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TRUMBULL (Soundex T651) — See also ARAMBULA, BULL, CARAMBULA, COLUMBUS, HUMBUGS, NAUMBURG, STRUMBERG, TRIMBELL, TRUMBALL, TRUMBLE, TRUMBO, TRUMBOWER.

  TRUMBULL: See also Trumbull Cary — John Trumbull Garvin — Charles Trumbull Granger — Carl Trumbull Hayden — John Trumbull Van Alen — Cyrenus Wheeler Jr. — William Woodbridge
  Trumbull, Benjamin (1769-1850) — of Colchester, New London County, Conn. Born in North Haven, New Haven County, Conn., September 21, 1769. Democrat. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Colchester, 1827-28, 1831; postmaster at Colchester, Conn., 1837-41. Died in Henrietta, Jackson County, Mich., June 14, 1850 (age 80 years, 266 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Martha (Phelps) Trumbull and Benjamin Trumbull (1735-1820); married, March 15, 1800, to Elizabeth Mather; father of Lyman Trumbull; first cousin twice removed of Jonathan Trumbull and Bushrod Ebenezer Hoppin; second cousin once removed of Joseph Trumbull (1737-1778), Jonathan Trumbull Jr., David Trumbull and George Smith Catlin; second cousin twice removed of Edwin Carpenter Pinney; second cousin thrice removed of Claude Carpenter Pinney; second cousin four times removed of Harold B. Pinney; third cousin of Joseph Trumbull (1782-1861), Lancelot Phelps and Jonathan G. W. Trumbull; third cousin once removed of Noah Phelps, Augustus Seymour Porter (1769-1849), Peter Buell Porter and James Phelps; third cousin twice removed of Calvin Tilden Hulburd, Judson B. Phelps, Erskine Mason Phelps, George Tracy Buckingham and Carl Trumbull Hayden; fourth cousin of Gaylord Griswold, Elisha Phelps, Augustus Seymour Porter (1798-1872), Peter Buell Porter Jr. and Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864); fourth cousin once removed of Parmenio Adams, Amos Pettibone, Lorenzo Burrows, Norman A. Phelps, Ethan Colby, William Dean Kellogg, John Smith Phelps, Almon Case and Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925).
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Trumbull, David (1751-1822) — of Lebanon, New London County, Conn. Born in Lebanon, New London County, Conn., February 5, 1751. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Lebanon, 1796. Died in Lebanon, New London County, Conn., January 17, 1822 (age 70 years, 346 days). Interment at Trumbull Cemetery, Lebanon, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Jonathan Trumbull and Faith (Robinson) Trumbull; brother of Joseph Trumbull (1737-1778) and Jonathan Trumbull Jr.; married, December 6, 1778, to Sarah Backus; father of Joseph Trumbull (1782-1861) and Jonathan G. W. Trumbull; second cousin once removed of Benjamin Trumbull; second cousin twice removed of Lyman Trumbull; second cousin thrice removed of Carl Trumbull Hayden; third cousin twice removed of Ethan Colby; third cousin thrice removed of Joseph Livermore Perley.
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Trumbull, Hammond See James Hammond Trumbull
  Trumbull, Herbert E. — Republican. Candidate for Michigan state senate 10th District, 1942. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Trumbull, Horace — of Stonington, New London County, Conn. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1888. Burial location unknown.
  Trumbull, J. Hammond See James Hammond Trumbull
  Trumbull, James H. — of Connecticut. U.S. Consul in Talcahuano, 1861-68. Burial location unknown.
  Trumbull, James Hammond (1821-1897) — also known as J. Hammond Trumbull — of Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Stonington, New London County, Conn., December 20, 1821. Philologist; Connecticut State Librarian, 1854-55; secretary of state of Connecticut, 1861-66. Died in Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., August 5, 1897 (age 75 years, 228 days). Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Gurdon Trumbull and Sarah Ann (Swan) Trumbull; married 1855 to Sarah A. Robinson; second cousin of Erskine Mason Phelps; third cousin thrice removed of George Champlin and Daniel Cady; fourth cousin once removed of Irving Dilley Tillman.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article
  Trumbull, John (1750-1831) — of Hartford, Hartford County, Conn.; Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Westbury, New Haven County (now Watertown, Litchfield County), Conn., April 24, 1750. Lawyer; poet; superior court judge in Connecticut, 1801-19. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., May 10, 1831 (age 81 years, 16 days). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
  The World War II Liberty ship SS John Trumbull (built 1942-43 at South Portland, Maine; sold 1947; scrapped 1970) was named for him.
  Epitaph: "American Revolutionary / Author of 'McFingal' / Poet & Patriot."
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Trumbull, John F. — of Stonington, New London County, Conn. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Stonington, 1838-39. Burial location unknown.
  Trumbull, John Harper (1873-1961) — also known as John H. Trumbull — of Plainville, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Ashford, Windham County, Conn., March 4, 1873. Republican. Organizer and president, Trumbull Electric Manufacturing Co.; board chairman, Colonial Air Transport, Inc.; director and treasurer, Plainville Realty Co.; president, Plainville Trust Co.; director, Connecticut Light & Power Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1920 (alternate), 1924, 1928 (Convention Vice-President; member, Committee on Permanent Organization), 1932, 1936 (speaker); member of Connecticut state senate 5th District, 1921-24; member of Connecticut Republican State Central Committee, 1922-30; Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, 1925; Governor of Connecticut, 1925-31; defeated, 1932; delegate to Connecticut convention to ratify 21st amendment 5th District, 1933. Congregationalist. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Odd Fellows; Redmen; Humane Society. Died in Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., May 21, 1961 (age 88 years, 78 days). Interment at West Cemetery, Plainville, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Hugh Homer Trumbull and Mary Ann (Harper) Trumbull; married, November 28, 1903, to Maud Pierce Usher (daughter of Robert Cleveland Usher); father of Florence Trumbull (daughter-in-law of Calvin Coolidge and Grace Coolidge).
  Political family: Coolidge family of Plainville, Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Trumbull, Jonathan (1710-1785) — of Lebanon, New London County, Conn. Born in Lebanon, New London County, Conn., October 12, 1710. Colonial Governor of Connecticut, 1769-76; Governor of Connecticut, 1776-84. Died in Lebanon, New London County, Conn., August 17, 1785 (age 74 years, 309 days). Interment at Trumbull Cemetery, Lebanon, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Trumbull (1679-1755) and Hannah (Higley) Trumbull; married to Faith Robinson; father of Joseph Trumbull (1737-1778), Jonathan Trumbull Jr., Mary Trumbull (who married William Williams) and David Trumbull; grandfather of Joseph Trumbull (1782-1861) and Jonathan G. W. Trumbull; first cousin twice removed of Benjamin Trumbull; first cousin thrice removed of Lyman Trumbull; first cousin four times removed of Carl Trumbull Hayden; second cousin thrice removed of Ethan Colby; second cousin four times removed of Joseph Livermore Perley.
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Trumbull, Jonathan, Jr. (1740-1809) — of Lebanon, New London County, Conn. Born in Lebanon, New London County, Conn., March 26, 1740. U.S. Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1789-95; Speaker of the U.S. House, 1791-93; U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1795-96; Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, 1796-97; Governor of Connecticut, 1797-1809; died in office 1809. Died in Lebanon, New London County, Conn., August 7, 1809 (age 69 years, 134 days). Interment at Trumbull Cemetery, Lebanon, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Jonathan Trumbull and Faith (Robinson) Trumbull; brother of Joseph Trumbull (1737-1778) and David Trumbull; married to Eunice Backus; father of Harriet Trumbull (who married Benjamin Silliman); uncle of Joseph Trumbull (1782-1861) and Jonathan G. W. Trumbull; second cousin once removed of Benjamin Trumbull; second cousin twice removed of Lyman Trumbull; second cousin thrice removed of Carl Trumbull Hayden; third cousin twice removed of Ethan Colby; third cousin thrice removed of Joseph Livermore Perley.
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Trumbull County, Ohio is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Trumbull, Jonathan G. W. (1787-1853) — of Norwich, New London County, Conn. Born in Lebanon, New London County, Conn., October 31, 1787. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Norwich, 1831. Died in Norwich, New London County, Conn., September 5, 1853 (age 65 years, 309 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of David Trumbull and Sarah (Backus) Trumbull; brother of Joseph Trumbull (1782-1861); nephew of Joseph Trumbull (1737-1778) and Jonathan Trumbull Jr.; grandson of Jonathan Trumbull; third cousin of Benjamin Trumbull; third cousin once removed of Lyman Trumbull; third cousin twice removed of Carl Trumbull Hayden; fourth cousin once removed of Ethan Colby.
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Trumbull, Joseph (1737-1778) — of Connecticut. Born in Lebanon, New London County, Conn., March 11, 1737. Merchant; Delegate to Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1774; commissary general of the Continental Army, 1775-77. Died in Lebanon, New London County, Conn., July 23, 1778 (age 41 years, 134 days). Interment at Trumbull Cemetery, Lebanon, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Jonathan Trumbull; brother of Jonathan Trumbull Jr. and David Trumbull; uncle of Joseph Trumbull (1782-1861) and Jonathan G. W. Trumbull; second cousin once removed of Benjamin Trumbull; second cousin twice removed of Lyman Trumbull; second cousin thrice removed of Carl Trumbull Hayden; third cousin twice removed of Ethan Colby; third cousin thrice removed of Joseph Livermore Perley.
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Trumbull, Joseph (1782-1861) — of Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Lebanon, New London County, Conn., December 7, 1782. Lawyer; banker; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Hartford, 1832; U.S. Representative from Connecticut, 1834-35, 1839-43 (at-large 1834-35, 1st District 1839-43); Governor of Connecticut, 1849-50. Died, from typhoid fever, in Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., August 4, 1861 (age 78 years, 240 days). Interment at Old North Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of David Trumbull and Sarah (Backus) Trumbull; brother of Jonathan G. W. Trumbull; married 1818 to Harriet Champion (daughter of Henry Champion); married, December 1, 1824, to Eliza Storrs (sister of Henry Randolph Storrs and William Lucius Storrs); nephew of Joseph Trumbull (1737-1778) and Jonathan Trumbull Jr.; grandson of Jonathan Trumbull; third cousin of Benjamin Trumbull; third cousin once removed of Lyman Trumbull; third cousin twice removed of Carl Trumbull Hayden; fourth cousin once removed of Ethan Colby.
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article
  Trumbull, Lyman (1813-1896) — of Alton, Madison County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Colchester, New London County, Conn., October 12, 1813. Republican. Member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1840-41; secretary of state of Illinois, 1841-43; justice of Illinois state supreme court, 1848-53; U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1855-73; candidate for Governor of Illinois, 1880. Died in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., June 25, 1896 (age 82 years, 257 days). Interment at Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
  Relatives: Son of Benjamin Trumbull and Elizabeth (Mather) Trumbull; married, June 21, 1843, to Julia Maria Jayne; married, November 3, 1877, to Mary Jane Ingraham; first cousin thrice removed of Jonathan Trumbull; second cousin once removed of Bushrod Ebenezer Hoppin; second cousin twice removed of Joseph Trumbull (1737-1778), Jonathan Trumbull Jr. and David Trumbull; third cousin of George Smith Catlin; third cousin once removed of Joseph Trumbull (1782-1861), Lancelot Phelps, Jonathan G. W. Trumbull and Edwin Carpenter Pinney; third cousin twice removed of Noah Phelps, Augustus Seymour Porter (1769-1849), Peter Buell Porter and Claude Carpenter Pinney; third cousin thrice removed of Harold B. Pinney; fourth cousin of James Phelps; fourth cousin once removed of Gaylord Griswold, Elisha Phelps, Augustus Seymour Porter (1798-1872), Peter Buell Porter Jr., Calvin Tilden Hulburd, Peter Augustus Porter, Judson B. Phelps, Erskine Mason Phelps, George Tracy Buckingham and Carl Trumbull Hayden.
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  Trumbull, Samuel — of Litchfield, Litchfield County, Conn. Republican. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Litchfield; elected 1904. Burial location unknown.
  Trumbull, Thomas F. (1868-1944) — of Port Angeles, Clallam County, Wash. Born in Iowa, 1868. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, 1916 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business). Died in Port Angeles, Clallam County, Wash., April 29, 1944 (age about 75 years). Interment at Mount Angeles Memorial Park, Port Angeles, Wash.
  Relatives: Son of William H. Trumbull and Mary (Gilmore) Trumbull.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Trumbull, Walter H. (b. 1857) — of Salem, Essex County, Mass. Born in Massachusetts, 1857. Republican. Banker; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1904. Burial location unknown.
  Trumbull, Walter M. — of Pennsylvania. Communist. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 21st District, 1940. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.


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