Thomas S. Trigg
Thomas S. Trigg was born around April 1817 in Hampton Station, Tennessee. He got married around the early 1840s, and he had at least two children: Charles, born around 1842; and Mary, born around 1843. His wife died around 1844, and he married Elizabeth Metcalf on April 17, 1845. They had at least six children: Sally, born around 1846; Elizabeth, born around 1849; Ella, born around 1853; James, born around 1857; Mattie, born around 1859; and Lela, born around 1862.
They lived in Montgomery County, Tennessee, and Trigg worked as a farmer and schoolteacher. By 1870, he owned $8,000 of real estate and $1,200 of personal property. His wife died in 1881. He died of “pneumonia and bronchitis” in Montgomery County on December 17, 1897.
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| (536) | Trigg, Thomas S. | 1817-04 | 1897-12-17 |
- Conflict Side: Confederacy
- Role: Civilian
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- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 2
People - Records: 1
- (536) Trigg, Thomas S. is the [friend of] (532) Frey, Wesley H.
Places - Records: 2
SOURCES
1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, available from Ancestry.com; The Leaf-Chronicle (Clarksville, TN), 17 December 1897; Thomas S. Trigg Obituary, 21 January 1898, DL0275.069, Nau Collection
