The Trimble family in America is of Scotch-Irish descent.

Major General Isaac Ridgeway Trimble, one of the oldest and more eccentric officers involved in the Civil War, made himself a favorite of Stonewall Jackson through his courage and stubborn energy. Born to a Quaker family, Trimble spent his childhood on the American frontier. After graduating from West Point, he served in the Old Army and then involved himself with the growing railroad industry of the 1830s, living at the forefront of American modernization. As the war began, he sided with the South, burning railroad bridges north of Baltimore to deny Washington the support of Union troops, and then moving to Virginia. He enlisted in the Engineers and constructed battery emplacements. Commissioned brigadier general in late 1861, Trimble distinguished himself at Cross Keys, Gaines's Mill, Manassas, and Gettysburg; was involved in the Baltimore riots; and spent time as a prisoner on Johnson's Island. This biography covers Trimble's personal life and career with both the railroad and the military. Simultaneously, it serves as a case study of an American who chose to side with the South. Before the war, Trimble traveled freely between states and showed no early indication of a regional attachment. The work uses Abraham Maslow's motivation model, the hierarchy of needs, to reconcile Trimble's self-interest with his need to belong to a community. It also raises various questions related to Southern history, including community identity, modernization, and the concept of the "New South."

This is an update of The Trimble Families of America published by John Farley Trimble in 1975. The number of families is more than double and there is over four times as many individuals. When I started I only knew of Trimbles that migrated from Ireland. During the research I found Trimbles in Native Americans in South Dakota and Blacks in South Carolina whose ancestor was born free in Georgia in 1829. Trimbles have been Governors, US Senators, Supreme Court Justices, State Representatives, Lawyers, Doctors, Generals during the Civil War, Admirals during World War II, and leader of industry. There was an island of the Washington coast that was named Trimble Island. Two sisters in Pennsylvania married Bringham Young as his eighteenth and nineteenth wives.

This is an update of The Trimble Families of America published by John Farley Trimble in 1975. The number of families is more than double and there is over four times as many individuals. When I started I only knew of Trimbles that migrated from Ireland. During the research I found Trimbles in Native Americans in South Dakota and Blacks in South Carolina whose ancestor was born free in Georgia in 1829. Trimbles have been Governors, US Senators, Supreme Court Justices, State Representatives, Lawyers, Doctors, Generals during the Civil War, Admirals during World War II, and leader of industry. There was an island of the Washington coast that was named Trimble Island. Two sisters in Pennsylvania married Bringham Young as his eighteenth and nineteenth wives.

Millions of Americans cherish childhood memories of family trips to Branson to see performances by the Baldknobbers or the Presleys. Now they take their own children to see how new generations of those same entertaining families continue to split sides and tug heartstrings. Go backstage with Arline Chandler in places like Silver Dollar City and the Shepherd of the Hills. Reminisce in the stories of the people who made Branson into the showbiz marvel that it is today while holding on to the values of hard work and family at the town's cultural foundation. And learn about the emergence of newer acts like the Duttons, the Hughes Brothers and Shoji Tabuchi in a place where Broadway and the backwoods shake hands and SIX voices is all that is needed to produce a full orchestra.

This is a reprint of David Trimble's most popular book, American Origins. Brought back by popular demand. Because David sold all copies of this book years ago, I was unable to obtain one in "like new" condition. This book was created by scanning the pages of someone's used copy. It will contain a few markings and notes but still serves as an excellent Genealogy reference.

Introduction to the Native peoples of the American Southwest.