Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-02-10
peath Of Ex-qoH. Trimble.

lL-EL iW aiN aH Hns
! Allen Trimble, for two term
! Goyernoro of Ohio, a member ofth,
FIRST Legislature which met at Col
Iumbus after the removal of the Cap
Iital from Chillicothe, eight year,
President of the State Senate, anC
a gallant officer under Gen. Harris
on, in the war 1912, died, yester
day morning, at Hillsboro, Highland
county, in the 87th year Of his age
Although his public life belonged
to a generation Of which few survi.
1 yors remain, his services will not
be forgotten. He has bequeathed
to posterity an unsullied reputation.
He was a good and able man. II
not possessed of brilliant genius,
he had that practical common sense
and strict integrity which command
both influence and respect, He
was born in Augusta county, Va,
on the oath of November 1888, and
was brought by his father, in early
infancy, to Woodford county, Ky.
In 1902, the elder Trimble, who
had become disgusted with slavery,
emancipated his slaves, and prepar.
ed for removal to the free Terrific
ry of Ohio. Owning a valuable
tract of land on Clear creek, with
in two miles Of the present site Of
Hillsboro, he began to improve his
property, but while in Kentucky ar
ranging for the transfer of his fam
lily and effects, in the year 1904,
was taken i'll and died. His wife
and children did not abandon their
purposed change Of abode, howev-
er, and, in 1905, settled upon their
Ohio estate. Allen retained a great
part of bis share of the land, and
thus laid the foundation of the am
pie fortune which lie possessed at
the time of his death. It is net our
intention to trace out the events of
his career from the chronological
standpoint, as a special dispatch,
published in another column, has
fully and satisfactorily done this,
1t only remains to say, that what
ever part he was called to ill en-
listed all his attention, and that he
was strictly faithful in both public
and private duties, At the close Of
his gubernatorial term, in 1880, he
retired to private life and took no
active partin politics, except in 1855
when he accepted the American
or Know Nothing nomination for
Governor He had formerly been
a Jealous Wing, and in the present
contest haa two competitors, Chase,
Republican, and Medill, Democrat.
The contest resulted in the election
of Mr.. Chase, he having received
146,64l votes, against 13l,09l for
Medill, and 24,3l0 for Trimble. -
Mr.. Trimble's remaining days were
spent among his friends in High
land county, to nearly all the prom,
inent families of which he was re
lated. Respected by all who knew
him, a good peiehbor, kind friend
and sincere Christian, he has pass
ed away at a good old age, leaving
only pleasant memories behind him.
In this connection it may not be
out ofplace to remind some Of our
readers that Governor
Trimble is not the only member of
MS family who has been eminent in
,he history of Ohio, His brother,
William A. Trimble, three years
his junior, was a1lawyer of promi-
lence, a Lieutenant Colonel in the
war of 1872, in which he displayed |
great gallantry, and two years a
of the United States Sen
lte. His death at the age Of 35, in
,he year 1921, cut short career
which promised the richest fruits.
One of Governor Trimble's sons,
5he Hon. Carey A. Trimble, Of Chill
icothe, has also served two terms
n Congress. He leaves three 9th
Or sons, the Rev, Joseph M, Trim,
Die, of Columbus, James NJ, Trim
Die and Col. W. H. Trimble, of
Hillsboro, and a daughter, Mrs.
Thompson. Il Gin. Gazette, Sd inst.