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From Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette, Wisconsin, publ. 1901- page 393-394
DANIEL TRUMM is numbered among the prosperous farmers of Woodman township, Grant county, his broad acres showing the effect of careful, systematic cultivation, and his substantial buildings bespeaking consideration for his family and his stock.
Mr. TRUMM was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1837, a son of Daniel and Catharine (DUNT) TRUMM, also natives of Germany, who came to America, settling in Syracuse, N.Y., where the father died, while the mother passes away in another portion of the same State. To the parents of our subject five children were born: Catharine, Maggie, Elizabeth, Barbara, and Daniel.
Our subject was fifteen years old when his parents immigrated to this country, and he resided at Syracuse until he was twenty-two. Having decided to move further West, he came to Wisconsin, settling in Marion township, Grant county, where he remained until he purchased his present farm of 160 acres, then but partially improved. This property Mr. TRUMM has brought into a high state of cultivation, and built substantial buildings thereon, making of it a model farm.
During the Civil war Mr. TRUMM served his country most bravely, enlisting in August, 1864, in Company C, 43d Wis. V.I., and being mustered in at Milwaukee. Mr. TRUMM was in the Army of the Potomac, did garrison duty, and received an honorable discharge at Nashville, Tenn. After receiving his pay as a soldier, at Milwaukee, in 1865, he returned to his home in Woodman township, where he has since resided, turning his sword into a ploughshare.
Daniel TRUMM married Miss Margaret SCHIPPENER, in Syracuse, N.Y., and this estimable lady has borne him children as follows: Mrs. Margaret MILLER, of Marion township; Mrs. Elizabeth GILLELAND, of Fennimore; Mrs. Catharine MARTIN, of Boscobel; Daniel, who is married, and is a resident of Watertown; John, married, who resides in Hopeville, Iowa; Mrs. Caroline HAGENSICK, of McGregor, Iowa; Julius, who is married and living at home; Louise, at home; Mrs. Annie WELLNER, of Marion; Jacob, married, and living at home; and Mrs. Julia WELLNER, of Marion.
Having served in the Civil war, our subject naturally takes an interest in the G.AR. and is a member of the post at Boscobel. Mr. TRUMM has seen the township grow during his many years' residence in Woodman, and has assisted materially in the development. He and his wife are very pleasant people, and are highly esteemed by a large circle of acquaintances and friends.
This biography generously submitted by Carol Holmbeck