Thomas Columbus Trail (1845 - 1921)

Born 15 Jan 1845 in Franklin, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Catherine Richards — married 20 Nov 1867 (to before May 1871) in Calhoun, West Virginia, United States

Husband of Mary Catherine (Wall) Ray — married 23 May 1871 (to 1875) in Floyd, Virginia, United States

Husband of Luvina Alice (Lester) Trail — married 25 Jan 1876 in Raleigh, West Virginia, United States

Husband of Sarah (Ellison) Trail — married 6 Nov 1908 in Summers, West Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 8 Apr 1921 at age 76 in Surveyor, Raleigh, West Virginia, United States

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Biography

Sources

Marriage and death records

• "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FRD2-RJV : 11 February 2018), Thos C Trail and Mary C Richards, 20 Nov 1867; citing Calhoun, West Virginia, v 1 p 22, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 807,456.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVH-TFNL : 26 July 2019), Thomas Columbus Trail, 1921; Burial, Surveyor, Raleigh, West Virginia, United States of America, Trail Cemetery; citing record ID 5046585, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• Thomas Trail petition for divorce from Mary Catherine (Wall) Trail 1875, citing adultery, "a common strumpet", and a child he did not believe to be his - https://www.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/case_detail.asp?CFN=063-1875-031

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9ZH-XWR : accessed 29 March 2022), Thomas C Trail, Curry district, Putnam, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 76, sheet 15B, family 262, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,770.

• "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FTV6-4X4 : 11 February 2018), T C Trail and Sallie Ransom, 1908; citing Summers, West Virginia, United States, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 589,347.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPJ8-7RZ : accessed 29 March 2022), Thomas Trail, Jumping Branch, Summers, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 134, sheet 2A, family 19, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1694; FHL microfilm 1,375,707.

• Indicted for murder (and aquitted) https://cite.case.law/w-va/59/175/

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