Bullseye

A Turnbull Clan Publication

Founder: John Turnbull, Scotland                                                                                                    Founder: Dorothy Berk, United States
President, Wally Turnbull                                                                                                                       Janet Turnbull Schwierking, Editor

Volume 5,  Issue 12,  December 2004

 

AN OUTLANDER’S HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY, ARKANSAS 1830-1983

Lair/Braswell 1983,Walsworth Publishing Company, Inc. Marceline, MO 64658

James W. Trimble was born February 3, 1894, at Osage, Arkansas, a son of Matthew Allen and Anna (McFarlane) Trimble. His ancestral heritage seemed to predestine his entry into the legal profession and politics almost at his birth, as he was descended from an English-Scottish heritage which included

a significant number of attorneys and legislators.

His professional career began as a school teacher, both in his native Carroll County and at Texarkana Junior High School.  Then James W. Trimble turned his attention to the political arena of life, as well as maintaining his own legal practice after he was graduated from the University of Arkansas.

What is a Coat of Arms?

Early Turnbull Arms

There is a great deal of confusion about coats of arms and whether or not there is an “official” Turnbull coat of arms.  There is no undifferenced, master, or official Turnbull coat of arms.  There are a few Turnbull coats of arms belonging to individuals which have been registered with the office of the Lord Lyon in the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland.

Decorations not Arms

All other similar designs such as those sold in tourist shops, mall kiosks, and by mail order establishments are simply decorations.  They are not coats of arms because they have not been assigned by the government of a nation.

  

 

At the county level of political life, James W. Trimble served Carroll County as its County Clerk, Tax Collector, Prosecuting Attorney and Circuit Judge. After some twenty-four years of service at this level, he turned his attention to national political office. He was elected to serve the Third District of Arkansas in the United States House of Representatives in the general election of 1944.

Trimble served his district in that capacity until 1967, when he was defeated by Congressman John Paul Hammerschmidt of Harrison. During his tenure in Congress, Trimble served on the powerful House Committee on Rules. He was always an ardent supporter of hydroelectric projects in Arkansas.

James W. Trimble was united in marriage with Ruth Maples on February 14, 1922, and two children, Martha Carol and James Kerry Trimble, were born to their union. James W. Trimble died March 10. 1972, and was interred in Berryville Memorial Park Cemetery.

 

 

Matriculation off of Existing Arms

Turnbull of Bedrule

The process for applying for a personal grant of arms from the court of the Lord Lyon has sev­eral options, depending on the circumstances.  Arms are heritable property, and on the original owner’s death they are passed on in accordance with his will but customarily to his eldest son, and in turn to his eldest son, and so on for ever.

A younger son may inherit his father’s Arms if his elder brother dies first and leaves no heirs.  Otherwise younger sons and their descendants inherit a right to apply for a Matriculation of their ancestral Arms with a small mark or “difference” added, appropriate to their place in the family.
   
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