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Maryland General Assembly representing Frederick County: House of Delegates (R), 1863 thru 1864; then in the Senate (R), 1865 thru 1867. In 1870, he was president of the board of aldermen for the City of Frederick, a post he held for three years. That
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Farmers' and Mechanics' bank of Frederick County. The bank had been raided by Confederate troops during the civil war and lost $ 17,000|US$ . In 1881, Trail was made a director for the Mutual Insurance company of Frederick County.
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