from the Winterset Madisonian (Winterset, Madison County, Iowa), issue of July 13, 1903--page 8:
St. Charles and Roundabout
The remains of Mr. Trotter was accompanied from Nebraska by his sons, J. F. and Marion of that state, and Lyman of Missouri. James A. Trotter, whose home for almost forty years prior to 1902, was near this city, died in Westerville, Nebraska, where he then resided on last Friday of Brights disease. The remains were brought back and interred in the family lot in the St. Charles cemetery on Sunday afternoon in the presence of a large number of persons, who had so long known and respected him. Deceased was a member of Company I, 1st Indiana infantry in the war with Mexico. J. A. Rhyno served in the same regiment and he and Uncle Amos Fife now the only survivors of that war residents of South Township were two of the pallbearers, and the other four being ex-soldiers of the War of the Rebellion.
Submitted By: Mary George-Pruitt, marygeorgepruitt@msn.com
Submitter's Note: James Armstrong Trotter was born in Hendricks County, Indiana and married Eliza Jane Herrington on February 24, 1849. I believe he traveled with family members to: Green Bay, Wisconsin; Iowa; Indiana, and back to Iowa, with some moving on to Nebraska.