Native of Morris Co., New Jersey. Emigrated to Licking Co.,
Ohio and settled in Fallsbury Township, where he cleared up a
quarter-section of land. The township was at this time a dense forest
and filled with wild beasts and Indians. He was a man of unusually
strong will, and pushed through any project once begun with a resolute
determination. He was very industrious and frugal; very systematic in
his business, and provided well for the wants of his home. His family
was a well ordered one, the members of which were very warmly attached
to each other.
1820 CENSUS -- Mary Ann Twp., Licking Co., Ohio
After residing in Fallsbury for five years, they moved to Utica,
Licking Co., Ohio and finally located in the eastern edge of Burlington
Township, where he died in 1859.
Licking County Probate Records - #195 - Eliphalet Trowbridge dated 2
July 1859 - Administrators Joseph M. and David K. Trowbridge - Bond
$1800.
(From the gedcom of Patricia Smith-Ebersole at Rootsweb.com)
