Trumbo, Andrew (Trumbs)

Born: 1801-12-25 Kentucky

Died: 1854-08-09 Menard County, Illinois

Flourished: 1834 Menard County, Illinois

Alternate name: Trumbs

Trumbo moved from his native state to Sangamon County, Illinois, around 1826, settling near Indian Creek, an area later subsumed into Menard County. In 1830, he married Elizabeth (Betsey) Sears, with whom he had several children.

Gravestone, Hornback Cemetery, Menard County, IL; Conrad W. Feltner, The Trumbo Family (Middlesboro, KY: C. W. Feltner, 1974), 96; Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, Sangamon County, 2 December 1830, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales, Menard County, 68:94, 69:100, 70:104, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL.