Charles Clay Trabue | |
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Born | August 27, 1798 |
Died | November 24, 1851 |
Resting place | Nashville City Cemetery |
Occupation | Politician |
Spouse | Agnes Green Woods |
Children | 9 |
Parent(s) | Edward Trabue Jane Clay |
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 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]
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]
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]