Legislator Details
Portrait captured from Find-a-Grave.com 7/12/2025
Vital Records Information:
Marital Information:
married Mattie [or Martha] A. Lehr, dau. of Adam and Catherine (McCadden) Lehr, 6/14/1892 in Monroe, MI; children: 2, Gladys and a son, died as children
Number of Children: 2
Background
Education:
district schools; 2 years at St. Mary's Institute, Dayton, OH
Biographical Sketch:
Of Italian French and English ancestry. Son of Guytani Peter and Catherine [or Caroline] (Knaggs) Trabbic. He traces his early English parentage to George Knaggs, progenitor of the Knaggs family famous in the early history of Wayne county and the Maumee valley. In 1885, on retiring from school, he took up the management of his father's farm. He was elected supervisor for the years 1893-96, was chairman of the board of supervisors in 1896, and was again elected in 1906, resigning when elected to the House. At the time of his death he was the proprietor of a garage.
Notable Facts:
Marriage record gives his mother's first name as Catherine; death certificate says Caroline