Glover M. Trent

  General Notes:

The 1850 Federal Census for Henry Co., Virginia, page 54B records G. M. (37) and Amy A. E. (34) Trent with children Benjamin F. (10), William H. (8), James G. (6), and Catherine E. (2). They have real estate valued at $1,500.

The 1860 Federal Census for Ridgeway, Henry Co., Virginia (page 166) records Glover M. (46) and Amy A. (43) Trent and their children Benjamin T. (20), William (18), James (16), Powhatan (14), Catherine (11), Susan (9), John (7), and Rufus (2) living next to his brother and family, William B. (49) and Sallie (44) Trent with children Green (22), Sally (22-probably Green's wife), Eliza (19), Joseph (18), Bettie (14), John P. (12), Sarah (9), and Mary (6). Glover has real estate valued at $10,000 and personal property at $5,600 while William has real estate valued at $10,000 and personal property at $19,000. Glover owns 9 slaves while William owns 30. Living next to the brothers is their mother Catherine Trent (84). Catherine is listed with real estate valued at $2,500 and personal property at $4,00 with 5 slaves.

Glover is not listed with his wife, Ann, in the 1870 census. See general notes on wife Ann Garrett Trent for 1870 and 1880 census facts.

Glover married Amy Ann Elizabeth Garrett, daughter of James Garrett and Elizabeth Sims, on 15 Nov 1839 in Rockingham Co, NC. (Amy Ann Elizabeth Garrett was born about 1818 in Rockingham Co., N.C. and died after 1880 in Ridgeway, Henry Co., Virginia.)