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PHOTOGRAPH INFORMATION

NAME(S): John Q. Trimmer
PHOTOGRAPH:# 3852
OTHERINFO: See text below
PHOTOGRAPHER:Unknown
SCANSIZE: 600 x 449 Pixels
WHEREOBTAINED: Donated
WHENOBTAINED: Unknown

RESEARCHED INFORMATION

Probably: John Quick Trimmer

Born: February 8, 1835, Hacket Town, Essex County, New Jersey
Died:June 2, 1929, Mound City, Holt County, Missouri
Father:Daniel Trimmer
Mother: Nancy Gulick
Married:Mary Elizabeth Merrin
Children: May Lodema, Ora Bell, John William, Robert Q., Frankey Washington, Freddie Lincoln, FannyHays, Unnamed Infant, Moses LeRoy, Joseph Van, & Cora Ann

NOTES

Article on backof photograph

HAS NOT SHAVED SINCE LINCOLN'S DEATH.-

MOUND CITY, Mo. - - - John Q. Trimmer, NINETY-THREE-YEAR-OLD PIONEER OF MOUND CITY, MO. WHOCLAIMS THE

DISTINCTION OF BEING THE ONLY PERSON IN THE COUNTY NOT TO HAVE SHAVED SINCELINCOLN WAS ASSASSINATED.
WHEN HE LEARNED OF LINCOLNS TRAGIC DEATH, MR. TRIMMER MADE A VOW THAT HEWOULD NEVER SHAVE AGAIN, 
AND HE HAS NEVER BROKEN HIS OATH.

Also found online

John Q Trimmer was an ardent Republican and was shaving when the news came that President Lincoln had beenassassinated.

He threw down his razor and stated that he would never again touch arazor to his face. The civil War ended April 9, 1865, and five days
later, Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth. This would have madeJohn Q Trimmer some31 years old at the time of
the assassination. At the age of 93 he claimed the distinction of beingthe only person not to have shaved since Lincoln's death. He
kept his vow to the day of his death. In 1877 John Q and Mary E Trimmerhas a set of triplets Fannie Hays, FrankieWashington and
Freddie Lincoln. All three named after Presidents, Hayes (1877-1881), Lincoln(1861-1865) both republican and Washington(1789-1797)
who did not have a political party.
SOURCES

1850 Census Mansfield Township, Warren County, New Jersey
1870 Census Clay Township, Holt County, Missouri
1876 State Census Township 61, Holt County, Missouri
1880 Census Hickory Township,, Holt County, Missouri
1900 Census Hickory Township,, Holt County, Missouri
1910 Census Mound City Ward 2, Holt County, Missouri
1920 Census Mound City, Holt County, Missouri
Civil War Draft Registrations Record, June 1863, Hudson, McLean County, Illinois
Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records
Missouri Death Certificate
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