HON. DANIEL TRIGG,
Born in Abingdon, March 12, 1843, is a son of Daniel Trigg, son of
William, son of Daniel (born August 14, 1749), son of William, son of
Abraham, who came about 1710 from Cornwall, England, to the colony
of Virginia, settling in Bedford county. His mother was Anna Munford
Tompkins, daughter of Alexander Tompkins, whose wife was Elizabeth,
daughter of Otway Byrd. Further record of the progenitors of the
Trigg family has already been given. The wife of Hon. Daniel Trigg,
whom he married at Abingdon, January 9, 1872, is Louisa Bowen
Johnston, born in Tazewell county, Virginia, January 17, 1846. Their
children are: Nannie Greenway, John W. Johnston, Daniel. Miriam
Hartford, Evelyn Byrd, George Benjamin and Anna Munford, all living
at home; and two deceased: Nicketti Floyd and Louisa Smith.
Mrs. Trigg is descended from families honorably identified with the
annals of Virginia. Her father is John Warfield Johnston, ex. Senator
United States from Virginia, son of Dr. John Warfield Johnston,
who was a son of Judge Peter Johnston. Her mother was Nicketti
Floyd, daughter of Gov. John Floyd, of Virginia.
The Hon. Daniel Trigg was acting midshipman, U. S. Naval Academy,
from 1858 to 1861. He resigned upon the secession of Virginia, and
entered the Virginia Provisional Navy, from which he was transferred
to the Confederate States Navy. In this he gave continuous and honorable
service, receiving rank of lieutenant, until captured in April, 1865.
He was held first in the Old Capitol Prison, at Washington, then at
Johnsons Island, Lake Erie, whence he was released after the close of
the war. Soon after he went to Chili, then at war with Spain, in the
service of that country, and was offered, but declined, a commission in
the Chilian Navy. Was present at the bombardment of Calao by the
Spanish fleet in the spring of 1866. He was a member of the Virginia
Legislature, sessions of 1883-4, and in 1880 was a member of
the National Democratic Convention nominating General Hancock. He
is now engaged in practice, as attorney-at-law, in Abingdon.
