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Andrew Trumbull

Summary

  • b. abt. 1832, Superior Township, Washtenaw County, Mich.
  • son of James Trumbull and Harriet Hart
  • m. 1st 4 Nov 1852, Priscilla R. Robinson, Washtenaw Co.
    (b. abt. 1834; d. before 1857)
  • children
    • Frank Trumble, b. abt. 1851
    • Owen Trumble, 1854–1941 (this is the Owen in the family photos)
    • George Trumble
      (Andrew’s granddaughter Maybell Elston, related a dubious family history that Andrew’s son George T. Trumble, by his first wife, was adopted by the family of John Trumbull, the patriot poet who had relocated in Detroit, MI in his later years.)
  • m. 2nd 9 Mar 1857, Nancy M. Farren, Superior Township, Washtenaw County, Mich.
  • children
  • d. 2 Feb 1907, Huron County, Mich.

Sources

  • Item from the June 10, 1897, Cass City Enterprise, (Gagetown News)

    Andrew Trumbull of Brookfield is on the sick list.

  • The U.S. Census 1880 for Brookfield Township (one mile north of Gagetown), Huron County, Michigan, shows

  • The United States of America Homestead Certificate, No. 692 Application 2089.
    To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greetings:

    Whereas, there has been deposited in the General Land Office of the United States a CERTIFICATE of the Register of the Land Office at East Saginaw Michigan whereby it appears that pursuant to the Act of Congress approved 20th May 1862, “To secure homesteads to actual Settlers on the Public Domain,” and the acts supplemental thereto the claim of Andrew Trumbull, has been established and duly consummated in conformity to law, for the South East quarter of Section Twenty-seven in Township Fifteen North of Range, Ten East in the district of lands subject to sale at East Saginaw, containing one hundred and Sixty acres according to the Official Plat of the survey of said Land returned to the General Land Office by the Surveyor General:

    Now know ye, that there is therefore granted by the United States unto the said Andrew Trumbull the tract of Land above described: TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said tract of Land with the appurtenances thereof unto the said Andrew Trumbull and to his heirs and assigns forever.

    In Testimony Whereof, Ulysses S. Grant President of the United States of America have caused these Letters, to be made Patent, and the SEAL OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE to be hereto affixed.

    Given under my hand at the City of Washington, the first day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, and of the INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES the Ninety-ninth.

    /*/
    By the President U.S. Grant
    By S.D. Willianson, Secretary,
    Th. Lippincott, Recorder of the General Land Office

    Signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln on May 20, 1862, the Homestead Act encouraged Western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land. In exchange, homesteaders paid a small filing fee and were required to complete five years of continuous residence before receiving ownership of the land. After six months of residency, homesteaders also had the option of purchasing the land from the government for $1.25 per acre. The Homestead Act led to the distribution of 80 million acres of public land by 1900.

  • The U.S. Census 1870 for Brookfield Township (one mile north of Gagetown), Huron County, Michigan, shows, living in the home of Major Berton, a widower, aged 80

  • Andrew Trumble appears in the 1869 tax records for Brookfield Township, Huron County, Mich, paying $4.00 in personal tax.

  • The U.S. Census 1860 for Novi (near Walled Lake), Oakland County, Michigan, shows

  • Marriage Certificate, Washtenaw County, Michigan (Vol. 2, page 362) 
    To all whom it may concern

	This certifies that
Andrew Trumbull aged Twenty-five Years,
of the Town of Superior in the County of Wash
tenaw in the State of Michigan  Nancy Farin
aged Fifteen Years of the Town of Superior in
the County of Washtenaw in the State of Michigan
were joined together in Holy Matrimony on
the Ninth day of March in the Year of Our
Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and
Fifty-Seven by me

	E. H. Spaulding
	Justice of the Peace

In presence of

Nathan Price	Residents
William Freet	of Ann Arbor city

  • The U.S. Census 1850 for Superior Township, Washtenaw County, Michigan, shows
    • James Trumbull, male, aged 58, ,with real estate worth $1,800, born in Connecticut
    • Harriet Trumbull, female, aged 58, born in Connecticut
    • Aveline Trumbull, female, aged 56, born in Michigan
    • Harvey Trumbull, male, aged 22, born in New York
    • Alam Trumbull, female, aged 19, born in Michigan
    • Andrew Trumbull, male, aged 18, born in Michigan
    • Owen Trumbull, male, aged 17, born in Michigan
    • Caroline Trumbull, aged 1, born in Michigan

  • The U.S. Census 1840 for Superior Township, Washtenaw County, Michigan, shows
    • James Trumbull with household of
    • 2 males older than 5 but younger than 10
    • 3 males older than 10 but younger than 15
    • 2 males older than 15 but younger than 20
    • 1 male older than 20 but younger than 30
    • 1 male older than 50 but younger than 60
    • 1 female older than 10 but younger than 15
    • 1 female older than 15 but younger than 20
    • 1 female older than 40 but younger than 50

  • The U.S. Census 1830 for Panama Township, Washtenaw County, Michigan, shows
    • James Trumbull with household of
    • 2 males younger than 5
    • 2 males older than 5 but younger than 10
    • 1 male older than 10 but younger than 15
    • 1 male older than 30 but younger than 40
    • 2 females older younger than 5
    • 2 female older than 5 but younger than 10
    • 1 female older than 10 but younger than 15
    • 1 female older than 30 but younger than 40

Photos

Notes

  • According to his great-grandaughter, Lois Wilson, the Trumbles were among the founders of the Village of Gagetown. Technically, the Trumble homestead, on Trumble Road, was in Section 36 of Brookfield Township, Huron County, which abutts Section 1 of Elmwood Township, Tuscola County, which is where the Village of Gagetown is located. According to the Cass City Historical & Genealogy Society ("The Way It Was" Vol. 15, July/August 2010 Issue) "In 1869 Joseph Gage had built a mill and a store on his land in section 1 of the Township of Elmwood. This became the nucleus for the village of Gagetown which was platted in 1870." We know that Andrew Trumble already in Brookfield Twp by 1869, so the Trumbles were living just outside of Gagetown at the time of the founding of the village.

  • According to his granddaughter, Maybell Elston, Andrew Trumbull traded good land in Walled Lake for a worthless swamp in Gagetown [actually Brookfield Township] because the hunting was better.

  • Although Andrew Trumbull had several brothers and sisters his granddaughter Maybell Elston was aware of only Jonathan.

  • The day after he married Nancy Farren, Andrew Trumbull purchased 80 acres of land, Section 28 in Ottawa County, Michigan, directly from the government; this makes Andrew one of the original land grant recipients and most likely marks him as a pioneer of Ottawa County.

  • On November 24, 1989, David Trumbull sat down with Kenneth Schenk, the second husband of Maybell Elston, daughter of Emma (Trumble) Elston and put in writing some family stories passed down about Andrew Trumble and his family.

    • Andrew Trumbull and Vet Trumble hired an Indian guide and caught a bear near Mud Lake Swamp near Gagetown, Mich.

    • Andrew Trumbull caught the last bear in the "Thumb" area of Michigan, near the village of Pigeon.

    • Cyrus Trumble was always serious. His nickname was Philo. He was a horse doctor; he could not read and, therefore, tasted the medicines to tell what was what. He bought his drugs at Wood's Drugs in Cass City, Mich.

    • Owen Trumble, the son of Andrew Trumbull by his first wife, went west to California.

    • One of Andrew Trumbull's children from the first marriage was traded for a piece of real estate.

  • Last updated 15 July 2010 by D. Trumbull.