CHARLES HOWARD TRUSSELL, a prosperous, wide-awake farmer, is a representative of one of the oldest and most prominent families of Franklin township, where he was born June 25, 1848. His grandfather, Charles Trussell, was of Virginian birth, born near Harper's Ferry, where the family had resided many years. Before leaving his native State he was married to Sarah Fleming, a resident of the same place, and soon thereafter the young couple came to this county, making a settlement in the western part, having cut for themselves a home in the forest wilds, where they passed the remainder of their lives in unremitting, patient toll and hardship. They were consistent members of the Baptist Church. Their family were: Manson (deceased), Paden, Elizabeth (married to John Brownlee), Margaret (Mrs. John Henderson, of Claysville), Ann (deceased), Jane (married to Nelson Sprowls), William (in Kansas), John (in Dallas, Va.) and Charles H. Charles H. Trussell, father of Charles Howard, was born October 15, 1822, in Marietta, Ohio, where he was reared to agricultural pursuits and educated in the schools of the neighborhood. On September 10, 1845, he was married to Lydia, daughter of Joshua Dickerson, of Franklin township, and here spent the remainder of their lives, Mr. Trussell dying January 15, 1849. Mrs. Trussell now lives in Claysville. He was a lifelong, ardent Whig, and a man of strong but generous opinions. He was the father of two children: Charles Howard and Joshua D., the latter of whom was educated at Washington and Jefferson College, where he graduated, since when he has been engaged in teaching, and he is now principal of the Claysville public schools; in 1880 he was wedded to Hattie Selby, of Buffalo township, who has borne him one child, Howard L. Charles Howard Trussell passed his life chiefly at the home of his grandfather, Joshua Dickerson, on the farm where he now lives. He was early inducted into the mysteries of agriculture, and has managed a farm with signal success ever since coming of age. On November 2, 1871, he was married to Sarah (daughter of John Finley, of East Finley township, who is now eighty-two years old), and soon thereafter they settled in their present home in Franklin township, the farm having been greatly improved by him since coming to it. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Trussell are: Clara Edna, Mary Matilda and Lewis B. The entire family are members of the Presbyterian Church at East Buffalo. In politics Mr. Trussell is an intelligent Republican (as is also his brother, Joshua D.), and has always taken an active part in educational developments in his section.

Text taken from page 1382 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed January 1997 by Neil and Marilyn Morton of Oswego, IL as part of the Beers Project. Published January 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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