ID: I30571
Name: Charles A. TROUGHT , Sr.
Sex: M
Birth: APR 1838 in Delaware County, OH
Death: 8 MAY 1905 in Cherrydale, Arlington, VA
Burial: ABT 10 MAY 1905 Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington, VA
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Find-a-Grave ABT 10 MAY 1905 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=49328526
Military Service: BET 1 MAR 1861 AND 1 AUG 1867 Civil War; Union; US Army (Regular) Pvt, Musician, Regimental Band, 4th US Artillary Regiment; promoted to Corporal; mulitple enlistments, mustered out 1 Aug 1867 at Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Maryland
Military Service: BET 1 MAR 1856 AND 1 MAR 1861 Peacetime Defense; US Army (Regular); Private, Battery "M," 4th US Artillery; discharged 1 Mar 1861 at Fort Randall, Massachusetts; later reenlisted on 12 Mar 1861 as a Musician with 4th US artillery
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Veterans schedule 1890 Roselyn, Washington Twp, Alexandria, VA, pg. 6; dwelling 18, family 18, Ptv, Co. M, 4th US Artillary1 Mar 1861 - 1 Mar 1864; Reenlisted Veteran
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TROUT-DNA Project Line #81; See TROUT-DNA Research Project at https://www.familytreedna.com/public/TROUT_DNA_Research_Project/
Census: 15 JUN 1900 Washington Twp, Alexandria, Virginia,11-B; dwelling 206, family 206, widower, Pensioner + Justice of the Peace; born Ohio; son Charles C. age 23 and daughter Maddie age 30 also in household
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Pension Application 15 JUL 1892 applies for pension based on Civil War service as Musician, 4th US Artillery; application 1122269, certificate 383150; Virginia;
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Member 4 FEB 1873 elected to membership of the "Photographic Association of the District Of Columbia'; a prestigious group of professional photographers with noted guest speakers such as Civil War photographer Alexander Gardner
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Member 5 JAN 1884 noted as officeholder, Meade Post #5, GAR (Grand Army of the Republic)
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Public office ABT 1894 Superintendent of the Poor and member of the Excise Board, Alexandria, Virginia
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Public office ABT 1899 Justice of the Peace, Alexandria, Virginia
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Public service 30 AUG 1871 receives civil service appointment to "G.S." (general schedule??), Office of the Surgeon-General, US War Department
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Public service BET 1871 AND 1886 Civil Sevice appointment to the office of the Surgeon-General, US War Department; confirmed through 1886, perhaps worked into the 1890s
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Public service 1 JUL 1874 promoted to the "Watch," Office of the Surgeon-General, US War Department
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Public service 1 JUL 1879 appointment as "laborer,' Office of the Surgeon-General, US War Department
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Public service 1 JUL 1880 promoted to Assistant Messenger, Office of the Surgeon-General, US War Department
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Public service 15 FEB 1881 promoted to Clerk, 1st Class, Office of the Surgeon-General, US War Department; by about this date, began photographic work in the Art Room of the Surgeon General's Medical Museum housed in old Ford theater (Lincoln assassination site), Washington, DC
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Politics ABT 1894 very active in Democratic Party meetings in Alexandria, Virginia
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City Directory 1873 Trought, Charles A, Messenger, Surgeon General's Office, residing 1229 New Hampshire Ave., Washington, DC
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City Directory 1869 Trought, Chas. A. clerk, 355 18th Ave., Washington DC
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City Directory 1874 Trought, Charles A, Messenger, Surgeon General's Office, 1682 16th Street Northwest, Washington, DC
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City Directory 1875 Trought, Charles A, Messenger, Surgeon General's Office, residing 1200 21st Ave., Northwest, Washington, DC
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City Directory 1878 Trought, Charles, Clerk, residing 1218 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC -- Charles H. Trought, Printer, listed at same address
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City Directory 1881 Trought, Charles Messenger, 1215 New Hampshire Ave. Northwest, Washington, DC
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City Directory 1885 Trought, Charles A, Clerk, Surgeon General's Office, residing 1215 New Hampshire Ave. NW, Washington, DC
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City Directory 1886 Trought, Charles A, Clerk, Surgeon General's Office, residing Arlington, Virginia
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Moved ABT 1885 Washington DC to Alexandria, Arlington, Virginia; continues to work as a photographer (Clerk, 1st class pay grade) at the Office of the Surgeon General
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Age at time of death 8 MAY 1905 about 67 years old
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Death notes 8 MAY 1905 Cherrydale, Arlington, VA was named after the cherry orchards at that location operated by Dorsey Donaldson, the father-in-law of Charles' daugher Annie Ceceelia who had married Walter Donaldson
Reference Number: 30571
Marriage 1
Mary E. UNKNOWN b: ABT 1840 in VA
Children
 Mary TROUGHT- Emma E. TROUGHT b: JUL 1864 in MD
 Walter A. TROUGHT b: NOV 1864 in Baltimore, Carrol, MD- Annie Cecelia V. TROUGHT b: ABT 1869
- Maddie TROUGHT b: APR 1870 in Washington, District of Columbia
- Charles C. TROUGHT , Jr. b: JAN 1872 in Washington, District of Columbia
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