Silas Trumbo

As printed in 1881

SILAS TRUMBO, Justice of Peace and farmer; P. O. Donnelsville; is the eldest son of a family of nine children, of Levi and Mary (Henkle) Trumbo, who were both natives of Virginia, and were of German and Scotch extraction. Their marriage occurred in their native State, in 1811, where Silas was born, Nov. 2, 1812. In 1814, Levi and family, with Mrs. Trumbo's parents, Moses and Margaret Henkle, came to Clark Co., Ohio, where'the latter ones died—Moses about 1830, and Margaret ten years later. Levi and Mary Trumbo remained in the then wilds of Clark County until 1816, when they and three children returned to their material State, where Levi died Dec. 31, 1859, and Mary, Nov. 11, 1871, in Clark Co., Ohio. Silas is one of five survivors, and a native of Pendleton Co., Va.; his early life was devoted to farming, but at the age of 18, engaged at the stone-mason's trade with his father, with whom he remained until 1834, when he departed for Clark Co., Ohio, where he, the following year, assisted in the stone work of the first almshouse of Clark County. The following year, he married Huldah Downs, by whom he had ten children; all grew to man and womanhood, and are a family of noble children, one of whom Jost his life in aiding the suppression of the late rebellion. About the year Silas was married, he took up the trade of wagon-making in the city of Springfield; but four years later, located in Donnelsville, where he commenced business on his own account. In the village he successfully conducted the business for many years, but it is now managed by his son, Joseph B., and he lives retired. After locating in the village, he soon had accumulated some means, through industry and economy, and purchased a small farm adjoining the town, of which he yet owns fifty acres. During life he has bought and sold considerable land in Missouri, where a part of his children now reside. Mr. Trumbo has been identified in many of the public interests of the township, in which he has been chosen as Justice twenty-seven consecutive years, in which capacity he still serves; he has also been Trustee and a member of the local School Board for many years, showing an active interest in the cause of education and general welfare of his community. He and wife have been lifelong members of the M. E. Church; and politically, he is a Republican.

As printed in The History of Clark County Ohio, (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.