Person:John Trimble (8)

  1. Elizabeth Trimble
  2. Robert Trimble1777 - 1828
  3. Margaret Trimble1779 -
  4. James TrimbleEst 1781 -
  5. John Trimble1783 - 1852
  6. Jane Trimble1785 - 1840
  7. Mary Trimble1790 - 1866
  1. William Wallace Trimble1820 - 1886
Facts and Events
Name John Trimble
Gender Male
Birth? 4 Dec 1783 Boonesboro, Clark County, Kentucky, United StatesFort Boonesboro see notes
Marriage to Elizabeth Porter
Marriage to Catherine Wilson
Occupation? Federal Judge
Death? 17 Jun 1852 Harrison, Kentucky, United States
  • Was born at Fort Boonesboro[1][2][http://www.graphicenterprises.net/Fort_Boonesborough/fort_boonesborough.html] just a few years after it was established
  • At 19 he worked for his brother-in-law Robert Evans, terr. governor of Indiana
  • Returned to Kentucky after wife's death where he studied and practiced law
  • Served the Kentucky legislature for 9 years
  • Appointed to a Federal Judgeship by President John Quincy Adams
  • Was a circuit judge of Kentucky and afterward a judge of the court of appeals