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Virginia, and took part in the Western Virginia operations against Gen. John C. Fremont. He chose the ground for the battle of Cross Keys, June 8, 1863, and repulsed the Federal attack at that place; took part in the seven days' battles around Richmond, and on Aug. 27, 1863, he led the 31st North Carolina and the 21st Georgia regituents in a night attack on Manassas Junc- tion, capturing supplies of provisions, clothing and ammunition. He commanded a brigade, 3d division of the left vping, or Jackson's corps, at the 2d battle of Bull Run, where he was wounded; was promoted major-general, April 23, 1863; commanded a division, 2d army corps. Army of Northern Virginia, in the Chancellorsville cam- paign and commanded the Valley district, forming the left wing of the army at Chancellorsville. He took part in the battle of Gettysburg, suc- ceeding Gen. William D. Pender in the command of his division, and charging, with Generals Pickett and Pettigrew, on the third day. He was wounded in the leg, necessitating amputa- tion, and was taken prisoner and confined on Johnson's Island until April, 1865, when he was exchanged. He returned to Baltimore, Md., after the war. and died there, Jan. 3, 1888.

TRIMBLE, Robert, jurist, was born in Berke- ley count}-, Va., in 1777. He removed with his parents to Kentucky in 1780, studied law and practised in Paris, Ky., 1803-08. He was a representative in the state legislature in 1803; was second judge of the court of appeals, 1808-10; chief justice of Kentucky, 1810-13; district judge of Kentucky, 1816-26, and was appointed asso- ciate justice of the U.S. supreme court in 1826. Trimble county, Ky., was named in his honor. He died in Paris, Ky., Aug. 25, 1838.

TRIMBLE, William A., senator, was born in Woodford county, Ky., April 4, 1786; son of Capt. James Trimble, and a brother of Gov. Allen Trimble of Mt. Sterling, Kj. He attended Transylvania university, and practised law in Highland, Ohio, 1811-12. He joined his brother Allen's regiment in the campaign against the Pottawattamie Indians in 1812; was promoted major of Ohio volunteers, May 7, 1812; took part in the surrender of Detroit, Aug. 16, 1812, and was taken prisoner. He was promoted major of the U.S. infantry, March 18, 1813; brevetted lieutenant-colonel, Sept. 17, 1814, for gallantry at Fort Erie, where he was severely wounded; pro- moted lieutenant-colonel of the 1st infantry, Nov. 30, 1814; was transferred to the 8th U.S. infan- try, May 17, 1815, and resigned his commission, March 1, 1819. He was elected U.S. senator from Ohio in 1819, for a full term to expire, March 3, 1835, but died in office, Ethan Allen Brown com- pleting his term. He served on the commission with Gen. Lewis Cass, to treat with the Indians X. — 13

at Green Bay, Wis. He died in Washington, D.C., Dec. 13, 1821.

TRIPP, Bartlett, diplomatist, was born in Harmony, Maine, July 15, 1843; son of William (a soldier of the war of 1812), and Naamah (Bart- lett) Trip; grandson of William (Revolutionary soldier) and Keziah (Thompson) Tripp, and a descendant of Josiah Bartlett, signer of the Dec- laration of Independence. He attended the com- mon schools; the academies of Hartland and Corinna, Maine, where he was also an assistant teacher, and after a brief course at Waterville Classical institute, was a student at Waterville college (Colby university), 1857-61. He taught school in Salt Lake city, Utah, 1861-64, having meanwhile engaged in civil engineering in Cali- fornia, 1862; was graduated from the Albany Law school, 1866, and practised in Augvista, Maine, 1866-69, and subsequently in Yankton, S. Dak. He served as a member of the commission for codifying the laws of Dakota Territory, 1875- 77; was the Democratic nominee for delegate to congress, 1878; president of the first constitu- tional convention of the Ten-itory, 1883; chief- justice of the supreme court of Dakota Territory, 1885-89, in which latter year the territory be- came a state, and was U.S. minister to Austria, 1893-97. He was married, first, Sept. 12. 1863, to Ellen M., daughter of Stephen D. and Cliarlotte (Emmerson) Jennings of Garland, Maine; and secondly, Nov. 6, 1887, to Marie Janet, daughter of Maj. Horatio N. and Charlotte (Cushman) Davis of St. Paul, Minn. He received the hon- orary degree of LL.D. from the University of South Dakota, 1892 (of which university he was one of the first regents), and from Colby uni- versity, 1898. He was a member of the city boai'd of education of Yankton, S.Dak.; an in- corporator of Yankton college; president of the Bar association of Dakota Territory and of South Dakota, and a member and chairman of the Samoan commission to settle questions between England, Germany and America, 1899.

TROBEC, James, R.C. bishop, was born in Billichgraz, Carniola, Austria, July 10, 1838: son of Mathew and Helen Trobec. He studied the classics, philosophy and theology in Laibach, Austria, and immigrated to America in 1S64, with Father Pirc, a missionary to the Indians in Minnesota. He attended St. Vincent's college in Pennsylvania, where he finished his theological course; and was ordained priest, Sept. 8, 1865. liy Bishop Grace, at St. Paul, Minn. He was en- gaged in missionary work at Belle Prairie, from November, 1865, till October, 1866. and on Oct. 20, 1866, he was stationed at Wabasha, Minn., where he remained till October, 1887. From there he was called to St. Paul, where he organ- ized St. Agnes parish, of which he remained pas-