WATSON C. TREGO
Watson C. Trego was born in July 1835, in Bucks county, Pennsylvania. He enlisted in August, 1862, in company C, One Hundred and Second Illinois Volunteers, his health failed, and he was discharged on account of disability. He was married in Mercer county, Illinois to Elizabeth K. Wilkins. They have six children: Rosa Ella, died in October, 1861; Elith L., Edgar W., Mary B., Abby B., Allen W. and Nellie E. Mr. Trego served as school treasurer for two terms, has been school director and township assessor. He has been a very prominent man of his township, and is well known as an honest and upright citizen.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pp. 742.
