GEORGE TROMLY - born December 22, 1841 in Mt. Vernon, Jefferson County, IL, is a son of Michael and Jane (Boughton) Tromly, his father a native of New Jersey, and his mother of Vincennes, Ind.

Michael Tromly's father was a native of Canada, and settled in Vincennes in 1789. His father and mother were married in Burlington, Iowa in 1832, where they were living, and moved to Mt. Vernon, Jefferson County, IL, in 1835. He died May 26, 1878. His mother died in 1855. They had a family of six children, four of whom are now living.

Michael Tromly was married three times: (1) Reseco of Vincennes who died in 1829 or 1830 (2) Jane Boughton (3) Mrs. Emily A. Wylie.

(This is a very long article and this book is in Brehm Library.)

SOURCE: History of White County, Illinois (1883) -
Page 795, 796 & 797
Submitted by: Mary Zinzilieta