Charles Clay Trabue

Charles Clay Trabue (1798–1851) was an American banker and Whig politician.[1][2][3][4] He served as a member of the Missouri House of Representatives from 1824 to 1828, and as the Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee from 1839 to 1841.[1][2][3]

Charles Clay Trabue
BornAugust 27, 1798
Woodford County, Kentucky, U.S.
DiedNovember 24, 1851
Resting placeNashville City Cemetery
OccupationPolitician
SpouseAgnes Green Woods
Children9
Parent(s)Edward Trabue
Jane Clay

Early life

Charles Clay Trabue was born in Woodford County, Kentucky on August 27, 1798.[1][3] His father was Edward Trabue and his mother, Jane Clay.[1][3] At the age of seventeen, he joined served as Sergeant and joined Andrew Jackson in his fight against Native Americans during the Seminole Wars.[3]

Career

Trabue arrived in Tennessee in 1818[1] in order to work as a clerk at the Nashville branch of the Second Bank of the United States.[3][5]

Shortly after marrying in 1820, the newlywed couple moved to Missouri.[5] In 1824, he was elected as Missouri State Representative, where he served one term, until 1828.[3] The couple then relocated to Tennessee. In 1836, he was elected to the Nashville Board of Aldermen, and reelected in 1837.[3] He served as Mayor of Nashville from 1839 to 1841.[1][2]

Personal life and death

Trabue married Agnes Green Woods on July 5, 1820.[1] They had nine children.[1] He attended First Baptist Church of Nashville and sat on its building committee for a new church on Fifth Avenue.[3]

Trabue died of brain fever[5] on November 24, 1851, and he is buried in the Nashville City Cemetery.[1][3][4]

References
  1. "Friends of Metropolitan Archives of Nashville and Davidson County, TN". Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
  2. "Nashville Library". Archived from the original on 2016-03-14. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
  3. "Nashville City Cemetery". Archived from the original on 2014-11-12. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
  4. FindAGrave
  5. Harper, Lillie Dupuy Vanculin (June 2006). Colonial Men and Times. ISBN 9781428629615.
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