone reads "1846" for year of death; this seems to be at least a year early for all census records (which are consistent) but matches the pension application made in his older years.

Further biographical details from FIndaGrave.com, composed by Shari S.:

[...] Milton joined the Civil War, fighting for the Confederate side in the Arkansas Cavalry, Company C, 27th Regiment. Well, Milton *said* "Cavalry" in his pension application, but a 27th Cavalry didn't seem to exist, and the sole eyewitness to his service who gave testimony in his pension application was A. G. Cravens, who says he was lieutenant in the 27th Infantry where Milton was a private. Infantry or Cavalry, a service record for Milton in the 27th Infantry does not seem to appear in online databases (e.g., Fold3.com). In tiny script on his application he noted a transfer from the 27th to "Snabler" battalion. This seems to have be Schnabel's Battalion, out of Missouri, where a brief record for a seventeen-year-old M. T. Trimble in the Cavalry exists. Milton is described in the 1865 surrender document as having dark hair and eyes with a fair complexion. His height is noted a 5', no inches recorded. [...] He enlisted in Yellville, as did a J. Trimble, five years older, and perhaps his brother Josiah/Joseph. In any case, Milton's pension was rejected a mere three weeks after the application date on the grounds of his owning too much property. (The assessed value of his home was $1300, with an assessed $1000 in other property.) [...] there is some speculation that his son's disapproval of his daughter's husband may have stemmed from him being the son of a Union soldier, leading one to believe that Milton raised his children with strong opinions on the Confederate cause, which of course would not be unusual for a soldier to do [...]

Sources

  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Missouri. "M. T. Trimble". Images of original documents available at Fold3.com.
  • Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between F Lewis and RH, her 3rd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are Allen Trimble and Elizabeth Nave, the great great grandparents of both F Lewis and RH. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd-3rd Cousin, based on sharing 126 cM across 5 segments.




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