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
Born	August 27, 1798 Woodford County, Kentucky, U.S.
Died	November 24, 1851
Resting place	Nashville City Cemetery
Occupation	Politician
Spouse(s)	Agnes Green Woods
Children	9
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. https://books.google.com/books?id=f_AXHi7ZQgUC&pg=PA241