James Trotter

son of

James Trotter & Mary Beard

Submitted by Sylvia Trotter Anderson

1.      Judge James Trotter was born 4 Mar 1805 in Augusta County, Virginia. He died 26 Apr 1893 in Carroll County, Missouri and was buried in Trotter Cemetery, Carroll County, Missouri.

 

         James married (1) Cynthia Cary, daughter of Nathaniel Cary and Sophia, on 16 Apr 1837 in , Carroll Co., Missouri. Cynthia was born about 1814 in Clairborne County, Tennessee. She died 24 Dec 1846 in Carroll County, Missouri.

Photos below of James Trotter:

The first photo is a xerox copy of an origianl photo from Elizabeth Schroeder's family album.

The second one is a drawing which is from an originial 1876 Atlas of Carroll County, Missouri.

Cemetery marker in Trotter Cemetery, Carroll County, Missouri.

 

         They had the following children:

 

                  2      F      i.      Nancy Jane Trotter was born 24 Jan 1841 in Carroll County, Missouri. She died 19 Jul 1904.

 

         Nancy married George L. Winfrey, son of Nicolas Winfrey and Nancy J. Warren, on 6 Feb 1861 in Carroll County, Missouri. George was born about 1836 in Boone County, Missouri. He died 6 Jul 1889 in Carroll County, Missouri and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Carroll County, Missouri.

 

                  3      M      ii.      Calvin William Trotter was born 27 Jul 1842 in Carroll County, Missouri. He died 28 Aug 1890.

 

         Calvin married Martha Frances Gentry on 13 Feb 1868 in , Carroll Co., Missouri. Martha was born 12 Feb 1846. She died 31 Oct 1926.

 

                  4      F      iii.      Eliza Ann/Anne Trotter was born about 14 Dec 1844 in Carroll County, Missouri.

 

         Eliza married Morton M. Pitts, son of Govey M. Pitts and Phoebe Ann Woolsey, on 14 Mar 1866 in , Carroll Co., Missouri. Morton was born 24 Dec 1841 in Missouri. He died 1919 in Missouri and was buried in Trotter Cemetery, Carroll County, Missouri.

 

                  5      M      iv.      Cary Branch Trotter was born 12 Mar 1846 in Carroll County, Missouri. He died 9 Jul 1909 in Carroll County, Missouri.

 

         Cary married Nancy Ann Sinnard, daughter of William Sinnard and Susannah Snider, on 13 Feb 1868 in , Carroll Co., Missouri. Nancy was born 23 Apr 1847 in Carroll County, Missouri. She died 27 Jun 1920 in Missouri.

 

         James also married (2) Elizabeth Jane (Fletcher) Beard on Sep 1847. Elizabeth was born 6 May 1819. She died 9 Oct 1912.

 

         They had the following children:

 

                  6          v.       Infant Trotter was born in Carroll County, Missouri. Infant died 22 Apr.

 

                  7      F      vi.      Mary Amanda Trotter was born 15 Jul 1847/1848 in Carroll County, Missouri. She died 10 Oct 1917.

 

         Mary married Isaac Ralph Brown, son of William Brown and Sarah A. Ralph, on 8 Oct 1874 in , Carroll Co., Missouri. Isaac was born 26 Jun 1841 in Carroll County, Missouri. He died 9 Aug 1910 in Long Beach, California.

 

                  8      F      vii.      Martha Trotter was born 11 Nov 1852. She died 6 Jan 1933 in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri and was buried in Bellafontaine Ce, St. Louis, Missouri.

 

         Martha married Henry B. Scammell, son of Lucius Scammell and Ann, about 1878. Henry was born 1850 in Hopkinton, Mass.. He died 5 Dec 1926 in St. Louis, Missouri and was buried in Bellafontaine, St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri.

 

                  9      M      viii.      Fletcher Trotter was born 30 Dec 1855 in Carroll County, Missouri. He died 28 Apr 1938 in Arkansas.

 

         Fletcher married Margaret Callestine Minnis, daughter of Robert Hancock Minnis and Bethiah Miles, on 24 Dec 1885 in , Carroll Co., Missouri. Margaret was born 23 Jan 1858 in Carroll County, Missouri. She died 10 Jul 1936 in Arkansas.