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Bay City Tribune
Sunday, 19 September, 1909

         MRS. THERESA T. LIXIE AND JOSEPH M. TROMBLEY
          ARE COUNTY'S OLDEST
          
         Silver Loving Cups Awarded to Man and Woman Who Have
          Lived Longest in Bay -- MRS. LIXIE Born Here
            1836; MR. TROMBLEY, 1339 (sic)
            
         After weeks of careful consideration, the pioneer committee
       of the home-coming and semi-centennial celebration has awarded
       the silver loving cups to the county's oldest pioneers --
       MRS. THERESA TRUDELL LIXIE, of 703 Prairie avenue and JOSEPH
       MEDOR TROMBLEY, of 1201 Elm street. There was a long list of
       pioneers' names which the committee had to give attention and
       this accounts for the delay in announcing the trophy winners.
       
         Singularly, MRS. LIXIE and MR. TROMBLEY were both born in
       this county and in dwellings only a short distance apart. MRS.
       LIXIE was born in the south end, then Portsmouth, March 3,
       1836, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. JOHN TRUDELL. MR. TROMBLEY
       was born three years later, January 8, 1839, in one of the
       first frame houses the town boasted. His father was JOSEPH
       TROMBLEY, SR., and he built the old McCORMICK home, which
       still stands.
       
         MRS. LIXIE was one of a family of four boys and two girls.
       She is 73 years old, and BENJAMIN, her oldest brother, is 66.
       The youngest of the six is MRS. LOUISA CORWIN, of Alpena, who
       is 55, JOE TRUDELL, of Tawas, and LOUIS and ALEX, of this city,
       are the others. Her father settled here in 1814, coming from
       Detroit with GENERAL CASS to treat with the Indians. He was
       later appointed paymaster and held this position for years.
       
         JOSEPH TROMBLEY was 70 last January. He is one of five
       children, four boys and one girl. DAVID, of Superior, and
       JAMES and THEODORE, of Banks, are his brothers, and MRS.
       ADALINE BEEBE, of Banks, is a sister. JOE'S parents came to
       this place, then a wilderness inhabited almost solely by
       Indians, from Detroit in 1815. Uncle Sam designated the
       father to take charge of the Indians' supplies at this sta-
       tion. He also traded with the Indians.
       
         When still a lad JOSEPH, JR., accompanied JOSEPH, SR., to
       Banks to hew out logs for a cabin. The trip up the river was
       made in a canoe. Little JOE took his pet tame bear along and
       it ate the lunch his mother had prepared for him. Banks was
       then a dense forest. In a little clearing the father hewed
       out the timber for a crude dwelling while JOE looked on.
       That was the first house of any description in Banks.
       
         About a year later little JOSEPH was big and strong enough
       to wield a hammer and saw and he helped his father to build
       a frame house. At the age of 15 JOE went with his father on
       a fishing trip, and for forty-five years after JOE led the
       life of a river and bay fisherman. He retired about ten years
       ago with a comfortable fortune. His memory is keen and his
       chief delight lies in relating stories of early Bay City to
       his family.
       
         Yesterday, when a reporter called at his home, JOSEPH
       was away. He is in Chicago on a visit to his daughter. MRS.
       LIXIE, whose home is about a mile (from) TROMBLEY'S place,
       was at home, however, and in spite of her advanced years,
       was attending to minor household tasks. MRS. LIXIE, too,
       is possessed of a retentive memory. She confessed that she
       never tires of telling about the Bay City of the '30's and
       '40's.
       
         As soon as MR. TROMBLEY returns from Chicago, the pioneer
       committee will award him one of the loving cups, properly
       engraved with the recipient's name, date of birth and other
       information. MRS. LIXIE holds an unique record - that of
       being the first white child born in Bay county that is living
       today.
       
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