The Political Graveyard: Trigg family of Virginia

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Trigg family of Virginia

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Stephen Trigg (1742-1782) — Born in Spotsylvania County, Va., 1742. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1779-80. Killed in the Battle of Blue Licks, in what is now Robertson County, Ky., August 19, 1782 (age about 40 years). Interment somewhere in Nicholas County, Ky.

		Relatives: Son of William Trigg (1716-1773) and Mary (Johns) Trigg; brother of John Johns Trigg and Abram Trigg; married 1758 to Mary Christian; grandfather of Stephen Trigg Logan (1800-1880).
		Political family: Trigg family of Virginia.
		Trigg County, Ky. is named for him.

John Johns Trigg (1748-1804) — of Bedford County, Va. Born in Lunenburg County (part now in Bedford County), Va., 1748. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1784-92; delegate to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Bedford County, 1788; member of Virginia state senate, 1792-96; U.S. Representative from Virginia at-large, 1797-1804; died in office 1804. Died in Bedford County, Va., May 17, 1804 (age about 55 years). Interment a private or family graveyard, Bedford County, Va.

		Relatives: Son of William Trigg (1716-1773) and Mary (Johns) Trigg (1720-1773); brother of Stephen Trigg and Abram Trigg (1750-?); married, December 17, 1770, to Dianna Ayers; grandfather-in-law of John Thorton.
		Political family: Trigg family of Virginia.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article

Abram Trigg (b. 1750) — of Christiansburg, Montgomery County, Va. Born in Virginia, 1750. U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1797-1809 (at-large 1797-1807, 6th District 1807-09). Interment in private or family graveyard.

		Relatives: Son of William Trigg (1716-1773); brother of Stephen Trigg (1742-1782) and John Johns Trigg.
		Political family: Trigg family of Virginia.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

John Thorton (1786-1847) — of Missouri. Born December 24, 1786. Member of Missouri state house of representatives, 1824-32, 1836; Speaker of the Missouri State House of Representatives, 1828-30. Died in Clay County, Mo., October 24, 1847 (age 60 years, 304 days). Interment at Fairview Cemetery, Liberty, Mo.

		Relatives: Father-in-law of Alexander William Doniphan; grandson-in-law of John Johns Trigg (1748-1804).
		Political family: Trigg family of Virginia.

Stephen Trigg Logan (1800-1880) — also known as Stephen T. Logan — of Barren County, Ky.; Springfield, Sangamon County, Ill. Born in Franklin County, Ky., February 24, 1800. Republican. Lawyer; Barren County Commonwealth Attorney, 1822-32; circuit judge in Illinois, 1835-40; law partner of Abraham Lincoln, 1841-44; member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1843-47, 1855-56; delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention from Sangamon County, 1847; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1860. Died in Springfield, Sangamon County, Ill., July 24, 1880 (age 80 years, 151 days). Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.

		Relatives: Son of David Logan and Mary (Trigg) Logan; grandson of Stephen Trigg (1742-1782).
		Political family: Trigg family of Virginia.
		Logan County, Ill. may have been named for him.

Alexander William Doniphan (1808-1887) — of Liberty, Clay County, Mo.; Richmond, Ray County, Mo. Born in Maysville, Mason County, Ky., July 9, 1808. Lawyer; member of Missouri state house of representatives, 1836, 1840, 1854; in 1838, he refused to obey an order to execute Joseph Smith and other Mormon leaders, calling it "cold-blooded murder"; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; led Doniphan's Expedition into Mexico, 1846-47; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1876. Died in Richmond, Ray County, Mo., August 8, 1887 (age 79 years, 30 days). Interment at Fairview Cemetery, Liberty, Mo.; statue at County Courthouse Grounds, Richmond, Mo.

		Relatives: Son-in-law of John Thorton (1786-1847); married, December 21, 1837, to Elizabeth Jane Thornton (1820-1873).
		Political family: Trigg family of Virginia.
		Doniphan County, Kan. is named for him.
		The city of Doniphan, Missouri, is named for him. — The World War II Liberty ship SS Alexander W. Doniphan (built 1944, scrapped 1964) was named for him.
		See also Wikipedia article
		Books about Alexander William Doniphan: Roger D. Launius, Alexander William Doniphan: Portrait of a Missouri Moderate

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