NameHarvey ("Dutch") Trent
Birth16 Oct 1875, Virginia
Death27 May 1952, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Marriage18 Sep 1897, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseMollie D. Austin
Birth11 Nov 1880, Boyd Co., Kentucky
Death3 Nov 1957, Elliottville, Rowan Co., Kentucky
BurialClark Cem., Rowan Co., KY
Children
Birth10 Mar 1900, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death4 Jul 1979, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Birthabt 1906, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Birth13 Sep 1909, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death6 Dec 1987, Adams Co., Ohio
Notes for Harvey ("Dutch") Trent
His WWI Draft Registration card, issued in 1917/1918 (the images on Ancestry do not show the side of the card that has the date it was filed), say Dutch Trent, age 43, residence Elliottville, Rowan Co, Ky, born 16 Oct 1875, occupation farmer, self-employed, nearest relative Mollie Trent.
His obituary in the Rowan County News of Thu, May 29, 1952, somewhat summarized, reads: "Death came Tuesday to Dutch (Harvey) Trent, son of the late Harvey and Rena Lambert Trent. He was born in Virginia Oct 16, 1875, and came to Kentucky in 1884 with his family. He married Mollie Austin, who survives, along with four children: Mrs. Eunice Cornett, Elliottville; Mrs. Sora Jones, West Union, Ohio; Emmitt Trent, Toronto, Oh; and Charlie Trent, West Union. He also leaves two sisters: Ellen Fraley and Mrs. Tye Pettit, both of Yager, W. Va; and a brother, Julius Trent, Elliottville."
His death certificate states Dutch (Harvey) Trent, age 76 years 7 months 11 days, born 16 Oct 1875 in Ky, died 27 May 1952 in Rowan Co., rural near Elliottville, married, father Harvey Trent, mother’s maiden name Rena Lambert Trent, cause of death generalized carcinomation, informant Mrs. Frank Cornette, burial in Clark Cemetery.
Notes for Mollie D. Austin
Her death certificate (#116-57-28784) lists Mollie Austin Trent, d. 3 Nov 1957, age 76, in rural Elliottville (Trent Ridge), cause of death senility and pneumonia. It lists her marital status as widowed, and gives her birthdate as 11 Nov 1880, in Boyd Co., KY, parents William Austin and Catherine Adkins. The informant was her daughter, Mrs. Frank Cornett.
Notes for Harvey ("Dutch") & Mollie D. (Family)
Rowan Co. marriage register A, p. 112, records the marriage on 18 Sep 1897 of Harvy Trent Jr. and Mollie Austin.
Census
1900 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Hoggtown precinct, enumerated 17 June, lists on p. 8A as family #134:
Trent, Harvey Jr., 25, b. Oct 1874, Va; Mollie, 21, b. 1879; Unice (dau), 2/12, b. Mar 1900, Ky.
1910 census of Rowan Co., Hoggtown, E.D. 156, page 6B, lists as family #98:
Trent, Harvy Jr., 35, Va Va Va; Mollie, 19, Ky Ky Ky; married 12 years, 4 children, 4 living; Eunice, 10, Ky Ky Ky; Cora, 7, Va Va Ky; Emmet, 4, Ky Va Ky; Charley, 7/12, Ky Va Ky. Fraley, Elvira, servant, 25, Ky Ky Ky; Fraley, Elmer, illegitimate son, 2. (The age for Mollie makes no sense at all.)
1920 census of Rowan Co., Ky, magisterial district #3, records as family #206 (between Mitchell Black and Harrison Trent):
Trent, Dutch, 45; Mollie, 42; Eunice, 19; Ora, 16; Emit, 14; Chas., 12. All born in Kentucky.
1930 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Hogtown precinct, enumerated 21 April, lists on p. 11B as family #193/203:
Trent, Dutch, 55, age at first marriage 22, WV/WV/WV; Mollie D., wife, 50, age at first marriage 18, Ky/Ky/Ky; Charlie, son, 19, Ky/WV/Ky.