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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
THE
HISTORY OF CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO
Volume 2 of 2
containing
A History of the County; Its Townships, Cities, Towns, Schools,
Churches, Etc.; General and Local Statistics; Portraits of
Early Settlers and Prominent Men; History of the
Northwest Territory; History of Ohio; Map of
Clinton County; Constitution of the
United States, Miscellaneous
Matters, Etc., Etc.
- Illustrated -
Chicago:
W. H. Beers & Co.
1882
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THOMAS TROVILLO, farmer, P. O.
Blanchester, son of Jonathan and Martha (McKee) Trovillo,
was born in Center County, Penn., in 1807. He was
reared on a farm. In 1812, his parents came to Cincinnati,
where his father taught school a short time. He taught in
a number of places, being a cripple and not able to do anything
else. When twenty years of age, Thomas left home
and began the world for himself. In 1831, he was married
to Maria, daughter of William and Ellen Vandervort,
a native of Virginia. They had nine children, eight living
- Paul J. enlisted in Westboro in the One Hundred and
Seventy-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; was out six months and
died at Camp Dennison. The remainder were Joseph E.,
Martha E., James, Sarah, William, Ephraim K., Samuel H. and
Mary E. Mr. T. rented land several years after his
marriage, and then bought sixty-seven acres of land in Simms
Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, where he cleared fifteen acres
and made numerous other improvements. In the spring of
1864, he sold and purchased 125½
acres in Jefferson Township, this county, where he remained till
1869, when he came to this township and bought seventy-five and
three fourths acres of land two and one-half miles northeast of
Blanchester. He has sixty-eight acres under cultivation.
Mr. Trovillo's wife died in April, 1880. His son
Ephraim and wife are now living with him.
Source: History of Clinton Co., OH, Vol. 2, Published
1882 - Page 1085 |
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