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Trevett, Samuel Russell – Triplett, Philip

Trevett, Samuel Russell

surgeon, was born Aug. 20, 1783, in Marblehead, Mass. After the war he was appointed surgeon of the navy yard at Charleston, and in 1822 he was detailed as surgeon on board the sloop-of-war Peacock. For some time previous to his death he had been engaged in collecting materials for a biography of American physicians.

He died Nov. 4, 1822, in Norfolk, Va.

Trezvant, James

lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born in Sussex county, Va. He was attorney for the state of Virginia; and was a member of the state legislature and of the constitutional convention of 1830. He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1825 to 1831. He died in 1838.

Trigg, Abram

congressman. He was a representative in congress from Virginia in 1797 to 1809.

Trigg, Connally F

lawyer, jurist, was born in Virginia. In 1862 he was appointed United States judge for the eastern district of Tennessee.

Trigg, Connally F

lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 18, 1847, in Abingdon, Va. In 1872 he was elected commonwealth attorney for Washington county; and held the position by successive re-elections until 1884, when he resigned, having been elected a representative from Virginia to the forty-ninth congress as a democrat,

Trigg, John

congressman. He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1797 to 1804.

Trimble, Allen

state senator, governor, was born Nov. 24, 1783, in Augusta county, Va. In 1816 he was a state representative from Virginia; and from 1817 to 1826 state senator, and speaker from 1819 to 1826. He was acting governor in 1821 and 1822; and was governor from 1826 to 1830. He was president of the first state board of agriculture from 1846 to 1848. He died Feb. 2, 1870, in Hillsboro.

Trimble, Cary A

agriculturist, educator, congressman, was born Sept. 13, 1813, in Hillsborough, Ohio. In 1837 he was appointed demonstrator of anatomy in his Alma Mater, which position he held until 1841, when he settled in Chillicothe.

He was elected a representative from Ohio to the thirty-sixth congress; and re-elected to the thirty-seventh congress.

Trimble, David

agriculturist, manufacturer, congressman, was born in 1782 in Frederick county, Va. He was engaged in the war of 1812, serving two campaigns under Gen. Harrison. In 1817 he was chosen a member of congress from Kentucky, and served without interruption until 1827. He died Oct. 26, 1842, in Trimble's Furnace, Ky.

Trimble, William

lawyer, jurist, was born in Kentucky. He was an early emigrant to the territory of Arkansas, where he was appointed United States judge for that territory, remaining in office until 1832.

Trimble, William A

soldier, lawyer, United States senator, was born April 4, 1786, in Woodford, Ky. He was lieutenant-colonel of the Ohio first infantry from 1814 to 1819. He was United States senator from Ohio from 1819 to 1821; and was commissioner with Gen. Cass to treat with the northwestern Indians at Green Bay. He died Dec. 13, 1821, in Washington, D. C.

Triplett, Philip

congressman, was born in Virginia. He was a representative in congress from Kentucky from 1839 to 1843.

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