G. A. TRAIL, Livingston County, was born in Boone County, Ky., March 25, 1824, and is a son of William T. and Mary M. (Sampson) Trail. The father was born near Baltimore, Md., September 7, 1800, and was of English descent. The mother was born in Woodford County, Ky., May 17, 1804. When the father was but an infant, the parents moved to Kentucky, and settled on the present site of the city of Covington. In March, 1837, subject's father came to Livingston County, and made a settlement near where the present site of Hampton now stands. Subsequently he settled on a 200 acre farm, two miles east of his first site. He afterward resided on other farms in Livingston County, and finally settled on a farm about two miles west of Hampton. Here he died February 27, 1862. The death of the mother occurred January 2, 1869. The father served as constable in Livingston County for some years; he was also identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church. Subject is the eldest of a family of twelve children, of whom seven are living: G. A., Frances, wife of Levi L. Hosic; James O., in Carrsville; Mary, wife of John Vogle, of Mound City, Ill.; Margaret, wife of David Ferrell, of Crittenden County; Woodford M., and Louisiana, wife of Samuel Kremmer, of Dongola, Ill. Subject remained at home until he was twenty-one. He then settled on the Cumberland River, where he resided about three years, and then came to his present location. Here he now owns about 227 acres of land, with about 100 acres in cultivation. In 1856 he began running a saw-mill, and continued in that business about ten years. Mr. Trail was married June 25, 1846, to Miss Calister R. Williams, daughter of George and Martha L. (Line) Williams, natives of Virginia. Mrs. Trail was born in Clark County, Ky., in 1820, and is the mother of ten children, of whom four are now living: Alvin L., in Smithland; Lucien W., Isadore and Sydney A.
Source: J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin, & G. C. Kniffin. Kentucky. A History of the State. Louisville, KY, Chicago, IL: Battey, 1885. Page 836.