From Memorial and Genealogical Record of Dodge and Jefferson Counties, Wisconsin, publ. 
1894 - Page 158-159
 
HENRY HARRISON TROWBRIDGE.  This gentleman owns and operates a farm of seventy-six 
and one-half acres.  Mr. TROWBRIDGE owes his nativity to Franklin County, N.Y., where he first 
saw the light of day September 16, 1840.  He was thirteen years old when he accompanied his 
parents to Janesville, Wis., lived there two years, then came to Dodge County, Wis.  He received 
good common-school advantages.  When the great Civil war opened he enlisted in the Union 
service August 30, 1861, joining Company G, First Wisconsin Infantry for three years, ands 
served until receiving his discharge, December 30, 1864, taking part in all the engagements in 
which is regiment participated, until he was taken prisoner, the most noteworthy of which were 
Perryville, Ky.; Stone River, the battles and skirmishes of the Tullahoma campaign, 
Chickamauga, where he was captured and taken to Libby Prison, and Pemberton, from there 
removed to Danville, where he was kept in captivity until March 1864; then to Andersonville, 
where he was kept until September, then taken to Charleston, S.C., one month later to Florence, 
and on the 13th of December was once more taken to Charleston, and there exchanged.  When 
taken prisoner he weighted 160 pounds, and when he reached Annapolis after his exchange he 
weighed but eighty pounds.  Soon after this, December 30, 1864, he received an honorable 
discharge at Milwaukee, Wis., and returned home, where he remained one year.  He then 
accepted a position with the North-western, with which he was connected for two and a half 
years.  He was first married in 1866, and again in 1875 to Miss Martha BAGAR, a native of 
Milwaukee, Wis., but reared in Waupun.  To them the following children have been born: Henry 
L., Lydia Ann, who will finish her course in the Waupun High School next year; Mabel J., Bertha 
A., Anah T., and Mildred V.  The eldest of this family is an intelligent and industrious young man, 
an engineer by trade, and aids his father on the farm.  Mr. TROWBRIDGE has always been a 
Republican, has always supported its men and measures, but has never been a political 
aspirant.  He is a member of the G.A.R. and belongs to the I.O.O.F., being a member of the 
Encampment.  He is one of the honored citizens of Dodge County, and he and his family move in 
the best social circles and have numerous friends.
 
Submitted by Carol