James Alexander Trollinger b. 27 Jan 1870 Catawba County, NC d. 4 Aug 1889 Catawba County, NC

1870 - 1889 (19 years)

Name	James Alexander Trollinger
Birth	27 Jan 1870	Catawba County, NC
Gender	Male
Death	4 Aug 1889	Catawba County, NC
	Catawba United Methodist Church Cemetery, Catawba County, NC Note: He was struck and killed by lightning, along with his fiance, Addie Reid.
Person ID	I12409	Drollinger Genealogy
Last Modified	21 Nov 2019

Father	CPL Jacob Henry Trollinger, b. 18 Feb 1841, Haw River, Alamance, NC d. 22 Nov 1927, Catawba, Catawba, NC (Age 86 years)
Mother	Frances L. Sherrill, b. 27 Feb 1852, Catawba County, NC d. 18 Mar 1881, Catawba County, NC (Age 29 years)
Family ID	F3646	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Documents » Slide Show		1880 United States Federal Census
		J. A. Trollinger newspaper article J. A. Trollinger newspaper article
		J. A. Trollinger killed by lightening J. A. Trollinger killed by lightening
		Lovers Killed By Lightning Ashville N.C. Aug. 7. Intelligence has reached here of a fatal accident by lightning Sunday night at Catawba on the Western North Carolina road. James Trollinger, aged twenty-one and Miss Addie Reed, aged eighteen, were waiting in the latter's house for the thunder storm to pass over when lightning struck the house and running down the chimney instantly instantly killed both of them, besides badly shocking others in the room. The shoes were torn entirely off Miss Reed's feet and her clothing was set on fire. Both Trollinger and Miss Reed were prominent and popular in social circles.
		1870 Census Catawba County North Carolina
		A Horrible Death Death of Addie A. Reid and J.A. Trollinger by lightening in Catawba NC

Headstones

Catawba United Methodist Church Cemetery
Catawba, Catawba, NC

Notes

Eye-witness account of Lightening strike that killed J. A. Trollinger by Nancy Lee Burton Trollinger McMullen:
"Another one of the stories that is a favorite of my children was a time in her life [Nancy Lee Burton Trollinger] just before "Young Will" was born. One Sunday night at Uncle Albert's and Aunt Sallie's, friends and relatives had stopped in from church which was about 600 yards across the street from the house. There was a terrific storm brewing. The room in which they were gathered had a fireplace with a window on each side. Lightning struck the chimney and Addie Reid, Sallie's daughter, and the young man to whom she was engaged [J.A. Trollinger] was sitting by the fireplace, and were instantly killed. The lightning set fire to the curtains and to Addie's skirt. My mother and Uncle Albert blistered their hands rubbing out the flames. The young man was knocked from his chair but not so Addie. Her high button shoes were ripped at the seam just as though each stitch had been cut with a knife. When she was lifted from her chair, her shoes fell from her feet. She was wearing, as was the custom in the 1800's, a corset of steel stays. At the end of each stay there was a drop of steel. A double funeral was held for the two and they were buried side by side" told by Nancy Bee McMullen Lea Boone daughter of Nancy Lee Burton Trollnger in Burton Our Ancestry Caswell County 1793 to 1978

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