Trowbridge, Edmund
lawyer, was born in 1709 in Newton, Mass. He became attorney general of Massachusetts in 1749; and was elevated to the supreme bench of Massachusetts the next year. He died April 2, 1792, in Cambridge, Mass.
TROWBRIDGE, MARY ELIZABETH DAY, journalist, was born in Michigan, the daughter of the Rev. G. B. and Elizabeth Day, who settled in Sturgis in 1836. She pursued a course of study in the Kalamazoo college, and studied music in New York city. She taught sciences and music, and in 1860 was married to Rev. L. H. Trowbridge. In 1869 she was called to the chair of music of Kalamazoo college, which position she filled for four years, resigning to devote her entire time to literary work in connection with the Christian Herald, of which publication she became engaged on the editorial staff in 1870. For over a quarter of a century she has been actively engaged in journalism on the Christian Herald, side by side with her husband. Since 1872 she has been actively identified with the interest of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; and has served as examiner of schools of higher education. She has prepared papers for public meetings of the state board of health, and is the author of several brochures issued by the American Baptist Publication society of Philadelphia, notably The Way of Light; Pioneer Days; Vacation Notes; and a series of European letters.