Hi, I would like more information on the Trimble family, if you have it. I am extremely interested in the early history of Union Parish, especially of Farmerville. As you may or may not know, Judge James E. Trimble is one of the most prominent and colorful Farmerville citizens of the nineteenth century. He was a schoolteacher, lawyer, and district court judge. He founded a newspaper in Farmerville in 1878, the "Gazette". This paper survived through political feuds in which Trimble was actively involved, and survived the 1887 shootout in Stein's store in Farmerville between Judge Trimble and Farmerville attorney James Ramsey. Judge Trimble supposedly fired first, killing Ramsey. Ramsey did not fire his gun, but someone in the crowd watching the incident shot and killed Trimble. The "Gazette" is still published weekly in Farmerville.

Do you know when the Trimbles left Farmerville, and to where they moved? What happened to Trimble's widow?

I did not know that Judge Trimble ever served in the Confederate army and find this extremely interesting and a little surprising. He had apparently recently moved to Louisiana from the north when the war began. Where can I find a copy of this biography you mentioned? Do you have a copy of his compiled service record from the National Archives?

I am most interested in his military service record. If you want to know more about the Trimble/Ramsey shootout Trimble's feuds, see:

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/union/newspapers/1887trimbleramsey.txt

and also

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/union/newspapers/historyofupnewspapers.txt

Thanks.