Person:Jacob Trumbo (5)

Information on Jacob Trumbo

"The Trumbo Family" by Conrad W. Felton pg 428

Jacob Trumbo was born in September 1774 in Virginia. He married Mary "Polly" Hughs there on 5 Feb 1796. She was born 6 Mar 1773 in Virginia the daughter of Johathan Hughs . . .According to legend, Jacob freed his slaves, left Warm Srings, VA and got to the Ohio River someway, probably by the way of going north to Pittsburg where his uncle lived. He then built a boat and floated down the Ohio River to Hanover Landing, Indiana where Hanover College now is. He arrived there in November 1807 with his wife and two children(Polly & her sister, Mahala). He was the second white man in what is now Graham Township. He buile a home and then a grist mill.It was the first grist mill in Southern Indiana. It is said ne never charged a widow or an orphan.

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http://www.ingenweb.org/injefferson/marypollytrumbo.html