Trumbull Cary

Trumbull Cary (August 11, 1787 Mansfield, Tolland County, Connecticut - June 20, 1869 Batavia, Genesee County, New York) was an American banker and politician from New York.

Life

He was the son of Ebenezer Cary (1732-1816) and Sarah (Trumbull) Cary (1741-1830). In 1805, he removed to Batavia NY. On June 2, 1817, he married Margaret Eleanor Brisbane, and their only son was Dr. Walter Cary (1818-1881).

He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Genesee Co.) in 1828. In 1829, he was among the incorporators of the Bank of Genesee, and was its first President.

He was a member of the New York State Senate (8th D.) from 1831 to 1834, sitting in the 54th, 55th, 56th and 57th New York State Legislatures.

He was a New York State Bank Commissioner from 1840 to 1843.

Sources

• The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 39, 129f, 139, 206 and 263; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858) [gives surname as "Carey", except pg. 39]

External links

• Portrait, and a picture of his house, in Batavia Revisited by Larry D. Barnes (Images of America series; Arcadia Publishing, Charleston SC, 2011; ISBN 978-0-7385-7404-2 ; pg. 119)
• Bronze relief of Dr. Walter Cary, by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, in The Work of Augustus Saint-Gaudens by John H. Dryfhout (University Press of New England, reprinted 2008; ISBN 978-1-58465-709-5 ; pg. 96)