Ever since his boyhood William Thomas Trimble, who occupies a
beautiful home in Girard township, has been identified with agricultural
interests and as a native of Illinois he is well acquainted with its
marvelous possibilities of soil and climate, making the state one of the
richest and most desirable commonwealths of the Union. He early became
acquainted with the importance and value of labor and has performed his
share in the development of Macoupin county as an attractive section for
business or residence. Being a man of marked energy and perseverance, he
usually carries to a successful issue anything he undertakes and,
therefore, is a representative and valued citizen.
Born on his
father’s farm in this county September 4, 1864, William T. Trimble is a
son of James and Sarah (Jones) Trimble. He received his early education
in the country schools and assisted his father in farm work until 1883
when he went to Montgomery county where he continued for three years. He
then returned to Macoupin county and engaged in farming. Since 1889 — a
period of twenty-two years — he has lived upon the place he now
cultivates, and as he applies modern ideas and keeps fully abreast of
the times as to methods, he has met with a gratifying measure of
success.
On the 28th of December, 1886, Mr. Trimble was married
in Girard township to Aliss Alice S. Huff, a native of Jersey county,
Illinois, and a daughter of Wilson T. and Catherine (Ferrell) Huff, the
former of whom was born in Ohio and the latter in Michigan. The father
came to Macoupin county, Illinois, in 1866, locating on the farm which
is now the home of Mr. Trimble and his family. Mr. Huff was a successful
agriculturist and stock-raiser and was prominent in local affairs,
serving as supervisor from Girard township. His father, John Huff, was a
native of Germany. He emigrated to America and was married to Sarah
Ball, of Ohio, whose family has been traced back as far as Revolutionary
times in Colonial history. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs.
Trimble — Harry Wilson and Ina Mae.
Fraternally Mr. Trimble is a
valued member of the Modern Woodmen of America and the Mutual Protective
League. In church relations he is a Baptist. Ever since casting his
first ballot he has favored the principles of the democratic party but
has never slavishly followed political leaders as he has independent
proclivities and often votes for the man irrespective of the emblem at
the head of the ticket. He has served most acceptably as highway
commissioner and school director but his chief interest has been
centered upon his business and his family. In his relations to others he
is uniformly kind and obliging and he possesses in an eminent degree the
esteem of his fellow men wherever his influence extends.
Extracted 17 Nov 2018 by Norma Hass from History of Macoupin County, Illinois: Biographical and Pictorial, by Charles A. Walker, published in 1911, Volume 2, pages 548-549.
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