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The Genealogical History of John R. Trotter and Sarah Ramsey Trotter Augusta, VA.

Submitted & Written by William T. Swift. If you connect to this line of Trotters please contact William T. Swift at

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Acknowledgements
This genealogy is a compilation of data prepared by several other family members, including a study began by my father, William Chester Swift, before his death in 1985. Much of the data he had compiled had been received from Francis A. Trotter of Indianapolis who contributed the records which his father, Frank A. Trotter, had collected over a number of years. My father had also relied heavily upon a family record maintained by his cousins, Ada Hall Newlin and Florence Hall Jones of Paoli, Indiana. He had also contacted relatives in Nebraska and Iowa and Carol Trotter Berkey of Columbus, Indiana.
I have supplemented the genealogical data from the above sources with any family pictures that I could obtain. This effort was greatly assisted by Frances Trotter, Nina Lewis, Neva Wheeler, Carol Berkey, Pearl Crafton, Mary Opal Hoke, and Edna Swift Northerner. My son Brian C. Swift, was also of great assistance in preparing half-tone masters of the pictures so that acceptable copies could be made.
The descendants of John R. Trotter and Sarah Ramsey are outlined in the pages immediately preceding to the best of my ability, recognizing that some of the births and marriages may not be reflected, particularly the more recent ones. The numbering system is my own device, and it should be noted that the numbers have no significance other than a means of keeping all of the names in some logical order and to facilitate cross referencing.
Although the aforementioned outline includes all descendants for which I had information. the biographical material has been limited to the children, grandchildren and great grandchildren of John R. and Sarah Ramsey Trotter. It must be admitted that even that information can not he considered as complete. I regret the brevity of information for some of the individuals and hope that any readers who have additional information would kindly make it available.
In the process of gathering this information and photographs, I have had the added pleasure of meeting, in person or by mail, several relatives who I had not previously known. I am grateful to all of them for their kindness and cooperation,
William T. Swift
Email bswift@surf-ici.com

Introduction
To the best of our knowledge, the first of our Trotter ancestors to have migrated to America was a James W. Trotter . He was born in Ulster , Ireland in 1717. He married in Ireland and, with his wife, migrated to the area of Staunton, Virginia about the year 1739. He and his wife lived out their lives in Virginia and are buried near Staunton.
He was the father of Isaac Trotter who married Rebecca Thomas. They were the parents of Isaac Trotter, Jr.
Isaac Trotter, Jr. was born in Augusta County, Va. about 1755. He purchased land in Virginia, as evidenced by a deed recorded in Staunton, Va. He married Jane Dixon and they had eight children as listed below. He had a second wife named Esther McClure.
1. James Trotter, who married a Martha Bell. They had a daughter named Isabel.
2. John A. Trotter He and his descendants are the subject of this study on the
following pages
3. Rebecca Trotter, who married a John Dixon
4. Mary (called Polly) Trotter, who was never married
5. Sarah Trotter, who was never married
6. Jane Trotter, who married James Huston
7. Isaac Trotter, who married Catherine Patterson. They had two daughters - Mary Jane and Rebecca.
8. Archibald Trotter, who married Jane Brown. They were the parents of James W.B., Cynthia Esteline, Emily V. and Cyrus N.
Isaac Trotter, Jr. died June 22, 1831.

Other genealogy records list several persons with the Trotter name among the early settlers of the Shenandoah Valley, but linkages to the above family have not yet been established.
John R. Trotter
was the son of James Isaac Trotter, Jr. and the great-grandson of James W. Trotter, who migrated to Virginia from Ireland about 1739.
He was born May 15, 1788 and died on July 4, 1831 at the age of 43. He died a few days after the death of his father. He is buried at Staunton, Virginia.
On June 4, 1810 he married Sarah Elizabeth Ramsey and the marriage bond is on file in Staunton, Va. Sarah Ramsey was born October 19, 1784 and died September 17, 1870 at the age of 85.
They had eight children, as follows:
1.0 James Isaac Addison Trotter, born April 8, 1811
2.0 John Ramsey Trotter, born December 23, 1812
3.0 William Black Trotter, born August 11, 1814
4.0 Archibald Dixon Trotter, born July 11, 1816
5.0 Jane B. Trotter, born March 8, 1818
6.0 Cyrus Newton Trotter, born April 8, 1819
7.0 Hamilton Craig Trotter, born October 10, 1823
8.0 Alexander P. Trotter, born January 9, 1828
Following the death of her husband in 1831, Sarah Ramsey Trotter migrated from the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia into southern Indiana, accompanied by six of her eight children. They probably arrived within two or three years after the death of her husband. Her sons James and Archibald remained in Virginia.
They first settled along the Blue River in Harrison County at or near Milltown. Later they moved northward into Jackson Twp. of Washington County, with a mailing address of Martinsburg, Indiana. At a later time, probably in the mid 1840s as indicated on tax and polling lists, they moved to near Hardinsburg in Posey Twp. of Washington County.
The text of a letter from Archibald to his mother, postmarked February 23, 1841 from Staunton, Virginia is described & shown below. It indicates that he was a schoolteacher, and that his brother, James, was a riding sheriff. Although the letter mentions their intent to also go west, they both died in Virginia. No record is known to exist that James and/or Archibald ever came to Indiana.

Description and content of letter follows
After the death of her husband, John, in 1831, Mrs. Sarah (Ramsey) Trotter left the locale of
Augusta County, Va. in 1833. With six of her eight children, she migrated westward into the region of southern Washington County in Indiana, Two sons, James I.A., her first born,, and Archibald D.,, her fourth, remained in Virginia. In July of 1841, Archibald became 25 years of age,, and his brother, James, was 30 in April of that year when this letter was written to their mother,
The original of the letter is written on two sheets of paper, unlined,, using pen and ink with penmanship in the Spencerian manner, These two sheets are folded into a 6"' X 3" size with all edges doubled inward in a protective manner which, after the application of a red sealing wax,, became the final form in which it was mailed (no envelope). The addressee's name and address were penned on the side opposite the seal. In lieu of a stick-on postage stamp (first to be issued in 1847) the numerals "25" are penned in the corner where the stamps would now be placed and diagonally opposite is written "Pd Mail".
The postmark reads: Staunton
Feb,.23
Va
The address is as follows:
Mrs. Sarah Trotter
Martinsburg
Washington County Indiana

The original letter still exists.
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Staunton Va Feby 22, 1841

Dear Mother

I have been waiting some weeks since receiving your letter of the 4th ult expecting to be able to write something decisive to you but have now taken my pen to write upon the probability there has nothing transpired in the affairs here worth drawing your attention to. In my searches at Mrs. Finleys among the papers of Grandfather I found nothing worth your attention. So far as I could learn the papers most likely to be of any importance were in the hands of Uncle Wm. Ramsey and I think it more than probable that some of those lands have fallen into the hands of Uncle Andrew Ramsey.

My school is out here in about 5 weeks and if I then can arrange business so that James will be able to attend to it I will then come out. If not I will either go to school a few months or commence another school. If I go to school I will probably come out before sometime next winter. However I will be able to write to you more satisfactorily in my next letter. James is still riding sheriff and will continue to do so until next March. He is very well. I believe that he intends going west then.

When you wrote to me you informed me that the boys were then going to school. I hope they are still going. Give them my love and tell them to endeavor to make good use of their time. Tell them also that I expect to be their instructor next winter. I am in tolerable health and sincerely hope that these few lines may find you and each of you enjoying the same blessing. Give my love to brothers and sister after excepting a good portion to yourself.

Nothing more but remains your affectionate son.

To Sarah Trotter
A.D. Trotter

P.S. I wrote to Uncle Perkins immediately after I read your letter informing him all I knew about his interest in Uncle Wm. Black's Estate.
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1.0 James Isaac Addison Trotter
was the oldest son of John R. Trotter and Sarah Ramsey Trotter.
He was born April 8, 1811 and died at the age of 72 on February 22, 1884. He is buried in Thornrose Cemetery in Staunton, Virginia. His younger brother, Archibald, died six days later.

See comments under John R. Trotter regarding the migration of Sarah Ramsey Trotter to Indiana with her children, excepting James and Archibald.
From the information available, it is believed that James never married.

2.0 John Ramsey Trotter
was the second son of John R. Trotter and Sarah Ramsey Trotter.
He was born December 23, 1812 in Virginia and died May 2, 1888 at Milltown, Indiana at the age of 75. He is buried in the Walton Cemetery south of Hardinsburg. On his headstone is inscribed:
precious one from us has gone
voice we loved is stilled
place is vacant in our home
that never can be filled.

He had come to Indiana from Virginia with his mother, brothers, and sister. See comments under John R. Trotter regarding the migration of Sarah Ramsey Trotter to Indiana.
He first married Malinda Stroud on April 19, 1849. She was born December 30, 1823 and died February 11, 1852 at age 30. She is buried in the Walton Cemetery.

They had two children, as follows:
2.1 William T. Trotter, born March 31, 1850
2.2 John A. Trotter, birth date unknown

After the death of his first wife, he married a widow, Caroline Vandever McClain, on December 11, 1856. She was born December 26, 1826 and died January 2, 1868 at age 41. She had two children, Martha A. and Mary L. by her previous marriage. John R. Trotter was the father of three children by his second wife, Caroline, as follows:

2.3 Charles P. Trotter, born November 16, 1857
2.4 William H. Trotter, born October 15, 1859
2.5 Virginia (Jennie) L. Trotter, born Jan. 19, 1862 (or 1864?)

2.1 William T. Trotter
was the first child of John R. Trotter (2.0) and his first wife, Malinda Stroud Trotter.
He was born March 31, 1850 and died September 15, 1851 at age 1 . He is buried in the Walton Cemetery south of Hardinsburg.

2.2 John A. Trotter
was the second child of John R. Trotter (2.0 ) and his first wife, Malinda Stroud Trotter.
His birth date is unknown. He died January 28, 1852 and is buried in the Walton Cemetery south of Hardinsburg.

2.3 Charles P. Trotter
was the first child of John R. Trotter (2.0) and his second wife, the widowed Caroline Vandever McClain Trotter.
He was born November 16, 1858 and died in 1943. He is buried in the Milltown Cemetery.
He first married Sarah Bradley on October 18, 1882. She was born January 16, 1858 and died April 21, 1891. She is also buried in the Milltown Cemetery. They had two children:

2.3.1 John Amos Trotter, born January 11, 1884
2.3.2 Lela Trotter, born May 27, 1889

He later married Minnie Atz, who was born in 1868 and died August 5, 1951. She is buried in the Milltown Cemetery. They had no children.

2.3.1 John Amos Trotter
was the first child of Charles P. Trotter (2.3) and Sarah Bradley Trotter.

He was born January 11, 1884 and died at age 51 on September 10, 1935.
On February 6, 1912 he married Hazel Small.

They had a daughter:
2.3.1.1 Margaret Trotter, born April 23, 1919


2.3.2 Lela Blume (nee Trotter)
was the second child of Charles P. Trotter (2.3) and Sarah Bradley Trotter.

She was born May 27, 1889 She married a Clarence Blume for whom no other information is available.

2.4. William H. Trotter
was the second child of John R. Trotter (2.0 ) and his second wife, the widowed Caroline Vandever McClain Trotter.
He was born two miles south of Hardinsburg on October 15, 1859 and died May 31, 1937 at age 77. He is buried in Crown Hill Cemetery at Salem, Indiana.
He first married M. Ella Jenner on August 2. 1880. She was born December 8, 1859 and died February 11, 1887. She is buried in Milltown Cemetery. They had three children, as follows:

2.4.1 Marion Grace Trotter, born May 13, 1881
2.4.2 Ethel Trotter, born January 22, 1883
2.4.3 Jennie R. Trotter, born October 24, 1884

After his first wife died, William H. Trotter married Mary Florence Hostetter, the daughter of Capt. Edmund and Clementine Powers Hostetter of Milltown. She was born October 31, 1872 at Milltown and died January 17, 1968 at Salem, Indiana. She was 95. They had two children, as follows:

2.4.4 Alice Trotter, born February 25, 1895
2.4.5 Olive Trotter, born August 5, 1902

William H. Trotter was educated in the public schools of Posey Twp. and in the academies at Marengo and Hardinsburg. He first engaged in the drugstore business at Milltown, then became a partner in the store of Kay Brothers and Trotter, first at Milltown and later at Fredricksburg.

About 1903 he became involved in a telephone project between Fredricksburg and Milltown. The business thrived and lines were extended over the county to various towns, including Milltown, DePauw, Palmyra, Hardinsburg, Livonia and Salem and was connected with the system at New Albany. He was also appointed postmaster of Fredricksburg in 1914.

2.4.1 Marion Grace Moore (nee Trotter)
was the first child of William H. Trotter (2.4) and his first wife, M. Ella Jenner Trotter.
She was born May 13, 1881 and died April 8, 1961 at age 79.
She married Morris Moore and they lived at Milltown. They had two children:

2.4.1.1 James Moore
2.4.1.2 Manson Moore

2.4.2 Ethel Mitton (nee Trotter)
was the second child of William H. Trotter (2.4) and his first wife, M. Ella Jenner Trotter.
She was born January 22, 1883 and died July 6, 1960 at age 77,
On September 14, 1902 she married Charles E. Mitton. They lived at Mason, Ohio and had one son:
2.4.2.1 Henry Mitton

2.4.3 Jennie R. Lemmon (nee Trotter)
was the third child of William H. Trotter (2.4) and his first wife, M. Ella Jenner Trotter.
She was born October 24, 1884 and died March 3, 1966 at age 81.
She married Harry Lemmon and lived at Milltown. The had one son:
2.4.3.1 Nicholas Lemmon

2.4.4 Alice Putnam (nee Trotter)
was the first child of William H. Trotter (2.4) and his second wife, Mary Florence Hostetter Trotter.
She was born February 25, 1895 and married H. M. Putnam on July 7, 1919.

2.4.5 Olive Paynter (nee Trotter)
was the second child of William H. Trotter (2.4) and his second wife, Mary Florence Hostetter Trotter.
She was born August 5, 1902 and married LaRue Paynter on September 1, 1920. They had a son:
2.4.5.1 Dr. William T. Paynter

2.5 Virginia (Jennie) L. Jackson (nee Trotter)
was the third child of John R. Trotter (2.0) and his second wife, the widowed Caroline Vandever McClain Trotter.
She was born Jan. 19, 1862 (or 1864?) and died in 1945 and is buried in the Milltown Cemetery
3.0 William Black Trotter
was the third son of John R. Trotter and Sarah Ramsey Trotter.
He was born August 11, 1814 in Virginia and died at the age of 61 on August 10, 1876. He died at Somerset, Kentucky while working on a road building contract with his sons John and James. He was a farmer and a miller according to census records. He is buried in the southwest corner of the Walton Cemetery south of Hardinsburg.

On December 5, 1839 he married Dorcas Catherine Marshall who was born March 2, 1816 in Champaign County, Ohio. She was the daughter of James and Catherine Colwell Marshall. The Marshall family moved to Indiana in 1819 and her parents are buried in the Bethlehem (Presb) Cemetery in Jackson Twp. of Washington County, Indiana.
Dorcas Marshall Trotter died at her home east of Hardinsburg on December 17, 1895. She was 79.

In the 1860s William Black Trotter built the Trotter home about 11 miles east of Hardinsburg on the Louisville-to-Vincennes pike, now U.S. 150. It was an impressive 10-room two-story home of the Federal type. At the time, the family was living in a hewn log and stone-hearthed house next to the site of the new home. In the early morning hours of January 12, 1976 it was totally destroyed by f ire. By this time, for nearly 30 years, this old home and its surrounding structures had not been owned by any descendant of the original builder.

They had ten children, as follows:
3.1 Jane B. Trotter, born October 1, 1840
3.2 Catherine (Kate) Trotter, born Sept. 15, 1842
3.3 John E. Trotter, born September 21, 1844
3.4 Sarah Elizabeth Trotter, born March 8, 1847
3.5 James Marshall Trotter, Born April 2, 1849
3.6 William Lawrence Trotter born December 5, 1852
3.7 Susan Dorcas Trotter, born February 26, 1854
3.8 Franklin P. Trotter, born November 30, 1856
3.9 Maria Emily Trotter, born February 28, 1860
3.10 Horace G. Trotter, born April 9, 1864

3.1 Jane B. Miller (nee Trotter)
was the first child of William B. Trotter (3.0) and Dorcas Marshall Trotter.
She was born October 1, 1840 and died August 4, 1925 at the age of 84.

On March 15, 1870 she married Benjamin Franklin Miller. He was born November 5, 1835 and died December 24, 1906 at age 71. Both are buried in Wolfe Cemetery at Georgetown, Indiana.

They had three children, as follows:
3.1.1 Hugh Wilbur Miller, born September 9, 1873
3.1.2 Ralph William Miller, born February 24, 1875
3.1.3 Noble Carl Miller, born July 14, 1879

3.1.1 Hugh Wilbur Miller
was the first child of Benjamin Miller and Jane B. Trotter Miller (3.1).
He was born September 9. 1873 and died February 15, 1959 at age 85.
He married Minnie Myrtle. She was born February 16, 1879 and died December 16, 1964 at age 85.

They had two children, as follows:
3.1.1.1 Glen Franklin Miller
3.1.1.2 Mamie Helen Miller

3.1.2 Ralph William Miller
was the second son of Benjamin F. Miller and Jane B. Trotter Miller (3.1).
He was born February 24, 1875 and died March 13, 1935 at age 60. He had married Jessie McCauliffe.

3.1.3 Noble Carl Miller
was the third son of Benjamin F. Miller and Jane B. Trotter Miller (3.1).
He was born July 14, 1879 and died June 24, 1964 at age 84.

3.2 Catherine (Kate) Davis (nee Trotter)
was the second child of William B. Trotter (3.0) and Dorcas Marshall Trotter.
She was born September 15, 1842 and died April 12, 1920 at the age of 77. She is buried in the Hardinsburg Cemetery.

On April 15, 1868 at Hardinsburg she married Amos Davis, who was the son of James A. and Mary Roland Davis of Floyd County, Indiana. He was born January 22, 1841 and died May 28, 1919. He is also buried in the Hardinsburg Cemetery.

After their marriage they became residents of Hardinsburg, where Mr. Davis owned an interest in a mill. After 18 months they moved to a farm in Posey Township, where they remained until 1875. They then moved to a home in Madison Township. Amos Davis was trustee of Madison Twp. from 1907 to 1911.

They had eight children, as follows:
3.2.1 Elnora G. Davis, born February 23, 1869
3.2.2 Harry Edgar Davis, born August 12, 1871
3.2.3 James L. Davis, born March 9. 1873
3.2.4 Ada Florence Davis, born September 15, 1874
3.2.5 Mary Dorcas Davis, born February 19, 1877
3.2.6 Charles Lyman Davis, born March 6, 1881
3.2.7 William Grover Davis, born January 15, 1885
3.2.8 Warder Talmadge Davis, born January 31, 1887

3.2.1 Elnora McCain (nee Davis)
was the first child of Amos Davis and Catherine Trotter Davis (3.2).
She was born February 23, 1869 and died January 6. 1905 at age 36. She is buried in the Hardinsburg Cemetery.
She married Henry McCain and they had one child:

3.2.1.1 Hazel D. McCain

3.2.2 Harry Edgar Davis
was the second child of Amos Davis and Catherine Trotter Davis (3.2).
He was born August 12, 1871 and died in 1944. He graduated from Indiana State Normal. He lived at Lakeville and traveled for International Harvester. He also had taught school for 15 years. He is buried in the Hardinsburg Cemetery.
A marker in the Hardinsburg Cemetery indicates that his wife, Clarissa, is buried at Ashtabula, Ohio.

3.2.3 James L. Davis
was the third child of Amos Davis and Catherine Trotter Davis (3.2).
He was born March 9, 1873 and died September 19, 1873 at the age of six months.

3.2.4 Ada Florence Wingler (nee Davis)
was the fourth child of Amos Davis and Catherine Trotter Davis (3.2).
On September 1, 1897 she married D. Stanton Wingler. They lived in Orange County and had six children, as follows:
3.2.4.1 Merrill S. Wingler
3.2.4.2 Chalmer Wingler
3.2.4.3 Amos Wingler
3.2.4.4 Evalon Wingler
3.2.4.5 Lera Wingler
3.2.4.6 Audrey Wingler

3.2.5 Mary Dorcas Davis
was the fifth child of Amos Davis and Catherine Trotter Davis (3.2).
She was born February 19, 1877 and died November 16, 1938 at age 61.

3.2.6 Charles Lyman Davis
was the sixth child of Amos Davis and Catherine Trotter Davis (3.2).
He was born March 6, 1881 and died August 11, 1961 at age 80.
He married Stella A. Gullette who was born July 26, 1888 in Jasper, Indiana and died August 31, 1977 at age 89. Both are buried in the Hardinsburg Cemetery.

3.2.7 William Grover Davis
was the seventh child of Amos Davis and Catherine Trotter Davis (3.2).
He was born January 15, 1885 and died of a heart attack on November 6, 1954 at age 69.
He married Jennie L. Bell who was born in 1892 and died in 1978. He & his wife are buried in the Hardinsburg Cemetery.
He attended Indiana State Normal, Valparaiso University and Carnegie Tech of Pittsburgh. He lived at Pittsburgh, Pa. where he was a teacher of manual training in the city schools.

3.2.8 Warder Talmadge Davis
was the eighth child of Amos Davis and Catherine Trotter Davis (3.2).
He was born January 31, 1887 and died February 6, 1960 at age 73.
Like his brother, William Grover, he taught manual training in the Pittsburgh, Pa. schools. He also attended Indiana State Normal and Carnegie Tech of Pittsburgh.

3.3 John E. Trotter
was the third child of William B. Trotter (3.0) and Dorcas Marshall Trotter.
He was born September 21, 1844 and died at the age of 66 on April 12, 1911 at Seymour, Indiana. He is buried in the Riverview Cemetery at Seymour.

On November 26, 1876 he married Annie E. Keller. She was born April 1, 1857 and died February 19, 1935 at age 77. She is also buried in Riverview Cemetery.

They had five children, as follows:
3.3.1 Frank A. Trotter, born September 18, 1877
3.3.2 Eura Grace Trotter, born November 17, 1878
3.3.3 Irma Blanche Trotter, born June 23, 1880
3.3.4 Ruby D. Trotter, born May 29, 1883
3.3.5 Cedella Arlouine Trotters born January 7, 1900

3.3.1 Frank A. Trotter
was the first child of John E. Trotter (3052) and Annie Keller Trotter.
He was born September 18, 1877 and died April 16, 1967 at age 89. He is buried in Riverview Cemetery at Seymour, Indiana.
On August 16, 1903 he married Mamie (nee LaFollette) Kay. They had one child:
3.3.1.1 Robert A. Trotter, born & died Sept. 19, 1904

They were separated September 22, 1904. She married again. She died February 8, 1956.
On November 20, 1907 he married Anna Dahlenburg. She was born October 28, 1878 and died October 27, 1951 at age 73, less one day.

They had two children, as follows:

3.3.1.2 Adell Boyd Trotter, born December 15, 1908. She died in her
infancy on June 30, 1909. She is buried in Riverview Cemetery at Seymour, Indiana.
3.3.1.3 Francis A. Trotter

3.3.2 Eura Grace Trotter
was the second child of John E. Trotter (3052) and Annie Keller Trotter.
She was born November 17, 1878 near Chestnut Ridge in Jackson County, Indiana. She died July 17, 1974 and is buried in Riverview Cemetery in Seymour, Indiana.
She was never married.

3.3.3 Irma Blanche Trotter
was the third child of John E. Trotter (3052) and Annie Keller Trotter.
She was born June 23, 1880 and died September 14, 1880.
She is buried in Chestnut Ridge Cemetery in Jackson County, Indiana. On the small monument placed to mark the site of her burial is this inscription:

"It was an angel that visited the green earth and took this flower away"

3.3.4 Ruby Dorcas Goodale (nee Trotter)
was the fourth child of John E. Trotter (3052) and Annie Keller Trotter.
She was born May 29, 1883 and died November 10, 1908 at age 25. She is buried in Riverview Cemetery at Seymour, Ind.

She married Bird A. Goodale and they had two children:
3.3.4.1 Beauford A. Goodale 1904-1964
3.3.4.2 Noble Upchurch Goodale 1906-1906 (same day)

3.3.5 Cedella Arlouine Trotter
was the fifth child of John E. Trotter (3052) and Annie Keller Trotter.
She was born January 7, 1900 and died February 15, 1902 at age 2 of a scalding accident. She is buried in Riverview Cemetery at Seymour, Indiana.

3.4 Sarah Elizabeth Trotter
was the fourth child of William B. Trotter (3.0) and Dorcas Marshall Trotter.
She was born March 8, 1847 and died August 20, 1848 at age 1 1/2. Her burial site is undetermined, but is in Posey Twp. of Washington County, Indiana.

3.5 James Marshall Trotter
was the fifth child William B. Trotter (3.0) and Dorcas Marshall Trotter.
He was born April 2. 1849 and died at the age of 95 on February 15, 1945 at New Albany. He is buried in the Wolfe Cemetery at Georgetown, Indiana.

On July 6, 1884 he married Delmont I. (Della) Short in Seymour, In. She was born December 4, 1866 in Seymour, In. They had three children, as follows:
3.5.1 Margaret Dorcas Trotter, born June 9, 1886
3.5.2 Una Nell Trotter, born March 23, 1890
3.5.3 Charlotte Lamey (adopted), born in 1905

Della Short Trotter and James M. Trotter later were divorced. She then married a man by the name of William Treser. She died on June 16, 1939 at the age of 72 and is buried in the Treser site in Memorial Park Cemetery in Indianapolis, In.

3.5.1 Margaret Dorcas Finger (nee Trotter)
was the first child of James Marshall Trotter (3.5) and Della Short Trotter.
She was born June 9, 1886 and died July 28, 1958 at age 72.

On November 24, 1909 she married Joseph G. Finger. He was born February 15, 1881 and died February 27, 1928 at age 47. Both are buried in Fairview Cemetery at New Albany, Indiana

3.5.2 Una Nell Trotter
was the second child of James Marshall Trotter (3.5) and Della Short Trotter.
She was born March 23, 1890 and died October 7, 1895 at age 5.

3.5.3 Charlotte Lamey
was an adopted child of James Marshall Trotter (3.5) and Della Short Trotter.
She was born in 1905 and died in 1983. She is buried in Fairview Cemetery in New Albany, Indiana near the graves of Joseph and Margaret Finger.

3.6 William Lawrence Trotter
was the sixth child of William B. Trotter (3.0) and Dorcas Marshall Trotter.
He was born December 5, 1852 and died at the age of 77 on November 14, 1930. He is buried at Hardinsburg, Indiana.
On April 11 , 1894 he married Maria Jennie Lee, who was born December 8, 1862 and died October 12, 1946 at age 83. She is also buried in Hardinsburg Cemetery.

They had two children, as follows:
3.6.1 Russell Earl Trotter, born January 8, 1895
3.6.2 Frank Lee Trotter, born July 12, 1905

3.6.1 Russell Earl Trotter
was the first child of William L. Trotter (3.6 ) and Maria Jenny (nee Lee) Trotter.
He was born January 8, 1895 and died July 9, 1982. His wife Mary (nee Thompson) died March 20, 1977. Both are buried in Palms Memorial Cemetery at Homestead, Florida.

3.6.2 Frank Lee Trotter
was the second child of William L. Trotter (3.6 ) and Maria Jenny (nee Lee) Trotter.
He was born July 12, 1905 and died May 1, 1974 at age 68. He is buried in the Hardinsburg, Indiana Cemetery.
On June 2, 1935 he married Garnet Bernice Black. She was born June 23, 1907 and died may 27, 1982 at age 74. She was a schoolteacher; first in a rural schoolhouse near Hardinsburg, then later in Perry Township of Marion County in Indianapolis. She was a sister of Roy and Ray Black, Audrey Hunter, and Olive Trinkle. She is also buried in the Hardinsburg, Indiana Cemetery.

They had four children, as follows:
3.6.2.1 Mary Lou Trotter
3.6.2.2 Jerry Lee Trotter
3.6.2.3 William Ray Trotter
3.6.2.4 Suzanne Trotter

3.7 Susan Dorcas Trotter
was the seventh child of William B. Trotter (3.0) and Dorcas Marshall Trotter.
She was born February 26, 1854 and died December 21, 1924 at age 70. She is buried in Wolfe Cemetery, Georgetown, Indiana. She was never married.

3.8 Franklin P. Trotter
was the eighth child of William B. Trotter (3.0) and Dorcas Marshall Trotter.
He was born November 30, 1856 and died November 23, 1860. He was not quite four years of age.
He is buried in the Walton Cemetery near Hardinsburg, Indiana beside his mother and father. Yet faintly discernible on the marker is engraved:

"This lovely bud, so young and fair
Dulled hence by early doom
Just came to show how sweet a flower
In paradise might bloom"

3.9 Maria Emily Kern Summers (nee Trotter)
was the ninth child of William B. Trotter (3.0) and Dorcas Marshall Trotter.
She was born February 28, 1860 and died October 4, 1925 at age 65. She is buried at Orleans.
On December 2, 1885 she married Charles F. Kern. He was born December 2, 1859 and died December 1, 1886 at age 27. They had one son:

3.9.1 Carl Hanson Kern, born July 24, 1886

After the death of her first husband, she married Sherman Summers in 1893. He was born in Milltown, Indiana on February 24, 1866, the son of Jake and Rebecca Summers. He died July 31, 1947 at age 81.

They had two children, as follows:
3.9.2 Hubert Leslie Summers, born July 30, 1897
3.9.3 Lucile Dorcas Summers, born December 5, 1902

3.9.1 Carl Hanson Kern
was the son of Maria Emily Trotter (3.9) and her first husband, Charles F. Kern.
He was born July 24, 1886 and died September 24, 1956 at age 70. He married Ruth Harlan. She was born June 1 , 1893 and died September 16, 1975. They are buried in Graceland Cemetery, New Albany, Indiana. They had five children, as follows:
3.9.1.1 Dorothy Marie Kern, born Feb. 15, 1913; died August 19, 1919
3.9.1.2 Martha Magdalan Kern, born & died Feb. 14, 1915
3.9.1.3 Edyth Kern, born Sept. 19, 1916; married John Condra and died June 17, 1992. She is buried in Graceland Cemetery at New Albany, In.
3.9.1.4 Ruth Kern, born December 13, 1918; married Charles Long
3.9.1.5 Jeane Kern, born Marcy 9. 1922; married Elmer Jackson

3.9.2 Hubert Leslie Summers
was the first child of Maria Emily Trotter (3.9) and her second husband, Sherman Summers.
He was born July 30, 1897 and died July 11 , 1976 at the age of 79. He is buried at Orleans, In. Cemetery.
On May 20, 1934 he married Ruth Lewis who survived him.

3.9.3 Lucile Dorcas Acton (nee Summers)
was the second child of Maria Emily Trotter (3.9) and her second husband, Sherman Summers.
She was born December 5, 1902 and graduated from Orleans High School on June 5. 1922.
She first married William Stapf, DDS. After his death she married Frank Lovrick. Following his death she married Carl Acton whom she survived.

3.10 Horace G. Trotter
was the tenth child of William B. Trotter (3.0) and Dorcas Marshall Trotter.
He was born April 9, 1864 and died March 31, 1947. He was almost 83 years of age.
On August 28, 1904 he married Sarah Montgomery, after several years of courtship. She was born April 10, 1867 and died at age 95 on September 17, 1962. Both are buried in the cemetery at Hardinsburg. They had no children.

They lived in the old Trotter home which his father had built on the pike near Hardinsburg. He was the only one of William B. Trotter's children to be born in this home. Horace and his wife lived in the home until 1946, thus the home remained in the family for approximately 80 years.
4.0 Archibald Dixon Trotter
was the fourth son of John R. Trotter 'and Sarah Ramsey Trotter.
He was born July 11, 1816 and died February 28, 1884, six days after the death of his older brother, James. He was 67. He died at Staunton, Virginia and is buried there in Thornrose Cemetery.
See comments under John R. Trotter regarding migration of Sarah Ramsey Trotter to Indiana.
He married Eliza Wise, who was born March 24, 1814 and died August 14, 1883 at age 69.

They had the following children:
4.1 James Henry Trotter, born September 2, 1844
4.2 S. Kate Trotter, born February 7, 1848
4.3 Haywood Trotter (daughter), born Aug. 21, 1850

4.1 James Henry Trotter
was the son of Archibald Dixon Trotter (4.0) and Eliza Wise Trotter.
He was born September 2, 1844 and died August 25, 1917 at age 72.
This information is based on his tombstone in Thornrose Cemetery in Staunton, Va. In addition to the dates, the word "Father" is engraved on the top.

Buried in the same cemetery is his son:
4.1.1 Archie D. Trotter, born 1876

4.1.1 Archie D. Trotter
was the son of James Henry Trotter (4.1).
He was born in 1876 and died in 1932, as recorded on his tombstone in Thornrose Cemetery at Staunton, Virginia.

4.2 S. Kate Trotter
was the daughter of Archibald Dixon Trotter (4.0) and Eliza Wise Trotter.
She was born February 7, 1848 and died May 19, 1917, based on her tombstone in Thornrose Cemetery at Staunton, Va.

4.3 Haywood Trotter
was the third child of Archibald Dixon Trotter (4.0) and Eliza Wise Trotter.
She was born August 21, 1850 and died August 2, 1902. She was almost 52.

This information is based on her tombstone in Thornrose Cemetery at Staunton, Virginia which specifically states that she was the daughter of A.D. and E.C. Trotter.

5.0 Jane B. Trotter
was the fifth child and only daughter of John R. Trotter and Sarah Ramsey Trotter.
She was born March 8, 1818 in Virginia and died January 28, 1837 at the age of 18.
She had come to southern Indiana with her mother and five of her brothers about 1833, but her burial site is unknown. A possibility is that she is buried in the Bethlehem Churchyard cemetery in Jackson Twp., Washington County, In. in the same cemetery where James and Catherine Marshall (see 3.0) are buried. A marker for Jane B. can not be found. It is of record in the Washington County Historical Society Library in Salem that Jane B. Trotter's mother, Sarah E. Trotter, was received into membership of the Bethlehem (Presbyterian) Church near Martinsburg, In. on August 11, 1838. If the family did not move from the Harrison County locale prior to 1838, then she may be buried in the Milltown Cemetery or in Hancock Chapel Cemetery in Harrison County.

See comments under John R. Trotter regarding migration of Sarah Ramsey Trotter and her children to Indiana

6.0 Cyrus Newton Trotter
was the sixth child of John R. Trotter and Sarah Ramsey Trotter.
He was born April 8, 1819 in Virginia and died August 27, 1884 near Hardinsburg, Indiana in the home of his sister-in-law n-law, Dorcas Marshall Trotter, the wife of his brother, William. He had been threshing near there, became ill, and was unable to return home. He died of pneumonia . He owned and operated a threshing rig.
He had come to Indiana with his mother about 1833. See comments under John R. Trotter regarding the migration of Sarah Ramsey Trotter and children to Indiana,
On February 4 , 1846, he married Mary A, Marshall , the daughter of James & Cathrine Colwell Marshall. She was born July 3, 1823 and died November 16, 1892 at the age of 69. She died in the home of her son, John E, Trotter, near Chambersburg. She was a sister of Dorcas Marshall , who married Cyrus' brother William.
Cyrus and his wife are buried in the Walton Cemetery near Hardinsburg,

They had ten children, as follows:
6.1 Isaac Newton Trotter, born 1847
6.2 Catherine Trotter, born in 1849
6.3 Sarah Jane Trotter, born January 4, 1851
6.4 Infant (unnamed), died March 10, 1852 and is buried in Walton Cem.
6.5 Caroline Trotter, born February 22, 1853, buried in Walton Cem.
6.6 Mary (Polly) Ann Trotter, born August 27, 1858
6.7 William Patterson Trotter, born June 20, 1861
6.8 Sophia Trotter, born 1864
6.9 John Elmer Trotter, born February 2, 1867
6.10 George Marcus Trotter, born November 11, 1869

6.1 ISAAC NEWTON TROTTER
was the first child of Cyr