TRAPNELL, Elizabeth Colston

Elizabeth married PIERCE, Thomas Hill [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. PIERCE, Ashley Colston
2. PIERCE, Henry Hill

Elizabeth married RAWLINGS, Hunter Ripley III [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As: Ned
• Education: Attended Virginia Military Institute, Class of 1932
• Obituary: From Washington Post, 20 Aug 1992 E.R. TRAPNELL, SCIENCE GROUP OFFICIAL, DIES Edward Raleigh Trapnell, 81, a retired public affairs specialist with the National Science Foundation who also had worked for the Atomic Energy Commission and the International Atomic Energy Commission, died of liver failure Aug. 18 at his home in Arlington. Mr. Trapnell was born in Romney, W.Va. He graduated from Virginia Military Institute. During World War II, he served in the Army and was stationed in Washington and Europe. After the war, he returned here and worked in the information field for the Farm Security Administration, the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration and the AEC. From 1957 to 1959, he was in Vienna, Austria, on the staff of the IAEC. In 1961, after a period in private business, Mr. Trapnell became a special assistant to the secretary of the Air Force. From 1963 to 1967, he worked for Parsons Engineering Co. He then joined the National Science Foundation, where he retired in 1974. In the early 1970s, Mr. Trapnell helped found General Technology Applications, an engineering development company in Manassas, and served on its board of directors until 1990. He also co-authored a history of the AEC. Mr. Trapnell was a member of the Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Alexandria, the National Press Club, the American Nuclear Society and the VMI Foundation. His first wife, May Cocke Trapnell, died in 1979. Survivors include his wife, Margaret Hoover Trapnell of Arlington and Nantucket, Mass.; three children from his first marriage, Catherine T. Wheeler of Arlington, Elizabeth T. Rawlings of Iowa City; and Susan T. Moritz of Seattle; three stepchildren, Steven Rowles of Monson, Mass., Andrew Rowles of Thetford Center, Vt., and Benjamin Rowles of Nanatucket; and nine grandchildren.
• Occupation: A public affairs specialist with the National Science Foundation who also had worked for the Atomic Energy Commission and the International Atomic Energy Commission
• Religion: Episcopalian
• Cause of Death: Liver Failure
• Education: 1932, Virginia Military Institute

Edward married COCKE, May Richards on 1 Jan 1937 in St. George's Episcopal Church, Clarksdale, MS. May (daughter of COCKE, Cary Hartwell and RICHARDS, May) was born on 7 Feb 1914 in Columbus, MS; died on 16 Apr 1979 in Alexandria, VA, USA; was buried in Grace Episcopal Cemetery, Bremo Bluff, Fluvanna, VA, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married COLSTON, Elizabeth Marshall on 1 Mar 1902 in Martinsburg, WV. Elizabeth (daughter of COLSTON, William Brockenbrough and SUMMERS, Marian) was born on 6 Nov 1872 in Hedgesville, WV; died on 28 Feb 1950. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Cary married RICHARDS, May. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Obituary: From Spirit of Jefferson, March 19, 1912 Mr Joseph Trapnell a prominent member of the Jefferson County Bar, died at his home in this place on Saturday last. He was a native of Maryland, but had lived here since 1865. Living in Maryland at the beginning of the War Between the States, he was arrested because he refused to take the oath to the U. S. Government, but escaped and came to Virginia and joined Company G, 7th Virginia Cavalry, in which he served as a faithful soldier to the end of the war. He had studied law with Judge Maulsby in Frederick, Maryland, and continued his studies after he came here in 1865.After getting his license to practice he formed a partnership with Nathan S. White Esq., whose daughter he married in the fall of 1866. The firm had a large and lucrative practice for a number of years. For several years prior to Mr. Trapnell's death was so impaired that he unable to give the attention to his practice to which he had been accustomed since he came to the Bar. Mr. Trapnell was highly esteemed by the community in which he lived and by his brethren of the Bar with whom he was associated. He was a vestryman of the Protestant Episcopal Church and was frequently sent as a delegate to the conventions of that denomination. He is survived by his widow, seven sons and two daughters. Benjamin, Joseph, White and Thomas, of New York, William, of Romney: Rev. Richard Trapnell of Bluefield, West Virginia; John M. of this vicinity: Mrs H. F. Kloman, of Portland Me., and Miss Rebecca at home. Service will be conducted at Zion Episcopal Church, by Rev. J. S. Alfriend, assisted by Rev. J. H. Blake of Georgetown, D. C. Members of the Jefferson County Camp, U. C. V. and the members of the Bar will attend. Pallbearers are J. William Brown, Forrest W. Brown, W. O. Norris, S. W. Washington, John M. Daniel, Thomas R. Moore, W. L. Saunders and John Porterfield,
• Obituary: From Bluefield Daily Telegraph: Joseph Trapnell Church Paper Pays Tribute to Deceased Father of Bluefield Rector The following on the death of Joseph Trapnell, father of Rev. R. W. Trapnell, of this city, is taken from the Southern Churchman: Joseph Trapnell, of Charles Town, W. Va., died Saturday, a.m. March 16, 1912. Born in the city of Annapolis, Md., Sept 1, 1842. A grandson of Rev. Joseph Trapnell, who was born at Ottery St. Mary, Devonshire, England, November 8, 1775. Oldest son of Rev. Joseph Trapnell, D. D., who was born at Bemerton, Wiltshire, England, June 19, 1814. Our subject’s boyhood days Baltimore, Bristol, R.I., and Keokuk, Iowa, where his father was rector of churches in these places. He commenced the study of law in the office of Belknap & Lomax, at Keokuk, Iowa, in 1859. In 1861 (his father having moved to St. Marks parish, Frederick Co, Md.) he continued his legal studies with Joseph Palmer, esq., a noted attorney of Frederick, Md., until Sept, 1862, when he entered the confederate army on the 12th, Company G, 7th Va. Cavalry, where he remained until the late fall of 1864, when he joined the Maryland Battalion, which had the honor of being the last army of northern Virginia to surrender. In the summer of 1865 he continued his interrupted studies in the offices of the late N. S. White esq., at Charles Town, W. Va.. In Oct, 1866, he was admitted to the bar at Frederick, Md., and commenced the practice of his profession with his late preceptor, N. S. White, making the firm of White & Trapnell. On Nov. 20, 1866, he was united in marriage in Zion church, Charles Town, with Miss Rebecca Holmes White, only child of his preceptor and partner. The Rev. Joseph Trapnell officiated. His long useful life in the practice of his profession was spent in this ancient and beautiful town. He was the chancellor of the diocese of West Virginia, a lay deputy to the general convention of the church, which meets every three years, since 1889; a vestryman, of Zion Church, Charles Town, or warden, for upwards of forty years. Throughout the whole valley of Virginia, especially, and in all parts of the state and adjoining states of Virginia and Maryland, in many parts his professional ability makes him much sought after — especially in the intricacies of the great science, he was known to be a master of the law. Respected, honored, loved by the whole community, after a life spent there of nearly 47 years, he will be missed in the church and state. He leaves a widow and one sister. His brother is Dr. R. Watkins Trapnell, of Point of Rocks, and his sister, Miss Ella Trapnell, of Middletown, Md.
• Occupation: Lawyer
• Religion: Episcopalian
• Military: 12 Sep 1862, Knoxville, Frederick, MD, USA
• Residence: Apr 1870, S. George Street, Charles Town, Jefferson, West Virginia
• Residence: 1880, Charlestown, Jefferson, West Virginia, United States
• Residence: 1900, Charles Town, Jefferson, West Virginia
• Residence: 1910, Charles Town, Jefferson, West Virginia

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Military:
Enlisted in Company G, Virginia 7th Cavalry Regiment on 12 Sep 1862.

Residence:
“A dwelling house was completed in Charles Town for Joseph Trapnell, S. George St.” (Ultimately was 416 S. George Street, Charles Town, WV)

Joseph married WHITE, Rebecca Holmes on 20 Nov 1866 in Charlestown, WV. Rebecca (daughter of WHITE, Nathan Smith and MACKY, Frederica) was born on 4 May 1845 in Charlestown WV; died on 3 May 1931 in Charles Town, WV; was buried on 5 May 1931 in Zion Church yard, Charles Town, WV. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Obituary: From The Morning News, Wilmington, DE Mrs. Rebecca H. Trapnell Mrs. Rebecca H. Trapnell, 85 years old. widow of Joseph Trapnell, of Charlestown. West Virginia, died in that town on Sunday, according to news received here yesterday. Mrs. Trapnell was the mother of the Rev. Richard W. Trapnell, now cf Norfolk, Va. Mr. Trapnell was rector of St. Andrew's P. E. Church, in this city, and was well known here, leaving for Norfolk last year. Mrs. Trapnell was a daughter' Of Nathan S. White, a member of the Charlestown bar. for many years. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. H. F. Kloman, wife of the Rev. H. F. Kloman, rector of the Episcopal Church at Cumberland, Md., and Miss Rebecca R. Trapnell, of Charlestown, and four sons, William Trapnell, superintendent of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Western; Captain Thomas T. Trapnell, U. S. A.; the Rev. Richard W. Trapnell, Norfolk, Va., and J. M. Trapnell, of Charlestown. Funeral services will be held in Zion Episcopal Church this afternoon.
• Residence: 1910, Charles Town, Jefferson, West Virginia

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Married:
Officiated by his father, Rev. Joseph Trapnell

William married SUMMERS, Marian. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]