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TROWBRIDGE, John Townsend, author, was born in Og<len. X.Y.. Sept. 18. 1827; son of Windsor Stone and Rebecca (Willey) Trow- bridge; grandson of Daniel and Prudence (Badger) Trowbridge and of Alfred and Olive (Cone) Willey, and a descendant of Thomas Trowbridge, who brouglit his wife and two sons to America from Taun- ton, Eng., in 1G34, and settled in Dor- chester, Mass., re- moving to New Haven. Conn., 1639. His father was one of the first settlers of Ogden, Monroe ^y2 ^ /"T, ^j countv, N.Y.,in 1812.

^j^<^ .j^^^^a-Z^'J^J^y^ jo,,n T. Trowbridge attended the common schools and worked on liis fatlier's farm; was self-taught in French, Latin and Greek, spending the winter of 1844-45 as a teacher in a classical school at Lockport, N.Y.; taught school and raised wheat in Lisle, 111., 1845-46; and returning to Lockiwrt taught in the district school, 1846-47. In May, 1847. he went to New York city, where he commenced writing for the press, making the acquaintance of Major Noali, tlirough whose in- fluence he became a contributor to the Dollar Magazine and other publications. He removed to Boston, Mass.. in August, 1848, where he wrote for the Olive Branch. The Yankee Blade, The Carpet Bag and other weeklies; was editor of The Yankee Xation, published under the firm name of J. T. Trowbridge & Co., 1849-50, and afterward an associate editor of the American Sentinel, in which, during the teraporan,- absence in 1851 of the proprietor, Ben: Perley Poore, he published an editorial on the fugitive-slave law that of- fended subscribers on both sides of the question, and helped to bring the paper to an untimely end. He published under the pen name of " Paul Crey- ton," his first book. Father Brighthopes, in 1853, and his first novel, Martin Merrivale, his X Mark, in 1854. He visited Europe in 1855, writing, while in Paris, his second novel. Neighbor Jackwood, which was subsequently dramatized and produced at the Boston Museum, where his spectacular piece, Sinbad the Sailor, also had a successful run. He made a western journey in 1857, writing letters for the New York Tribune over the signa- ture of " Jackwood; " was a contributor to the Atlantic Monthly from its first appearance in November, 1857, and also to Our Young Folks from 1865. and managing editor of the latter, 1870-73. He was twice married: first, Mav 9,

1860, to Cornelia, daughter of John Warren of Lowell, Mass., and secondly, June 4, 1873, to Ada, daughter of Alonzo E. and Sarah (Emery) Newton of Arlington, Mass., where Mr. Trow- bridge made his permanent home in 1865. He was a regular contributor to The Youth's Companion , 1873-88, and again visited Europe. 1888-91. He received the honorary degree of A.M. from Dart- mouth college in 1884. His poetry includes the volumes with the following initial poems: The Vagabonds (1869); The Emigrant's Stonj (1875): The Book of Gold (1877); A Home Idyl (1881): The Lost Earl (1888). Among his other publications are: The Drummer Boy (1863); Cudjo's Cave (1864); The Three Scouts (ISd^); The South, a Tour of its Battle-FieUU and Ruined Cities (1866); Neighbors' Wives (1867); Coupon Bonds and Other Stories (1871); The Jack Hazard Series (1871-75); The Silver Medal Series (1877-82); The Tide-Mill Series (1883-87); A Start in Life, an<l Biding his Time (1888); Adventu7'es of David Vane and David Crane (1889); The Kelp Gatherers (1890); The Scarlet Tanager (1891); The Fortunes of Toby Trafford (1892); Woodie Tiiorpe's Pilgrimage (1893); The Satin-Wood Bux (1894); The Lottery Ticket (1895); The Prize Cup (1896); Tu-oBiddicut Boys (1898). and My Oicn Story (1903j, which first appeared serially in the Atlantic Monthly.

TRUITT, George, governor of Delaware, was born near Felton, Kent county, Del., in 1756. He was an extensive land owner; was four times a representative in the state legislature; state sen- ator one term, and a member of the state conven- tion that ratified the constitution of the United States. He was married to a daughter of Joseph and Mary Hodgson. In January, 1808, he was elected governor of the state to succeed Nathanael Mitchell, serving till 1811. He died, Oct. 8, 1818.

TRUriBULL, Benjamin, historian, was born in Hebron, Conn.. Dec. 19, 1735; son of Benjamin and Mary Trumbull; grandson of Benoni Trum- bull, and a descendant of John and EUenor (Chandler) Trumbull, of Rowley, Mass. He was graduated from Yale in 1759; studied theology under the Rev. Eleazer Wheelock. and was mar ried in 1760, to Martha Phelps. He was ordained in 1760, and was pastor of a church at North Haven, Conn., 1760-1820. During the Revolu- tionary war he joined the Continental army as chaplain. The honorary degree of D.D. w.as con- ferred on him by Yale in 1796. He published a pamphlet on the Wyoming controversy that in- fluenced congress in the decision against the Susquehanna company, and is also the author of: Twelve Di.<icourses on the Divine Origin of the Holy Scriptures (1790); General History of the United States of A7nerica (3 vols.. 1765-1810), only one volume being published, and Complete