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]

Biography

Early life

He was born in Woodford County, Kentucky on August 27, 1798.[1][3] His father was Edward Trabue and his mother, Jane (Clay) Trabue.[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

He 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] He died of brain fever[5] on November 24, 1851, and he is buried in the Nashville City Cemetery.[1][3][4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Friends of Metropolitan Archives of Nashville and Davidson County, TN
  2. 1 2 3 Nashville Library
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Nashville City Cemetery
  4. 1 2 FindAGrave
  5. 1 2 3 http://books.google.com/books?id=f_AXHi7ZQgUC&pg=PA241&lpg=PA241&dq=%22Charles+Clay+Trabue%22+AND+nashville+AND+mayor&source=bl&ots=4HWrLpcGpV&sig=Fsu9Popp1mbE1mxys2E0iGX_K7o&hl=en&sa=X&ei=K41SUa24ELbe4AOGtYHgBA&ved=0CEQQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22Charles%20Clay%20Trabue%22%20AND%20nashville%20AND%20mayor&f=false
Political offices
Preceded by
-		 Member of the Missouri House of Representatives
1824–1828 		Succeeded by
-
Preceded by
Henry Hollingsworth		 Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee
1839–1841 		Succeeded by
Samuel Van Dyke Stout
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