James A. Trotter

TROTTER, BROWN, THOMPSON

Posted By: Diane Wilson (email)
Date: 5/26/2004 at 14:02:30

James A. Trotter, son of Henry and Jane (Brown) Trotter, was born in county Antrim, Ireland, August 27, 1830. He came with the family to the United States, and until 1862, served as clerk in a mercantile business in the city of New York. He then came to Butler county, and in 1864, enlisted in Company B of the Seventh Iowa Infantry, and served until the regiment was mustered out of service, since which time he has been engaged in farming in Jefferson township, where he now owns 160 acres of land. Mr. Trotter is a republican in politics. He served as deputy county treasurer nearly eight years, besides holding numerous local offices at different intervals. He was united in marriage in 1857, with Miss Irvina Thompson, daughter of Thomas Thompson, and they now have eight children – Henry, Lizzie, Mamie, Phoebe, Irvina, Jane, Frances and Mabel.
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Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Pages 619 - 620