Junie TROTTER Margaret Lewis Lula GREY Mini tree diagram

John Rufus TROTTER5,1,2,6,3,4

16th Sep 18501,2,3,4 - 17th Nov 18834

Life History

16th Sep 1850

Born in Tennessee.1,2,3,4

16th Jun 1874

Married Margaret Lewis Lula GREY in Nevada County, Arkansas.5,6,4

4th Aug 1879

Birth of daughter Junie TROTTER in Arkansas.7,8,9,10

17th Nov 1883

Died in Sarassa, Lincoln, Arkansas.4

after 17th Nov 1883

Buried in Campground Cemetery, Monticello, Drew County, Arkansas.4

Notes

  • One or more genealogies rport that John Trotter was born in Sarassa, Lincoln COunty, Arkansasa.

    "Sarassa is in Lincoln County, in the Pine Bluff metro area.   The community was named after local Quapaw chief."
    --  "Sarassa," ePodunk, http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=11700

    1860 Federal Census, Drew County, Arkansas, 18 July, Spring Hill Township, PO Monticello, page 154, Hse/Fam #951
    H G Trotter 43 M Farmer $7000 Real Estate $2000 Personal Estate  born North Carolina [born abt 1817]
    M C Trotter 31 F Alabama [born abt 1829]
    J R Trotter 7 M born Tennessee [born abt 1853]
    W C Trotter 8 M born Arkansas [born abt 1853]
    H G Trotter 6 M born Arkansas [born abt 1854]
    V J Trotter 4 M born Arkansas [born abt 1856]

    1870 Federal Census, Drew County, Arkansas, 25 June, Spring Hill Township, PO Monticello, p 1 (scan 663), Hse #8, Fam #7
    Trotter, Henry J  53 M W Farmer $5000 Real Estate Value $300 Personal Estate b North Carolina [b abt 1817]
    Trotter, Melvina  45 F W  Keeping House b Alabama [born abt 1825]
    Trotter, John R 19 M W Farm laborer b Tennessee [b abt 1851]
    Trotter, William C 17  M W  Farm laborer b Arkansas [born abt 1853]
    Trotter, Henry 15 M W Farm laborer b Arkansas [b abt 1855]
    Trotter, Vergil J 13 M W  Farm laborer b Arkansas [born abt 1857]
    Trotter, Calidonia 5  F W  b Arkansas [born abt 1865]

    Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
    John R Trotter
    Age 23, Birth Year abt 1851
    Residence: Lincoln, Arkansas
    Spouse's Name: M Lula Gray
    Spouse's Age 21
    Spouse's Residence Lincoln, Arkansas
    Marriage 16 Jun 1874 Nevada County

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    Rufus Trotter
    Birth Sep. 16, 1850 Tennessee
    Death Nov. 17, 1883

    On the 1860 Census, John was listed in Spring Hill, Arkansas living with his parents. On the 1870 Census, he was listed in Spring Hill, Arkansas living with his parents. He was a college graduate from Vanderbilt, studying Latin. Later he became a merchant near Pine Bluff, Arkansas. He married M. Lula Grey 06/16/1874. After John's death, she married Charles McSwain and lived in Emmet, Arkansas.

    Parents:
    Henry Jackson Trotter (1817 - 1893)
    Malvina G. Connor Trotter (1826 - 1882)
    Spouse Margaret Lewis Grey McSwain (1854 - 1926)

    Children:
    Malvina Trotter (1875 - 1890)
    Junie Trotter Garland (1879 - 1960)
    Henrietta Trotter (1883 - 1884)
    Tommie Trotter (1883 - 1884)

    Siblings:
    William Cicero Trotter (1852 - 1885)
    Henry Juan Trotter (1854 - 1877)
    Virgil Josephus Trotter (1856 - 1956)
    Mary Calidonia Trotter (1865 - 1933)

    Burial Campground Cemetery, Monticello, Drew County, Arkansas

    Maintained by Stephen Connor Schneider, Originally Created by Jody Gladden S 19, 2007
    --  Find A Grave Memorial #21653346, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21653346
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Sources

  • 1. 1860 Federal Census, Drew County, Arkansas
    • 18 July, Spring Hill Township, PO Monticello, page 154, Hse/Fam #951
  • 2. 1870 Federal Census, Drew County, Arkansas
    • 25 June, Spring Hill Township, PO Monticello, p 1 (scan 663), Hse #8, Fam #7
  • 3. Ancestry Trees
    • Norment-Ward, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/31865065/person/18138910121
  • 4. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
  • 5. Emmet United Methodist Church, Emmet, Nevada County [Arkansas]"
    • Location: http://www.arkansaspreservation.com/historic-properties/_search_nomination_popup.aspx?id=2486;
  • 6. Arkansas Marriages, 1851-1900
  • 7. 1920 Federal Census, Nevada County, Arkansas
    • 17 January, Emmet, District 127, page 2A, Lansburg Rd, Hse/Family #22
  • 8. Gravestone of Junie Trotter Garland, Snell Cemetery, Emmet, Nevada, Arkansas
  • 9. 1900 Federal Census, Nevada County, Arkansas
    • 27 June, Emmet, District 78, page 20A, Hse #342, Fam #345
  • 10. 1910 Federal Census, Nevada County, Arkansas
    • 16 April, Emmet, District 101, page 1B,  Lansburg Road, Hse/Fam #14

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