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Trowbridge, Charles Christopher

Born
12/29/1800
Birthplace
Albany, New York
Titles and Honors
1825 Cashier, Bank of Michigan
1834 Mayor of Detroit (during Cholera epidemic
1821-1835 - Regent, Univ. of Michigan
chairman of a committee to build the original City Hall
Mayor of Detroit
President of the Bank of Michigan and the Michigan State Bank
President of the Oakland and Ottawa Railroad Co. and the Detroit and Milwaukee line
Notes
See DHS Bulletin, July 1964.
Occupation
1813: Clerk to Major Horatio Ross of Owego, NY
Deputy of the U.S. Marshall, clerk of the courts, justice of the peace, and trustee of the city

Private Secretary, Louis Cass (Ass't Topographer on his expedition of exploration

1825 Cashier, Bank of Michigan

1834 Mayor of Detroit (during Cholera epidemic

1821-1835 - Regent, Univ. of Michigan

Chairman of a committee to build the original City Hall

President of the Bank of Michigan and the Michigan State Bank

President of the Oakland and Ottawa Railroad Co. and the Detroit and Milwaukee line

Founder of Michigan Historical Society

a dealer in real estate
Father
Luther Trowbridge
Mother
Elizabeth Tillman
Spouse
Catherine Whipple Sibley, m. 6/13/1826
Children
Frederick Sibley (b. 1827)
Katherine Sproat (b. 1829)
Elizabeth Cass (b. 1832)
Mary August (b. 1834)
Charles Frederick (b. 1837)
Henry Alexander (b. 1840)
Sarah Sibley (b. 1843)
Louisa Montgomery (b. 1847)
Louisa
Henry Hamilton (b. 1852)
Nationality
American