Mahala Ann (Votaw) Trosper (1827 - 1896)

Born 28 Aug 1827 in Knox, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Larkin Preston Trosper — married 23 Feb 1843 in Knox, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died 12 May 1896 at age 68 in Gray, Knox, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

"Let's Meet the Trosper's" a history of the Trosper family was written by, Robert Trosper, a grandson of Larkin and Mahala Trosper. The history related his grandmother had beautiful red hair, that she was the best horsewoman in the county, possessed of a ready temper, and was fond of drink. Many tales were told of her riding for a supply of whiskey. In 1985 Wanda Clark wrote a supplement with corrections and amendments, "The Trosper Tree." The red hair was carried down to many of Mahala's grandaughters and great grandaughters. Including several of my Grandmother's sisters and daughters. The family owned a large two story house on the Gray-Woodbine Road. It was built with the usual plan of a breezway between the front and kitchen dining room at the rear. A covered porch ran around the entire house. During periods of domestic differences, Larkin P. built a second house about one fourth of a mile from the big house

Sources

• 1860 Barbourville, Knox, Kentucky Census M653-380, Page 110.
• Knox County Kentucy Marriages; 1800-1850, The Researchers; Indianapolis, Indiana, 1988.
• Bible of Lillian Frances Trosper Ford.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCZW-QCT : 14 January 2022), Mahala Trosper in household of Larkin P. Trosper, Indian Creek, Knox, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .