James L. G. Trollinger
James L. G. Trollinger, proprietor of a farm of one hundred and seventy acres in Bath township, was born in that township and has lived there all his life. He was born on February 5, 1864, son of Nimrod and Martha (Shaw) Trollinger, natives of the state of Maryland, who were married in that state and who later came to Ohio and located in Greene county, where they spent the remainder of their lives.
Nimrod Trollinger was born in 1827 and grew to manhood in his native state of Maryland. There he married Martha Shaw, who was born in that same state in 1831, and in 1853 he and his wife came to Ohio and settled on a farm in Bath township, this county, where they established their home, reared their family and spent the rest of their lives. Mrs. Trollinger died in 1896 and Nimrod Trollinger died in 1902. They were the parents of ten children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the fifth in order of birth, the others being Mrs. Sarah Batdorf, of Fairfield, this county; Mrs. Mary Jane Paxton, of West Alexandria, this state; Mrs. Elizabeth Burrows, of the Osborn neighborhood in this county; Mrs. Emma C. Harner, of Xenia; Mrs. Julia M. Wolf, of Bath township; Mrs. Martha Ann Lambert, of New Carlisle, Ohio; John H. and Jacob William, twins, the former of whom is living in Bath township and the latter in Miami township, this county, and Charles, who died in his first year.
Reared on the farm on which he was born in Bath township, James L. G. Trollinger received his schooling in the schools of that neighborhood. After his marriage in 1887 he established his home on the farm on which he is now living, a part of the old home farm, and has ever since resided there. Mr. Trollinger has served as a member of the district and township school board, for some time clerk of the latter body; as township highway commissioner and as a trustee of the local cemetery association, of which latter organization he is now the secretary. On national issues Mr. Trollinger adheres to the Democratic party, but in local issues reserves his right to vote independently of political parties. In addition to his general farming he has given considerable attention to the raising of live stock.
On November 17, 1887, James L. G. Trollinger was united in marriage to Rosa Flatter, who was born in Miami township, this county, and to this union one child has been born, a daughter. Pearl Ann, who married Ray Wilson and has two children, a son, Howard L. Woodrow, and a daughter, Gladys Irene. Mr. Wilson is farming a part of Mr. Trollinger's farm and lives in a house across the road from the home of the latter. The Trollingers are members of the Reformed church and Mr. Trollinger has been an elder and a deacon of the local congregation for thirty years.
From History of Greene County Ohio, Its People, Industries and Institutions, vol. 2. M.A.Broadstone, editor. B.F.Bowen & Co., Indianapolis. 1918