Milton Trimble, identified as Milton Thomas Trimble in the death certificate of daughter Bessie Faye (buried here), was born around 17 June 1847 in Marion County, Arkansas, to Allen and Elizabeth (Nave) Trimble. (His birth year is consistently 1847-1848 in the census, but his pension application suggests 1846, which is what's on his headstone.)
Milton was enumerated in the censuses for that county from 1850-1870 (specifically Sugar Loaf Township for the latter), in Boone County (formed from Marion) in 1880, and then in Somervell County, Texas, in 1910 and 1920. I don't know his whereabouts in 1900.
In his pension of 1924, Milton said he'd resided in Texas for 30 years, which is consistent with the births of his last two children (Samuel in Arkansas in 1894, Bessie in Texas in 1898).
Samuel and Bessie were the children of his fourth wife, Sarah Jane (Jennie) Bozarth, whom Milton married in 1892. By his first wife, Milton had son William Thomas Trimble and daughter Elizabeth Trimble (Lindley). The name of Milton's first wife is not known. Milton's granddaughter, Billie Jean, says it was Katie; however, we must consider that there may have been some confusion with Milton's third wife Catherine H. (Katie) Brown, whom he married in Greene County, Missouri, in 1882. (She died 10 months later.)
Milton's grandson (Kenneth) stated that Milton first married "two Copeland sisters". His first wife passed away by the 1870 census. My great-grandmother Nora Madge Trimble (Lewis), the granddaughter of this first wife, told my mother that the first wife died when son William Thomas was just a few weeks old, putting her death at around April 1870.
Milton's second wife seems to have been Elizabeth, whom he married in Baxter County on 30 December 1873, the year being based on adjacent records since this one was marred by fire and/or water. Elizabeth has sometimes been indexed or reported as "Elizabeth Trimble," but her surname is unavailable due to the damage to the document. Since the many rigorous and vigorous Trimble researchers have not located parents for her, it is more reasonable to believe that her last name remains unknown. Elizabeth was not alive by the 1880 census.
Two daughters of Thomas Copelin of 1850-1860 Ozark County, Missouri, fit the possibility of being Milton's first two wives very well. They are the right age at the right time in the right place, each disappearing in the records at the right moment with no other candidates for husbands, the younger being named Mary Elizabeth, and this Copelin family already having a history of being a collateral line to the Trimbles. Autosomal DNA matching has not yet been conclusive, though, due to the intermarried nature of these families.
Before becoming a widower thrice-over, Milton played small roles in the rambunctious stories put down by Silas C. Turnbo in his tales of the Ozarks. Specific mentions may be found at http://thelibrary.org/lochist/turnbo/v26/st733.html and http://thelibrary.org/lochist/turnbo/v22/st663.html. (Mr. Turnbo was very well acquainted with Milton's father, Allen, and brother William.)
From there, Milton joined the Civil War, fighting for the Confederate side in the Arkansas Cavalry, Company C, 27th Regiment. Well, Milton *said* "Cavalry" in his pension application, but a 27th Cavalry didn't seem to exist, and the sole eyewitness to his service who gave testimony in his pension application was A. G. Cravens, who says he was lieutenant in the 27th Infantry where Milton was a private.
Infantry or Cavalry, a service record for Milton in the 27th Infantry does not seem to appear in online databases (e.g., Fold3.com). In tiny script on his application he noted a transfer from the 27th to "Snabler" battalion. This seems to have be Schnabel's Battalion, out of Missouri, where a brief record for a seventeen-year-old M. T. Trimble in the Cavalry exists.
Milton is described in the 1865 surrender document as having dark hair and eyes with a fair complexion. His height is noted a 5', no inches recorded. (Was he a short man, or not done growing?) He enlisted in Yellville, as did a J. Trimble, five years older, and perhaps his brother Josiah/Joseph.
In any case, Milton's pension was rejected a mere three weeks after the application date on the grounds of his owning too much property. (The assessed value of his home was $1300, with an assessed $1000 in other property.)
No further stories of Milton are known to this researcher, other than there is some speculation that his son's disapproval of his daughter's husband may have stemmed from him being the son of a Union soldier, leading one to believe that Milton raised his children with strong opinions on the Confederate cause, which of course would not be unusual for a soldier to do. More information about or pictures of this scrappy Ozark boy who married four women then moved to Texas at a time when others may have settled down is appreciated.
Milton was enumerated in the censuses for that county from 1850-1870 (specifically Sugar Loaf Township for the latter), in Boone County (formed from Marion) in 1880, and then in Somervell County, Texas, in 1910 and 1920. I don't know his whereabouts in 1900.
In his pension of 1924, Milton said he'd resided in Texas for 30 years, which is consistent with the births of his last two children (Samuel in Arkansas in 1894, Bessie in Texas in 1898).
Samuel and Bessie were the children of his fourth wife, Sarah Jane (Jennie) Bozarth, whom Milton married in 1892. By his first wife, Milton had son William Thomas Trimble and daughter Elizabeth Trimble (Lindley). The name of Milton's first wife is not known. Milton's granddaughter, Billie Jean, says it was Katie; however, we must consider that there may have been some confusion with Milton's third wife Catherine H. (Katie) Brown, whom he married in Greene County, Missouri, in 1882. (She died 10 months later.)
Milton's grandson (Kenneth) stated that Milton first married "two Copeland sisters". His first wife passed away by the 1870 census. My great-grandmother Nora Madge Trimble (Lewis), the granddaughter of this first wife, told my mother that the first wife died when son William Thomas was just a few weeks old, putting her death at around April 1870.
Milton's second wife seems to have been Elizabeth, whom he married in Baxter County on 30 December 1873, the year being based on adjacent records since this one was marred by fire and/or water. Elizabeth has sometimes been indexed or reported as "Elizabeth Trimble," but her surname is unavailable due to the damage to the document. Since the many rigorous and vigorous Trimble researchers have not located parents for her, it is more reasonable to believe that her last name remains unknown. Elizabeth was not alive by the 1880 census.
Two daughters of Thomas Copelin of 1850-1860 Ozark County, Missouri, fit the possibility of being Milton's first two wives very well. They are the right age at the right time in the right place, each disappearing in the records at the right moment with no other candidates for husbands, the younger being named Mary Elizabeth, and this Copelin family already having a history of being a collateral line to the Trimbles. Autosomal DNA matching has not yet been conclusive, though, due to the intermarried nature of these families.
Before becoming a widower thrice-over, Milton played small roles in the rambunctious stories put down by Silas C. Turnbo in his tales of the Ozarks. Specific mentions may be found at http://thelibrary.org/lochist/turnbo/v26/st733.html and http://thelibrary.org/lochist/turnbo/v22/st663.html. (Mr. Turnbo was very well acquainted with Milton's father, Allen, and brother William.)
From there, Milton joined the Civil War, fighting for the Confederate side in the Arkansas Cavalry, Company C, 27th Regiment. Well, Milton *said* "Cavalry" in his pension application, but a 27th Cavalry didn't seem to exist, and the sole eyewitness to his service who gave testimony in his pension application was A. G. Cravens, who says he was lieutenant in the 27th Infantry where Milton was a private.
Infantry or Cavalry, a service record for Milton in the 27th Infantry does not seem to appear in online databases (e.g., Fold3.com). In tiny script on his application he noted a transfer from the 27th to "Snabler" battalion. This seems to have be Schnabel's Battalion, out of Missouri, where a brief record for a seventeen-year-old M. T. Trimble in the Cavalry exists.
Milton is described in the 1865 surrender document as having dark hair and eyes with a fair complexion. His height is noted a 5', no inches recorded. (Was he a short man, or not done growing?) He enlisted in Yellville, as did a J. Trimble, five years older, and perhaps his brother Josiah/Joseph.
In any case, Milton's pension was rejected a mere three weeks after the application date on the grounds of his owning too much property. (The assessed value of his home was $1300, with an assessed $1000 in other property.)
No further stories of Milton are known to this researcher, other than there is some speculation that his son's disapproval of his daughter's husband may have stemmed from him being the son of a Union soldier, leading one to believe that Milton raised his children with strong opinions on the Confederate cause, which of course would not be unusual for a soldier to do. More information about or pictures of this scrappy Ozark boy who married four women then moved to Texas at a time when others may have settled down is appreciated.
Milton Trimble, identified as Milton Thomas Trimble in the death certificate of daughter Bessie Faye (buried here), was born around 17 June 1847 in Marion County, Arkansas, to Allen and Elizabeth (Nave) Trimble. (His birth year is consistently 1847-1848 in the census, but his pension application suggests 1846, which is what's on his headstone.)
Milton was enumerated in the censuses for that county from 1850-1870 (specifically Sugar Loaf Township for the latter), in Boone County (formed from Marion) in 1880, and then in Somervell County, Texas, in 1910 and 1920. I don't know his whereabouts in 1900.
In his pension of 1924, Milton said he'd resided in Texas for 30 years, which is consistent with the births of his last two children (Samuel in Arkansas in 1894, Bessie in Texas in 1898).
Samuel and Bessie were the children of his fourth wife, Sarah Jane (Jennie) Bozarth, whom Milton married in 1892. By his first wife, Milton had son William Thomas Trimble and daughter Elizabeth Trimble (Lindley). The name of Milton's first wife is not known. Milton's granddaughter, Billie Jean, says it was Katie; however, we must consider that there may have been some confusion with Milton's third wife Catherine H. (Katie) Brown, whom he married in Greene County, Missouri, in 1882. (She died 10 months later.)
Milton's grandson (Kenneth) stated that Milton first married "two Copeland sisters". His first wife passed away by the 1870 census. My great-grandmother Nora Madge Trimble (Lewis), the granddaughter of this first wife, told my mother that the first wife died when son William Thomas was just a few weeks old, putting her death at around April 1870.
Milton's second wife seems to have been Elizabeth, whom he married in Baxter County on 30 December 1873, the year being based on adjacent records since this one was marred by fire and/or water. Elizabeth has sometimes been indexed or reported as "Elizabeth Trimble," but her surname is unavailable due to the damage to the document. Since the many rigorous and vigorous Trimble researchers have not located parents for her, it is more reasonable to believe that her last name remains unknown. Elizabeth was not alive by the 1880 census.
Two daughters of Thomas Copelin of 1850-1860 Ozark County, Missouri, fit the possibility of being Milton's first two wives very well. They are the right age at the right time in the right place, each disappearing in the records at the right moment with no other candidates for husbands, the younger being named Mary Elizabeth, and this Copelin family already having a history of being a collateral line to the Trimbles. Autosomal DNA matching has not yet been conclusive, though, due to the intermarried nature of these families.
Before becoming a widower thrice-over, Milton played small roles in the rambunctious stories put down by Silas C. Turnbo in his tales of the Ozarks. Specific mentions may be found at http://thelibrary.org/lochist/turnbo/v26/st733.html and http://thelibrary.org/lochist/turnbo/v22/st663.html. (Mr. Turnbo was very well acquainted with Milton's father, Allen, and brother William.)
From there, Milton joined the Civil War, fighting for the Confederate side in the Arkansas Cavalry, Company C, 27th Regiment. Well, Milton *said* "Cavalry" in his pension application, but a 27th Cavalry didn't seem to exist, and the sole eyewitness to his service who gave testimony in his pension application was A. G. Cravens, who says he was lieutenant in the 27th Infantry where Milton was a private.
Infantry or Cavalry, a service record for Milton in the 27th Infantry does not seem to appear in online databases (e.g., Fold3.com). In tiny script on his application he noted a transfer from the 27th to "Snabler" battalion. This seems to have be Schnabel's Battalion, out of Missouri, where a brief record for a seventeen-year-old M. T. Trimble in the Cavalry exists.
Milton is described in the 1865 surrender document as having dark hair and eyes with a fair complexion. His height is noted a 5', no inches recorded. (Was he a short man, or not done growing?) He enlisted in Yellville, as did a J. Trimble, five years older, and perhaps his brother Josiah/Joseph.
In any case, Milton's pension was rejected a mere three weeks after the application date on the grounds of his owning too much property. (The assessed value of his home was $1300, with an assessed $1000 in other property.)
No further stories of Milton are known to this researcher, other than there is some speculation that his son's disapproval of his daughter's husband may have stemmed from him being the son of a Union soldier, leading one to believe that Milton raised his children with strong opinions on the Confederate cause, which of course would not be unusual for a soldier to do. More information about or pictures of this scrappy Ozark boy who married four women then moved to Texas at a time when others may have settled down is appreciated.
Milton was enumerated in the censuses for that county from 1850-1870 (specifically Sugar Loaf Township for the latter), in Boone County (formed from Marion) in 1880, and then in Somervell County, Texas, in 1910 and 1920. I don't know his whereabouts in 1900.
In his pension of 1924, Milton said he'd resided in Texas for 30 years, which is consistent with the births of his last two children (Samuel in Arkansas in 1894, Bessie in Texas in 1898).
Samuel and Bessie were the children of his fourth wife, Sarah Jane (Jennie) Bozarth, whom Milton married in 1892. By his first wife, Milton had son William Thomas Trimble and daughter Elizabeth Trimble (Lindley). The name of Milton's first wife is not known. Milton's granddaughter, Billie Jean, says it was Katie; however, we must consider that there may have been some confusion with Milton's third wife Catherine H. (Katie) Brown, whom he married in Greene County, Missouri, in 1882. (She died 10 months later.)
Milton's grandson (Kenneth) stated that Milton first married "two Copeland sisters". His first wife passed away by the 1870 census. My great-grandmother Nora Madge Trimble (Lewis), the granddaughter of this first wife, told my mother that the first wife died when son William Thomas was just a few weeks old, putting her death at around April 1870.
Milton's second wife seems to have been Elizabeth, whom he married in Baxter County on 30 December 1873, the year being based on adjacent records since this one was marred by fire and/or water. Elizabeth has sometimes been indexed or reported as "Elizabeth Trimble," but her surname is unavailable due to the damage to the document. Since the many rigorous and vigorous Trimble researchers have not located parents for her, it is more reasonable to believe that her last name remains unknown. Elizabeth was not alive by the 1880 census.
Two daughters of Thomas Copelin of 1850-1860 Ozark County, Missouri, fit the possibility of being Milton's first two wives very well. They are the right age at the right time in the right place, each disappearing in the records at the right moment with no other candidates for husbands, the younger being named Mary Elizabeth, and this Copelin family already having a history of being a collateral line to the Trimbles. Autosomal DNA matching has not yet been conclusive, though, due to the intermarried nature of these families.
Before becoming a widower thrice-over, Milton played small roles in the rambunctious stories put down by Silas C. Turnbo in his tales of the Ozarks. Specific mentions may be found at http://thelibrary.org/lochist/turnbo/v26/st733.html and http://thelibrary.org/lochist/turnbo/v22/st663.html. (Mr. Turnbo was very well acquainted with Milton's father, Allen, and brother William.)
From there, Milton joined the Civil War, fighting for the Confederate side in the Arkansas Cavalry, Company C, 27th Regiment. Well, Milton *said* "Cavalry" in his pension application, but a 27th Cavalry didn't seem to exist, and the sole eyewitness to his service who gave testimony in his pension application was A. G. Cravens, who says he was lieutenant in the 27th Infantry where Milton was a private.
Infantry or Cavalry, a service record for Milton in the 27th Infantry does not seem to appear in online databases (e.g., Fold3.com). In tiny script on his application he noted a transfer from the 27th to "Snabler" battalion. This seems to have be Schnabel's Battalion, out of Missouri, where a brief record for a seventeen-year-old M. T. Trimble in the Cavalry exists.
Milton is described in the 1865 surrender document as having dark hair and eyes with a fair complexion. His height is noted a 5', no inches recorded. (Was he a short man, or not done growing?) He enlisted in Yellville, as did a J. Trimble, five years older, and perhaps his brother Josiah/Joseph.
In any case, Milton's pension was rejected a mere three weeks after the application date on the grounds of his owning too much property. (The assessed value of his home was $1300, with an assessed $1000 in other property.)
No further stories of Milton are known to this researcher, other than there is some speculation that his son's disapproval of his daughter's husband may have stemmed from him being the son of a Union soldier, leading one to believe that Milton raised his children with strong opinions on the Confederate cause, which of course would not be unusual for a soldier to do. More information about or pictures of this scrappy Ozark boy who married four women then moved to Texas at a time when others may have settled down is appreciated.
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