Biography

08/12/1833 - 07/29/1905

TRIMMER, Dr. Samuel Wilson, a Representative from Luzerne County; born, August 12, 1833 in Hunterdon County, NJ; attended, private school, Flemington, NJ; M.D., Philadelphia College of Medicine, 1854; physician; elected, school director, White Haven; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1862); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1863 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1864 term; chair, Luzerne County Democratic Committee; elected, burgess, White Haven; elected, prothonotary, Luzerne County (1872-1875); elected, delegate, Democratic National Convention (1896); appointed, oil inspector, Luzerne County (1899-1905); elected, council, White Haven (president, 1905); died, August 1, 1905 in White Haven, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; interred, Laurel Cemetery, White Haven, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.