Trowbridge, Rev. Luther Henry

1833 - 1904  (71 years)

• Name	Trowbridge, Luther Henry  [1, 2]
  Title	Rev.
  Born	10 May 1833	Houseville, Lewis County, New York, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	18 Dec 1904	Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA   [2]
  Siblings	1 sibling
  	1. Trowbridge, Rev. Luther Henry,   b. 10 May 1833, Houseville, Lewis County, New York, USA ,   d. 18 Dec 1904, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA  (Age 71 years)   2. Trowbridge, Hester Ann,   b. 2 Jan 1837, Delta, Fulton County, Ohio, USA
  Person ID	I72381	Sackett | Descendants of Thomas Sacket the Elder, Descendants of Simon Sackett the Colonist
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2022

  
  

  Father	Trowbridge, Willard,   b. 1 Feb 1796, Ashford, Windham County, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 19 Dec 1885, Delta, Fulton County, Ohio, USA  (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Sacket, Lydia,   b. 1811, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 1 Aug 1840, Delta, Fulton County, Ohio, USA  (Age 29 years)
  Married	5 Mar 1832	Houseville, Lewis County, New York, USA   [1]
  Children	2 children
  	1. Trowbridge, Rev. Luther Henry,   b. 10 May 1833, Houseville, Lewis County, New York, USA ,   d. 18 Dec 1904, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA  (Age 71 years)   2. Trowbridge, Hester Ann,   b. 2 Jan 1837, Delta, Fulton County, Ohio, USA
  Family ID	F29058	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Day, Mary Elizabeth,   b. 2 Oct 1840, Sturgis, St. Joseph County, Michigan, USA ,   d. Unknown
  Married	14 Jun 1860	Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA   [2]
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2022
  Family ID	F29115	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - 10 May 1833 - Houseville, Lewis County, New York, USA Married - 14 Jun 1860 - Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA Died - 18 Dec 1904 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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  Rev. Luther Henry Trowbridge (1833-1904) Image from Trowbridge Genealogy (1908).

  
  

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  Excerpts from The Trowbridge genealogy. History of the Trowbridge family in America, Francis Bacon Trowbridge, (New Haven, Conn., Printed for the compiler [Press of the Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor company], 1908).

  
  

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  [S2803] The Trowbridge genealogy. History of the Trowbridge family in America, Francis Bacon Trowbridge, ( New Haven, Conn., Printed for the compiler [Press of the Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor company]), 567-568 (Reliability: 2), 2 Jun 2022. 1078. WILLARD TROWBRIDGE (Willard1035; James1018; Daniel1009; James1003; James1000; Thomas1)), born February 1, 1796, in Ashford, Conn.; died December 19, 1885, in Delta, Ohio; married, first, January 7, 1816, in Edinburgh, N. Y., Amy Sprague, born June 4, 1795, in , ___, R. I.; died November 24, 1831, in Houseville, N. Y. He married, second, March 5, 1832, in Houseville, Lydia Sackett, daughter of Joel and Abigail (Sheldon) Sackett, born ___, 1811, in Westfield?, Mass.; died August 1, 1840, in Delta. He married, third, June 24, 1841, in Delta, Catharine Doolittle, who died April 1, 1843, in Delta. He married, fourth, November 23, 1844, in Portage, Ohio, Mary Ann Hesser, daughter of Jacob and Lydia (Glenn) Hesser, who died September 6, 1883, in Delta. Willard Trowbridge came in early boyhood with his parents to Edinburgh, N. Y., and grew up on his father's farm in that town. At the age of eighteen he became a soldier in the "War of 1812. He enlisted at Albany September 8, 1814, in Capt. James [or George] Morrill's company, Colonel Colden's regiment of artillery, New York militia. He was stationed with his company at New York City, where he performed his whole term of service, nearly three months, and was discharged there November 26, 1814. On account of his services in the war he received a grant of 160 acres of land, and late in life applied for and received a pension. He settled in Edinburgh after his marriage, removing two years later to the village of Houseville, Turin township, Lewis county, N. Y. It was a new country, then known as the Black River Country, and there he built a log house and cleared a farm. In the spring of 1834, accompanied by William Fewless [Footnote: He became the husband of Mr. Trowbridge's niece Caroline (No. 1077, i).], he went to Ohio to select a new home in the Maumee Country, They made their way through the woods out into the wilderness to the vicinity of what is now Delta, York township. Fulton county [Footnote: Then Lucas county], and arrived at a Mr. Meeker's clearing, about two miles east of Delta, on Saturday evening. Both Mr. Trowbridge and Mr. Fewless were church members and on Sunday morning they held a little prayer meeting at Mr. Meeker's, the first prayer meeting ever held in that vicinity. p. 568 Mr. Trowbridge entered a piece of land, and then returned to New York for his family, arriving with them in Delta the following October. He soon had a log cabin erected on his farm, a mile west of Delta, and then began the task of clearing up the land. He was surrounded by Indians and wild beasts, every foot of ground was covered with heavy forests, and the first winter there he killed seven wolves and a bear. By hard work, prudence and economy he soon placed himself among the foremost of the new country, and he always kept himself there. In the early days, before roads were cut, it was necessary for him to take a bushel of wheat on his shoulder and walk ten miles to the nearest mill. He assisted in cutting a road from Providence, Lucas county, for the first wagon that ever came through that part of the country. He lived on this farm until about 1875, when he and his wife came to reside in the village of Delta. After her death he made his home with his son-in-law Mr. Haubiel on Wood street. He retained wonderful physical strength and activity until two or three days before his death. He was one of the first board of trustees of York township. He was well qualified to hold, and might have held, many important offices in the town and county, but he always had a strong aversion to office holding, nor did he wish his sons to accept office. When the plank road was projected from Toledo to Angola, he took a thousand dollars' worth of the stock, and by his personal solicitations obtained a great deal which the company could not otherwise have obtained, besides building one mile of the road himself. Mr. Trowbridge was a professor of Christianity for sixty years, during all of which time his life was never a reproach to his profession. About the year 1S26 he joined the Methodist Episcopal Church in Lewis county, N. Y., and after coming to Ohio he was one of the organizers and first members of the First Methodist Church in Delta. For over half a century he was identified with the early settlement and growth of what is now Fulton county. CHILDREN: [Footnote: i-ii born in Edinburgh. N. Y.; iii-vii in Houseville, N. Y. ; viii-x in Delta, Ohio.] By first marriage: 1180. i. John Sumner. b. Nov. 18. 1816. ii. Jordan James, b. Jan. 30. I818: d. Oct. 3; 1839, in Delta. Ohio; unm. iii. Emily, b. Oct. 29. 1820; m. Jan. 15, 1846, Peter Haubiel of Delta. 1181. iv. Anson, b. Nov. 1, 1822. 1182. v. Allen Smith, b. Oct. 3. 1825. 1183. vi. Cornelius, b. Feb. 20, 1828. By second marriage: 1184. vii. Luther Henry, b. May 10, 1833. viii. Hester Ann. b. Jan. 2, 1837; m. Benjamin Biddle and resides in East Toledo, Ohio. By third marriage: ix. Catharine, b. Apr. 1. 1843; d. Feb. 5, 1845. By fourth marriage: x. William Holland, b. Apr. 19, 1848; resides in Delta. Transcribed by Ted Smith [S2803] The Trowbridge genealogy. History of the Trowbridge family in America, Francis Bacon Trowbridge, ( New Haven, Conn., Printed for the compiler [Press of the Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor company]), 621-622 (Reliability: 2), 5 Jun 2022. 1184. Rev. Luther Henry Trowbridge (Willard1078, Willard1035, James1018, Daniel1009, James1003, James1000, Thomas1), born May 10, 1833, in Houseville, N. Y.; died December 18, 1904, in Los Angeles. Cal.; married June 14, 1860, in Kalamazoo, Mich., Mary Elizabeth Day, daughter of Rev. Gershom Bulkley and Elizabeth (Benjamin) Day, born October 2, 1840, in Sturgis, Mich. She resides in New York City. Luther H. Trowbridge was brought in infancy by his parents to Ohio and grew to manhood on his father's farm in Delta. He pursued studies in Maumee City, and later, with Professor Page, removed to Kalamazoo College and was graduated from the classical department of that institution in 1860. The following year he was ordained to the ministry, being the first and only pastor of the newly organized church in Three Rivers, Mich. There he built a fine church edifice and increased the membership in eight years from thirty members to over four hundred. During the Civil War he was appointed chaplain of the 11th Michigan Infantry, but was not mustered. He resigned his pastorate in Three Rivers in 1869 to accept the financial secretaryship of Kalamazoo College. In 1870 he founded the new series of Page 622 the Christian Herald, published in Detroit, Mich., official organ of the Michigan Baptist State Convention. He was editor and proprietor of this paper for over thirty-two years, owning its building and printing plant. His health failing, he retired from active business in the summer of 1902, and later went with his wife to California. He died about two years later in Los Angeles. The following paragraph is excerpted from his funeral sermon preached by Rev. Robert J. Burdette in the Temple Baptist Church in Los Angeles. "'Well done, good and faithful servant.' Sweetly these words fell upon the soul of this man, as he looked upon the face of his Lord. For all the years of his life he had served, faithfully, tirelessly, joyfully. When at last his hand fell from the plough, how broad and abundant were the fields of his tillage. When the lightning carried the news throughout the breadth of this land last Sabbath that Luther Trowbridge had entered into rest, a thrill of sorrow ran through a hundred veins of Christian activity. In every department of Christian work in the Baptist denomination his voice had been heard, his hand had been felt, for nearly half a century of zeal and devotion. In our educational institutions, in every department of missions, home and foreign, in the work of the great publication society, in the pulpit and on the rostrum, in the councils of Christian organizations, among the leaders of great movements, and serving as zealously and happily with the rank and file, all his life he was a living power in the church of God." As a memorial to her husband, Mrs. Trowbridge in 1905 deeded her home in Detroit to Kalamazoo College. [Footnote: * Mrs. Mary E. D. Trowbridge pursued a course of study in Kalamazoo College and studied music in New York City. In 1869 she was called to the chair of music in Kalamazoo College, which position she filled for four years, resigning to devote her entire time to literary work. Removing to Detroit in 1873, she occupied a position on the editorial staff of the Christian Herald until April, 1902, when the failing health of her husband, Rev. Luther H. Trowbridge, made retirement from business necessary. Mrs. Trowbridge is a member of a number of educational and philanthropic societies; was a constituent member and officer of the Twentieth Century Club, Detroit, and chairman of the finance committee of the Century Association which build the fifty-thousand dollar club building. Since 1872 Mrs. Trowbridge has been actively identified with the interests of the American Association fnr the Advancement of Science; has served under appointment of the state as examiner of schools of higher education; has prepared papers for meeting of the state board of health; and is the author of several brochures issued by the American Baptist Publication Society of Philadelphia; notably: "The Way of Life"; "This Do in Remembrance of Me": and "Pioneer Days and Vacation Notes" (a series of European letters). In 1895 Mrs. Trowbridge was appointed historian by the Michigan Baptist State Convention, and with collaborators is preparing a history of the denomination in Michigan which is to be published early in 1908. ["Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography."] NO CHILDREN.