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John Henry TRENT

John Henry TRENT

Male 1869 - 1942  (~ 73 years)

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  • Name John Henry TRENT 
    Born CA 1869  Stuart, Patrick Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Birth date on headstone is 1866, while his obituary death record state Oct 10 1867. But age 1 in the 1870 Census, age 11 in the 1880 Census, and age 20 in his 1889 marriage record would put his birth in about 1869.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1880  Patrick Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  Leaksville Twp, Rockingham Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1900, 1910  [4, 5] 
    farm laborer 
    Census 1920, 1930, 1940  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [2, 6] 
    Died 19 Jul 1942  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 8] 
    Buried Middle Island 7th Day Bapt Cem, Sugar Camp, New Milton, Doddridge Co WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 9] 
    Person ID I14868  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 15 Jul 2019 

    Father David TRENT,   b. CA 1845, Patrick Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Luvenia Elizabeth WOOD,   b. Mar 1848, Patrick Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F11678  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Susan Jane "Susie" INGRAM,   b. 24 May 1868, Meadows of Dan, Patrick Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jan 1956, Reidsville, Rockingham Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 30 May 1889  Patrick Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Rockingham County, North Caroline (Leaksville Twp), enumerated on Jun 25 1900:
      John H. Trent, 32, b. Oct 1867 in Virginia (both parents b. Va.), farm laborer, married 11 yrs; wife Susie J. Trent, 32, b. May 1868 in Va. (both parents b. Va.), married 11 yrs, mother of 6 children (all still living); boarder James S. Smart, 41, b. Jun 1858 in Va. (both parents b. Va.), widowed, cotton mill worker; boarder John M. Smart, 20, b. Aug 1879 in Va, single, cotton mill worker; sister-in-law Nancy Ingram, 23, b. Oct 1876 in Va, single; dau Rosie D. Trent, 10, b. Mar 1890 in Va; dau Anna L. Trent, 8, b. Sep 1891 in Va; son John E. Trent, 6, b. Sep 1893 in North Carolina; dau Nannie A. Trent, 5, b. Apr 1895 in North Carolins; son Daniel D. Trent, 1, b. Dec 1898 in Va.
    Children 
     1. Ocie Della TRENT,   b. 19 Mar 1890, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jan 1966, High Point, Guilford Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     2. Annah Lillian TRENT,   b. 3 Sep 1891, Patrick Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jun 1977, Rockingham Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     3. John E. TRENT,   b. Sep 1893, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    +4. Nannie Alice TRENT,   b. Apr 1895, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1964  (Age ~ 68 years)
     5. Charles David TRENT,   b. 19 Feb 1897, Oak Hill, Pittsylvania Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Feb 1968, Reidsville, Rockingham Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     6. Daniel D. TRENT,   b. Dec 1898, Virgilina, Halifax Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Martha F. TRENT,   b. 15 Jun 1902, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jan 1980, Reidsville, Rockingham Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     8. Emma M. TRENT,   b. 26 Dec 1906, Reidsville, Rockingham Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jul 1988, Reidsville, Rockingham Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     9. Robert Early TRENT,   b. 1 Jan 1909, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Nov 1962, Reidsville, Rockingham Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years)
    Family ID F33788  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Missouri F. GAULDIN,   b. Feb 1883, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Feb 1946, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 62 years)  [9] 
    Married CA 1905  [5] 
    Notes 
    • 1910 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District, Berea Precinct), enumerated on May 20 1910:
      Eviline M. Traut, 27, b. Ohio (both parents b. Ohio), milliner, widowed, mother of 1 child (still living); dau Ruth Traut, 1, b. Ohio (father b. Illinois, mother b. Ohio); servant Henry Trent, 35, b. Va. (both parents b. Va.), farm laborer, married 5 yrs; Missouri F. Trent, 27, b. N.C. (both parents b. Va.); Amos Trent, 4, b. N.C. (father b. Va, mother b. N.C.).
      NOTE: The next enumerated household was that of Henry Trent's daughter Nannie Alice from his first marriage:
      Harding W. Chumley, 17, b. Va. (both parents b. Va.), married 5 months; wife Nana A, 15, b. Va. (both parents b. Va.), no children.
    Children 
    +1. Amos R. TRENT,   b. 10 Feb 1906, Draper (Eden), Rockingham Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Mar 1996, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
    +2. Clarence TRENT,   b. 8 Mar 1911, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Sep 2012, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 101 years)
    +3. Lawrence "Buck" TRENT,   b. 18 Jun 1913, Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Mar 1979  (Age 65 years)
    +4. Flossie Iona TRENT,   b. 28 Sep 1914,   d. Jul 1981  (Age 66 years)
    +5. William Martin TRENT,   b. 8 Apr 1916, Toms Fork, Porto Rico, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Nov 1992, Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
    +6. John Stanley TRENT,   b. 13 Feb 1918, Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Nov 2001, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
    +7. Harry Hudson TRENT,   b. 11 Sep 1919, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jul 1993, Fairmont, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
    +8. Henry Lee "Junior" TRENT,   b. 13 Mar 1921, Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jan 1944, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 22 years)
    Photos
    14868_HenryTrent_MissouriGauldin_MiddleIsland7thDayBaptCem.jpg    		14868_HenryTrent_MissouriGauldin_MiddleIsland7thDayBaptCem.jpg
    Family ID F5303  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    14868_TRENT_Henry_1867-1942_Obit.jpg    		14868_TRENT_Henry_1867-1942_Obit.jpg
    14868_TRENT_Henry_1867-1942_DeathCertificate.jpg    		14868_TRENT_Henry_1867-1942_DeathCertificate.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1972] 1870 Census.

    2. [S14] Obituary.

    3. [S2626] Virginia Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    4. [S1662] 1900 Census.

    5. [S2054] 1910 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District).

    6. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2698416&Type=Death.

    7. [S1773] Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101).

    8. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    9. [S5] Headstone.