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YOUNG PHILLIP GRABLE TRUNNELL

Philip was born on the family farm in Bullitt County. He ran away at age 14 to join the rebel troops at Bowling Green, Kentucky. He served during the entire Civil war in the famed Orphan Brigade and under General John Hunt Morgan as a sharpshooter in "Morgans Raiders", After the war ended he attended Medical School at the University of Louisville and practiced medicine in Louisville until he died in 1913. He married Hattie Virginia Hatzell in 1875. They had three children, Bradley James , Edna Crauch and George Hatzell Trunnell. He and Hattie divorced and he later married Margaret Weiss.

Philiip Grable Trunnell in Middle Age

Philip continued to actively practice medicine in Louisville. He served on the School Board and ran for the Legislature, among other interests.

P.G. Trunnell in Hunting Gear

Philip enjoyed hunting and fishing and is pictured with his faithful dog and rifle. His brother Neil had a camp on the Salt River in Bullitt Co. and he spent many happy hours there, enjoying the change of pace from his busy city life.

DR. PHILLIP GRABLE TRUNNELL

He continued to practice medicine in Louisville until his death from nephritis at age 67 in 1913. He remained active in Civil War Veterans Groups until then.

HARRIET VIRGINIA HATZELL TRUNNELL

Harriet Virginia Hatzell or "Hattie" was born in Louisville, Kentucky to William Henry Hatzell and Margaret Ann Smith. She was the middle child in a family of three girls and had a brother who died as a child. She was raised in comfortable surroundings and had many privileges, such as servants in the home and art and music lessons. Her father was an outfitter for the riverboats that came through Louisville and he owned a foundry. Her mother was from a wealthy background and was originally from New York City. Her ancestors were Dutch and English. She wasn't taught to cook or care for children and left those duties for others to do.
She was a very talented artist and did some wonderful portraits and other paintings.

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BRADLEY JAMES TRUNNELL

He was born in Louisville and moved to Chattanooga as a teen-ager - when his mother and father divorced. He worked at a soda fountain in a drug store and met the LDS missionaries when they would come into the store to get a soda. He eventually joined the LDS Church as did his mother and sister. Later they moved out to Salt Lake City and lived there for several years. He worked on the streetcars in Salt Lake for two years. When he inherited money from his grandfather Henry Trunnell, he used the money to finance a mission. He served in the Southern States Mission in West Virginia. Before his mission he visited his relatives in Louisville and Bullitt County and renewed old acquaintances.

EDNA CRAUCH TRUNNELL

Edna was born in Louisville in 1876. As a teenager she worked for the newspaper on a floral magazine and was transferred with this job to Chattanooga with her mother and brothers. She returned to Louisville and started nurses training there. She eventually moved to Salt Lake and finished her nursing training. During the flu epidemic nurses were desperately needed in Nevada so she and her mother moved to Lovelock. She married a railroad engineer in Salt Lake named Louis Eddy in 1902. They had one son, Hallie Eddy. She and Louis Eddy divorced, remarried and she later married John C. Foster. She established a mortuary business in Lovelock, NV and later expanded to Winnemucca where she lived for many years. In her later years she moved to Yankee Jims, California. She died in 1962 in Auburn, Placer Co., California.

GEORGE HATZELL TRUNNELL

George was born in Louisville, lived in Chattanooga and moved to Salt Lake City, UT with his mother and siblings. He died in an accident on a train in Colorado while on a trip back to Louisville to visit family. He was engaged at the time to a Miss David but died before they could be married.