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Subject: [IA-CIVIL-WAR] 1903 Bio of Mathew M. Trumbull
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 14:44:43 EST

MATHEW M. TRUMBULL was born in London, England, in 1826. He emigrated to
America when twenty-one and for some time taught school in Vermont. He lived for
a time in Virginia but his outspoken opposition to slavery aroused enmity
which rendered it prudent for him to remove to a free State. He came to Iowa in
1853, studied law and began practice in Clarksville, Butler County. In 1857
he was elected to the House of the Seventh General Assembly on the Republican
ticket, serving one term. When the Civil War began he raised a company for the
Third Infantry and was appointed captain. In 1862 he was promoted to
lieutenant-colonel. In the fall of 1863 he was appointed colonel of the Ninth
Cavalry and at the close of the war attained the rank of Brigadier-General. In 1869
he was appointed by President Grant Collector of Internal Revenue which
position he held for twelve years. He then removed to Chicago where most of his
time was given to literary work. His book on "Free Trade in England" was a
standard authority on that subject. He was an able writer on sociology, theology
and reform topics. He contributed regularly to the Open Court, the Forum, the
Monist and other periodicals and magazines. He died in Chicago May 9, 1894.




Debbie Clough Gerischer
Iowa Gen Web, Assistant CC, Scott County
http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/
IAGENWEB: Special History Project:
http://iagenweb.org/history/index.htm
Gerischer Family Web Site:
http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/

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