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- He was born near Winchester, Augusta Co.(now Frederick), VA, about the time his father was discharged from the revolutionary army. Stephen himself served in the War of 1812 in Capt. William Currins' Co., known as the Montgomery Regiment of Virginia. His widow filed for service benefits in 1878, but it was denied because of insufficient time in service, having only served 15 days. Stephen was a farmer in Pulaski Co.VA, but was involved in a variety of businesses, including the ownership of a "house of entertainment." Buried in Dublin Cemetery
"The Early Wysor Family; with variant spellings Weiser and Wiser, and associated families of Trinkle, Anderson, Cecil, Shufflebarger, and Peck" (1998 - privately printed by Mark Edward Steinke)
The earliest settlement at Dublin occurred in 1776 when Henry Jacob TROLLINGER and his family erected a cabin just behind the house on old Route 11. The next resident was a cabin built near the present firehouse in 1810 by Sarah TROLLINGER and her husband, Stephen TRINKLE. At that time "the forest around their home was unbroken and brush was so close that man on horseback could not have been seen 20 yards from the cabin. As late as 1850 "more than half of the county around Dublin was in the woods."
What is now Dublin would probably still be in woods, crops and pasture had it not been for the depot being located here in 1854. John TROLLINGER and Stephen TRINKLE, brothers-in-law, gave three acres of land in 1854 and construction immediately began on a depot, round house, turn-table, wood house, switches and a well. Passenger service began June 29, 1854 and freight began to be handled on July 24, 1854.
On the morning of May 9, 1864 the Confederates met a vastly superior enemy at Cloyd's farm. By early afternoon a defeated army was streaming through Dublin toward the New River and safety. About 5:00 p.m. the enemy occupied the town and soon began to burn much of it. The depot, and enormous wood yard which held locomotive fuel, the telegraph office and poles, a water tank, the "immense" warehouse containing supplies for the army, a hotel, and some private homes went up in flames. After the enemy left essential repairs to the track and bridges were made but materials and labor were so scare a boxcar was equipped as a depot and used until 1866.
The depot erected in 1866 survived until it was burned in 1912.
A temporary depot was set up until the present building was erected in 1913.
The town of Dublin was incorporated in 1871.
Source: Abstracts taken from an article written by Dr. H. Jackson Darst
1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Stephen Trenkle [Stephen Trinkle]
Age: 68
Birth Year: abt 1782
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1850: District 48, Pulaski, Virginia
Gender: Male
Family Number: 501
Household Members:
Name Age
Stephen Trenkle 68
Sarah Trenkle 56
Malinda Trenkle 21
Amanda M Trenkle 19
Sarah Trenkle 17
Elbert Trenkle 16
Sebastian Wygal 33
Rachel H Wygal 31
Mary C Wygal 6
Lucy Wygal 4
Amanda Wygal 3
Oscar Wygal 0
Thomas Luton 10
Author Trinkle, Stephen. grantee.
Title Land grant 12 April 1819.
Summary Location: Montgomery County.
Description: 50 acres on the waters of New River beginning &c. corner to John Trolinger and Henry Wisors lands.
Source: Land Office Grants No. 68, 1819, p. 120 (Reel 134). Part of the index to the recorded copies of grants issued by the Virginia Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia. Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Grants A-Z, 1-124, reels 42-190; Virginia State Land Office. Grants 125- , reels 369-. Subject - Personal Trinkle, Stephen. grantee.
Trolinger, John.
Wisor, Henry.
Subject - Topical Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- Virginia -- Montgomery County.
Subject -Geographic Montgomery County (Va.) -- History -- 19th century.
Genre/Form Land grants -- Virginia -- Montgomery County.
Added Entry Virginia. Land Office. Register. Land grants, 1779-
Library of Virginia. Archives.
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1782 - 1859 (77 years)
