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EDWARD M. TROTTER, section 21, postoffice Frazer, was born in Guilford County, North Carolina, Sept. 9, 1812.  His father was a soldier of the war of 1812.  He was raised within seven miles of Greensboro, North Carolina, and at the age of nineteen began to learn the trade of carriage making, at Jamestown, in his native county.  He was married Jan. 5, 1835, to Miss Nancy Johnson, a native of Randolph County, North Carolina.  She was born in 1817.  He emigrated to Missouri in 1839, settling first in Caldwell County, whence he moved to Clinton County, and, in 1841, to Buchanan County.  He entered eighty acres of land, under the state right, on Platte River, in Tremont Township.  He then possessed but slender means.  Working hard at farming, he, occasionally, as a matter of accommodation, repaired wagons for his neighbors.  He also farmed two years on Casteel Creek.  In 1858, he purchased the 200 acre farm on which he now lives.  Originally an old line Whig, on the demise of his party, he joined the Republican ranks.  On landing in Missouri, his entire cash capital amounted to but fifteen dollars.  His subsequent means were acquired by his own personal efforts.  Mr. Trotter and wife are both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  They have raised five orphan children.
Source:  History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881 - Page 973