US Congressman. He was born one of ten children (he also had three sisters and six brothers) in Abingdon, Virginia, to Dr. Daniel Trigg and his wife Anna Munford Tompkins Trigg on September 18, 1847. He was educated locally and attended common public schools. He later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1870. He then commenced his practice of law in Abingdon, Virginia. During the Civil War, he served with the rank of Private in the First Virginia Cavalry and he also served in the Confederate States Navy. Following his military service, he decided to enter politics. He was elected and served a term as the Commonwealth Attorney for Washington County, Virginia, from 1872 until his resignation in 1884. He then decided to run for a seat in the United States Congress and was elected. A Member of the Democratic Party, he then served Virginia's 9th District (Forty-Ninth Congress) in the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1885, to March 3, 1887. After his term in the United States Congress expired he was succeeded in office by United States Representative Henry Bowen on March 4, 1887. After leaving the United States Congress he resumed his practice of law in Abingdon, Virginia. He passed away from complications of pneumonia at his home in Abingdon, Virginia, on April 23, 1907, at the age of 59, and was buried in Sinking Spring Cemetery in that city. He was married to Pocahontas Anne Robertson Trigg whom he married on June 30, 1874, in Washington, Virginia. The couple had no children. His wife passed away from uremia and nephritis on December 15, 1923, at the age of 76, and she is buried beside her husband. He was related to many other politicians who were famous in there own right including being the nephew of Connally Findlay Trigg, the great-grandnephew of Charles Willing Byrd, first cousin four times removed of Benjamin Harrison (1726 to 1791), Robert Carter Nicholas (1729 to 1780) and Beverley Randolph, second cousin of Thomas Lawton Davis (1842-?), second cousin thrice removed of Carter Bassett Harrison, George Nicholas, Wilson Cary Nicholas, John Nicholas, John Wayles Eppes and William Henry Harrison, second cousin four times removed of Theodorick Bland, third cousin of Richard Evelyn Byrd, third cousin once removed of Harry Flood Byrd, third cousin twice removed of Peyton Randolph, Robert Carter Nicholas (1787 to 1857), Francis Wayles Eppes, John Scott Harrison and Harry Flood Byrd, Jr., third cousin thrice removed of Burwell Bassett, John Randolph of Roanoke and Henry St. George Tucker, fourth cousin once removed of Thomas Marshall, James Keith Marshall, Peter Myndert Dox, Edmund Randolph, Carter Henry Harrison, Benjamin Harrison (1833 to 1901) and Douglass Townshend Bolling. Through his mother's lineal side he was also related to William Byrd II, and Robert "King" Carter, which also made him a cousin of General Robert E. Lee.
US Congressman. He was born one of ten children (he also had three sisters and six brothers) in Abingdon, Virginia, to Dr. Daniel Trigg and his wife Anna Munford Tompkins Trigg on September 18, 1847. He was educated locally and attended common public schools. He later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1870. He then commenced his practice of law in Abingdon, Virginia. During the Civil War, he served with the rank of Private in the First Virginia Cavalry and he also served in the Confederate States Navy. Following his military service, he decided to enter politics. He was elected and served a term as the Commonwealth Attorney for Washington County, Virginia, from 1872 until his resignation in 1884. He then decided to run for a seat in the United States Congress and was elected. A Member of the Democratic Party, he then served Virginia's 9th District (Forty-Ninth Congress) in the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1885, to March 3, 1887. After his term in the United States Congress expired he was succeeded in office by United States Representative Henry Bowen on March 4, 1887. After leaving the United States Congress he resumed his practice of law in Abingdon, Virginia. He passed away from complications of pneumonia at his home in Abingdon, Virginia, on April 23, 1907, at the age of 59, and was buried in Sinking Spring Cemetery in that city. He was married to Pocahontas Anne Robertson Trigg whom he married on June 30, 1874, in Washington, Virginia. The couple had no children. His wife passed away from uremia and nephritis on December 15, 1923, at the age of 76, and she is buried beside her husband. He was related to many other politicians who were famous in there own right including being the nephew of Connally Findlay Trigg, the great-grandnephew of Charles Willing Byrd, first cousin four times removed of Benjamin Harrison (1726 to 1791), Robert Carter Nicholas (1729 to 1780) and Beverley Randolph, second cousin of Thomas Lawton Davis (1842-?), second cousin thrice removed of Carter Bassett Harrison, George Nicholas, Wilson Cary Nicholas, John Nicholas, John Wayles Eppes and William Henry Harrison, second cousin four times removed of Theodorick Bland, third cousin of Richard Evelyn Byrd, third cousin once removed of Harry Flood Byrd, third cousin twice removed of Peyton Randolph, Robert Carter Nicholas (1787 to 1857), Francis Wayles Eppes, John Scott Harrison and Harry Flood Byrd, Jr., third cousin thrice removed of Burwell Bassett, John Randolph of Roanoke and Henry St. George Tucker, fourth cousin once removed of Thomas Marshall, James Keith Marshall, Peter Myndert Dox, Edmund Randolph, Carter Henry Harrison, Benjamin Harrison (1833 to 1901) and Douglass Townshend Bolling. Through his mother's lineal side he was also related to William Byrd II, and Robert "King" Carter, which also made him a cousin of General Robert E. Lee.
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