Mary Elizabeth Trowbridge

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Mary was named Mary Elizabeth Newman, but I know nothing of her marriage or her husband. ADS

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My memories of my grandfather, "Mac", were of a quiet man, an intelligent man, and a great baseball fan. I remember him listening to the Reds games on the radio and he would go to Cincinnati (150 miles) on days off to seethe Reds play. I really tried but never managed to beat him in a game of checkers. If a someone asked grandpa a question, grandma usually answered it, so "Mac" maintained his reputation for being "quiet".

Obituary from the Huntington paper on 2/5/60 :
MALCOLM TROWBRIDGE --
Seventy-eight years old, 917 Eleventh Street, a retired Chesapeake & Ohio Railway conductor, died yesterday in a Huntington hospital. Mr. Trowbridge was a C & 0 employee for 52 years before his retirement in 1955. He was born September 30, 1881, at St. Albans, a son of the late Z.H. and Lilly Trowbridge, and was a member of the Brotherhood of Railway conductors. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Arthur L. Steele of Huntington, Miss Kathryn Trowbridge of Beaumont, Tex., and Mrs. W. E. Hampton of Vine Grove, Ky.; three sons, Malcolm Trowbridge, Jr., of Lewiston, N. Y., and Robert N. and William A. Trowbridge of Huntington; one brother, Fred Trowbridge of St. Albans, one sister, Mrs. W. E. Harbour of St, Albans, and 13 grandchildren and 12 great - grandchildren. The body is at the Steele Funeral Home. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p. m. tomorrow at the funeral home by Dr. John W. Hollister and the Rev. D. Lowther. burial will be in Woodland Cemetery at Ironton. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 P. M. today.

Malcolm married Norah Kate Sams on 19 Jul 1903 in St Albans, Kanawha County, WV. Norah was born on 18 Oct 1885 in St Albans, Kanawha County, WV; died on 26 Apr 1958 in Huntington, Cabell County, WV; was buried on 27 Apr 1958 in Ironton, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Zeb was trained as a millwright in Crown City, Ohio. After marriage he settled in St. Albans, West Virginia. He owned and ran a large farm there and was a member of the firm Trowbridge & Halstead. He was a deputy sheriff of Kanawha County for 10 years. He was a deputy tax commissioner at Charleston, West Virginia for one term.

Zebulon married Lutitia Shaw on 10 May 1877 in Crown City, Gallia County, OH. Lutitia was born on 28 Aug 1857 in Chambersburgh [Eureka], Galia County, OH; died in 1920. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Ferguson H. Trowbridge served in the Black Hawk Indian War. After his marriage, he settled in Crown City, Gallia County, Ohio. He was a boatman on the Kanawha, Ohio and Mississippi rivers and also farmed during that period. During the Civil War, he enlisted in the Army on August 22, 1862 for 3 years. He served in Company G, 117th Ohio Infantry, which became Company G, 1st Ohio Heavy Artillery. He contacted fever in the army and was ordered home but was too ill to reach home and died at the home of an Uncle, Anselm T. Blake, 5 miles east of Crown City.

Ferguson married Ruth Crawford on 4 Feb 1844 in Swan Creek, Gallia, Ohio, USA. Ruth was born on 9 Apr 1825 in Culpepper County, Virginia, USA; died on 12 May 1891 in Crown City, Gallia County, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]