Born: near Wilmington, Ohio, January 27, 1842.
Died:
Harvey M. Trimble, of Princeton, Illinois.
Was born Mr. Trimble's parents were sturdy members of the Restoration movement. The family came to Princeton in 1843. He attended the public schools and Eureka College. He enlisted as a private in Company K, Ninety-third Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Was elected sergeant-major, and later was commissioned first lieutenant and adjutant of the regiment. He was in the battles of Champion Hill, campaign and siege of Vicksburg--being under fire almost every day--Missionary Ridge, Allatoona, Savannah, and not a few skirmishes. He was on the march to the sea and campaign of the Carolinas, was present at the surrender of Gen. J. E. Johnston, and then to the grand review at the capital of the nation. Mr. Trimble did not miss a battle in which his regiment was engaged, the casualties of which were 418 out of 718 men who were engaged in action. For fourteen days he was a prisoner of war, coming to his release on his twenty-first birthday. Quite naturally, therefore, since its beginning he has been actively associated with the Grand Army of the Republic. He was elected its commander-in-chief in 1911.
Returning to Princeton, he studied law and was admitted to the bar. He served as deputy clerk, and master in chancery of the circuit court in Bureau County. He was county judge for more than fifteen years, and circuit judge in the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit six years. The whole length of his service on the bench was twenty-one years and six months. Probably no man who has served the people as a judge in Illinois has had fewer of his decisions reversed by the higher courts.
He has also been a useful officer of the Board of Education in his home city, and of the township high school, which was the first of its kind in the State, and of the Public Library Board.
Mr. Trimble is an elder of the Princeton Church and an interesting gentleman whom it is a pleasure to meet.