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)