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GEO. TRIMBLE
, one of Sangamon county's early pioneers, was born April 22, 1812, in Montgomery county, Kentucky, and emigrated to this State with his father in the year 1835, locating in Morgan county, where Mr. Trimble resided a few years and then moved to Adams county, where he resided until his death. George returned to Kentucky after a few months stay, and married Miss Nettie Shumake, August 23, 1836. Miss S. was born in Bath county, Kentucky. Mr. T. started for this State the next morning after their marriage, and located in Morgan county, where they lived two years, and then located in this county, where he has resided since, except five years. He has been a resident of this township twenty-six years. Mr. T. has by his own exertions acquired considerable property. He now owns three hundred and fifty acres of good lands. They had six children, namely: Hughey T., born December 31, 1839, was married October, 1864, to Nancy A. Gibson. They had two children, one of whom
survives. Eliza F., born March 28, 1840; Elizabeth, born April 27, 1842; James A., born July 27, 1846; George C., born September 28, 1849. Mrs. Lydia Trimble died December 3, 1866, and Mr. Trimble was again married December 5, 1867, to Rebecca Drennan. They reside two miles southeast of Curran, Sangamon County, Illinois.