Re: need info
TROTTERS IN TALLEYRAND, IOWA, 1860S-1870S
Posted By: Jim Stuber (email) In Response To: Re: need info (Toni)
Date: 5/3/2012 at 11:29:54
Here's Harvey's bio from a Hamilton County history which contains some info on his parents:
HARVEY B. TROTTER.
Harvey B. Trotter, who is living retired in Blairsburg, was one of the first to respond to the country's call for volunteers in "61, remaining in the service for more than three years. He was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, on the 25th of July, 1837. and is of Irish extraction, his parents, James and Eliza Trotter, having been born in the Emerald isle. In 1842, the family removed to Steubenville, Ohio, where they resided until after the opening of the war when they continued their journey westward to Iowa. The father passed away at Talleyrand, this state, at the age of seventy-two years, but the mother was ninety-two at the time of her death, which occurred at Des Moines in 1900. They were the parents of the following children : Thomas, William, Mrs. Elizabeth Cable, James and Alexander, all of whom are deceased; Harvey B., our subject; Richard and John, twins, both of whom are deceased, the latter having died in infancy; Letitia, whose death occurred in childhood; and Mrs. Sarah Miller,
of Webster City. The elder members of the family were born in Pennsylvania, and the younger ones in Ohio.Harvey B. Trotter was a child of five years when he accompanied his parents on their removal to Ohio, where he was reared to manhood and acquired his education.
This site has the mother's maiden name, but most of the other information is incorrect, so maybe that is wrong too.
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/u/t/William-Alan-Ruth/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0445.html
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