James TRIMBLE & Elizabeth BENEFIEL

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James TRIMBLE
Elizabeth BENEFIEL

Husband: James TRIMBLE
Birth: 17 Dec 1825, Haddon Twp., Sullivan Co., IN
Death: 8 Jun 1904, Seattle, King Co., WA
Father: Joseph TRIMBLE
Mother: Catherine CARRICO

Marriage: 5 Mar 1843, in Indiana

Wife: Elizabeth Ann "Eliza" BENEFIEL / BENEFIELD
Birth: 6 Apr 1816, KY
Death: 8 Nov 1907, Seattle, King Co., WA
Other Spouse: m1. ca. 1834/5, John BRAY or Robert BRAY (1815/6-1841)
Other Children — born in IN:
1. Mary A. "Polly" BRAY, b. 1835/6
2. John BRAY, b. 1837/8
3. Rebecca BRAY, b. 1839/40
Father: John BENEFIEL / BENEFIELD
Mother: Mary "Polly" SMITH

Children — born Haddon Twp., Sullivan Co., IN:

1. Catharine TRIMBLE, b. 1843/4
2. Sabra E. TRIMBLE, b. 1846/7
3. Joseph TRIMBLE, b. 1848/9
4. Robert B. TRIMBLE, b. 1 Nov 1857

Keywords for search engines: USA, US, United States, Indiana, Kentucky, Washington

Sources:

1. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1840 (Broderbund CD-316): James TRIMBLE is living with his father. No John or Elizabeth BRAY found in Sullivan Co., IN.

2. Census Microfilm Records: Indiana, 1850 (Broderbund CD-302, Disk 4): District No. 105, Haddon Twp., Sullivan Co., IN, p. 211, 168/170, enumerated 14 Aug 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

James Trimble 25 M Farmer 250 Ind^a

Elizabeth Trimble 34 F Ky

Polly A 14 F Ind^a

John 12 M Ind^a

Rebecca 10 F Ind^a

Catharine 6 F Ind^a

Sabra E 3 F Ind^a

Joseph 1 M Ind^a

Polly, John, and Rebecca are Elizabeth's children from her first marriage. Living six doors down from Elizabeth's father, John BENEFIEL.

2. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

3. Messages in the Trimble Family Genealogy Forum (online at GenForum.com), including this one from George Bray:

...Eliza Ann Benefiel married Robert Bray who died at the age of 25 on 10 AUG 1841. They had 3 children. She then married James Trimble on 5 Mar 1843 and had 6 more children. James was 9 years her junior and came from a well to do family. Our family history states that when he chose to marry a widow who was 9 years older he was pretty much disinherited by his family who were not pleased with his choice of a bride. His side of the family was poor from then on...

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