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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Trimble , William A. 1786 - (search)
Trimble, William A. 1786-
Legislator; born in Woodford, Ky., April 4, 1786; graduated at Transylvania College; admitted to the bar and began practice in Highland, O., in 1811; was adjutant of his brother Allen's regiment in the campaign against the Pottawattomie Indians in 1812; became major of Ohio volunteers in 1812, and major of the 26th United States Infantry in 1813; brevetted lieutenantcolonel in 1814 for gallantry in the engagement at Fort Erie; was transferred to the 8th Infantry in 1815; and resigned March 1, 1819.
He was United States Senator from 1819 till his death in Washington, D. C., Dec. 13, 1821.