David Thomas Trinkle

Male 1850 - 1894  (~ 43 years)


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  • Name David Thomas Trinkle 
    Birth Jun 1850  Pulaski County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 1894 
    Burial Bristol, Bristol, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Burial: Susong Cemetery
      Bristol, Bristol City, Virginia, USA

      Plot: Unmarked grave with both parents, also unmarked.
    Person ID I8603  Drollinger Genealogy
    Last Modified 27 Dec 2022 

    Father John L. Trinkle,   b. 1813, Pulaski County, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1880 (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Mary Jane Elizabeth "Polly" Smith,   b. 1829   d. 13 Mar 1913 (Age 84 years) 
    Family ID F2877  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Susan Cross   d. 1880 
    Marriage 25 Mar 1873  Bristol, TN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Ida Bell Trinkle
     2. William Trinkle,   b. 27 Feb 1876, Bristol, TN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jul 1919, Esserville, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years)
     3. John Elbert Trinkle,   b. 1878   d. 1947 (Age 69 years)
     4. Joseph Trinkle,   b. Abt 1880, Bristol, TN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1957 (Age ~ 77 years)
    Family ID F2878  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Mar 2016 

    Family 2 Rebecca Sarah Hicks,   b. 27 Aug 1853   d. 13 Aug 1929 (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage 13 Apr 1884 
    Children 
     1. George Roten Trinkle,   b. 7 Jul 1885, Bristol, Sullivan, TN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Mar 1949, Bristol, Sullivan, TN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
     2. Nannie Rebecca Trinkle,   b. 1888
     3. Susan Kate Trinkle,   b. Abt 1890   d. 1975 (Age ~ 85 years)
     4. Lee Brint Trinkle,   b. 6 Sep 1893   d. 30 Oct 1918, Norton, Wise, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 25 years)
    Family ID F2879  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Mar 2016 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Jun 1850 - Pulaski County, VA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 25 Mar 1873 - Bristol, TN Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Bristol, Bristol, VA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • David Thomas TRINKLE (1848-1894) moved to Sullivan County from a farm on East River Mountain, Mercer County, West Virginia with his parents and brothers and sisters. David Thomas and his sister Maggie were baptized at the Goodson Baptist Church (now First Baptist), in 1874.

      He married (1st) Susan CROSS, she died in 1880 during childbirth of a son named John. David Thomas married (2nd) Rebecca HICKS, 1853-1929, daughter of Nathanial and Jeanette Elizabeth HICKS. David Thomas and Sarah TRINKLE were charter members of South Bristol Baptist Church, now Woodlawn Baptist. Sarah's father Nathanial was also a charter member of this church. Their oldest daughter Ida Belle TRINKLE CARRIER was baptized at Sparger Cotton Factory in May 1888. South Bristol Baptist Church started at Sparger Cotton Factory.

      Thomas was a farmer as evidenced by an article in the Bristol News dated October 4, 1881, under Border Fair Premums, he was awarded .50 cents for the best Kershaws and .50 cents for the best Seinblins (white scalloped summer squash). Thomas TRINKLE died suddenly in 1894, taking a fever and never recovering, he is buried at Susong Cemetery in an unmarked grave.