Edward Trickle Sr.

Edward Trickle Sr., one among the few pioneers of the county now residing here, was born in Howard county, Md., in 1807. His father, Christopher, died in Wayne county, O., in 1814, while in a fort seeking refuge from the fury of British and Indians. His mother was Mary Wilson, who, like her husband, was a native of Maryland, and moved with him to Ohio about 1811. Edward married Miss Rebecca Miller in 1833, and their family of two children came to this township in 1836. Stephen, his brother, came from Indiana in 1836 with his wife, Jemima Kinser, and five children: Adam, Thomas, John, Harriet and Rebecca. This Stephen set out for California during the mining stampede via Panama, but was buried in the ocean. Thomas, another brother, settled in Rock Island county in 1836, but moved to Missouri a few years later, where he was killed during the political troubles preceding the late war. Edward Trickle has served his township as justice of the peace and in various township offices. Of his children, Eunice, Wilson, Rebecca, Martha, Milton, Eliza, Edward H. and Nancy are living. Milton served in Company F, One Hundred and Twelfth Infantry for three years, and Edward H. in Company B, Seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry during the war until discharged in 1865. A reference to the general and township histories will point out more fully the important parts taken by the family in the settlement and progress of the county.