Facts for the Group#73-Pt.#1
This will be at least three parts, maybe four.............
Facts for the Group#73 - Pt. #1
Library Geno. Shelves
Wythe Co., VA Library
4-27-2012
1)From: Honaker Family in America, by Frieda Davidson, 1998, Gateway Press, Baltimore, MD, has on pg. #410 & 411 - Mary Smith, (b.5-22-1899), Rich Creek, WVA, (d.3-16-1995), Huntington, WVA. Obit in Wayne Co., WVA News, says, Mary Perry Smith, age 95, born in Wayne Co., WVA, d/o John Henry Smith & Lourissa Skaggs Smith, md. 1st. Greenway Perry and md. 2nd. Howard R. TRENT. Survived by two sons, Billy Henry Perry & Paul Freeman Perry; five step-sons, Jake Trent of Tucson, AZ, Birtie Trent Pyles & Bob Trent of Huntington, WVA, Dixie Trent Turner, Donna Trent Turner of Proctoville, OH. Buried at Reynolds Cem. in Addison, OH.
2)From: same, on pg. #294, under Fifth Generation - Elbert Carl Collier md. Sally Pauline (?) , had children - Mildred Lucille, Doris Lee who md. Cabel W.(inton) TRENT, Fredonia Eliazabeth, Betty, Elbert Carl Jr., Norman Lynn, Patty Gay..... (NOW this is my Uncle Cabel & Aunt Doris who live in Knoxville, TN! I have never been able to get infor on aunt DorisÕs family!) WOW!! ( now aunt Doris always said or implied that she was from Big Stone Gap, VA.... I do know that Uncle Cabel served as a Methodist Minister there, I do know they met at Hiawasse College in TN and got md. there! ) (Hmmm)
3)From: same, on pg. #324, under David Redwine (b.5-23-1962), md. Jodi TRENT (b.1-11-1965), had children - Linzy Redwine (b.5-8-1992).
4)From: same, on pg. #392, under John Henry Smith (above) (b.11-24-1857) in Rich Creek, Wayne Co., WVA, (d.2-6-1944), buried in Sally Smith Cem. in Wayne Co., WVA, md. Samatha Lourissa Scaggs, d/o Squire Skaggs & Mahalia Chaffin of Wayne Co., WVA, (b.3-2-1861) (d.12-3-1959) in Wayne Co., WVA, buried in Sally Smith Cem., had children of Tennesse, Susanna, Samuel, Millard Lafafette, Farebelle ÒBelleÓ, Sally, Mahalia, Zora, Martha, Mary Vergie & Virgil (who were twins), and Billy.
5)From: same, on pg. #647, under Stuart Henry Carter Barrett (b.10-30-1911) in Gardner, VA, (d12-26-1986) in Kingsport, TN, md. Ruby Loretta Jones, d/o Harrison Jones & Mona TRENT, on 9-5-1937, in Lebanon, VA, had children of - Charlotte Kay, Sandra Lynn, and Barr (Jr.) ÒJimÓ.
6)From: Widener Family of WidenerÕs Valley, den,Õs of John Widener & Obedience Owen, no pub. date, or author, has on pg. #109 - under Andrew Debusk (b.12-20-1892) (d.6-16-1965), md. Susan Isabelle ÒIbbyÓ Widener, d/o James C. Widener & Susan Jane Edmondson Widener, md. 8-13-1916 in Wash. Co., VA by Rev. Woodyard. Andrew is buried in Pleasant View Cemetery, had children of - Hattie Elizabeth DeBusk (b.9-26-1917) who md. Lewis TRENT, had children of - Dorothy Trent, Earnest Buddy Trent who md. ??? and had children of - Earnest (Jr.), Kenneth, Clayton who md. ??? and had children of- Harold Clayton Trent, Ruth Levon Trent, Thelma Trent who md. ??? and had child Michelle, and Johnny Trent who md. ???.
7)From: same, under den.Õs of Michael & Elizabeth Widener, a Rev. Soldier, author-Shirley Widener Crump of Raleigh, NC.... from the Glade Springs area of Wash. Co., VA,has on pg. #154 - child #7, (no name), d/o Lilburn & Betty Widener (b.ca. 1861) md. David TRENT, (b.ca. 1857), s/o Lewis & Ibbie TRENT, of Wash. Co., VA and were md. there, by D. J. Harris. Had children of - Mollie md. John Gentry, Eltha Trent-never md., Harmon Trent-never md., contact Mrs. Garland Greer of Damascus, VA. (?)
8)From: Families of Wash. Co., VA, 1776-1996, by Holston Geno. Society, Bristol, VA, has on pg. #12, a photo of JOHN H. TRENT, 76 yrs. old, CSA.....
-has on pg. #37, a photo of Greendale H. S., 1945, fellow in 4th row is Fred TRENT.
-has on pg. #83, under Bellamy/Ingle/Bamoman, a William M. Bellamy & Margaret Catherine Cunningham, with eight children - of whom #7 - Robert (b.5-8-????) md. a Nettie TRENT, lived in Piney Flats, TN, had children of Howard Bellamy, Bradley, Cleo, Ruth, Virginia, Thelma and Dorothy.(who is Nettie TRENT?)
-has on pg. #155, under Joseph Gentry & Winifred Oliver of Hanover Co., VA, who settle in Johnson Co., TN and had six children, of whom #1, David Gentry md. Sarah Buckner and had twelve children, of whom #7, John Alexander Gentry (1886-1942) md. Mary Isabelle ÒMollyÓ TRENT and Kathleen Day.(who is ÒMollyÓ TRENT?)
-has on pg. #177, under Hargis Family lines, a John Hargis & wife, Penelope of Frederick Co., VA, who sold land in Albermarle Co., VA on 9-14-1763 to one Peterfield TRENT of VA.
-has on pg. #274, under James & Elizabeth (Heath) Powers, who had seven children, all of whom were born in Stokes Co., NC by 1851, who then moved to Widener Valley in Wash. Co., VA and had children(?) of whom, #6 - Martha Elizabeth Hargis (b.ca. 1843) md. a John TRENT of Wash. Co., VA on 3-4-1866 in Wash. Co., VA... he is probably buried in the Widener Family Cem., located in Chilhowie, VA.
-has on pg. #334, under James Edward Townsend, (b.8-27-1874) (d. ?? ), buried in Tate Cem. in Abington, VA, who md. Rosa Ella Flinchun on 3-20-1899 in Wash. Co., VA and had eight children,of whom, #5 - Nannie Faustina Townsend (b.6-10-1913) at Smith Creek, VA, md. Curtis Edward TRENT on 9-4-1933 in Wash. Co., VA. They had one son, Jack Randall TRENT in 1916, he is retired and lives in Bristol, VA.
9)From: Genealogies of KY Families, by KY Hist. Society, Clearfield Press, 2000, has NO TRENTS LISTED>>>>>>>
10)From: same book, but under title, Filson Club Historic Quarterly, by Clearfield Press, 2000, has on pg. #321, under a Wm. Bird Richards of Drysdale Parish (detailed complete in Paynes of VA) had a sister Catherine ÒKittyÓ Richards and a brother Mourning Richards, a bricklayer who built the Aquia Church, who md. ??? and left an only child, a Mrs. TRENT of King William Co., VA. ( no dates were given )
-has on pg. #196, under 1754, WashingtonÕs Report to Lt. Gov. Robert Dinwiddie of VA, his reporting that one William TRENT of Lexington, VA had been sent forth to build a Log Fort at the Òforks of the Ohio RiverÓ......( now I have never seen any other document that says that my Capt. Wm. Trent of NJ/PA was living in VA.... but this has to be him! )
11)Rom: The Family Tree, by Mary Preston Gray, 1980, no pub. or date, has on pg. 137, our Elizabeth Montgomery Lewis of Va, the d/o Col. Wm. & Annie M. Lewis, md. to a
Col. William TRENT -- she was their last child, the 8th.
-on pg. #159, same book, it mentions the letters of her motherÕs aunts, a Mrs. Towles and TRENT, which gave their personal recollections of the family. This Mary Preston was born in Charlottesville, VA on 10-21-1840... ( she was the grandmother of the author ).... I would love to read those letters!!
12)From:Ancestors & DecenÕs. of Gresham Lee of Buckingham Co., VA, by Richard Edward Lee, Gateway Press, 1991, has on pg. #28, the ESTATE of Gresham Lee, which held 100 acres on the waters of the Appomattox River, 21 miles S.W. of the Court House,which in 1854, 66 acres of which were purchased by Martha Thornhill from John TRENT & his wife and a George Webb. Martha was the wife of one Thomas W. Thornhill of VA.
-Martha Ann TRENT & George M. Webb, Nov. 1854, wit. by Mary Lee Burnett, granddaugher of Robert Nelson Lee, has that the ÒtractÓ actually contained 90 acres and had been previously deeded to LeeÕs daughter ÒPolly LeeÓ and that the TRENTÕs and WebbÕs wer listed as the heirs of Polly Lee.
-then on pg. #258-259, we have a James Dillard Davidson (b. ca. 1833) in Appox. Co., VA, who md. 1st. Lillian Beatrice Hines on 11-9-1904- they later divorced bur had three children, Herbert Edward, Madeline Hines(Mrs. Frank E. TRENT) and a son of 2-3 yrs. old who died in a house fire. He then md. 2nd Lula Hopkins Pleasants, a widow, of Lychburg, VA on 5-3-1919.
13)From: Our McCutcheon Family, by Larry McCutcheon, Hohenwald, TN, 2009, Geno. Pub. Co., has on pg. #364, under a William Walter Ward, (b.6-13-1879) in Milton, WVA, who (d.7-21-1939) in Barbourville, WVA and who md. Clara Scott McCutcheon (b.5-3-1887) of Fayette Co., WVA, and (d.3-2-1968) in Charleston, WVA. They had children of -
Thelma Louise, Ethel Evelyn, and Walter Lamont Ward (b.1911) who md. Virginia TRENT o n 3-3-1936, they had no issue, they later divorced, he md. 2nd. a Katie ???, they had no issue.
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