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Trimble family

 Family

Biography

Mary Pyle, born March 20, 1884 moved to rural northwestern Iowa as a child. She married James Trimble in 1906, had thirteen children and farmed as a family until they retired to Rolfe, Iowa in1948. Their eldest daughter, Gladys Trimble Leith was born in 1907. She also married a farmer and raised six children on their family farm. Her younger sister Marie Trimble Jeffers also became a farmer. Jeffers wrote "Memories of My Mom" and compiled and contributed this collection.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Trimble Family papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0427
Abstract

Reminiscences of Gladys Trimble Leith and Marie Jeffers about their mother, Mary Pyle Trimble as well as their own childhood.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1879-1999