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William Perry Trolinger

Male 1868 - 1915  (46 years)

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  • Name William Perry Trolinger 
    Birth 28 Aug 1868  Shelbyville, Bedford, TN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Birth date from death certificate.
    Gender Male 
    Death 11 Feb 1915  Shelbyville, Bedford, TN Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Tennessee, Death Records
      Name: W M P Trolinger
      Gender: Male
      Birth Date: 18 Aug 1868
      Birth Place: Bedford Co
      Age: 46
      Death Date: 11 Feb 1915
      Death Place: Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee
      Father's Name: Jim Trolinger
      Mother's Name: Thompson

      Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index
      Name: Wm P Trolinger
      Birth Date: 18 Aug 1868
      Birth Place: Bedford County, Tennessee
      Age: 46
      Death Date: 11 Feb 1915
      Death Place: Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee
      Burial Date: 12 Feb 1915
      Cemetery Name: Willow Mt
      Gender: Male
      Race: White
      Marital Status: Married
      Occupation: Electrician
      Father's Name: Jim Trolinger
      Mother's name: Thompson
      FHL Film Number: 1299633
    Burial Shelbyville, Bedford, TN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Burial: Willow Mount Cemetery
      Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA

      Inscription: TROLINGER WM P. Trolinger Aug. 28, 1868 Feb. 11, 1915

      Note: There is additional small inscription but it is mostly illegible due to the weathering of the headstone.
    Person ID I1708  Drollinger Genealogy
    Last Modified 6 Jun 2022 

    Father James T. "Jim" Trolinger,   b. Abt 1843, Shelbyville, Bedford, TN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1884 (Age ~ 41 years) 
    Mother Mary Ann "Annie" Thompson,   b. May 1849, TN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1900 (Age ~ 50 years) 
    Family ID F564  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Ann Reed,   b. 22 Nov 1875, Bedford County, TN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Nov 1961, Shelbyville, Bedford, TN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Marriage 20 Jul 1893  Bedford County, TN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Name: Mollie Reed
      Spouse: Wm Trolinger
      Marriage Date: 20 Jul 1893
      Marriage County: Bedford
      Marriage State: Tennessee
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Blanche Trolinger,   b. 8 Nov 1894, Shelbyville, Bedford, TN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 May 1917, Shelbyville, Bedford, TN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 22 years)
     2. Willie Mary Trolinger,   b. 1 Dec 1896, Shelbyville, Bedford, TN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jul 1970, Cairo, Grady, GA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
     3. Benjamin Boyd "Ben" Trolinger,   b. 9 Jan 1899, TN Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Annie Gertrude Trolinger,   b. 8 Feb 1901, Tullahoma, Coffee, TN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jul 1978, Cairo, Grady, GA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
     5. Roy NMN Trolinger,   b. 22 Nov 1903, Shelbyville, Bedford, TN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Aug 1970, Pinellas County, FL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
     6. Hillman Bernard "Hill" Trolinger,   b. 9 Feb 1906, Waverly, Humphreys, TN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Feb 1950, Bainbridge, Decatur, GA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years)
     7. Winston Perry Trolinger, Sr.,   b. 8 Jan 1908, Waverly, Humphreys, TN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jul 1986, Shelbyville, Bedford, TN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     8. Harris Waddell Trolinger,   b. 25 Jan 1912, Paducah, McCracken, KY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 May 1960, Detroit, Wayne, MI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years)
     9. Harry H. Trolinger
    Family ID F566  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 28 Aug 1868 - Shelbyville, Bedford, TN Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 20 Jul 1893 - Bedford County, TN Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 11 Feb 1915 - Shelbyville, Bedford, TN Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Shelbyville, Bedford, TN Link to Google Earth
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  • Headstones

    Willow Mount Cemetery
    Shelbyville, Bedford, TN

  • Notes 
    • Family of William Perry Trolinger 1868
      Sources: Family Bible of Mollie Gregory in possession of a grand daughter M. Henderson, Dalton Ga.; cemetery records of Bedford Co. by Tim & Helen C. Marshe; 1880 Census; Richards of Bedford Co. by Byron & Sistler Travis Cryption; 1900 Census. Notes: William Perry Trolinger worked as an Electrician for Mr. Boyd at Dam in Shelbyville, TN; worked at dam in Waverly & Paducah, KY. William Perry worked in Shelbyville for Mr. Boyd lighting street lights and at the dam. He worked in Waverly and Paducah, KY at the dams. He had tuberculosis and was sent to Arizona for his health, but would not stay away from his family. He came back to Shelbyville and died.

      Source: Personal Notes of Euna Mae (Davis) Trolinger

      Notes: The family of William Perry Trolinger Aug 28, 1868 son of Jim Trolinger and Ann Thompson, married Mary Ann (Mollie) Reed born Nov 22 1875. They had nine children.
      1. Blanche born Nov 8, 1894 married Aubrey Jordan and they had one child, a son: Howard Jordan born Feb 24, 1917, died Aug 8, 1917. Blanche died May 13, 1917 from complications from childbirth.
      2. Mary born Dec 1, 1896 married Crawford Bearden and they had ten children: Billy how was killed in a freak accident falling from a truck and being run over on the corner where the Block House was on N. Main St. Shelbyville, TN; Douglas, Mark, Jimmy, Bobby, Winston, Nell, Marianne, Freddie, Johnnie. They lived in Shelbyville, TN, Tuscumbia, FL & Cairo, GA.
      3. Annie, born Feb 2, 1901 married Hollis Bearden (WWII Veteran). They had no children but they helped rear Jimmy Bearden, Mary's son and Ben Trolinger (son of Roy) when his mother died.
      4. Ben Boyd, born 9 Jan 1899.
      5. Roy, born Nov 22, 1903 married Mary Lentz. They had a daughter, Peggy who died at age one and one son, Ben. Mary died of a heart attack in Clarksville when Ben was eleven. Annie took Ben to rear. Roy was in the Navy in WWII. He was also a pharmacist.
      6. Hillman, born Sept 6, 1906, married Eunice Barber of Bainbridge, Ga. They had three children: Lucretia, Jody and Hilda. Hill died of heart attack.
      7. Winston, born Jan 8, 1908 in Waverly, TN, married Euna Mae Davis born June 26, 1916. He was a plumber & electrician. They had four children: Martha Gene, Winston Perry Jr., James Davis & William Donald.
      8. Harris & 9. Harry were twins, born Jan 25, 1912 in Paducah, Ky. Harry died in infancy. Harris never married. He worked in Detroit where he died of a blood clot in his brain May 29, 1960.

  • Sources 
    1. [S67] Bedford County TN Tombstones.


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