William Thomas Trentham

Notes:

Sometime in the early 1820's, William Trentham and his family migrated to Sevier County, Tennessee from Haywood County, North Carolina. They settled in the Two-Mile Branch and Forks of the River area, now part of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

William Trentham was one of the early school teachers for the White Oak Flats community. A story handed down for generations about him as the school teacher in White Oaks said -- "William Trentham seems to have known how to enforce order among what must have been a body of turbulent pupils, for it is told of him that he once whipped a daughter of Daniel Wesley Reagan for spitting into the school books of her fellow students. This so incensed the father of the girl that he vowed there should be no more schools of that kind where he lived, so he locked the schoolhouse and took away the key."

William Trentham and his wife Easter Ogle were listed in the 1830 and 1840 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.

William Trentham was appointed as the only postmaster for the White Oak Flats community. The post office was organized on 11 November 1840 and was disbanded on 13 June 1844. He also served as the Justice of Peace for the 11th Civil District (White Oak Flats).

William Thomas arrived at home after an extended trip in the woodland with a ruptured appendix and without proper medical attention resulted in his untimely.

William Trentham was buried with his wife in the Trentham Family Cemetery, now part of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. William's grave stone gives 1843 as his date of death.
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Reference
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 49.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 164.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 101-102.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 359
Bonnie Trentham Myers, Bltrentham@aol.com, 20 November 2000..

William married Susannah Hicks 6 Oct 1818, Haywood County, North Carolina. Susannah was born 3 Nov 1797; died 23 Jun 1826. [Group Sheet]

1. James Madison Trentham was born 24 Aug 1819; died 1860/1870; was buried , Rhea, Tennessee.
2. Nancy Ann Trentham was born 30 Dec 1822.

William married Easter Ogle 1826, Sevier County, Tennessee. Easter (daughter of Thomas J. Ogle and Sophia Bosley) was born 6 May 1806, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 6 Jan 1883; was buried Trentham Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

1. Lucinda Trentham was born 2 Sep 1827, Tennessee; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
2. Mary Elvira "Polly" Trentham was born 20 Jul 1829, Tennessee; died 2 Nov 1907; was buried Ownby Addition Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
3. Sophia Trentham was born 31 May 1831, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 13 Jan 1919; was buried Huskey Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
4. Robert Lee "Rob" Trentham was born 27 Apr 1833, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 16 Feb 1908; was buried Trentham Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
5. Benjamin James Trentham was born 16 Mar 1835, Tennessee.
6. Isaac Newton Trentham was born 16 Jan 1836, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 17 Feb 1931; was buried Trentham Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
7. Lydia Trentham was born 29 Oct 1838, Tennessee.
8. David McMahan Trentham was born 22 Jul 1841; died 31 Dec 1862.
9. Caleb Levator Trentham was born 8 Feb 1844, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 23 May 1937, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 23 May 1937, Trentham Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
10. Easter Malinda Trentham was born 13 May 1847, Tennessee; died 1 Aug 1937; was buried Frazier's Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Cahutta, Whitfield County, Georgia.
11. William McCajah "Cagey" Trentham was born 17 Jul 1849, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 11 Mar 1901; was buried Hatcher Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 101.
Bonnie Trentham Myers, Bltrentham@aol.com, 20 November 2000.

Robert married Lucinda Trentham Abt 1792, , North Carolina; divorced Yes, date unknown. Lucinda (daughter of Martin Trentham) was born Abt 1778/1780. [Group Sheet]

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 101.
Bonnie Trentham Myers, Bltrentham@aol.com, 20 November 2000.

Notes:

The first Trentham who came to England with William the Conqueror in 1066 settled in Shropshire and later Straford shires.

Served in the Revolutionary War.

The connection between Martin and his children is family tradition and not confirmed.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 101.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 376.